generosity theme

A character goes out of their way to help someone else in material terms without being strongly motivated by love or duty: The other may be a stranger or an enemy.

Examples

The philosopher king Parmen bestowed gifts upon Captain Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in tos3x12 "Plato's Stepchildren".

35 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 25 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds93x16 choice wormhole aliens devolved Zek to be a paragon of benevolence
tz1959e2x11 choice Henry took joy in giving out presents to everyone on Christmas Eve.
voy4x03 choice Voyager crew to space paupers
movie: Scrooge (1951) major Scrooge's heart was ultimately touched by the spirit of Christmas and came so see the error of his miserly ways and went about making merry on Christmas morning. In fact, he bought a gave his servant a guinea, bought a giant turkey for the Crachit family, a gave Bob Crachit a generous raise.
play: Timon of Athens (1606) major Timon was generous to a fault to people he thought were his friends
theamericanshortstory15 major The whole of the story lead up a complicated interaction in which Helena, an elderly white lady, struggled to be charitable to James and Octavia without hurting Octavia's notable pride.
tng1x10 major Q :: Q offers God-like powers to Riker
tng1x19 major Wesley helped Mordock during test, Wesley saved a life in the psych test, all despite it being seemingly detrimental to his evaluation.
tng2x17 major Riker :: Riker stops to help Pakled
tz1985e1x13a major Henry took joy in giving out presents to everyone on Christmas.