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MorganWick (Elder Troper)
Jul 3rd 2011 at 2:26:51 AM •••

Cut because... how is this different from the canon version?

  • The Twilight fanfiction Luminosity takes place in an AU whose "point of divergence" is that Bella has a different personality: she's a lot more sensible than the canon version. Upon learning that among the benefits of being a vampire is Type 3 Immortality (the kind that means that you don't get old and are really, really hard to kill), she immediately becomes very eager to become one.
Cut for being characters who want to live forever (and therefore reserve the right to Be Careful What You Wish For), not characters who actually find it awesome (Discussed Tropes and unclear examples are kept):
  • The Harry from MoR has immortality has one of his eventual goals. Immortality for everyone which convinces Dumbledore that he isn't in immediate danger of becoming a Dark Lord.
    Dumbledore: "You seek the secret of the Dark Lord's immortality in order to use it for yourself!"
    Harry:"Wrong! I want the secret of the Dark Lord's immortality in order to use it for everyone!"
    stunned silence
Cut for not having anything to do with the trope (other than immortality):
  • In The Odyssey, Calypso offers Odysseus eternal life and youth at her side, but even though he says that the his mortal wife Penelope cannot compare in beauty to her he firmly rejects the offer in order to return to his family in Ithaca. Ironically in some non-Homeric versions of the myth, Penelope and her son Telemachus are made immortal by Circe after Odysseus' death.

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Mysterboy1424 Since: Mar, 2021
Apr 9th 2021 at 12:04:18 PM •••

Can put stop aging forever living forever is awesome in real life. fountain of youth too.

Camacan MOD Since: Jan, 2001
Jan 8th 2011 at 7:15:31 PM •••

These are probably not examples:

An afterlife is not what we're about here.

  • Shangri-La, according to Insane Clown Posse.
    • Does that really count, though? Since they're talking about the afterlife, not actual immortality.

This is not really an immortal character in a work.

  • Invincibility cheats in video games. Some gamers fondly remember abusing them as a kid.
    • Just as a kid?
    • What about infinite lives? In those controller-breaking games though, you would need every single one of them.

From ''Touhou" This immortal is miserable — hence not an example. In any case we need to stick to the trope rather than discuss the character: that material belongs on the work's character sheet.

Apparently this character is not explicitly immortal hence not an example. And again we don't need detail beyond how the character relates to their immortality.

  • This is because they aren't actually immortal, and almost all their friends are also Really 700 Years Old. When the oni Yuugi originally gets into contact with surface kappa Nitori, Nitori fears that the oni will break out and get revenge on the kappa who, along with other surface youkai, imprisoned them beneath the earth centuries ago. Yuugi essentially replies that underground, she has booze, food, and all her oni friends with her (except Suika), and parties every night, which is all she'll ever need to stay happy. Why wreck a good thing with silly ideas like revenge?

Edited by Camacan
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