History Main / ImmortalityBisexuality

* [[ClassicalMythology Zeus.]]
* Lampshaded in ''LesbianVampire''.
* Trill in [[StarTrek Star Trek]], especially Dax in [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]. A Trill symbiant is passed down from host to host in either a male or female body, but the [[SocietyOfImmortals trill symbiosis commission]] forbids relations with a former lover. One episode Dax ignores this and [[LipstickLesbian kisses a woman]] who the symbiants in each of them were once married together, but all her other relations on the show were straight.
* Jack Harkness from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and {{Torchwood}} -- though he was [[AnythingThatMoves omnisexual]] long before he became immortal.
--> '''Jack''': You people and your quaint views.

* Depending on how one interprets the nature of the series, France, as well as many other cast members from ''AxisPowersHetalia''.
* ''[[OrlandoABiography Orlando: A Biography]]'' by VirginiaWoolf has an immortal man switch genders after a long period of slumber. AlanMoore's ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' turned the character into a full-fledged immortal bisexual.
** Which is too bad, since the novel was written as a fictionalized biography of Woolf's lesbian lover Vita Sackville-West. In the novel it's kin of unclear whether Orlando is immortal or just has a thoroughly bizarre relationship with time...she [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody got pretty womanly once a woman]], but did spend a lot of the eighteenth century cross-dressing, and made friends with the prostitutes who mistook her for a client at first, but she decided not to go there.
** Of course, he mistook his first love for a boy when he first saw her, and was ''really'' worried the beautiful creature was going to be off-limits. Though it was the sixteenth century. He could probably have got away with it if he'd really wanted to.
* Rin from ''{{Mnemosyne}}''. All immortals in that series are either bi or lesbian, presumably to avoid MayflyDecemberRomance (since only women can become immortal).
* [[{{Angel}} Spike]]: "Angel and I were never intimate. Well, except that one time..."
** Justified in that just about everyone in Buffyverse is shown to varying degrees as being bisexual though that of course is not stated as everyone knows there are NoBisexuals and due to MediaWatchdogs
* In ''TheWitcher'' books, one of the witches mentions that when you live that long you will try everything eventually. And that, contrary to popular belief, women too fart in bed.

* ChrisClaremont originally intended to write {{Wolverine}} as [[BiTheWay bisexual]], and although he may or may not be technically immortal, his HealingFactor definitely grants extended longevity and makes him hard to kill. Of course, at the time, fans of comic books were probably less likely to be able to grasp the idea of "a manly dude that swings both ways" and so that angle was dropped. [[{{Torchwood}} We know better now]], though.
** His son Daken seems to be less choosy about [[DepravedBisexual whom he seduces though.]]
** Of course, when ChrisClaremont is writing, EveryoneIsBi (or at least, the HoYay goes through the roof to such a degree they may as well be.)
* Gemna from ''NinjaScroll''.
* One of the Light Others from ''NightWatch'' named Ignat is a master of seduction, and doesn't care about the gender of his targets. He's not quite immortal, but he and all other Others can maintain youth for up to centuries, and it's implied that his bisexuality is at least in part because he's bored. He's possibly the only bisexual Other shown, but a lot of them tend toward being TheHedonist.
** He also doesn't mind having a threesome with two sorceresses, one of whom has a boyfriend in the next room.
* Many of the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aurenfaie]] in the ''{{Nightrunner}}'' series are bisexual. While not strictly immortal, they can expect to live for hundreds of years at least.
** Though this is less connected to their long lifespan (since this gets noteworthy only when they mingle with humans) than with their general attitude wich is less restrictive considering sexuality compared to f.e. Alec's Dalnan upbringing. In fact it's not like "many" Aurenfaie are gay or bi (count the hetero couples, the same-sex couples and the singles who simply have given indications on their preference - roughly same relations as the Skalans) - they are just more open and consider it as normal as it is (doesn't mean you cannot insult someone with his orientation though).
* Reaver from ''{{Fable}} 2'' is this, but it seems that his immortality isn't what makes him bisexual.
* ''ChangelingTheDreaming''. As the kithain's reincarnation process isn't exactly tied down by things like gender, star-crossed lovers tend to be flexible just in case.
* The Elves -- yes, ''[[EveryoneIsBi all]]'' of them -- in the ''Mythology101Cycle''. Used by the author to [[AnAesop show]] how "alternative" sexuality is [[SexIsGood not necessarily a bad thing]]... the author is an EthicalSlut in RealLife, though he is not bisexual himself.
* The Vampires -- yes, ''[[EveryoneIsBi all]]'' of them -- in ''TheVampireChronicles''.
** Their bisexuality has less to do with immortality-related attraction and more about ease in finding victims, though. And when it comes to companionship, [[UnfortunateImplications none of the comparatively few named female vampires show much interest in women]], despite WordOfGay that EveryoneIsBi.
* [[MotherNature Sakiko]] on ''HonorableHogwarts''. She's 2,800 years old and bisexual. Created by the same author as the Mythology101Cycle, [[AuthorAppeal so yeah]].
* In the NewWorldOfDarkness sourcebook ''Immortals'', exactly one of the sample [=NPCs=] is [[BiTheWay off-handedly]] described as sleeping with both sexes. She is also a serial killer, although the book doesn't imply that her sexuality has been influenced by her immortality or that [[ImmortalityImmorality her frequent murders]] are [[DepravedBisexual a natural outgrowth of her sexuality]].
* Henry Fitzroy from the {{Blood Books}}. Vaguely implied with another, female vampire that Vicki encounters in a short story.

