coping with aging theme
Someone copes with the inevitability of growing old.
Examples
Lwaxana coped with aging once in tng4x22 "Half a Life" and again in tng5x20 "Cost of Living".
121 total · 23 choice · 52 major · 46 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x08 | choice | The middle aged, former champion hurdler Cash was bitter that his glory days were behind him. |
| as1985e1x08 | choice | Lou complained endlessly about being old and about newfangled things. He tried to soothe the malfunctioning cards by saying that, like old people, they just needed a bit more TLC. |
| bbf1x19 | choice | The elderly Minbari Draal decided to end his life by merging with the planetary-scale machine because he felt it would give purpose to his otherwise boring life and also help the people of Babylon 5. |
| bbf5x22 | choice | Sheridan clearly felt his years and a few other characters did too |
| ds93x18 | choice | Bashir was anxious about his 30th birthday because he felt it a passage from youth to middle age |
| ds97x07 | choice | Kor explained to Worf that he was old and there was no place for him in Klingon society anymore and that he wanted Worf as help him die the death of a warrior |
| movie: All About Eve (1950) | choice | At the center of the story is Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star. She had recently turned 40 and was self-conscious about it. Her worry turned into borderline hysteria when she was eclipsed, and had her position usurped, by a younger and equally talented actress: Eve Harrington. The story ended with the implication that Eve herself might well have the same fate to look forwards to, as she was contrasted with the even younger Phoebe. |
| movie: Cocoon (1985) | choice | The story follows the residents of a retirement home who discover a swimming pool with rejuvenating powers in a house next door. |
| movie: Imaginaerum (2012) | choice | Thomas was approaching death |
| movie: Logan (2017) | choice | Logan was feeling the weight of his years, and the now elderly Xavier was knocking on death's door. |