sacrifice for a loved one theme

A character does a self-sacrificial thing for the sake of a person they love, i.e., a family member or a lover.

64 total · 10 choice · 34 major · 20 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf2x16 choice Londo's friend gave his life to save his family
ds92x09 choice Gideon ultimately sacrificed himself on the altar of science to save his wife Nidell
ds95x22 choice future Odo sacrificed 8000 friends for to save Kira
ds96x17 choice Kira Meru became Dukat's mistress in order to improve her own and her family's lot in life
gdtcoc2022e06 choice Walter abandoned his promising career as a musician in order to vainly pursue studies in the occult to find out about his sister's peculiar demise. Later he went through mortal peril in order to bring her back from the land of the "pretty much" dead and, indeed, ended up dead for his troubles.
movie: Casablanca (1942) choice The story culminated with Rick seriously jeopardizing his own life and liberty to save both Ilsa and Victor. This was despite the fact that he had reasons to resent them.
rd1988e5x01 choice The protagonists watch a film in which someone sacrificed themeself for love. Rimmer's subsequent adventure with the holograms lead up to a parallel conclusion.
talesoftheunexpected9x08 choice Soraya slept with her ex-husband Zayid in order to save Stephen, then she killed Zayid because he betrayed her once again.
tftc1989e2x07 choice The title alludes to James taking a lethal dose of sleeping pills in order to free his lover, Gloria, from being his rival's sex slave.
voy6x03 choice B'Elanna went to hell for Miral