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* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! die! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way.
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* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' has this largely apply to the various immortals in the setting. While they're met with a certain degree of awe and respect, this is mostly because of what they've done rather than how old they are. Some take a certain satisfaction out of it, but Belgarath, the oldest living human at 7000 plus years old, is mostly just pretty comfortable and not overly angsty about his losses, a trait most of them share.
** It's worth noting that he makes an exception if someone, mortal or immortal, died before their time. For instance, his daughter, Beldaran (who didn't inherit the lifespan and died of natural, if somewhat expedited, causes), his wife, Poledra (who died in childbirth [[spoiler: or so it seemed]]), and his brother disciples Belmakor and Belsambar (committed suicide after going over the DespairEventHorizon - though Belmakor he might have been pushed by Zedar). However, he more or less adjusted to Beldaran's death, and is just a little sad about his brothers. Poledra's death is the one that really devastates him, because it's the one he feels he could have done something about if he was there.
** [[TheAgeless Polgara]], meanwhile, largely dismisses her three thousand plus year lifespan, which is all the more startling because her father at least ''[[ElderlyImmortal looks]]'' old - albeit like a very vigorous seventy-year old - while she looks about 30, if that. When it finally sinks in for [[spoiler: Durnik]], her husband, she casually says words to the effect of, "and? You knew I was older."
** In general, the immortals tend to be comfortable whiling away entire centuries studying.
* In ''Literature/TheIronDruid'', Atticus cultivates this attitude, being apparently completely comfortable with the fact that he's 2100 years old and has outlived pretty much everyone he ever knew who's not a god of some sort, indulging in ImmortalImmaturity (some of it to keep up the facade that he's lived only a little more than 20 ''years'', not centuries and avoid attention). However, it's Subverted. He's gone through a lot of heartache, including losing his wife of 200 years and finding that their vastly extended family had come to see him as [[FountainOfYouth an immortality dispenser]], which unsurprisingly soured him on humanity for a while. [[HiddenDepths He also has some serious advice]] to both his apprentice and [[spoiler: his old archdruid]] about dealing with immortality, pointing out its pitfalls with examples from his own experience, such as: [[ImmortalImmaturity your personality]] [[ImmortalImmorality changing for the worse]] as you risk getting detached, the inescapable fact that you ''will'' almost certainly outlive the vast majority of your loved ones (if, as he can, you can share the source of your immortality), and that you need to find a purpose and a reason to keep going or you risk falling into a depressive spiral and eventually committing suicide.
** It's worth noting that he makes an exception if someone, mortal or immortal, died before their time. For instance, his daughter, Beldaran (who didn't inherit the lifespan and died of natural, if somewhat expedited, causes), his wife, Poledra (who died in childbirth [[spoiler: or so it seemed]]), and his brother disciples Belmakor and Belsambar (committed suicide after going over the DespairEventHorizon - though Belmakor he might have been pushed by Zedar). However, he more or less adjusted to Beldaran's death, and is just a little sad about his brothers. Poledra's death is the one that really devastates him, because it's the one he feels he could have done something about if he was there.
** [[TheAgeless Polgara]], meanwhile, largely dismisses her three thousand plus year lifespan, which is all the more startling because her father at least ''[[ElderlyImmortal looks]]'' old - albeit like a very vigorous seventy-year old - while she looks about 30, if that. When it finally sinks in for [[spoiler: Durnik]], her husband, she casually says words to the effect of, "and? You knew I was older."
