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Want to learn to speak Swahili and six other languages? You have the time! Care to take up bungee jumping? No fear! Literally, your [[GoodThingYouCanHeal pain and threat reflexes]] will be burned out by the second century. Speaking of: all that stuff about eternity being boring? '' Have you seen the last one hundred years?'' It was pretty eventful]]. [[TheFuture The future]] sure isn't slowing down either. If you still get bored, you can jump to another planet (you'll be there for the development of FasterThanLightTravel after all) or even to another dimension.

Want to learn to speak Swahili and six other languages? You have the time! Care to take up bungee jumping? No fear! Literally, your [[GoodThingYouCanHeal pain and threat reflexes]] will be burned out by the second century. Speaking of: all that stuff about eternity being boring? ''[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Have]] [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheColdWar you]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace seen]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} the]] [[Franchise/StarWars last]] [[Creator/{{MTV}} one]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons hundred]] [[UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar years]] [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar ?]]'' [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} It]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife was]] [[UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring pretty]] [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic eventful]]. [[TheFuture The future]] [[TheSingularity sure isn't]] [[ToTheFutureAndBeyond slowing down either]]. If you still get bored, you can jump to another planet (you'll be there for the development of FasterThanLightTravel after all) or even to another dimension.

** The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first movie, relishes his immortality... because he's a gleeful hedonist with no empathy for mortals. In the expanded lore, the Kurgan fought for several barbarian peoples over the centuries (the Vandals, the Visigoths, the Vikings, the Mongols and the Russian Cossacks, to name a few) to sate his lust for RapePillageAndBurn. He's probably a good {{Deconstruction}} of the trope, showing what kind of utterly loathsome person you would have to be to actually ''enjoy'' a life of endless carnage and violence.

* Woodrow Wilson Smith, of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'', once he finds something he hasn't done before.

* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' and a few of his friends attain eternal life and youth by stealing some immortality pills from one novel's Big Bad (he cannot share immortality with the world, due to the pill's morally dubious manufacturing method). Tarzan has a very upbeat, "seize the day" mindset and is completely unbothered by the consequences of his immortality. When asked by someone if the thought of all his friends growing old and dying bothers him, he replies that the promise of making new friends makes up for it. When asked if he is worried about boredom, Tarzan replies that he lives such an exciting life, he doesn't worry about it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TMNT'', Yaotyl learned over the millennia that this is ''not'' the case, since he spends all of history having to lose any loved ones and anything he gains due to having to constantly start over and outlive anybody he loves. By the present day alignment of the Stars of Kikan, he wants to end his immortality so he can finally pass on in peace. However, his generals do ''not'' share this opinion since they spent the last few thousand years as inanimate statues, and have woken up to find themselves immortal, nigh-invincible war machines ready to restart their conquest.

* Subverted in "[[Literature/Gulliver'sTravels]]". Struldbrugs are humans who are immortal, but they age normally and are declared legally dead at age 80, with their property distributed to their heirs. They are provided with the bare minumum of resources and care to keep them alive.

* A feature of the afterlife in many religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and some forms of Buddhism like Pure Land feature a new existence in eternal bliss (at least if you go there-most also have a [[{{Hell}} negative alternative]] which isn't awesome to dwell in for eternity.

* A fanfiction from ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3914742/ I, Eternity]]'', follows a vampire who runs through first WhoWantsToLiveForever and gradually comes around to this as time passes.

* In the fanfic ''[[http://shell.ihug.co.nz/~macspon/fanfic/sm4200/index.html Sailor Moon 4200]]'', which takes place centuries after the destruction of Crystal Tokyo and most of the Senshi dead. Only Rei, Setsuna and Artemis live, being effectively immortal. While Rei especially seems to have [[WhoWantsToLiveForever some problems with her immortality]], Artemis is a lot more positive-minded about it, and shows the mindset of this trope when talking to the new Sailor Mercury, Sharma Dhiti:

* ''Anime/HighlanderTheSearchForVengeance'': Marcus pines for Rome but, unlike Colin, he looks to the future because he believes he can recreate it through conquest. He knows things die, but you move on and helped build civilizations.

