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 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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