Questions tagged [character-motivation]
Use this tag when asking about the motivation of a character. Character motivation is what motivates characters to behave in a particular way and describes why a particular character does so. It propels the personality of the character.
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Why didn't the first overseer of Vault 11 just admit the sacrifice was a lie to save himself?
In Fallout: New Vegas, there's a Vault 11 where the first overseer told everyone they needed to sacrifice somebody or else the computer would kill the whole vault. The dwellers did not take kindly to ...
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Why didn't Wong answer the question "are you happy?"?
At the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Dr Strange asks Wong a question:
Dr Strange: Are you happy?
Wong: That's a, um, interesting question.
Dr Strange: You'd think that ...
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Why did Doctor Fate sacrifice himself to Sabbac?
In the Black Adam (2022) movie, Doctor Fate first surrounded the castle with a force field, fought Sabbac, and in the middle of the fight freed Black Adam from the prison.
If Doctor Fate had the power ...
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Why did Snape tell Bellatrix about Dumbledore knowing he was returning to the Dark Lord?
Snape: By allowing Dumbledore to think that I was only returning to the Dark Lord’s side because I was ordered to,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
I am probably being a bit naive, as I'...
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Why wasn't Aragorn more stealthy at Weathertop?
In the first book, Aragorn and the Hobbits set up camp and start a fire on the side of Weathertop. Why is stealth no longer necessary? Between setting off from the Shire and reaching Weathertop, the ...
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What is Charles Burnside's relation to Albert Fish and how much of his deeds is of his own volition?
In Stephen King's and Peter Straub's novel Black House a Wisconsin small town is haunted by a serial killer named the "Fisherman" because he seems to copy the methods of serial killer Albert ...
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Why did Trinity not take Neo to Morpheus when meeting him in the club?
In The Matrix (1999):
Neo first meets Trinity in a club
Neo then goes back home and goes to bed
He then wakes up and is late for work
He then has to escape his workplace
Why didn't Trinity take him ...
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Why aren’t Ned Leeds and Peter Parker still friends? [closed]
Ned and Peter Parker were friends before the whole Spider-Man Incident.
Then, during No Way Home,
Why isn’t Ned still friends with Peter Parker?
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In Star Trek: TNG S06E20, "The Chase", why is Ocett outraged by Nu'Daq's comment regarding biscuits?
In "The Chase," the Cardassian commander, Ocett, says that the thing they are chasing "might just be a recipe for biscuits." The Klingon commander, Nu'Daq, tells her she can go ...
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Was Kip's defiance relevant to the Galactics' decision?
In Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, when humanity is being evaluated to determine if the galactic authorities will destroy it, Kip gives a defiant speech threatening them - and the Galactics ...
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Why did Greedo want Han dead?
Something that has made little sense in the Mos Eisley cantina scene is why Greedo wanted Han Solo dead
GREEDO: You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
HAN: Over my dead body.
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Why did Mayday Parker want to fight crime like her father did?
Mayday wanted to fight crime like her dad, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, did before he retired in the MC2 continuity. He told her not to, but she decided to do it anyway. Why?
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What was the original Barrayaran plan for the Komarr invasion
In The Warrior's Apprentice, Aral Vorkosigan is described by the highly competent Tung as producing
the most complex strategy laid out logically as a wiring diagram—politics, economics, and all—I ...
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Why do the humans in Solaris keep trying to hide the "visitors"?
In the novel Solaris, there are 8 main entities on the space station Solaris: 3 living humans (Kris, Snow, Sartorius), 1 dead human, and 4 visitors.
At around the middle of chapter 6, it has become ...
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In X-Men: First Class, why did Shaw kill Darwin?
When Eric attacks Shaw on the boat, he tells Emma that "We don't harm our kind", but then he kills Darwin, who didn't even attack him.
How does that fit into his character?
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When Snape did this to Dumbledore, why didn't Fawkes protect him?
Fawkes was genuinely loyal to Dumbledore and even protected him once by taking Avada Kedavra on itself (and then being reborn from its ashes).
