fight vs. flee theme
Someone must decide, in a given confrontational situation, whether the better course of action is to stay and fight or to flee (perhaps to survive to fight another day).
11 total · 3 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent2x06 | major | Archer taught the colonists to stand and fight the Klingon bullies. |
| tftc1989e3x14 | major | It seems Martin was eternally wrestling with this dilemma and coming up with "flee" despite the betrayals it necessitated, and the social stigma it entailed. |
| voy7x23 | major | Talaxians about taking on miners |
| bbf5x04 | minor | Delenn contemplated |
| ds93x24 | minor | rebel farmers deliberated on where to fight their pursuers or continue to run and chose the former option |
| movie: Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) | minor | Haruo gave those under his command this choice to make: Board one of the escape vessels and flee Earth to the safety of the mothership or stay behind to battle Godzilla in an effort to reclaim the Earth for humanity. Nearly all of them decided to stay and fight Godzilla. |
| movie: Mad Max 2 (1981) | minor | The Humongous gave a group of settlers 24 hours to walk away from their compound, leaving their oil behind to him, or else he would attack them and take it. |
| tos1x08 | minor | unnamed Romulan commander of tos1x08 :: Romulan commander decided to destroy the Enterprise instead of returning to Romulus immediately |
| tos1x27 | minor | Sulu :: Sulu should protect the ship says Kirk |
| tos3x01 | minor | Kirk tried to flee the town |