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So someone wishes to be immortal - well, they better be careful what they wish for. While some characters may be Older Than They Look and actually several hundred years old, other characters look exactly how old they are... they simply keep aging without dying. The most simple definition of "immortality" is "unending life." There's nothing about youth in there.

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  • Age Without Youth
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  • So someone wishes to be immortal - well, they better be careful what they wish for. While some characters may be Older Than They Look and actually several hundred years old, other characters look exactly how old they are... they simply keep aging without dying. The most simple definition of "immortality" is "unending life." There's nothing about youth in there.
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  • So someone wishes to be immortal - well, they better be careful what they wish for. While some characters may be Older Than They Look and actually several hundred years old, other characters look exactly how old they are... they simply keep aging without dying. The most simple definition of "immortality" is "unending life." There's nothing about youth in there. The Trope Maker is possibly the Greek myth Tithonus, whose lover Eos asked Zeus for immortality for him. She just forgot to ask for eternal youth as well, so he ended up an old man, squeaking endlessly, but still living forever, making this Older Than Feudalism. (He did, though, find a fulfilling career as the first cricket.) This is a(n ugly) sister trope to Vain Sorceress, who hides her aging with magic. Compare Immortality Immorality and Who Wants to Live Forever?. May be a punishment Death levies on its enemies, or a result of being defeated. The inversion of this trope is Not Growing Up Sucks.
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