History Main / ImmortalityPromiscuity

** The Lady Knight, Fandral's teacher, is even more of an EthicalSlut and probably considerably older than either Thor or Fandral - while her involuntary time-hopping makes it a little ambiguous, she's TheAgeless and she was raising and training heroes when Hercules was young. And by 'even more of an EthicalSlut', we mean that according to her professional partner/sometime employee [[spoiler: Buri]], she seems to have made it her mission "to shag her way across time and space." If they're attractive, interesting, and interested, she'll go for them. Her little black book includes Leonardo da Vinci, Merlin, [[ImmortalityBisexuality Morgana]], and "a quorum" of the Knights of the Round Table. Among many, ''many'' others. She is extremely proud of this. It's also worth noting that she speaks fondly of all of them, cherished her time with them, and preserves their memories.

* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Orlando is a [[GenderBender gender-flipping]] 3000-year-old who's been around [[BeenThereShapedHistory and played a part in history]]. He's also TheHedonist, who's hit it off with AnythingThatMoves and knocked boots with a number of famous figures.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lestat de Lioncourt is a proponent. He wants EternalLove with Louis de Pointe du Lac, and argues that an open relationship is a practical way to help them stay interested in each other over the long-term. The irony is that they've been together for just over six years [[note]]their relationship began in late 1910, and the closure notice Louis gets later in the episode is dated Mar. 1, 1917[[/note]] when this starts.

* Became a thing in ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' after the death of Duncan’s long-term lover Tessa early in season 2. Pretty much every time there was a female guest star, Duncan would end up in bed with her before the episode ended.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', we have Desire, one of the [[BigScrewedUpFamily seven Endless]]. A [[OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous deliberately androgynous figure]] who can [[GenderBender change their gender at will]], Desire can, will, and has gone to town with countless beings of all races over the millennia. Of course, given that Desire is literally sexual longing taken form -- it's explicitly stated that the Endless aren't the {{AnthropomorphicPersonification}}s of their named trait, but instead ''are'' those traits -- it's arguably their very nature to be this way.

*** As Apollo put it in ''[[Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo The Tyrant's Tomb]]'', "I had spoken of love to women before. And men. And gods. And nymphs. And the occasional attractive statue before I realized it was a statue."

** Bast is [[FaunsAndSatyrs faunlike]], at least 150 years old, and dedicated to living according to his own desires, which, while he and Kvothe are holed up in Newarre, largely means trying his luck with almost every adult woman in town, [[TheCasanova and succeeding most of the time]].

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* Averted in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. While [[spoiler:Adrian Raven]] certainly has a sex life, once he discovers he has offspring, he's able to figure out precisely when each of them was sired - so it clearly doesn't happen much.
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-->'''Ryan''': ''Orcs?!'' Elowyn, ''orcs?!''
-->'''Elowyn''': Everyone has a [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad-boy phase]] in their 1200s!

* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'': All three immortal vampires (Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja) really, really get around. Married couple Laszlo and Nadja are extremely proud of it and have zero issues with it.

** Thor, who's 1500 years old, got around so much in the past that [[UpToEleven he was dubbed the God of Fertility.]] [[ImmortalProcreationClause Asgardians don't breed easily]] and after "the Hela incident", he took care to get magical contraception. However, it's revealed in the sequel that when he was about 500 years old, he misjudged when it ran out. This led to a daughter, Torunn, who unfortunately didn't inherit the lifespan. By the time he found out about her, she was dead, which he's implied to have taken very hard (though they did meet up later because she ended up as a Valkyrie and Thor is absolutely crazy enough to visit the underworld while still alive). Harry, Thor's second child, speculates that this is why Thor was so spectacularly Not Pleased after getting his memories back.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': ComicBook/RasAlGhul is ''literally'' ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, thanks to the Lazarus Pits. In that time he's had lots of kids from lots of different women, though regards none of them worthy of being his heir, save for perhaps ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul.
** ComicBook/VandalSavage is a ContemporaryCaveman [[TimeAbyss 50,000 years old]], and has a ''lot'' of descendants in part due to sleeping around a lot. [[JuliusBeethovenDaVinci One of his claimed identities]] is UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, who's thought to have fathered at least a thousand children. This is beneficial for Vandal since his immortality is boosted and/or sustained [[GuineaPigFamily by harvesting his descendants' organs]], so he's in no worry of losing his immortality.

