Motivation Index: Difference between revisions

* [[Concepts Are Cheap]]: Characters have vague one word motivations that could really mean anything.

* [[Debt Detester]]: Character repays debts as soon as possible so as to not owe others.

* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]: Bad guys who want only power and will do anything to achieve it

* [[Dismotivation]]: Characters try hard to achieve nothing.

* [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: Bad guys whose goal is to create a nightmarish [[Crapsack World]].

* [[Failure Knight]]: A character failed to protect someone once, and is determined not to fail again.

* [[Family Honor]]: A character wants to live up to their family name, and bring credit to their family.

* [[For Great Justice]]: Good guys fight so that [[Justice Will Prevail]].

* [[For Happiness]]: A character wants to spread joy and cheer.

* [[Goal in Life]]: A character's main motivation through life.

* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: They ''have'' a motive, but we're not sure what it is.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: A character only wants to do the right thing above all else.

* [[Humble Goal]]: A character wants to do or have something that happens to be simple.

* [[It's Personal]]: A character does something for a personal reason.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: A character wants the person they love to be happy, even at the risk of their own happiness.

* [[I Will Find You]]: A character wants to find a lost or kidnapped loved one, whatever the cost.

* [[I Will Protect Her]]: A person has their entire motivation built around protecting a vulnerable person (usually a girl).

* [[Never Be Hurt Again]]: A character seeks to ensure that no one will ever hurt or take advantage of them again, usually by becoming a [[Badass]].

* [[New Years Resolution]]: A character tries to use the promise of a New Year to create motivation.

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: A character wants to be a real human.

* [[Revenge]]: A character wants another character to pay for what he's done.