clash of wills theme
Two characters lock wills in an argument over a joint course of action.
Examples
Spock and McCoy butted heads in no fewer than five episodes. In tos2x19 "The Immunity Syndrome", a rivalry ensued when they both volunteer to commandeer a specially equipped shuttlecraft into the giant space amoeba.
86 total · 2 choice · 42 major · 42 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| novel: Stoner (1965) | choice | much of the novel is taken up by the battle for moral supremacy in Stone's marriage |
| tng3x26 | choice | Riker/Shelby :: Riker and Shelby |
| ahp5x35 | major | The Miss Hope impostor and Mrs. Wellington collided over who's will would prevail in the Wellington home. |
| bbf1x16 | major | Sinclair and Colonel Ari Ben Zayn. |
| bbf1x19 | major | Sinclair clashed with Captain Ellis Pierce over how to handle the crisis about the planet. |
| ds91x09 | major | Odo and George Primmin |
| ds91x18 | major | Benjamin and Kira over handling of alleged smugglers |
| ds94x04 | major | Worf and Odo clashed over Odo's approach to law enforcement on the space station; Miles and Bashir over what to do about the Jem'Hadar |
| ds95x16 | major | Richard and Julian at one another's throats over years of pent up tensions |
| ds96x14 | major | first in command Kudak'Etan and second in command Ixtana'Rax locked horns over how to run the Defiant |