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* ''Literature/UnnamedMemory'': Tinasha has kept on living for 400 years as a witch only in the hope of [[spoiler:finding her former fiancé Lanak who is the key to free the souls of her fellow Tuldarrians]] but gets anxious as to why she even bothers to keep living once that goal is reached. Leonora, the Nameless Witch, who has lived long enough to call Tinasha a "little girl", is bored out of her mind to the point she'd rather sleep and dream most of the time, and even her pasttime of [[spoiler:derailing the politics of entire countries]] doesn't entertain her as much as it used to. Overall, immortality is mostly depicted as sad and melancholic.
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* ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'': The series takes place in a world where everyone has a cortical stack implant that stores their personality, allowing them to be uploaded into new bodies, called "sleeves." If you have the money for "resleeving," you can become effectively immortal. But most people who ''can'' afford resleeving will have to go through the entire aging process with each sleeve, and few people have the mental stamina to do this more than once or twice before going into voluntarily storage. The exceptions are "Meths," who have both the money to enjoy perpetual youth and the mental desire to keep going century after century. They're regarded as somewhat inhuman.
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*** Death isn't called "Eru's gift" for nothing. It is heavily suggested that fear of death is actually created by [[BigBad Morgoth]] to mess with humans. It's implied that for Men there is a possible life after death, outside Arda; while Elves, who are bound to Arda, may not survive when it is undone. The elves are bound to the world forever; even if they die, they are stuck in the halls of Mandos and can eventually become re-embodied in Valinor. Thus, they experience the entire lifetime of the world, and time weighs on them. ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' says that even the Valar will eventually envy humans' ability to die and leave the world.
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*** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Death isn't called "Eru's gift" for nothing. It is heavily suggested that fear of death is actually created by [[BigBad Morgoth]] to mess with humans. It's implied that for Men there is a possible life after death, outside Arda; while Elves, who are bound to Arda, may not survive when it is undone. The elves are bound to the world forever; even if they die, they are stuck in the halls of Mandos and can eventually become re-embodied in Valinor. Thus, they experience the entire lifetime of the world, and time weighs on them. ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' says them.
*** ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'':
**** Despite being partially Elf, Elros gives up his immortality because he identified more with the race of Men, much like his father (who chose to be an Elf for his wife's sake, who also chose to be an Elf).
**** When the Númenoreans start complaining about not being immortal like the Elves and Ainur, the latter send messengers to explain thateven the Valar will eventually they envy humans' the Men's ability to die and leave the world.world and its burdens behind. Ainur and Elves are bound to the world, doomed to witness its inevitable and unstoppable decline, and as far as they know, they will disappear together with it.
*** ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'':
**** Despite being partially Elf, Elros gives up his immortality because he identified more with the race of Men, much like his father (who chose to be an Elf for his wife's sake, who also chose to be an Elf).
**** When the Númenoreans start complaining about not being immortal like the Elves and Ainur, the latter send messengers to explain that
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* ''Literature/{{Bobiverse}}'': Downplayed. The Bobs haven't really had trouble coping with immortality, with most of them finding some kind of incredibly long-term project to work on. However, it does hurt to watch humans (or, in Bob's case, Deltans) living their lives and dying of old age. Many Bobs begin to refer to humans as "ephemerals", with some deliberately avoiding contact with human society to avoid getting emotionally evolved.
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* In ''Literature/CascaTheEternalMercenary'', the titular character is [[WanderingJew a Roman legionnaire cursed by Jesus Christ to walk the world forever as a soldier]]. Amongst his challenges are his fear of being buried alive [[spoiler:(briefly realized during one of his journeys in the Orient, and notably predating the ''Heroes'' episode with Adam being buried)]], and the problem with never being able to truly find love since he stays young forever while his various wives/girlfriends/lovers age and eventually die.
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* In ''Literature/CascaTheEternalMercenary'', the titular character is [[WanderingJew a Roman legionnaire cursed by Jesus Christ to walk the world forever as a soldier]]. Amongst his challenges are his fear of being buried alive [[spoiler:(briefly realized during one of his journeys in the Orient, and notably predating the ''Heroes'' ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode with Adam being buried)]], and the problem with never being able to truly find love since he stays young forever while his various wives/girlfriends/lovers age and eventually die.
