History Main / DeathSeeker

* According to contemporary records, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary was strongly implied to have become this towards the later years of his life, going so far as to practically mention this trope by name. Then again, after having to deal with the deaths of all those around him, including his brother (Maximilian; killed by firing squad in Mexico), wife (Elisabeth/Sisi; killed by an Italian anarchist), eldest daughter (Sophie; illness), son/heir (Rudolf; the Mayerling Incident) and nephew/successor (Franz Ferdinand; assassinated in Sarajevo with his wife Sophie, sparking UsefulNotes/WorldWarI) and watching his Empire slowly [[BalkanizeMe fall apart from war]], [[IronWoobie one has to wonder]].

* Professional wrestler [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Fritz Von Erich]]. After his oldest son Jack died of electrocution at the young age of five, Fritz took on a much more aggressive fighting style in the ring, hoping that he would piss off the wrong person and get killed in the ring. This more aggressive ring style helped turn him into one of the most hated men in wrestling in the 1960's. It should be noted that back in that time, professional wrestling was not 'pure entertainment' the way it is now. The outcomes were still predetermined, but the guys would often really hit each other in the name of "keeping it real" and the wrestlers were more often than not legitimate tough guys.

** Nine of of Jesus' apostles wish to reunite with Jesus after they finish their work. This is treated more positively than most examples, as Jesus decides to grant that wish after their ministry is over (age 70).

** This is later revealed to be the true end goal of [[spoiler:[[BigBad Salem]], who was cursed with immortality after failing to stage a coup against the gods over their refusal to bring Ozma back to life. Given the terms of her curse, which is "for as long as this world turns, you shall walk its face", she assumes ExactWords is at play and plans to turn humanity against each other, use the relics to summon the gods and showcase to them Remnant at its worst, and hope that their subsequent destruction of the world will finally put an end to her eternal suffering. While some of her followers like Tyrian and Cinder have no qualms with this, [[EvilVersusOblivion the rest of the group are quick to turn on her upon finding out, especially since they were mislead with the promise of a new world order]]]].

** Jack himself is hinted to be towing this line as of [[{{revival}} Season 5]]. Having spent 50 years without [[TheAgeless aging]] or getting any closer to finding a way home has completely worn him down, and the second episode reveals that he's apparently contemplated seppuku at least once.

** It is implied that Rick is one in several Season 2 episodes, as living on the multi-dimensional scale he lives on has caused him to emotionally distance himself from everyone he runs into and his HeelRealization that he is a toxic influence on people [[spoiler: nearly caused him to kill himself with a heat laser in Auto-Erotic Assimilation.]]
** Season 2 Episode 4 - Total Rickall has Rick held at gunpoint by Morty, since the latter mistakenly thinks the former is a fake parasite. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB1PvtJzVPw A rant from Rick while the gun is held at his head]] shows him a little too eager to have Morty pull the trigger.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Jaune's willingness to put his friends' lives ahead of his own is not seen as heroic by the villains. When Cinder defeats him during the battle of Haven, he tells her that dying doesn't matter to him if it buys his friends a little time because their lives matter more than his own. Cinder angrily states he's just a failure with a death wish. His teammates later address this attitude in Volume 6, insisting they love him like family and don't wish to lose him; this helps break him out of the mentality.

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* While they weren't exactly looking to ''die'', in the ''Franchise/{{Popeye}}'' short "Hospitaliky", Popeye and Bluto compete with one another to get injured and have Olive Oyl nurse them to health, who in this short works at a hospital. Any one of the stunts they try to pull could easily have killed them, such as purposely crashing a motorcycle, laying down in the middle of a busy intersection, and laying down on train tracks, however, they keep miraculously surviving unscathed, to their own annoyance.

*** Troll Slayers are a player career path in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', though after advancing through the Giant and Daemon Slayer stages their only exit career is "Glorious Death," so a note advises players to "think it over carefully" before picking the class. The class evades GameBreaker status because anyone playing a slayer is expected to act like one; you are supposed to pick fights even when the odds aren't good, sleep deprivation, mental instability, and rampant alcoholism is the best way to spend your downtime, and armour is for people without a death wish (i.e. people who are not you). Your impressive combat prowess is there to make the party want to hang out with you anyway. Their only non-combat abilities are limited to "resistance to getting drunk" and "scaring people," so the only thing a Slayer is good for outside of a fight is ''starting'' one.

* Averted by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_(mother_of_the_Gracchi) Cornelia mother of the Gracchi]]. She was a Roman noblewoman married off to a much older man atlas a teenager, despite which she reportedly loved her husband. They had twelve children together, of whom only three survived to adulthood. Two of her surviving children, the Gracchi brothers, were then murdered in political violence. Eventually the last daughter died too. Despite her life of tragedy, following the deaths of her beloved husband and all twelve children, Cornelia did not become embittered or seek death, but survived her losses with such strength that after her death she was worshipped by the women of Rome as a sort of saint of human endurance. Her cult endured for four centuries, until Rome’s conversion to Christianity.

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