overcoming an imaginary reliance theme
A character feels that they cannot function fully without a certain object or the like, but that is all in their head and they struggle to overcome this mental barrier.
Examples
In ds97x10 "It's Only a Paper Moon" Nog required a cane to walk even though the doctor's said there is absolutely nothing wrong with his leg. When at one point he became emotionally upset and forgot to use the cane it became apparent that this was indeed just a mental block that he should seek to overcome.
4 total · 1 choice · 1 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds97x10 | choice | Nog overcomes his reliance on walking with a cane when he has a perfectly good prosthetic leg |
| tz1959e5x12 | major | In the end Mr. Forstmann learned that his life wasn't tied to his grandfather clock's ticking. |
| movie: Spaceballs (1987) | minor | Lone Starr came to learn that the power of the Schwartz (a parody of the Force form Star Wars) was nothing to go with his special ring, but rather the power had been inside him all along. |
| sherlock1x01 | minor | John Watson had an imaginary reliance on his cane. |