History Main / ImmortalityBisexuality

* It has been hinted heavily regarding most members of the original family of vampires on the ''Series/TheOriginals'' and ''Series/VampireDiaries'' world, but especially about Rebekah. While clearly a bisexual, it's not clear if Isobel's started exploring relations with women after she turned, or has she always considered herself bi.

* It has been hinted heavily regarding most members of the original family of vampires on the ''Series/TheOriginals'' and "Series/VampireDiaries'' world, but especially about Rebekah. While clearly a bisexual, it's not clear if Isobel's started exploring relations with women after she turned, or has she always considered herself bi.

Whereas 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 ''[[ClosetKey someone]]'' of an unexpected gender is bound to [[StupidSexyFlanders attract the character]]. Or maybe they've just been around for so long that they're running out of new things to try.

* Stated outright to be the case for vampires in ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton.'' Blood substitutes for sex among them (though they still have lots of that), so they don't have any issue having male and female lovers both. The protagonist, Peter Stone, is young enough that's not entirely comfortable with it yet.

%% * In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', it is assumed Magnus Bane is gay. Once in a relationship with Alec, the immortal warlock reveals he's had relationships with [[AnythingThatMoves all different genders and species]].

* Creator/ChrisClaremont originally intended to write ComicBook/{{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. [[Series/{{Torchwood}} We know better now]], though.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Both Germany and Italy are [[BiTheWay bi]], and are [[{{Immortal}} immortal]] as well. Although Japan is also immortal, he is not bi; he is [[UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual}} gay]].

* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' has Helen Magnus, a woman who gained immortality during the reign of Queen Victoria, who is revealed to be BiTheWay when a woman whose life she just saved kisses her in gratitude. She returns the kiss, commenting that she hasn't been kissed that way in a long time.

* In the TabletopGame/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]].

* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'', although she is also an alien. The fact that Time Lords don't always stay the same sex when they regenerate probably helps broaden their standards.

For the specific sup-trope of vampire women who like other women, see LesbianVampire.

Whereas 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 ''[[ClosetKey someone]]'' of an unexpected gender is bound to [[StupidSexyFlanders attract the character]]. Or maybe they've just been around for so long that they're running out of new things to try.

* On ''Fanfic/Earth27'', with so many immortal or ageless characters, like Amazons, sorcerers and Kherans, it's not surprising many of them no longer care about the gender of their partners.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}''. While Amaterasu is a DepravedBisexual, it has nothing to do with her age. Neither of her younger siblings display this characteristic.
* In ''Blog/TheRoyalSketchbook'', the 1000+ year old Princess Celestia has had both male and female lovers throughout her lifetime.

* Pretty much every vampire in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is a DepravedBisexual, as evidenced by their tendencies to "play" and tease their victims before killing and draining them in a sometimes highly sexualised manner. Vampires have no gender preferences when it comes to meals, and there are strong implications that they like "dancing" with their meals before having them (as displayed by Spike, Drusilla, Darla and vampire Willow). A common way of luring their meals to their deaths is by seducing them first, regardless of their sex. A lot of vampires are pretty much portrayed as AnythingThatMoves.

* The TabletopGame/{{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.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' mostly averts this trope, as the long-lived Space Marines are made {{asexual|ity}} through {{transhuman}} augmentation and hypno-therapy administered during puberty. However, the Chaos God(dess) Slaanesh very much embodies this trope, being immortal and also the Chaos Deity of Sex and Perversion. Traitor Marines who worship Slaanesh can end up anywhere on the spectrum (many choosing to persue another form of excess instead of developing an interest in sex).

* Kathryn "[=SwordCat=]" Kennedy of ''Webcomic/SwordCatPrincess'' professes missing her [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/117/ engaging in lesbian kissing and sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.

* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. While not a full immortal, he shrugs off mortal wounds, survives over 100 years due to vampirism, and is canonically bisexual.

* Jack Harkness from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''--though he was omnisexual long before he became immortal.
-->'''Jack''': You people and your quaint little categories.
** It's stated that the reason for his omnisexuality is because he was born in the 51st century, where humans have spread throughout the galaxy, met other races, and [[UnusualEuphemism "danced"]] While Jack has lived more in the 20th century than in the 51st, he still retains those views. [[EveryoneIsBi This doesn't explain the other Torchwood employees]], though, who are all quite mortal.
** The Doctor himself, although he is also an alien. The fact that Time Lords apparently don't always stay the same sex when they regenerate probably helps broaden their standards.

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* The Asari from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are a OneGenderRace (all female, in appearance, anyway) and can have children with any gender or species. They can live to be almost 1000. They ''do'' sometimes mate with their own species, but those who do are frowned upon by creating more pureblood asari, as it leads to genetic aberrations - the most dangerous being the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent ardat-yakshi]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' mostly averts this trope, as the long-lived Space Marines are made {{asexual|ity}} through {{transhuman}} augmentation and hypno-therapy administered during puberty. However, the Chaos God(dess) Slaanesh very much embodies this trope, being immortal and also the Chaos Deity of Sex and Perversion.

* ''Film/TheHunger'': Miriam. This becomes particularly clear in the climatic scene when [[spoiler: several coffins in Miriam's house prove to contain ancient-looking undead, some of which are dressed in women's dresses and at least one of which (besides John) is dressed in a man's suit]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' mostly averts this trope, as the long-lived Space Marines are asexual (although originally male). However, the Chaos God(dess) Slaanesh very much embodies this trope, being immortal and also the Chaos Deity of Sex and Perversion.

* Vamp from ''Franchise/MetalGear''.

** As Claremont eventually revealed, Mystique is over a hundred years old; she has had relationships with several men, but her most enduring one was that with Irene Adler aka Destiny. Mystique is also bisexual in another way, having spent years in male shape(s). This was even how the character Nightcrawler was originally supposed to be born ([[HomosexualReproduction with Mystique impregnating Destiny while in her male form]]). Marvel ultimately named the idea too controversial, so Kurt is [[{{Satan}} Azazel]] and Mystique's son instead, but the story that revealed this is so reviled that more than one subsequent writer has considered a {{retcon}} to make Claremont's version canon.

* In ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' books, one of the witches mentions that when you live that long you will try everything eventually.

* Dorian Gray in ''Series/PennyDreadful'' is immortal and attracted to men and women, including a trans woman. As a jaded pleasure seeker, he's aroused by all ''sorts'' of things.

* Magnus Bane in ''Series/Shadowhunters''

* Dorian Gray in ''Series/PennyDreadful'' is immortal and attracted to men and women, including a transwoman. As a jaded pleasure seeker, he's aroused by all ''sorts'' of things.

* Kathryn "SwordCat" Kennedy of ''Webcomic/SwordCatPrincess'' professes missing her [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/117/ engaging in lesbian kissing and sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.