I've painted myself into a corner.
And it is all because a pair of testicles.
I have this supporting character with a handicap, which is not to his favor in the world where he lives.
He gets gravely beaten up, but by a writer's whim he gets castrated as well. Much great symbolism is found in this act that fitted my story perfectly. And I have read what I have written and it does work incredibly well.
Later in the story this supporting character will make an attempt to rape.
Problem one: I must make sure that the audience gets how much of his parts that were taken; as my research taught me, removing the testicles does not result into a big and grave wound, physically, but I have written it otherwise, like everything where cut off.
Problem two: will that part that is left work? I researched and found that it was likely that the interest of using it would be much less.
What a rapist my guy turned out to be.
But then there is my biggest problem: he was supposed to become a father! This is an important image. It is an acceptance of his handicap.
On the other hand, by castrating him in the beginning of the story, I show who little it would be accepted that he - with a handicap - becomes a father.
As I've said: I’ve painted myself into a corner.
There is hope though. I’ve written this. By specifying the problem “on paper” my brain starts to work with the problem (for some reason) instead of whining about it.
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