second guessing one's self theme
A character questions the propriety of their own previously held beliefs or past actions.
Examples
Kevin Uxbridge second guessed himself over having wiped the Husnock race clean out of existence in tng3x03 "The Survivors".
61 total · 7 choice · 24 major · 29 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds91x03 | choice | Kira was introspecting about her loyalties to The Kohn-Ma terrorist organization |
| tng1x24 | choice | Picard felt torn about his leaving of Janice a long time ago in Paris. |
| tng2x13 | choice | Picard |
| tng4x05 | choice | Beverly :: Beverly about the veracity of her own memories |
| tng7x21 | choice | Alexander Rozhenko :: future Alexander over his choices in early life |
| tz1959e5x01 | choice | Max regretted his life. |
| tz2002e1x21 | choice | Sean came to deeply regret not only having surreptitiously sold his father's prized 1927 New York Yankees team-signed baseball, but also having chosen a life in the business world over being with his high school sweetheart. |
| ahh3x15 | major | Robert and Ariane came to rethink their decision to sign a suicide contract with Borchter. |
| ahp6x02 | major | The rigors of family life made Ralph second guess his decision to marry Lucille and have a child together. |
| ahp7x27 | major | The apparent conclusion of the story was that Ralston tore up the contract with Alan, only to find later that Alan had made it big and that the contract would, presumably, have been worth a fortune. There is also moral regret as they had now alienated a man who might have been a valuable acquaintance. |