unrequited love theme

A romantic love, or infatuation, in which the object of the ambition declines to reciprocate the emotions, i.e., they don't love you back.

Examples

Geordi was devastated to find that the real Leah Brahms didn't much fancy him in tng4x16 "Galaxy's Child".

281 total · 14 choice · 122 major · 145 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp1x32 choice Lottie was head over heals for Mr. Nash to the point where she was willing to overlook that he'd strangled his wife, while Mr. Nash evidently felt nothing for her.
ds93x14 choice Odo confessed his love to what he thought was Kira but it turned out to be a shapeshifter disguised as Kira
ds94x13 choice Odo for Kira
movie: Gone with the Wind (1939) choice Scarlett was in love with Ashley from the very start, and Ashley felt for her too, but Ashley felt bound by moral duty and honor to his wife. Rhett was in love with Scarlett and despaired because he couldn't make her reciprocate the feeling. In the end, however, the roles were reversed.
play: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) choice especially Helena for Demetrius
play: All's Well That Ends Well (1623) choice The plot was driven by Helena's hopeless love for Bertram, who was far above her and wanted nothing to do with her.
tas1x06 choice Anne Nored :: Anne Nored to Carter Winston
tas1x10 choice Christine :: Christine at Spock
tng2x19 choice Lwaxana :: Lwaxana at Picard
tng3x24 choice Tog :: Daimon Tog at Lwaxana