what if I found out that a loved one was not the person I thought they were theme

A character finds that a person they care about has a highly problematic or troubling side of themself.

8 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 1 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahp6x11	choice	The premise of the story is that a law abiding old woman finds out her daughter and son-in-law are, in fact, wanted criminals.
movie: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	choice	Charlotte thought her uncle was the best person ever, but then she found out he was a misanthrope and a cold blooded murderer. The title of the film is an allusion to the process by which she gradually became aware.
ahh1x11	major	Helen was very upset when she found out that her husband was, in fact, a criminal masquerading under a fake name.
ahh1x18	major	Maria was deeply distraught to discover that David was, in fact, a notorious and somewhat violent jewel thief.
ahh2x12	major	Each of Bernice, Lucille, and Marion were confronted with the revelation that their seemingly loving, caring, and faithful husband Gerald was, in fact, a remorseless, gold digging bigamist.
ahp4x19	major	The story showed us how Helen gradually came to learn that her fiancee was somewhat insane.
tftc1989e6x08	major	The viewer is led to believe that Janet, a seemingly mild-mannered house wife, was shocked when a trio of CIA agents insisted that her husband was a former assassin.
rbt1985e1x01	minor	Mr. Brailing told a friend from the bar about the androids, and that they had peculiar sounding mechanical hearts. Intrigued, the friend went home to mull it over only to find that his bothersome wife was, in fact, an android herself.