coping with mortality theme
A character struggles with the realization that they will one day die.
Examples
Q was stripped of his transcendental powers, including immortality, by the Q Continuum in tng3x13 "Deja Q".
8 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| novel: The Fall (1956) | choice | Clamence talks about immortality and death a lot |
| ds97x10 | major | Nog explained to Vic about how he realized he was mortal after losing his leg in the war, and that was Nog's reason for retreating to the holo suite Las Vegas fantasy world |
| futurama6x06 | major | Bender became depressed because he learned he was mortal. |
| ldr2019e2x08 | major | Steven pondered various existential questions, including some centered around mortality and decay, as he monitored the dead giant's loosing battle against entropy. |
| movie: Immortal (2004) | major | The god/alien Horus was determined to mate with a human female after being stripped of his immortality. Having offspring was presumably his way of coping with the reality that he would eventually die. |
| tng3x13 | major | Q :: Q |
| tng5x26 | minor | Data :: Data |
| tz1959e1x06 | minor | Walter lamented his impending or eventual demise, asking rhetorically why we can't live a thousand years instead. |