coping with having a bad reputation theme

A character struggles with the feelings and social complications that can come with having a bad reputation with people around you.

20 total · 10 major · 10 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahh1x24	major	A point of the story was that George and his family completely lost their standing in the little rural community in which they lived. George's car was vandalized and the family business (an apothecary) was boycotted.
ahp3x11	major	Mrs. Brenner faced having to cough up $500 or else have her reputation besmirched by a blackmailing plumber. Mrs. Brenner offered the newlywed bride Ann Warren some words of support in response to Ann's concerns about the other area wives gossiping about Ann behind her back.
ahp4x35	major	Bill was upset because everyone knew he was being cuckolded.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x10	major	Julia was deeply troubled because it was an open secret that she was having an affair with Charles.
columbo1971e2x04	major	Nicholas Frame and Lillian Stanhope were exceedingly concerned with their careers as famous Shakespearean actors to the point where they got into a scuffle with their backer and accidentally killed him when he threatened to ruin their reputations.
ic1976e11	major	Claudius was eventually told that everyone in Rome, save him, knew that he was being cuckolded by Messalina.
movie: TekWar: The Movie (1994)	major	The convicted Tek dealer Jake agreed to help Bascom locate a missing scientist with the understanding that Bascom would pull some strings to get Jake's name cleared.
sherlock2x03	major	Sherlock's reputation was savaged by the media and he became a disgrace to society.
talesoftheunexpected4x09	major	Harry expressed outrage over being maligned, abused, and his character spattered with mud. Harry claimed that he could not stand having a poor reputation.
talesoftheunexpected5x14	major	Bob appeared to be somewhat disconcerted about people in town thinking he had murdered his wife Emily. In particular, people were gawking at him at the pub.