* ''Anime/DanceInTheVampireBund'': These are a minority among vampires but they exist. Generally, speaking there are two varieties: hedonistic ones that enjoy the eternal youth and disease immunity, and more noble ones that devote themselves to a cause or a person. Veratos, Akira, and the maids (sans [[spoiler: Nanami]]) live for Mina, and Mina lives for Akira and her fangless.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'': This trope is part of the reason that the Dalish elves are so mad at humans. Apparently elves were immortal until humans showed up in Thedas (leading to the elvish slur for humans, "Shemlen," which translates to "quick children"). [[spoiler: ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' reveals that it was only the [[FantasticCasteSystem upper class elves]] who were immortal, and that elves were mistreating each other [[NotSoDifferent long before humans arrived]].]]

* Lestat in Creator/AnneRice's Literature/TheVampireChronicles is the page image for a reason. Being immortal has had its downsides but his lust for unlife impresses even the oldest and most powerful of his kind. Unfortunately, this backfires in ''Queen of the Damned.'' [[spoiler: It all works out in the end, though.]]

* In ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', CrazyAwesome MadScientist Doctor Victor seeks this and he gets his wish in ''VideoGame/SoulHackers''.

** The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first movie, relishes his immortality...because he's a gleeful hedonist with no empathy for mortals.

* ''Fanfic/DuelNature'': Luna's opinion is that a mortal pony's lifespan is far too short to accomplish anything of true merit and only by living ''through'' eras, rather than digging through their remains, can one understand them. This opinion makes her InnocentlyInsensitive to the mortal ponies around her. It drives Twilight nuts, [[spoiler:and later leads to her giving Luna [[WhatTheHellHero verbal hell]] for being a spoiled sociopath who disconnected herself from the world]].

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* Kaulder, from ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'' ZigZags between this and WhoWantsToLiveForever. On the one hand, he obviously misses his wife and daughter, and is sorely tempted when the option to finally die is presented to him. On the other hand, he seems to have decided to make the most out of his immortal existence, cheerfully indulging in modern technology like iPads and sports cars. His friend Dolen is worried [[StepfordSmiler this is a front]], however.

* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'': Nora seems very happy with her life as a vampire, saying it means anything you want to buy, with no consequences of drugs, food or sex. She's also the youngest until Lena joins them. Louise attempts to sell Lena on it too, but admits it's only bearable with other people. Charlotte on the other hand is depressed [[spoiler:to the point of suicide]] by this point over it and soured on the life. Lena initially appears somewhat happy with their swanky lifestyle, but then grows increasingly horrified at them killing people to feed.

* A feature of the afterlife in many religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and some forms of Buddhism like Pure Land feature a new existence in eternal bliss.
* Ancient Egyptians had a vision of the afterlife that was virtually identical to their mundane lives, which seems to indicate that their mortal lives were good enough if not almost perfect. To ancient egyptian religion, LIVING forever is awesome.

* The modern Transhumanists hold the opinion that if you do get bored eventually, then you are free to [[SeenItAllSuicide end your own existence]], but why not try to see how long you last just in case that doesn't happen? Lots of interesting hypotheses have been made for escaping the universal heat-death, as well, although how well those would work in practice is anybody's guess. There're countless of billions of years to test them, so there's hardly any hurry.
** Given that some people can eat certain foods or consume certain media over and over again without getting bored or fed up, our future knowledge and technology might even curb boredom/ennui so that truly nothing interferes with your immortal enjoyment.

* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'', despite being the TropeNamer for WhoWantsToLiveForever, counts here too. Even after thousands of years immortals are willing to kill each other to preserve their own immortality. That may be the system but they could always opt out by dying, [[TruceZone retiring on holy ground]], or killing all the other immortals.

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* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': Azusa requested a long and lazy life when she reincarnated, and then spends the next three hundred years gardening, hunting slimes, mixing medicines and reading. She refers to this time as an endless vacation of relaxation, exercise and tranquility. She is also on excellent terms with the local and mortal villagers, who revere her as a guardian because of the medicines that she provides.

* Lestat in Creator/AnneRice's Literature/VampireChronicles is the page image for a reason. Being immortal has had its downsides but his lust for unlife impresses even the oldest and most powerful of his kind. Unfortunately, this backfires in ''Queen of the Damned.'' [[spoiler: It all works out in the end, though.]]

