we need our darker side in moderation theme

The idea is posited that dark emotions such as anger, jealousy, and fear, which we usually detest, actually serve a meaningful purpose.

Examples

Captain Kirk was duplicated into one copy that had all his good qualities, one that had all the bad but neither of which was a very useful person in tos1x04 "The Enemy Within".

4 total · 2 choice · 2 major

StoryLevelMotivation
tos1x04 choice Kirk needed his darker emotions to some extent to be an effective captain
voy1x14 choice B'Elanna discovered
as1985e1x09 major Love summarized a moral of the story as love and guilt being both necessary emotions.
movie: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) major In the end Shermal Klump came to accept that Buddly Love was a part of him and came to understand that the best thing to do was to learn how to control him.