Power Comes With Responsibility. The More Power A Character Has, The More They Are Defined And Confined

Power comes with responsibility. The more power a character has, the more they are defined and confined by it. The fewer choices they will have. The easier it is for their actions to have massive, widespread unintended consequences continuously rippling outward. When they make a mistake, they will hurt more people than just themselves. More you have, the more cautious you have to be. The more you have to give up, the more you have to sacrifice, because circumstances outside of your control have decided you will not be like other men/women. That’s just a fact of life. You can say “But I don’t want it”. Well, tough. Suck it up. Deal with it or deal with the consequences.

Michi of howtofightwrite, “Would it be cliche or a poor choice…”

As usual, the mods of howtofightwrite nail the importance of power in character development to the effing wall, paint a gd dartboard on it, and proceed to stick only bullseyes. Hats off to them. 

(via writeworld)