coping with the death of one's entire family theme
A character grieves over the death of their entire family.
Examples
In tng1x26 "The Neutral Zone", Clare Raymond woke up from cryogenic preservation aboard the Enterprise-C only to be confronted by the stark realisation that everyone in her entire family from the 20th century was dead.
33 total · 1 choice · 12 major · 20 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: The Searchers (1956) | choice | Ethan and Martin had their family wiped out by Comanche Indians. |
| blackmirror6x03 | major | David became despondent and withdrawn after his wife and two young children were slaughtered by hippie cultists. The story culminated with David bring the same fate on his friend and fellow astronaut, Cliff. |
| movie: Assassin 33 AD (2020) | major | A suicidal and sobbing Brandt pointedly grieved for his wife and two young daughters, the three of whom perished when the car Brandt himself was driving them in was t-boned by a dump truck. |
| movie: Come and See (1985) | major | Flyora returned to find his family and entire village, slaughtered by Germans. |
| movie: I Am Legend (2007) | major | Dr. Neville recurringly reflected on his beloved wife and young daughter whom he lost in a tragic helicopter explosion. |
| movie: KPAX (2001) | major | The possibility was left open that Robert Porter fell under the delusion that he was an extraterrestrial in response to his wife and only child having been brutally murdered. |
| movie: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | major | Jill arrived just in time to find her entire new family slaughtered. |
| movie: Outlander (2008) | major | The hero of the story Kainan recurringly struggled with the loss of his wife and young son to the Moorwens. |
| movie: Timestalkers (1987) | major | Scott became increasing absorbed in all things about the Wild West as a means of coping with having witnessed his wife and young son perish in a fiery automobile accident. |
| movie: Virtuosity (1995) | major | Parker grieved again and again over his murdered wife and daughter and was generally torn up over the incident. |