love vs. career theme
A character must decide what is more important to them: love or career.
52 total · 6 choice · 21 major · 25 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds94x06 | choice | Lenara Kahn contemplated suffering exile and losing her career to be with Jadzia |
| movie: From Here to Eternity (1953) | choice | Central to the story was First Sergeant Warden's inner struggle between becoming an officer to please his love interest, Karen, and remaining an enlisted man. Warden despised the officer class and wanted no part of it. |
| movie: His Girl Friday (1940) | choice | Hildy chose marriage and left her career, Walter had lost a marriage because he choose his job |
| movie: The Red Shoes (1948) | choice | Lermontov did not approve of his artists falling in love and considered their careers to be compromised if they did. He force the stark choice between love and dancing upon Vicky. Julian, simultaneously, reneged on his opening night in order to win Vicky back. |
| tng6x24 | choice | Thomas Riker :: Riker sacrificed having a relationship with Troi in order to pursue a career in Starfleet |
| voy3x18 | choice | Kes over leaving Voyager to adventure around with Zahir |
| ds92x18 | major | Quark urged Natima to give up on her political aspirations and stay at space station with him |
| ds93x03 | major | Keiko's life choice about leaving the space station to pursue her career in botany |
| movie: Brokeback Mountain (2005) | major | Jack persistently implored Ennis to leave his ranching jobs and come to Texas |
| movie: Heat (1995) | major | Vincent neglected his wife for his job; Neil in spite of tough talk, risked everything for Eady in the end |