* The {{Exalted}} -- if not everyone in Creation -- are typically portrayed as this. The Dragon-Blooded often take homosexual lovers outside of marriage to avoid the risk of siring bastards, the Lunars have easy access to GenderBender powers and massive fecundity, the Solars are god-kings who traverse Creation like a man walking down the block and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity occasionally go into states of utter debauchery]], and the Sidereals live for millennia and have fate powers that allow them to assume any role they want.
* In some DungeonsAndDragons supplements--those few that mention sex--elves are generally portrayed as being much more likely to be bisexual than humans and other "brief" races.

* ChrisClaremont originally intended to write {{Wolverine}} as [[BiTheWay bisexual]], and although he may or may not be technically immortal, his HealingFactor definitely grants extended longevity and makes him hard to kill. Of course, at the time, fans of comic books were probably less likely to be able to grasp the idea of "a manly dude that swings both ways" and so that angle was dropped.

* Averted in the DresdenFiles: [[spoiler:in ''Blood Rites'' it's revealed that Lord Raith, the King of the White Court Vampires (who are essentially incubi and succubi and feed on lust rather than blood) keeps House Raith in order by sexually dominating his offspring in order to enforce psychic subservience. However, as Lord Raith is one of the few White Court vampires who isn't bisexual, he instead attempts to kill his male offspring in non-direct ways (since the White Court as a whole frowns on a lack of subtly in one's evil plots)]].

* Averted in the DresdenFiles: [[spoiler:in ''Blood Rites'' it's revealed that White Court Vampire (who are essentially incubi and succubi and feed on lust rather than blood) aristocracy keep their houses in order by sexually dominating their offspring in order to enforce some sort of psychic subservience; the rebellious son of the Raith household mentions that his father would just kill him rather than do this because "his tastes don't run that way"]].

While characters with normal lifespans are usually depicted as [[NoBisexuals being attracted to one gender exclusively]], immortal characters often turn out to be much less picky about gender. This could be attributed to the fact that we can't know for sure how human sexuality acts over a lifespan of centuries, or a strong belief in the Kinsey Scale from the author. Mostly, this is rationalized with a belief that someone who has lived long enough can look outside the box of sexual norms, or that in that amount of time someone of an unexpected gender is bound to [[StupidSexyFlanders attract the character]].

