controlling family member theme

One family member is excessively controlling of the life of another family member. For example, an older brother may be controlling who his younger sister dates.

28 total · 4 choice · 21 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp5x22 choice Hubert hatched an elaborate plan to rid himself of his controlling mother.
ds97x11 choice Ezri had a strained relationship with her overbearing mother Yanas Tigan
movie: PG: Psycho Goreman (2020) choice A central line of the story is Luke dealing with, and ultimately standing up to his domineering sister Mimi. In a parallel story arc, Mimi and Luke's mother Susan make her husband Greg's life miserable by bossing him around all the time.
tz1959e3x34 choice Virginia accused Henrietta, in life, of having been a domineering mother to Alex.
ahp2x12 major Cordelia bossed around and bullied her sister Julia.
ahp3x16 major John was selfishly running Sylvia's life from her point of view.
ahp3x29 major Harold complained that he had let his domineering sister boss him around for 13 years.
ahp3x31 major Charlie complained that both his mother and Celia had been domineering and bossed him around.
ahp6x26 major Lucy was fed up with her domineering mother for preventing her from getting married.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x04 major Lady Marchmain was described as a manipulative and devious woman who went through extraordinary lengths to control her children's lives, not understanding that it was that very habit of hers that had driven Sebastian (as well as her estranged husband) to the bottle.