** The Eternals are a superhuman race that possess virtual immortality. Of them, Sersi has famously screwed around a ''lot'', Legba was called "a sybarite" by freaking ''Caligula'', and Eros aka Starfox is a carefree and fun-loving womanizer who's LivingAphrodisiac, contrasting his nihilistic brother ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. Thanos used to get around in his youth, though to find some sort of satisfaction in love rather than simply trying to get his rocks off.
*** Thanos is something of an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of this trope, in that, unlike Eros, he only has eyes for one person--Mistress Death, the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment]] of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin death itself]]. His grand schemes to wipe out all life in the universe are expressly stated to be attempts to win her over, though Death herself has always stated that she can never be with him (he may be a Titan and nearly omniscient, but she's a fundamental force of existence--it just wouldn't work out).
** ''Franchise/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} may not literally be immortal, but with a potent HealingFactor [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and looking like he's 30 despite being a super-centenarian]] he might as well be. He's also hit it off with dozens of women over the decades [[KavorkaMan despite being a grumpy, short, and hairy Canadian]]. One of his villains manages to gather a bunch of illegitimate children of his to emotionally break him by tricking Logan to [[OffingTheOffspring off his offspring]].
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', we have Desire, one of the [[BigScrewedUpFamily seven Endless]]. A [[AmbiguousGender deliberately androgynous figure]] who can [[GenderBender change their gender at will]], Desire can, will, and has gone to town with countless beings of all races over the millennia. Of course, given that Desire is literally sexual longing taken form--it's explicitly stated that the Endless aren't the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of their named trait, but instead ''are'' those traits--it's arguably their very nature to be this way.

If the ImmortalProcreationClause in effect, that may encourage them to have as much sex without worrying about children (asides from when STDImmunity is subverted), or they may just be irresponsible and potentially father/mother hundreds of kids over hundreds-thousands of years..undoubtedly leading to a TangledFamilyTree and them being a LivingDistantAncestor. If LamarckWasRight, then they might end up founding a SocietyOfImmortals made of descendants.

* Creator/DCComics

** ComicBook/VandalSavage is a ContemporaryCaveman [[TimeAbyss 50,000 years old]], and has a ''lot'' of descendants in part due to sleeping around a lot. [[JuliusBeethovenDaVinci One of his claimed identities]] is UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, who's thought to have fathered at least a thousand children. This is beneficial for Vandal since his immortality is boosted and/or sustained [[GuineaPigFamily by harvesting his descendant's organs]], so he's in no worry of losing his immortality.
* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Orlando is a [[GenderBender gender-flipping]] 3000 year old who's been around [[BeenThereShapedHistory and played a part in history]]. He's also TheHedonist, who's hit it off with AnythingThatMoves and knocked boots with a number of famous figures.
* ''Creator/MarvelComics'':

** Thor, who's 1500 years old, get around so much in the past that [[UpToEleven he was dubbed the God of Fertility.]] [[ImmortalProcreationClause Asgardians don't breed easily]] and after 'the Hela incident', he took care to get magical contraception. However, it's revealed in the sequel that when he was about 500 years old, he misjudged when it ran out. This led to a daughter, Torunn, who unfortunately didn't inherit the lifespan. By the time he found out about her, she was dead, which he's implied to have taken very hard (though they did meet up later because she ended up as a Valkyrie and Thor is absolutely crazy enough to visit the underworld while still alive). Harry, Thor's second child, speculates that this is why Thor was so spectacularly Not Pleased after getting his memories back.
** The Greek gods are typically promiscuous, though less active on Earth, meaning less offspring. This did not stop [[ReallyGetsAround Hercules]] from fathering a daughter on Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, who she named [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana]].

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': [[GeniusLoci Ego]] is a millions-year-old Celestial that's able to manifest a RemoteBody to interact with other worlds. He invokes his first purpose [[BoldlyComing to mate with whatever race he comes across]] and sired thousands of children, with Star-Lord's mother being the only one he ever loved. This isn't just to get his rocks off; [[spoiler:it's revealed that he needed to sire someone else with Celestial genes to complete his AssimilationPlot of the rest of the universe. Peter was the first one to meet his standards, and the rest [[OffingTheOffspring he killed]] and buried enough bones to fill a cave.]]

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''
** The Greek gods are as promiscuous as ever even in the modern day. Their flings with mortals result in the hundreds of demigods that populate Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. The narrative even implies that many famous figures in history, such as Music/TheBeatles, UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart, and Creator/WilliamShakespeare, are Greek demigods. The children of the "Big Three" gods, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, were so powerful that they swore on the River Styx to not bear any more children due to their role in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Of course, Zeus and Poseidon just couldn't keep it to themselves and sired children anyways, resulting in Thalia, Jason, Tyson, and Percy.

* ''Myth/ClassicalMythology''

* Averted in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. While [[spoiler: Adrian Raven]] certainly has a sex life, once he discovers he has offspring, he's able to figure out precisely when each of them was sired - so it clearly doesn't happen much.

