irreverence theme

Someone shows flagrant disregard toward people and things that generally expected to be taken seriously.

5 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
theamericanshortstory17 choice Jack Smurch was an ungovernable rascal who refused to obey any societal norms even when he became a celebrity. He ended up paying the ultimate price for his irreverence when he was unceremoniously defenestrated, or defenestrated himself.
ldr2019e2x08 major Steven pondered the meaning of the giant's corpse. Meanwhile the townspeople treated it as an attraction by spraying it with graffiti and taking selfies on it.
play: Troilus and Cressida (1603) major Pandarus is disdainful of love and tradition; Patroculus was disdainful of everything and of honor in particular
ldr2019e3x04 minor A lewd couple besmirched a church by having sex in the graveyard, defiling a statue, and accidentally breaking it. Their actions somehow caused the zombie apocalypse to begin, and they got their just desserts by becoming its first victims.
tz2019e2x09 minor Claudia objected to Marc's irreverence for an antique oar in particular.