** In general, the immortals tend to be comfortable whiling away entire centuries studying.
* In ''Literature/TheIronDruid'', Atticus cultivates this attitude, being apparently completely comfortable with the fact that he's 2100 years old and has outlived pretty much everyone he ever knew who's not a god of some sort, indulging in ImmortalImmaturity (some of it to keep up the facade that he's lived only a little more than 20 ''years'', not centuries and avoid attention). However, it's Subverted. He's gone through a lot of heartache, including losing his wife of 200 years and finding that their vastly extended family had come to see him as [[FountainOfYouth an immortality dispenser]], which unsurprisingly soured him on humanity for a while. [[HiddenDepths He also has some serious advice]] to both his apprentice and [[spoiler: his old archdruid]] about dealing with immortality, pointing out its pitfalls with examples from his own experience, such as: [[ImmortalImmaturity your personality]] [[ImmortalImmorality changing for the worse]] as you risk getting detached, the inescapable fact that you ''will'' almost certainly outlive the vast majority of your loved ones (if, as he can, you can share the source of your immortality), and that you need to find a purpose and a reason to keep going or you risk falling into a depressive spiral and eventually committing suicide.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that the remaining shards are [[AndIMustScream still somewhat conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that the remaining shards are [[AndIMustScream still somewhat conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin.skin (although part of it is that they do perceive time differently — to them, several decades have about the same emotional weight as a day or two to a human). None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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They are immortal. They don't age. They're OlderThanDirt, maybe even TimeAbyss. And… they never address the issue. Their life goes on and they don't question it, and if asked about what they think of their immortality, their answer would probably be just as vague as a random Mr. Smith asked "What do you think of life in general?".
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They are immortal. They don't age. They're OlderThanDirt, maybe even TimeAbyss. And… they never address the issue. Their life goes on and they don't question it, and if asked about what they think of their immortality, their answer would probably be just as vague as a random Mr. Smith asked "What do you think of life in general?".
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* In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', [[spoiler: Dios]] is eventually revealed to be as old as the Old Kingdom itself. [[spoiler: And he might actually be ''infinity'' years old thanks to a temporal paradox.]] When he's incredulously asked how any man can stand to live for so long, he just shrugs and says that "seven thousand years is just one day at the time."
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* A strip in Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia World Stars shows [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] being asked by [[HistoricalDomainCharacter one of his period bosses]] how it feels to be immortal, his vague answer was just like anyone being asked about how's life so far, "Well now come to think of it, it's not always fun. But I meet a lot of people". He then proceed to [[DeliberatelyCuteChild casually persuade said figure to buy him lunch]], "If you treat me lunch, I would slip-tongue about them". Although so far only [[TheDitz Italy]] has shown this attitude towards immortality, the others like [[MayflyDecemberRomance France]], [[MayflyDecemberFriendship America]] and [[BreakTheHaughty Prussia]] definitely have more reserved feeling about it.
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* A strip in Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' World Stars shows [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] being asked by [[HistoricalDomainCharacter one of his period bosses]] how it feels to be immortal, his vague answer was just like anyone being asked about how's life so far, "Well now come to think of it, it's not always fun. But I meet a lot of people". He then proceed to [[DeliberatelyCuteChild casually persuade said figure to buy him lunch]], "If you treat me lunch, I would slip-tongue about them". Although so far only [[TheDitz Italy]] has shown this attitude towards immortality, the others like [[MayflyDecemberRomance France]], [[MayflyDecemberFriendship America]] and [[BreakTheHaughty Prussia]] definitely have more reserved feeling about it.
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* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions an offscreen moment when Luna gave Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
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* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse [[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions an offscreen moment when Luna gave Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
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* A strip in Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia World Stars shows [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] being asked by [[HistoricalDomainCharacter one of his period boss]] how it feels to be immortal, his vague answer was just like anyone being asked about how's life so far, "Well now come to think of it, it's not always fun. But I meet a lot of people". He then proceed to [[DeliberatelyCuteChild casually persuade said figure to buy him lunch]], "If you treat me lunch, I would slip-tongue about them". Although so far only [[TheDitz Italy]] has shown this attitude towards immortality, the others like [[MayflyDecemberRomance France]], [[MayflyDecemberFriendship America]] and [[BreakTheHaughty Prussia]] definitely have more reserved feeling about it.
