Help with a story idea

Supreme_Warlord · Post by **Supreme_Warlord** » 2004-05-28 01:37pm

I am trying to write some original universe fiction, but am stuck on an idea.

Basically, I need a character to be blind, but in a world of hi-tech medical procedures like nerve regeneration (almost within present technological grasp) and eye transplants (already happening), how and what means can I use to keep this character blind?

And yes, the character does need to be blind as it serves as a plot point for future events.

This has been bugging me for a long time, so any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-05-28 01:51pm

Maybe his immune system is shot and he keeps rejecting implants and regenerative tech, or he has an allergy. I recall a SW character with a bacta allergy.

Supreme_Warlord · Post by **Supreme_Warlord** » 2004-05-28 02:18pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Maybe his immune system is shot and he keeps rejecting implants and regenerative tech, or he has an allergy. I recall a SW character with a bacta allergy.

This is not a bad idea, but if I were to be really pedantic, what if you could have artifical immune systems using microbots? In addition to fighting foreign body invasions, they would prevent any part of the natural immune system from undertaking said rejection.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-05-28 02:29pm

Sure you could. Depending on your character and medical tech, maybe its his against his religion or personal beliefs. And suppressing an immune response with microbots would allow him to be vulnerable to all kinds of common stuff. It would be like having HIV or AIDS in that flu bugs would kill him.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-05-28 04:16pm

Brain damage.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » 2004-05-28 04:49pm

I'd say brain damage, his eyes could be perfect but he just can't process the information being sent by them.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-05-28 06:03pm

Psyhlogical blindness.

Eyes are fine, but he saw something that made him go blind, and he 'refuses' to see again. You could even work it into the plot.

Thats how i explained a deaf/mute character in a universe with nano-bot regeneration.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-31 04:03am

Make the character technopheobic. The character rejects technology to cure his or her sight.