Quest for Love story
Physicist Colin Trafford stages a demonstration with a particle accelerator to a number of people, including Sir Henry Larnstein and Trafford's long-time friend Tom Lewis. The demonstration goes wrong and Trafford, with his same memories, finds himself in a parallel universe with significant differences from our own: John F. Kennedy is Secretary General of a still-existent League of Nations and Leslie Howard did not die in World War II because it never happened.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| husband and wife | major | Colin was married to Ottilie in the alternate reality. |
| parallel universe | major | A particle accelerator malfunction sent Colin to an parallel universe where World War II never happened. |
| romantic infidelity | major | The alternate reality Colin was a serial philanderer. |
| romantic love | major | Colin fell in love with the alternate reality Colin's wife Ottilie. |
| what if I found myself in an alternate reality | major | A particle accelerator accident sent physicist Colin Trafford to an parallel universe where he found his counterpart, whom he replaced, was a renowned playwright, alcoholic, and serial philanderer. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | The alternate reality Colin was an alcoholic. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | minor | Tom revealed to Colin that Ottilie had a bad heart and was living on borrowed time. |
| coping with a terminal illness | minor | Ottilie had a bad heart and was living on borrowed time. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Ottilie died in her husband Colin's arms. |
| divorce | minor | Ottilie resolved to divorce Colin. |