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Author: Chabal2

Dec 31st 2017 at 4:30:29 PM

See also ImmortalityImmaturity, YearsTooEarly.

Possible page quote: "What don't die can't live. What don't live can't learn." (Granny Weatherwax to the elf queen, Discworld/LordsAndLadies).

* Discworld/LordsAndLadies: The eternally-youthful elf queen tries throwing her TimeAbyss status at Granny Weatherwax, who is an old woman and much younger than the queen. Granny counters that sure, the queen's lived a long time, but hasn't spent any of that time learning or growing stronger.
* WarhammerFantasy:
** Dwarf Longbeards are the eldest of dwarves who've been around for at least 5 centuries. While this does make them extremely deadly and their counsel is often best heeded, one of the reasons they're kept in their own unit is because they complain about how everything was better back then (beer  tasted better, goblins weren't so weak, etc.), and nearby dwarf units can reroll some failed dice rolls because they sure as hell don't want to be the target of pointed remarks and "I told you so"'s by the Longbeards.
** Dwarf Slayers who increase in experience actually lose self-respect despite the ever-tougher foes they've killed (from Trollslayer to Giantslayer to Dragonslayer to Daemonslayer), because a Slayer is ''supposed'' to die in battle against a giant ugly monster to atone for some past failure.
* Warhammer40K: One of the (many) reasons the Eldar are hated by the Imperium is because they believe themselves the only ones smart or experienced enough to deal with Chaos. While it is true that humans fall to Chaos with depressing regularity, the Eldar screw up just as often due to following an uncertain prophecy, and the fact that they're a VestigialEmpire (due in large part to actually spawning a Chaos god through millenia of sadistic hedonism) has done nothing to curb their arrogance, and many a Chaos incursion or daemonic summoning has succeeded in spite or because of their interference.