Elderly Immortal: Difference between revisions

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In fiction, [[Immortality]] is a crapshoot. Whether it is actually possible or not, many mortals [[Immortality Seeker|lust after immortality]], while [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|others would rather die than face centuries of boredom]], and for the [[Death Seeker]] or member of a [[Martyrdom Culture]], a heroic death may be preferable to almost any form of immortality.

 

May overlap with [[The Older Immortal]] and/or [[Grandpa God]].

 

== Type A ==

=== Art ===

 

=== Literature ===

* Belgarath the Sorcerer from [[David Eddings]]' ''[[Belgariad]]'' is a definite Type C — as are most of his colleagues, particularly Beldin. It is eventually lampshaded when someone points out that while ''they'' turned into immortal old men, Belgarath's daughter, Polgara the Sorceress, apparently stopped aging somewhere in her late 20s — turns out it's a self-image thing: The male sorcerers let themselves grow old so they'll appear wise and respectable, while the women stop aging early so they won't turn into 'hags'.

** In some respects they slide into Type A. When Belgarath has to partially disrobe in one book he is described as sleek and well muscled while Beldin is immensely strong even without using sorcery to lend a hand. Beltira and Belkira play it straightest of Aldur's disciples.

 

=== Film ===

* "God" ([[George Burns]]) from ''[[Oh, God!]]''

* The High Lama in the 1937 film ''[[Lost Horizon (film)|Lost Horizon]]''.