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* A strip in Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia World Stars shows [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] being asked by [[HistoricalDomainCharacter one of his period boss]] bosses]] how it feels to be immortal, his vague answer was just like anyone being asked about how's life so far, "Well now come to think of it, it's not always fun. But I meet a lot of people". He then proceed to [[DeliberatelyCuteChild casually persuade said figure to buy him lunch]], "If you treat me lunch, I would slip-tongue about them". Although so far only [[TheDitz Italy]] has shown this attitude towards immortality, the others like [[MayflyDecemberRomance France]], [[MayflyDecemberFriendship America]] and [[BreakTheHaughty Prussia]] definitely have more reserved feeling about it.
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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Draenei appear to be functionally immortal (they do not seem to die of old age) and their leader Valen is at least 100,000 years old. Immortality does not bother them at all; they don't even ''talk'' about it.
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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Draenei draenei appear to be functionally immortal (they do not seem to die of old age) and their leader Valen Velen is at least 100,000 years old. Immortality does not bother them at all; they don't even ''talk'' about it.
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* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': A Toon doesn't age, although ''mentally'' their spirit can evolve. Death is literally unknown among toons, may it be by old age or injury. They're crazy enough not to care about it.
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* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': A Toon doesn't age, although ''mentally'' their spirit can evolve. Death is literally unknown among toons, may it be by old age or injury. They're crazy enough not to care about it.
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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': A Toon doesn't age, although ''mentally'' their spirit can evolve. Death is literally unknown among toons, may it be by old age or injury. They're crazy enough not to care about it.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': A Toon doesn't age, although ''mentally'' their spirit can evolve. Death is literally unknown among toons, may it be by old age or injury. They're crazy enough not to care about it.
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Some immortal characters are disappointed by eternal life, find it boring at best, unbearable at worst, and ''wish'', more than anything, to die. They are covered by WhoWantsToLiveForever. Then on the contrary, we have those who take advantage of their immortality, and enjoy it: LivingForeverIsAwesome. And then… there are ''those'' characters.
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Some immortal characters are disappointed by eternal life, find it boring at best, unbearable at worst, and ''wish'', more than anything, to die. They are covered by WhoWantsToLiveForever. Then on the contrary, we have those who take advantage of their immortality, and enjoy it: LivingForeverIsAwesome. And then… there are ''those'' ''[[TakeAThirdOption those]]'' characters.
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* ''Webcomic/KuroShouri'' features a whole society (and some main cast) of demons that appear to live forever and age slowly. That being said, they live in a world with few resources, so many die regardless from starvation, violence, and illness anyway.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are [[AndIMustScream still somewhat conscious]]]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are [[AndIMustScream still somewhat conscious]]]].conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* This seems to be a pretty common attitude among immortals of all kinds in ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' including the eponymous protagonist and his circle of long-term friends. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] on closer examination because this is a setting where "immortality" has been repeatedly shown to be less than absolute (open-ended lifespan, sure, but even SufficientlyAdvancedAliens and PowersThatBe aren't completely immune to violence or even sheer bad luck) and so opting out by dying would always be an option if they really ''wanted'' to; it's just that they're generally not in any hurry and so simply keep going on with their lives in the meantime.
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* The immortals like Hob Gadling in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', who can be anywhere from centuries to millions of years old, tend to lead perfectly ordinary lives in the everyday society without making a big deal out of themselves. One recently-immortal who protests that he died is told by Death that he had as long as everybody else: one lifetime.
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** Hob is the first to admit that his centuries-long lifespan hasn't given him any special wisdom. He's learned from his mistakes, but he's also had more time to commit ''more'' mistakes.
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* ''Anime/MaquiaWhenThePromisedFlowerBlooms'': A character who turns out to be a hybrid between an ordinary human and an immortal one upon his second appearance is quite nonchlant about his immortality.
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* In ''Literature/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'', everyone alive is at least 15,000 years old, since birth and death ended in the 21[[superscript:st]] Century for unknown reasons. For the most part, they go about their business as usual, having engineered a post-scarcity society precisely advanced enough to let them pursue their hobbies without making life trivially easy for them.
