coping with the death of a child theme
A character grieves over the loss of their own son or daughter (or any other person they have regarded more or less as their offspring).
Examples
Lwaxana mourned the death of her daughter Kestra in tng7x07 "Dark Page".
114 total · 11 choice · 33 major · 70 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh1x29 | choice | Dianne and Consuela were both coping or feigning to cope with the death of their baby son who drowned tragically in the pool. |
| ahh2x03 | choice | John Cooley started killing people that he thought might have been the ones that murdered his son, thus becoming the titular "Terror of Northfield". Mrs. La Font's eyes welled up with tears as she was questioned by Sheriff Pearce over the recent murder of her lazy, irresponsible son, Frenchy. |
| as1985e2x19 | choice | George and Kathryn mourned for Diana who had gone missing in the forest and was presumed dead. |
| ent4x10 | choice | Central to the story is that Emory Erickson was unable to accept that his lost son, Quinn, was really dead. |
| gdtcoc2022e08 | choice | Nancy had to let go of Ava on order to move on and mend her relationship with Edgar. Similarly, the ghost boy had to somehow let go of the conflicted attachment he had to his mother that had murdered him, in order to "step into the light" and move on. The mother moved on in the opposite direction, one assumes. |
| movie: Dont Look Now (1973) | choice | John and Laura lived and loved after they lost their daughter to a pond. |
| movie: Rememory (2017) | choice | Dunn hurt so much after his daughter died that he tried to erase his memories, and accidentally killed himself. His widow mourned the child too. |
| rbt1985e5x08 | choice | La Farge and Anna were struggling with having lost their son, Tom, some 5 years prior. They kept a photo of Tom on their bedroom dresser as a constant reminder of him. Imagine their surprise when Tom showed up at their home in the middle of the night. |
| Robot Stories (2003): The Robot Fixer | choice | The story climaxes with Bernice finally coming to accept that her comatose son will inevitably die. |
| tng7x07 | choice | Lwaxana :: Lwaxana at Kestra |