help with a character

Ok so I have this character, his name is Wedge. He grew up in a rich household, with parents that were cruel, somehow his sister winds up passing away (I'm working on it) and then his fiance'. At this point his name is William by the way, Wedge is a nickname.
But anyway, he runs off and joins a group of bandits who are in a way the main characters in my story.
My question is this, I am debating making him blind. Now should he have been blind his whole life or maybe go blind in the story or maybe even during the second...if I even get that far.
Being blind would make a good excuse for him to get picked on in his family's home, and a good target for Slade, the villian. BUT, whenever I picture his fiance' I always picture her being beautiful and that being one of the many reasons he loved her. Also, Slade does some pretty horrible things and if he could see them he's hate him even more. A good thing for a hero/villain relationship. Also being a nomadic bandit, being blind would be a huge road block.
So what is you guy's opinions? What should I do?!

I think he should only be blind in one eye. That would hinder his vision, but not so much that it's a MAJOR disability. Play around with it and tell me how it goes.

Yeah, or maybe legally blind, like just have really bad vision without huge, thick glasses.

Oh! blind in one eye would be good......hmmm....
Man, Is it just me or it hard to do anything bad to your characters? Especialy this one, he's extremely kind and meek.
So this is hard!

well actually i think making him fully blind is good. I know I'm in the minority but his fiancee can be beautiful to HIM. I mean not to sound weird or anything but he can "feel" her can't he? Like if she had long flowing hair, he can feel that if you wanted to add her physical description. Besides I thought it was the inside that mattered more than the outside but of course that's just my 2 cents.

thefireinmeisJC wrote:well actually i think making him fully blind is good. I know I'm in the minority but his fiancee can be beautiful to HIM. I mean not to sound weird or anything but he can "feel" her can't he? Like if she had long flowing hair, he can feel that if you wanted to add her physical description. Besides I thought it was the inside that mattered more than the outside but of course that's just my 2 cents.

lol, I agree. It's just being a nomadic bandit, it'd be REALLY rough having a blind man along.....
But also a good obstacle....

Rosey Unicorn wrote:In that case, write out a few key scenes a handful of ways: Blind in one eye, partially blind, full vision and fully blind. That way you can see which one works best.

Oh, and one thing I did for a character in a fantasy of mine is I had a scar running across her eye, but it only robbed her of colour vision. She could still see in black & white with that eye.

Oh! That's a good idea! Thank you guys SOOOOOOOOOO much!

Your welcome! I like Rosey's idea, about being color blind. That'd be fun to experiment with. Like he thinks the sky's bright fuschia. xD

Explosive_Pen wrote:Your welcome! I like Rosey's idea, about being color blind. That'd be fun to experiment with. Like he thinks the sky's bright fuschia. xD

hahahahahahaha!

Ok, so I've decided to make him....*drumroll* Blind. Completely blind, I'm also think it would have set in at a young age, like 6 or 7. Now here's my other question, how should he go blind? Some sickness? Or a accident?

Accident, then he can be dark and disturbed. Maybe he becomes blind because of something bad his parents do to him? Or something else, so he's indirectly responsible. Or his sister dies and he goes blind in the same accident and that's why they hate him and all?

If it doesn't work, then just play around and write and rewrite and rewrite some more.