Challenge to authors. Could you get more tolerant with the idea of your protagonist characters being disabled
Maybe I am a little tired of every injury being a small problem that’s easily overcome. Maybe I’m tired of every concussion being for the purpose of a small jump in time and to move the protagonist easily and leave them temporarily incapacitated. Maybe I’m exhausted of characters joking about bullet wounds like it’s as mild as a scrape on the knee, and not something that is incredibly deadly and can leave someone permanently disabled.
Why is it that the unbelievably dangerous scenario always ends with the characters scratched up, but relatively alright? Every time? Every single time? Why is it that the worst thing that might happen to a protagonist is scarring (but in a tragic and badass sexy way, and nothing that isn’t appealing), and maaaaybe some PTSD.
“It’s for storytelling purposes,” yeah okay and maybe I’m absolutely exhausted of it being for storytelling purposes, for the drama, for whatever. Think for me on why consequences are not allowed to exist in your story. Why is it that the protagonist always manages to heal from devastating wounds perfectly in record time? Why are they just okay after having all the bones in their fingers broken? Why do you pride yourself on your realism, but get cold feet when a character has a severe concussion for the thousandth time?
Maybe I would be more accepting if this wasn’t the case for almost every single story. But my patience is being worn down.