* France from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' by ''WordOfGod''. However, [[CastFullOfGay the rest of the cast]] seem to have missed the memo.

* Applies to at least the highblooded trolls of ''{{Homestuck}}''. It's normal for all trolls to be bisexual; monosexuality does exist, but it's not common or considered to be a big deal (it's kind of similar to how we'd view someone who's only attracted to [[HeroesWantRedheads redheads]]: not typical, but not remarkable enough to have a word for it or much of a stigma attached to it). However, the trope doesn't apply to all trolls because the lowest castes have ''shorter'' natural lifespans than humans, and somewhat higher up the hierarchy are trolls with humanlike lifespans, and so forth.

* Zeus.

* Averted in the DresdenFiles [[spoiler:in ''Blood Rites'' it's revealed that White Court Vampire (who are essentially incubi and succubi and feed on lust rather than blood) aristocracy keep their houses in order by sexually dominating their offspring in order to enforce some sort of psychic subservience, the rebellious son of the Raith household mentions that his father would just kill him rather than do this because "his tastes don't run that way"]]

* In the New WorldOfDarkness sourcebook ''Immortals'', exactly one of the sample [=NPCs=] is [[BiTheWay off-handedly]] described as sleeping with both sexes. She is also a serial killer, although the book doesn't imply that her sexuality has been influenced by her immortality or that [[ImmortalityImmorality her frequent murders]] is [[DepravedBisexual a natural outgrowth of her sexuality]].

* Jack Harkness from ''DoctorWho'' and {{Torchwood}} -- though he was [[AnythingThatMoves omnisexual]] long before he became immortal.
* Averted in the DresdenFiles [[spoiler:in ''Blood Rites'' it's revealed that White Court Vampire (who are essentially incubi and succubi and feed on lust rather than blood) aristocracy keep their houses in order by sexually dominating their offspring in order to enforce some sort of psychic subservience, the rebellious son of the Raith household mentons that his father would just kill him rather than do this because "his tastes don't run that way"]]
* ''TrueBlood'': WorldOfGod says that almost EVERY vampire out there is bisexual, gender being only a footnote to them.

* France from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' by ''WordOfGod''. ''[[CastFullOfGay The rest of the cast]]'' seems to have missed the memo.

* ''TrueBlood'': Basically all the vampires seem to be omnisexual.

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This trope does have some UnfortunateImplications however, in that it ignores the very real inability of being attracted to one gender that is displayed by gay and straight people alike throughout their lives. Many an author also lumps it together with ImmortalityImmorality, feeding into the notion that bisexuality isn't a legitimate orientation as much as it is [[AnythingthatMoves promiscuity]].

** His son Daken seems to be less choosy about [[DepravedBisexual who he seduces though.]]

* ''{{Angel}}'': "Angel and I were never intimate, except maybe that one time."

* ''ChangelingTheDreaming''

* In the New WorldOfDarkness sourcebook ''Immortals'', exactly one of the sample NPCs is [[BiTheWay off-handedly]] described as sleeping with both sexes. She is also a serial killer, although the book doesn't imply that her sexuality has been influenced by her immortality or that [[ImmortalityImmorality her frequent murders]] is [[DepravedBisexual a natural outgrowth of her sexuality]].

* ChrisClaremont originally intended to write {{Wolverine}} as [[BiTheWay bisexual]], and although he isn't technically immortal, his HealingFactor grants extended longevity and makes him hard to kill. Of course, at the time, fans of comic books were probably less likely to be able to grasp the idea of "a manly dude that swings both ways" and so that angle was dropped.

* One of the Light Others (i.e. a good guy) from ''NightWatch'' named Ignat is a master of seduction, and doesn't care about the gender of his targets. He's not quite immortal, but he and all other Others can maintain youth for up to centuries, and it's implied that his bisexuality is at least in part because he's bored. He's possibly the only bisexual Other shown, but a lot of them tend toward being TheHedonist.