beating one's self up theme
A character chastises themself over a perceived failure, usually in a way that is unfair or unnecessary.
66 total · 2 choice · 23 major · 41 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Rebecca (1940) | choice | The focal character of the story, the new Mrs. de Winter, berated herself for not being able to make her new husband, Maxim, happy. |
| tz1959e5x21 | choice | Forty-three year old Anne regretted her decision to marry David, and tried in vain twice to ride down her younger self's ghost to warn her. |
| ahh1x06 | major | Sister Pamela was so distraught after she lost the priceless statue that she forsook her vows and left the convent. |
| ahh2x07 | major | Miles confided in his old friend Sam that it was his own fault that Tod had turned out as he did. |
| ahp1x34 | major | Dana blamed himself for Laura's tragic death in a hit-and-run accident. |
| as1985e2x14 | major | Officer Moore blamed himself for his partner and friend, DeSoto, dying in a supermarket shootout. The story follows Moore as he struggled, with help from his new partner, to regain some semblance of his former self. |
| bbf4x01 | major | Ivanova and Delenn over loosing Sheridan |
| blackmirror5x02 | major | Chris blamed himself for his fiancée's death. A mother blamed herself for her daughter's suicide. |
| ds93x22 | major | Bashir was self-conscious about having finished second to Elizabeth Lense in Star Fleet graduating class |
| ds95x04 | major | Jake over running from battle like a coward when the going got tough |