coping with opposing a friend theme
A character is morally compelled to oppose and jeopardize their friendship with someone who is acting badly.
Examples
Captain Kirk coped with opposing his longtime friend Gary Mitchell, who became an imminent danger to the crew after acquiring super powers, in tos1x01 "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
21 total · 13 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf3x10 | major | rebel lieutenant regretted killing former friends |
| bbf4x15 | major | Sheridan and his friend commanders had to oppose each other |
| bbf4x20 | major | Sheridan had to oppose his old friends and mentors |
| ds93x19 | major | Benjamin might have had to oppose his mirror universe wife Jennifer because she was a Klingon/Cardassian Union agent |
| ds93x24 | major | Kira with having to convince her old friends to return the soil reclamators to the Bajoran government |
| ds94x16 | major | Rom did not like opposing his brother |
| ldr2019e4x07 | major | Mei had to fight a deadly fight with her own lover and only narrowly managed to spare the woman's life. |
| movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) | major | Obi-Wan had to oppose and fight his apprentice Anakin. |
| movie: X-Men Last Stand (2006) | major | Logan has to kill his love Jean to save the world. |
| movie: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | major | Logan has to oppose his own half-brother who was turning evil. |