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