desperation theme

Someone is at the brink of disaster, defeat, or personal failure and may try desperate actions to avoid the dreaded outcome.

76 total · 4 choice · 48 major · 24 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahp3x39	choice	Colin was so desperate for work that he perpetrated an elaborate ruse.
movie: Bicycle Thieves (1948)	choice	Antonio and his family were desperate to get the bike back that he would not loose his job and the dowry his wife had pawned
tng1x15	choice	The Bynars were desperate enough to risk offending the Federation.
tng2x16	choice	Enterprise under pursuit by Borg
ahp3x20	major	Central to the story was Fran's desperation to save her marriage after her husband gave her an ultimatum.
ahp3x35	major	William became increasingly desperate to recoup his gambling losses to the point where he jumped overboard in an ill-advised bid to reverse his fortunes.
ahp5x32	major	Joe and Irene were hard up and in desperate need of some money to pay the bills.
as1985e1x05	major	Jonathan became increasingly desperate trapped inside the ball turret of a B-17 bomber with no apparent hope of surviving an imminent belly landing. In an act of ultimate desperation, he drew a sketch of a B-17 with cartoon wheels. By some miracle the wheels manifested into reality and the plan landed safely.
blackmirror7x01	major	Amanda and Mike were ultimately driven suicide by the exorbitant monthly fees they were being charged to keep Amanda's brain running.
blackmirror7x06	major	The USS Callister crew members, in an act of desperation, resorted to petty banditry to survive in the perilous virtual universe in which they were trapped.