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If an immortal is focused on a romantic or platonic relationship, it's a case of MayflyDecemberRomance and MayflyDecemberFriendship. Compare ImmortalityBisexuality, where eternal life encourages the immortal to swing both ways. It may result in the character being a LivingDistantAncestor to many people. It may also be why LivingForeverIsAwesome, or the opposite, WhoWantsToLiveForever

** The Eternals are a superhuman race that possess virtual immortality. Of them, Sersi has famously screwed around a ''lot'', Legba was called "a sybarite" by freaking ''Caligula'', and Eros aka Starfox is a carefree and fun-loving womanizer who's LivingAphrodisiac, contrasting his nihilstic brother ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. Thanos used to get around in his youth, though to find some sort of satisfaction in love rather than simply trying to get his rocks off.
*** Thanos is something of an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of this trope, in that unlike Eros, he only has eyes for one person--Mistress Death, the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment]] of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin death itself]]. His grand schemes to wipe out all life in the universe are expressly stated to be attempts to win her over, though Death herself has always stated that she can never be with him (he may be a Titan and nearly omniscient, but she's a fundamental force of existence--it just wouldn't work out).
** ''Franchise/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} may not literally be immortal, but with a potent HealingFactor [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and looking like he's 30 despite being a super-centenarian]] he might as well be. He's also hit it off with dozens of women over the decades [[KavorkaMan despite being a grumpy, short and hairy Canadian]]. One of his villains manages to gather a bunch of illegitimate children of his to emotionally break him by tricking Logan to [[OffingTheOffspring off his offspring]].

** Thor, who's 1500 years old, get around so much in the past that [[UpToEleven he was dubbed the God of Fertility.]] [[ImmortalProcreationClause Asgardians don't breed easily]] and after 'the Hela incident', he took care to get magical contraception. However, it's revealed in the sequel that when he was about 500 years old, he misjudged when it ran out. This led to a daughter, Torunn, who unfortunately didn't inherit the lifespan. By the time he found out about her, she was dead, which he's implied to have taken very hard (though they did meet up later, because she ended up as a Valkyrie and Thor is absolutely crazy enough to visit the underworld while still alive). Harry, Thor's second child, speculates that this is why Thor was so spectacularly Not Pleased after getting his memories back.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': [[GeniusLoci Ego]] is a millions-year old Celestial that's able to manifest a RemoteBody to interact with other worlds. He invokes his first purpose [[BoldlyComing to mate with whatever race he comes across]] and sired thousands of children, with Star-Lord's mother being the only one he ever loved. This isn't just to get his rocks off; [[spoiler:it's revealed that he needed to sire someone else with Celestial genes to complete his AssimilationPlot of the rest of the universe. Peter was the first one to meet his standards, and the rest [[OffingTheOffspring he killed]] and buried enough bones to fill a cave.]]

* Creator/RobertHeinlein's Lazarus Long character, prominent in novels like ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren'' and ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' lives for millennia and by the 40th century is a common ancestor to a majority of the long-lived Howards, largely due to DarwinistDesire. He does tend to marry most of his lovers, but is also polyamorous.

* This is apparently inevitable with vampires in ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton'' by Creator/CTPhipps as Old Ones inevitably keep harems [[ImmortalityBisexuality of men and women]] as well as regularly sleep together in blood orgies. This notably is offputting to many Young Bloods who consider it to be immoral depending on their cultural backgrounds. Given the Bite is inherently sexual, though, most eventually lose such hangups.

* ''Series/PennyDreadful'': Dorian Grey is wealthy, decadent, and a centuries old (his exact age is never revealed but he talks about witnessing the riots in Constantinople and implies he's millennia older) immortal. He likewise regularly sleeps with both men and women, to the point that he's starting to grow bored of orgies and always on the look out for new excitements, such as him photographing himself whilst sleeping with a prostitute.

* In ''VideoGame/ParadiseKiller'', this trope justifies the OptionalSexualEncounter[=s=]. It's not that TheHero's relationship with the characters actually changes (the plot requires a certain status quo be kept, after all), but that they're all immortal members of an EldritchAbomination-worshiping cult who've known each other for ages. In a culture like that, a little FriendsWithBenefits action isn't a big deal. (Though ''marriages'' are as monogamous as on Earth.)

* Averted in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. While [[spoiler: Adrian Raven]] certainly has a sex life, once he discovers he has offspring, he's able to figure out precisely when each of them were sired - so it clearly doesn't happen much.

* Played straight in the "Odie-sey" episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''. The immortal nymph Calypso helps the heroes and her new beloved Odie escape her island with a boat in her possession, since she is forbidden from leaving the island. When asked how she got a boat, she reveals she ReallyGetsAround and got the boat from one of her now deceased ex-boyfriends, consisting of various men who wash up on her island every hundred years or so that she takes as lovers.

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While VampiresAreSexGods is about the vampire's sex appeal, the immortality that comes with it might be why they seek out people.

If an immortal is focused on a romantic or platonic relationship, it's a case of MayflyDecemberRomance and MayflyDecemberFriendship. Compare ImmortalityBisexuality, where eternal life encourages the immortal to swing both ways. It may result in the character being a LivingDistantAncestor to many people. It may also be why LivingForeverIsAwesome, or the opposite, WhoWantsToLiveForever?