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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |