Vain Sorceress: Difference between revisions

** Note that it's not a case of merely natural aging; if she goes too long without a [[Life Energy]] fix, she starts to revert to her true age-- of about ten thousand years or so. Dust to dust.

** It's implied that her Good Counterpart (or at least Less Evil Counterpart) Emma Frost uses her psychic powers to appear slightly more beautiful than she already is. Considering she's one of the few comic book characters to admit to plastic surgery, it doesn't take too much effort.

* Subverted in ''[[Fables]]'': Frau Totenkinder is one of, if not ''the'' most powerful sorceress in existence. Part of this granted her eternal life and beauty, but she ''intentionally'' aged herself to become an old lady, so that she would not be distracted by her youth. Or by handsome princes who she wanted to curse/not fall in love with.

** Similarly subverted in the original ''[[Shadow Man]]'' series by [[Valiant Comics]] - when the hundreds of years old voodoo housekeeper Nettie (who normally looks about 70 or so) is super-charged by a potent increase in magic in the world, she reflexively reverts to the young (and devastatingly beautiful) appearance she had when she was in her 20s. The subversion stems from the fact that she reveals she was ALWAYS capable of making this change, but never wanted to - in fact, she's incredibly annoyed by her youth and just wants to go back to being old.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Tascela in [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan]]'' story ''Red Nails''.

** Although when Magrat marries the king, she briefly muses that she might have to become a Witch Queen, which probably involves [[Stripperiffic|wearing revealing clothes]].

*** Then again, considering Magrat doesn't exactly ''have'' much to reveal, it's probably for the best that she settled for a more sensible look and prefers ruling as a rather benevolent, if slightly too liberal and modern, queen.