coping with personal failure theme
A character copes with the aftermath of having experienced a personal failure in life.
Examples
Wesley needed some words of encouragement from Captain Picard after he failed the Starfleet Academy entrance exam in tng1x19 "Coming of Age".
52 total · 7 choice · 23 major · 22 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp7x14 | choice | Central to the story was the titular "bad actor" (c.f. the title) Bart's failure to make it in the movies and television, and his now facing impending failure even in stage theater. |
| bbf1x02 | choice | The Soul Hunter went mad about collecting the souls from living people to atone for some past error. |
| ds92x04 | choice | Verad not coping well with his failure to get a Trill symbiont |
| movie: Citizen Kane (1941) | choice | Kane with election; Kane with marriage; Susan with opera career; Kane with life |
| tng1x19 | choice | Wesley with having failed the exam, and Jake with not qualifying. |
| tz1959e3x02 | choice | In the end it appeared the whole morbid story was (whether real or not) in fact the haunted memories of Mr. Sheckly's one and only failure in his career. |
| voy6x24 | choice | Lewis Zimmerman was humiliated that the holograms he create in his own image were scrubbing plasma conduits |
| as1985e2x16 | major | The family dog was crestfallen when it failed at its one task life: to keep burglars away. |
| blackmirror2x03 | major | Jamie Salter lived with being a failed comedian. |
| ds94x24 | major | Julian was devastated by his failure that resulted in several peoples' painful deaths |