coping with being eclipsed by a family member theme
A character feels diminished because of a family member's success at something in particular, and must come to terms with this.
Examples
In talesoftheunexpected9x02 "The Colonels Lady", George, who had had a distinguished career in the military, resented his wife's sudden and smashing success as a poetry writer.
6 total · 4 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e2x02 | major | Sedgewick resented the fact that his younger brother, Fletcher, had superhuman abilities that he himself did not have. Fletcher also had lots of friends where as Sedgewick was alienated from his peers because he was different. |
| talesoftheunexpected9x02 | major | George, who had had a distinguished career in the military, resented his wife over her smashing success as a writer. |
| tng2x14 | major | Kyle Riker couldn't accept that his son William Riker has surpassed him in anything. |
| tz2002e1x30 | major | Anthony's young daughter, Audrey, rose up and took his place as the terror of Peaksville. |
| ahp5x24 | minor | Jimmy longer to get out from under his movie star mother's shadow. |
| movie: The Stepford Wives (2004) | minor | It turned out that Walter was secretly deeply jealous of Joanna's success in the entertainment industry and had arranged to have her transformed into a simple-minded woman who would wait on him hand and foot, although he reversed his decision at the last minute. |