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* The Twilight of the 24th chapter of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic]] fanfic [[Fanfic/TheCelestiaCode The Twilight Enigma]] has seen thousands of years, but shows no signs of ceasing her eternal duties as a facilitator of maintaining what she believes to be the optimal social structure for Equestria. The following quote about the original Twilight's objections to five statues through which the alternate Twilight can channel her five friends who have long since passed sums up her acceptance of her world: "I have no interest in debating it. I settled the matter to my satisfaction thousands of years ago, and whatever thoughts you have about it will not change my mind."
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* The Twilight of the 24th chapter of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic [[Fanfic/TheCelestiaCode The Twilight Enigma]] has seen thousands of years, but shows no signs of ceasing her eternal duties as a facilitator of maintaining what she believes to be the optimal social structure for Equestria. The following quote about the original Twilight's objections to five statues through which the alternate Twilight can channel her five friends who have long since passed sums up her acceptance of her world: "I have no interest in debating it. I settled the matter to my satisfaction thousands of years ago, and whatever thoughts you have about it will not change my mind."
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Phil specifically mentions in "One Last Hope" that Hercules is his last chance until "that blasted underworld gets my goat." Phil may be very long-lived, but by the time Herc comes along he knows he doesn't have much time left.
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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way. Even more important is the character Phil. He's trained all the heroes of the past, which logically let the viewer understand that he's physically immortal, but he doesn't even ''mention'' he is.
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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': The Gods are, by nature, immortal, and this movie is no exception to the rule. It is clearly stated that they're immortal, and can't be killed, and don't age, and… they don't seem particularly happy about it. It's just part of their lives. When Baby Hercules becomes mortal thanks to one of Hades's schemes, they are more concerned by the fact that he can't live on Mount Olympus because of that, than "Oh my! Now our baby will die ! While we have the incredible luck of NOT dying!". In this case, this is because we deal with characters ''born'' immortal, while most LivingForeverIsAwesome and WhoWantsToLiveForever apply to characters who gain immortality through some magical way. Even more important is the character Phil. He's trained all the heroes of the past, which logically let the viewer understand that he's physically immortal, but he doesn't even ''mention'' he is.
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The reasons to that vary: sometimes, they're just born that way, and living forever is for them the "normal" kind of life (they may even have an issue grasping the very ''idea'' of Death); sometimes, the writer's idea (since most writers are mortals) is that living forever would be, well, living, and continuing to live just like you live your normal life.
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* Onrack the Broken from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' doesn't mind being a clanless [[TheUndead undead]] who walks the earth, contrary to some of his fellow T'lan Imass. As he puts it, there's always something new to see.
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* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions Luna having to give Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
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* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions an offscreen moment when Luna having to give gave Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
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* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions Luna having to give Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
* The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Alicorns]] of [[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse the Lunaverse]] are like this, and one scene mentions Luna having to give Shining Armor TheTalk about his fiancée Cadenza living on with her youth while he withers and will eventually die, and how she will indeed mourn and never forget him, before moving on and finding new love further down the road.
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They are immortal. They don't age. They're OlderThanDirt, maybe even TimeAbyss. And… they never address the issue. Their life goes on and they don't question it, and if asked about what they think of their immortality, their answer would probably be just as vague as a random Mr. Smith asked "What do you think of life in general?"'s.
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They are immortal. They don't age. They're OlderThanDirt, maybe even TimeAbyss. And… they never address the issue. Their life goes on and they don't question it, and if asked about what they think of their immortality, their answer would probably be just as vague as a random Mr. Smith asked "What do you think of life in general?"'s.general?".
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are still somewhat conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are [[AndIMustScream still somewhat conscious]].conscious]]]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest, and to them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are still somewhat conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, who the show focuses on, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest; to them their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems, being sentient gemstones, don't age, though it is possible to kill one by smashing their gem, and even then it's implied that [[spoiler: the remaining shards are still somewhat conscious]]. The Crystal Gems, the ones who the show focuses on, reside on Earth, have already lived for thousands of years, with their youngest full-Gem member being five to six thousand years old. It doesn't bother them in the slightest; slightest, and to them them, their lifespans are as natural as humans having skin. None of the humans that know of them make a big deal of their immortality either.
