love out of pity theme
A character maintains a romance, or has sex, with an infatuated devotee mostly out of pity for them.
Examples
Janet Wallace offered intimate comforting to Captain Kirk in tos2x11 "The Deadly Years" when he started aging rapidly.
4 total · 2 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x20 | major | Enid explained her affection for Cyril in terms of pitying an old frail man. In the end, Cyril appealed to her sense of pity to win her love. |
| movie: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) | major | Holly felt so ashamed over having goaded Sebastian into a stunt that left him crippled, that she decided to devote the rest of her life to being by his side. She was warned that Sebastian would not want her pity. |
| futurama1x04 | minor | Leela slept with Brannigan out of pity. |
| tos2x11 | minor | Janet offered herself to Kirk in part out of pity for him. |