Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life: Difference between revisions

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* Canderous Ordo of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' was once a respected Mandalorian soldier. His people's defeat led to him being desperate enough to take a job cracking heads for a petty crime boss. When he finds the [[Player Character]], he teams up with them to find better prospects. At the end of the game, he admits that he needs more in his life than fighting for fighting's sake. And he ''certainly'' finds it by the second game {{spoiler|by becoming Mandalore the Preserver, and rebuilding his people}}.
* In ''[[Xolga and Mr. Toko]]'', part of Xolga's backstory is that his father abandoned his alcoholic wife and his son in order to "pursue [his] dreams", essentially leaving his child at the mercy of [[Abusive Parents|an alternatively abusive and neglectful mother]]. Needless to say, Xolga has issues with both his [[Parental Abandonment]] and people who takes this trope attitude in life. {{spoiler|At the end of the first series, the man returns with his wife after she [[Driven to Suicide|attempted suicide]] due to grief over their son disappearance. Talking with a plushified Xolga, the man confess that he ''still'' hasn't reached his dream, but hopes that rebuilding his marriage will give him some purpose at last.}}
* Kogasa Tatara's [[Woobie]] status in ''[[Touhou]]'' comes in large part from her questioning the meaning of her existence and wondering what her purpose in life is in the face of her repeated failures at surprising people and the rejection and bullying that ensue. She goes as far as wondering if going back to being an inanimate umbrella would finally give her a purpose.
 
=== Visual Novels ===