Eternal Love: Difference between revisions

"Had we but world enough and time," the poet said to his reluctant [[Love Interest]], "this coyness would be no crime," and he'd be willing to wait for centuries for a [[Relationship Upgrade]]. Normal human beings don't have centuries to work out their romantic lives, but the genres of fantasy and science fiction are full of couples who do. Naturally, if you and your beloved are both immortal, or even just really, really long-lived, you may have all the time in the world in which to fall in love, court each other, hook up, break up, and come back together. You might spend centuries in the [[Will They or Won't They?]] stage before getting your [[Happily Ever After]], and why not? You have all the time in the world for drama. The result is a [[Romance Arc]] which could extend backwards into ancient history or forward into the far future.

 

 

Tends to be rare in [[Society of Immortals|settings where most people are long-lived]], as generally the culture has decided that after a couple hundred years even the most passionate of lovers will get sick of one another.

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* ''[[Mnemosyne]]'' has a thousand years-long romance between {{spoiler|Rin and Tajimamori}}, both immortal and eternally young.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Usagi and Mamoru's romance.

* In Axis Powers Hetalia, it is inferred that {{spoiler|Germany is the Holy Roman Empire,}} meaning that he and Italy found each other again. Daawww...

== [[Fanfic]] ==

* In the Suikoden III fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2815865/1/Eternity "Eternity], it takes a few centuries for Chris and Hugo to get together.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In the closing moments of Greg Bear's The City at The End of Time, it is revealed that Sangmer and his love, who are forced to spend literally eternity apart in order to prevent the end of everything, meet again every time the current universe reaches it's end, only to part again when the next one is created.

* The High Elves Caelir and Rhianna in Graham McNeill's Ulthuan Duology. {{spoiler|Rhianna must take her ancestor's place on the Isle of the Dead, being trapped there forever, and Caelir, dying from a wound, chooses to stay with her. The two are kept together and will eternally be in a moment of perfect bliss with each other.}}

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' {{spoiler|Katherine wants this with Stefan. Damon also uses the threat of it against her to convince her to help to delay Klaus' plan until Elena won't become a vampire because of it, by asking her how she feels about competing with Elena for Stefan ''forever''.}}

* The ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "What's Wrong with Dr. Phil?" features a pair of witches, Don and Maggie Stark, who have been together for 800 years, despite some rocky times.

 

== [[Mythology]] ==

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Gargoyles]]''' Titania leaves Oberon every so often for a couple of decades to have some fun studying humans' magic called "science," hooking up with human men and even having [[Half-Human Hybrid]] children (including Fox), although she always comes back when she gets bored. Oberon doesn't mind; he even finds her latest affair with Reynard highly amusing.

'''Oberon:''' "Mother"? ''ha-ha'' Titania... what have you been up to?

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