Why didn't Fawkes protect Dumbledore once again when ...
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Why were Mordo's group of heroes so disastrously overconfident in confronting this enemy?
In Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, Mordo reveals a group of heroes who are sent to confront an enemy who has intruded from another universe.
The individuals involved are:
The group are ...
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Why does Cersei keep telling Margaery she can "come to her with anything she needs"?
I've been rewatching Game of Thrones recently, and I am really confused by this scene in S05E03 - "High Sparrow". It goes on for a couple minutes and I can't really make sense of it.
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What's Chelsea doing going to Heaven, did I miss something?
Chelsea, Siri Keeton's ex, may not be a militant radical but she was a Realist, to the point of taking her sex in the raw, which it is suggested the Realists don't even do any more. As far as I could ...
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What's so awful in Dobby's words?
In the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film, Harry Potter speaks to Dobby:
Harry Potter: You can't have met many decent wizards then.
Dobby: No, I haven't. That was an awful thing to say. Bad ...
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Why did Hermione lie about the troll? [duplicate]
I have tried to look at many answers to this question, since it is a rather common one, but with no satisfactory answer up until now.
The truth of the story is: Hermione was crying in the girls ...
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In-universe reason for Peter Purves having two distinct parts in "The Chase"
This question asked about actors who appeared in Doctor Who as various characters and then went on to play the Doctor. This question is about the First Doctor story The Chase. In this story, Peter ...
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Why did Martia disguise herself as Kirk?
In Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, while Martia the shapeshifter, Kirk and McCoy are escaping, after Martia's treachery is revealed she transforms herself into Kirk.
Then when the guards come, ...
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Why did Spock ask McCoy to help him reconfigure a torpedo?
I don't understand how/why McCoy would be able to help with the torpedo setup. He's a doctor, not an engineer.
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Why didn't Snape defend himself against Nagini?
When Voldemort ordered Nagini to kill Snape, Snape had his wand with him. As he was a powerful wizard, he could easily counter Nagini. Why didn't he do that?
Talking about Voldemort (who wouldn't have ...
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Is there a reason why Peeves would not invade the common rooms or dormitories?
Being Peeves mischievous, why wouldn't he occasionally break into the houses' common rooms or dormitories to wreak havoc? He does not need a password insofar as he is ghost-like and can thus go ...
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Why did Kenny Ackerman give away the Syringe?
During the 10th episode of Attack on Titan Season 3, Kenny Ackerman gives away a syringe to Capt. Levi, why? He's depicted as a survivor, hungry for power character, and still he gives away his only ...
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Why didn't Tony use E.D.I.T.H. against Thanos? [duplicate]
When Thanos and his army attacked Avengers HQ in Avengers: Endgame, E.D.I.T.H. was in existence because Tony
so he couldn't build it after the battle. Why didn't he use E.D.I.T.H. in the battle?
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Why was Snape so concerned with exams if he wanted to join the Death Eaters?
Snape is shown to be putting a great deal of effort into his exam in Order of the Phoenix. He's writing in answers up until the last minute. After the exam Snape is still reviewing his notes, ...
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Is Dobby's reasoning for his early actions against Harry ever explained?
I'm finding it very hard to read Chamber of Secrets. Every time that I open chapter 2, I find a new apparently senseless character decision that makes me put the book down (e.g. Harry's ineffective ...
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What are Geralt's killing principles?
I have just seen Netflix's show The Witcher.
In the first episodes, I got the feeling that Geralt doesn't kill live being if they are intelligent unless it is in defense. He says to the Sylvan in the ...
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Why was Kylo Ren wrong about Rey's lineage?
With the big reveal that
this whole bit Kylo Ren says in The Last Jedi is definitely not true (slightly edited for brevity)
Do you want to know the truth about your parents?
Or have you always ...
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Why didn't Vader execute Piett?
In The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader has little to no compunction toward executing screw-ups such as Ozzel and Captain Needa, but at the end when the Millennium Falcon escapes to hyperspace despite ...
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Why was T'Pol exempted from Starfleet uniform protocol?
