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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#1: Apr 30th 2017 at 10:39:29 AM

Let's say there's a Cosmic Entity that is a fundamental part of existence. They are eternal and can never, EVER be killed. Usually they're about as old or older than time, but can they be simply thousands of years old? Hell, can they be born from a mortal yet they themselves are immortal in every sense of the term?

edited 30th Apr '17 10:39:43 AM by superboy313

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#2: Apr 30th 2017 at 10:58:11 AM

You're talking about a hypothetical situation relating to several tropes it doesn't directly contradict, so I've got to ask, what brought it up?

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#4: Apr 30th 2017 at 3:21:03 PM

Then the answer is a definite maybe.

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#5: Apr 30th 2017 at 4:32:25 PM

If Cosmic Entities were real, then presumably they'd have enough power to be anything they wanted to be, including young (literally—they're not going to be bound by the pesky limitations of space-time).

In fiction, they're even less bound, since writers can say anything they want, even if it makes no sense. In fiction, a duck can be a species of dog if the writer so declares. :)

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#6: May 1st 2017 at 9:32:18 AM

Yes, the question by the OP makes no sense, because these are fictional beings; they can be whatever the author wants them to be. Tropes are not straitjackets; they are concepts used by writers in their works, whether consciously or not.

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