contemplating suicide theme
A character ponders whether their life is worth living.
Examples
Worf was by a hair talked out of committing suicide rather than to live with the shame of being paralyzed in tng5x16 "Ethics". Dr. Timicin was expected according to Kaelonian culture to commit suicide at the age of 65 in tng4x22 "Half a Life" and he had second thoughts before he caved to peer pressure.
36 total · 7 choice · 6 major · 23 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh3x15 | choice | The story opened with Robert jumping from a tall building in a failed bid to end his life. He later checked into the titular Thanatos Palace Hotel and signed a contract for the proprietor to kill him when Robert was ready to die. |
| ds94x15 | choice | Kurn planned to regain his honor by committing suicide |
| ds94x25 | choice | It was up to Quark to decide between taking his own life or being ostracized by the Ferengi. |
| movie: Scent of a Woman (1992) | choice | Frank wanted to take his own life after a weekend of wild merrymaking |
| novel: The Driver's Seat (1970) | choice | Lise's self-arranged murder appears to be a pre-meditated suicide of sorts |
| tng4x22 | choice | Timicin :: Timicin |
| tng5x16 | choice | Worf wanted to end his life after becoming paralyzed in a freak accident. |
| movie: Nirvana (1997) | major | Shortly after achieving sentience, the virtual reality game character Solo decided that he'd rather have his existence terminated than have to suffer such fates as having to die multiple deaths, etc. |
| movie: Rebecca (1940) | major | The story opened with Maxim standing at the edge of a cliff with thoughts of hurling himself down into the sea below clearly in his mind. The woman who would become his second wife snapped him out of going through with it. Rebecca was suspected of having taken her own life. Mrs. Danvers tried to shame the new Mrs. de Winter into jumping out of a window to her death after the debacle at the costume ball. |
| tng7x18 | major | Daniel Kwon :: Daniel Kwon |