Beginning in Season 4 of "Star Trek: Enterprise", science officer T'Pol received a Starfleet commission granting her the rank of Commander. However, afterwards she continued to wear civilian Vulcan ...
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What is the meaning of Mr. Deltoid with Alex in Alex's home
Re-watching this scene after many, many years. Had not remembered (or maybe never saw this version?) where Alex, in his underwear, is laying next to Deltoid on the bed. This is a very disturbing scene ...
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Is there an in-universe reason how Princess Leia kept herself and her hair so tightly groomed during the events of the Star Wars movies?
In A New Hope, we see Princess Leia in her signature "cinnamon" buns:
On present-day Earth, that hairstyle is very difficult to maintain:
The iconic if ludicrous hairdo—Carrie Fisher, who starred ...
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Why choose the name "Morpheus" when it is the name of the Greek god of dreams
Why did the writers of The Matrix choose to call the awakener of Neo by the name "Morpheus"? A priori that is a random question, but the question becomes more pertinent after appreciating that ...
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Why did Snape hate Sirius?
I know he made Snape's life miserable, but he seemed to particularly hate him in book three, hunting him and calling dementors to destroy his soul, even going against Dumbledore to punish Sirius. Did ...
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What would Saruman join forces with Sauron for?
Curumo (Saruman) is not known, AFAIK, to have forgotten his identity and his mission from the Valar. Even ignoring his commitment to the Valar - he knows that Mairon (Sauron)'s master, Melkor, is gone;...
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Why is Szeth allowed to sully his grandfather’s reputation?
Szeth says in The Way of Kings that, as he is Truthless, he doesn’t go by Szeth-son-Neturo, so as not to insult his father. Instead he goes by Szeth-son-son-Vallano. Why is it alright, in his mind, to ...
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Why didn't the Avengers simply jump 5 years back?
In Avengers: Endgame, the Avengers decided to
Why didn't they simply jump back 5 years just before Thanos destroyed the Infinity Stones? This way they could get all six Infinity Stones at once.
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What was the Soul King?
In Tite Kubo's Bleach (the manga), what exactly was the Soul King? What was its function within the metaphysical arrangement of the Bleach world?
The Bleach wikia page says:
The Soul King is the ...
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In Orphan Black, who shot the woman, and who saved her?
At the end of season 3, in a parking garage, someone shoots
Who was it? Was it at the instigation of
And who saved her, and why?
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On Orphan Black, why did Alison and Donnie become drug dealers?
On Orphan Black, did Alison and Donnie have any reason to become dealers in black-market prescription drugs? Were they just being rebellious? Currying favor the make Alison popular (and electable) in ...
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Why did the other Lords accept to be part of the Six Kingdoms so easily? [duplicate]
In the Game of Thrones finale, S08E06 The Iron Throne we can see Bran the Broken being chosen as King of the 7 Kingdoms, but Sansa claims for the North to be independent hence making the realm of 6 ...
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Did the lords know the truth?
At the last episode of Game of Thrones the council of the lords of Westeros is summoned and they
When they do that, is the fact that Jon
known to them?
We know Samwell and Starks know. But what ...
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Why did Captain America cheat on his girlfriend?
In the end of Avengers: Endgame,
It was surely an emotional moment, but why did he do it especially when he already had a girlfriend named Sharon Carter (ref: Captain America: Civil War).
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Why can't The Control also jump to future?
The main assumption in recent episodes of Star Trek: Discovery is that
But, I see two flaws in the plan:
The Control will eventually get to the future by waiting out because it can't age and die. ...
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Why did Bronn offer to be Tyrion Lannister's champion in trial by combat?
In the story, A Game of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by combat after being wrongly accused of trying to kill Bran Stark and conspiring to kill Lord Jon Arryn.
The halls of the Eyrie ...
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Why is Section 31 a big deal to USS Discovery?
In the end of S02E12 of Star Trek: Discovery,
I can understand that Section 31 possesses advanced technologies and USS Discovery can't stand a chance in a direct battle. But, USS Discovery has one ...
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