* ''Anime/CasshernSins''

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* ''FanFic/BraveNewWorldPokemon'':

* In ''FanFic/TheInfiniteLoops'', loopers generally come to this conclusion eventually. Whether they come to it because they decided to look at the bright side or because they've been driven mad varies.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic ''FanFic/LowLight'', [[spoiler: [[CosmicPlaything Light and L]] are (for reasons unknown) favored by the Shinigami King who makes it so that they cannot be killed (at least by the Notebook). They’re loving it.]]
* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic ''FanFic/LuminaryUprise'', Xehanort is immortal. He loves it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''FanFic/LunaTheMatchMaker'', this is the conclusion most of the ponies (and dragon) granted it come to after some time to think on it.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] briefly by 419 and 426 in the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[=/=]''Franchise/StarTrek'' crossover ''[[FanFic/StarlightSeries Starlight]]''. 426 postulates that perhaps [[WhoWantsToLiveForever mortality is for the best, so people don't get too cynical]]. 419, on the other hand, couldn't imagine such a thing because TheWorldIsJustAwesome.

* The common view in the ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' fanfic ''FanFic/ToTheStars'' -- most people don't angst about it at all. Those who do are free to join the military.

* ''FanFic/UndocumentedFeatures'', like ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', says that living forever is great if you are spending it with other immortals who care about you.

* Film/{{Hancock}}: [[spoiler: Hancock and Mary]] decide to split permanently because they enjoy their immortality. Hancock, for instance, wants to be a super hero forever.

* ''{{Film/Bit}}'': The vampires all seem quite happy to live forever. Laurel is fine with becoming one too as a result. However, Izzy and she do admit dismay at the idea of [[WeAreAsMayflies outliving mortal loved ones]].

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

* ''Videogame/Fallout4'':

* Many characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series are happy with their immortality.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

* [=GLaDOS=]'s final song in the end of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' has a tinge of that[[note]]One day they woke me up/ So I could live forever/ It's such a shame the same/ will never happen to you[[/note]], though many speculate that it hides her bitter hatred at her own existence and that she just sent the closest thing she had to a friend away.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

* In ''Videogame/TheSecretWorld,'' Säid the {{Mummy}} enjoys his immortality a great deal, given that he has plenty of time to [[TheHedonist savour every single vice that the passing eras can offer him]]; having long-since gotten used to his hideous appearance and the deaths of his family during the centuries since his resurrection, he loves [[TheDandy dressing in expensive suits]] and lording it over Cairo's underworld from his latest-model [=IPhone=]. Lore entries suggest that the other members of [[TheNecrocracy the Kingdom]] feel the same way.

* In the Dark Arisen expansion of ''Videogame/DragonsDogma'', [[IntrepidMerchant Barroch]] is an [[ChosenOne Arisen]] who realized that he's immortal as long as he never fights the dragon as he's destined to. As such, he [[RefusalOfTheCall abandoned his duty]] and has been adventuring in Bitterblack Isles for centuries with no regrets.

* Webcomic/DinosaurComics: T-rex [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1897 isn't a fan]] of the WhoWantsToLiveForever trope.

* Webcomic/TheKingfisher: Most of the vampires in this comic show no signs of boredom or guilt at the prospect of immortality. Dragomir vampires especially seem to enjoy eternal life.

Want to learn to speak Swahili and six other languages? You have the time! Care to take up bungee jumping? No fear! Literally, your [[GoodThingYouCanHeal pain and threat reflexes]] will be burned out by the second century. Speaking of: all that stuff about eternity being boring? ''[[Main/TheGreatDepression Have]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII you]] [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar seen]] [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} last]] [[Franchise/StarWars one]] [[Creator/{{MTV}} hundred]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons years]] [[UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar ?]]'' [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar It]] [[MillenniumBug was]] [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} pretty]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife eventful]]. [[TheFuture The future]] [[TheSingularity sure isn't]] [[ToTheFutureAndBeyond slowing down either]]. If you still get bored, you can jump to another planet (you'll be there for the development of FasterThanLightTravel after all) or even to another dimension.

Want to learn to speak Swahili and six other languages? You have the time! Care to take up bungee jumping? No fear! Literally, your [[GoodThingYouCanHeal pain and threat reflexes]] will be burned out by the second century. Speaking of: all that stuff about eternity being boring? ''[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Have]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII you]] [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar seen]] [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}} last]] [[Franchise/StarWars one]] [[Creator/{{MTV}} hundred]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons years]] [[UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar ?]]'' [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar It]] [[MillenniumBug was]] [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} pretty]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife eventful]]. [[TheFuture The future]] [[TheSingularity sure isn't]] [[ToTheFutureAndBeyond slowing down either]]. If you still get bored, you can jump to another planet (you'll be there for the development of FasterThanLightTravel after all) or even to another dimension.