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** Maxi Robes ([[HistoricalDomainCharacter Maximilien Robespierre]] to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
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** Maxi Robes ([[HistoricalDomainCharacter Maximilien Robespierre]] to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank thanking Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
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** Maxi Robes (Maximilien Robespierre to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
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** Maxi Robes (Maximilien Robespierre ([[HistoricalDomainCharacter Maximilien Robespierre]] to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
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* ''Literature/{{Skellig}}'': Skellig says he is as old as the earth and has utterly given up on life, but is unable to die.
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* ''The Ashtown Burials'': oh, ''Nolan''. He's several thousand years old and cursed to boot, having achieved immortality by accident and pissed off [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] into the bargain. By the beginning of the first book, he's actively, if uselessly, suicidal, at one point begging Cyrus for death while injured and delirious.
** Maxi Robes (Maximilien Robespierre to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
** It's stated that this is the reason most of the transmortals count among the villains - having to deal with the miseries of the world for so long makes them bitter and eventually drives them insane. (Being the sort of person to actively seek immortality in the first place doesn't help either.) Niffy notes that it's impressive Nolan has avoided this as long as he has, but adds that it's only a matter of time.
** Maxi Robes (Maximilien Robespierre to you) fits this as well, using his last words to thank Cyrus when [[spoiler: he's finally killed]].
** It's stated that this is the reason most of the transmortals count among the villains - having to deal with the miseries of the world for so long makes them bitter and eventually drives them insane. (Being the sort of person to actively seek immortality in the first place doesn't help either.) Niffy notes that it's impressive Nolan has avoided this as long as he has, but adds that it's only a matter of time.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[spoiler:Rock]] plays with this, as it's not clear if he's alive or dead in the conventional senses of the word. He acts like this, and seems to be alive in ''Dark River'' during the Distant Prologue, which gives him a long lifespan since ''Sign of the Moon'' reveals that he is in fact[[spoiler: the first Stoneteller]]. Since ''Cats of the Clans'' and ''Sign of the Moon'' implies he's '''omnipotent''', it's not wonder he tells [[spoiler: the The Clans that they should have let him fade to nothing]]-He's seen many things.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[spoiler:Rock]] plays with this, as it's not clear if he's alive or dead in the conventional senses of the word. He acts like this, and seems to be alive in ''Dark River'' during the Distant Prologue, which gives him a long lifespan since ''Sign of the Moon'' reveals that he is in fact[[spoiler: the first Stoneteller]]. Since ''Cats of the Clans'' and ''Sign of the Moon'' implies he's '''omnipotent''', it's not no wonder he tells [[spoiler: the The Clans that they should have let him fade to nothing]]-He's nothing]]-- he's seen many things.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[spoiler:Rock]] plays with this, as it's not clear if he's alive or dead in the conventional senses of the word. He acts like this, and seems to be alive in ''Dark River'' during the Distant Prologue, which gives him a long lifespan since ''Sign of the Moon'' reveals that he is in fact[[spoiler: the first Stoneteller]]. Since ''Cats of the Clans'' and ''Sign of the Moon'' implies he's ''''omnipotent''', it's not wonder he tells [[spoiler: the The Clans that they should have let him fade to nothing]]-He's seen many things.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[spoiler:Rock]] plays with this, as it's not clear if he's alive or dead in the conventional senses of the word. He acts like this, and seems to be alive in ''Dark River'' during the Distant Prologue, which gives him a long lifespan since ''Sign of the Moon'' reveals that he is in fact[[spoiler: the first Stoneteller]]. Since ''Cats of the Clans'' and ''Sign of the Moon'' implies he's ''''omnipotent''', '''omnipotent''', it's not wonder he tells [[spoiler: the The Clans that they should have let him fade to nothing]]-He's seen many things.
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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.
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* ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'': Celica has this attitude. When her immortality was discovered, it caused most other people to fear her, with her lover at the time calling her a monster and running away. She did have some friends over the centuries, but they would inevitably die while she lived on. She tried killing herself multiple times, only to be prevented by a voice in her head that told her she had a mission to complete.
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* ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'': ''Literature/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'': Celica has this attitude. When her immortality was discovered, it caused most other people to fear her, with her lover at the time calling her a monster and running away. She did have some friends over the centuries, but they would inevitably die while she lived on. She tried killing herself multiple times, only to be prevented by a voice in her head that told her she had a mission to complete.
