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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |