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Sounds like an awesome novel! Here’s my thoughts.

• A bad experience? People gain convictions, beliefs, and such things from experiences. Perhaps if you villain is a Thunderstruck, have him gain control over the other Thunderstrucks(who are supposed to be good) and made them raid a village or something. Plot bunny for you: so, the people are struck by lightning. What if, per say, to control the lightning, a little bit of the energy stays within them and becomes “part of them”? And what if the villain learns to not only manipulate lightning, but the energy within the people as well? Just a thought for you.
• Laws. What if there is a certain law that would force her to try and become a Thunderstruck? And our stubborn ol’ MC isn’t a fan of the gov, so she doesn’t want to go, so she can stay and help her parents do something? (BTW, whatever she’s helping her parents do must be pretty interesting, if she’s going to choose it over superpowers.)
• Society. What is Thunderstrucks are like high-society elites? Rude, demeaning jerks?(Not saying all elites are that way… but a lot are.) What if she thinks they’re all a bunch of idiots who think they’re god-ordained to go save the world, when they’re really just a bunch of stuck up snobs? What if she comes from the lower classes, who all view Thunderstrucks this way, and she doesn’t want to loose everyone she loves by becoming one?(You could pair this with the law forcing her to become one nicely.)

Anyhow, there’s some food for the thought. 😉 Keep us updated on what you decide!