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** Immortality is possible the use of a harmless AppliedPhlebotinum.

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** Immortality is possible with the use of a harmless AppliedPhlebotinum.AppliedPhlebotinum, which is initially portrayed as evil, but it's eventually revealed to be not.
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** Alice, while immortal, is definitely not evil, but she is a big jerk.

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** Alice, while immortal, is definitely not evil, but she is a big jerk.{{Jerkass}}.
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** Alice was evil in general as a mortal, but she ends up getting immortality one day, and Alice becomes good and actively atones for her past crimes because knowing she would die one day motivated her to live a selfish and immoral lifestyle.
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** As an immortal Bob was a downright moral leader for hundreds of years [[FairForItsDay back in the bronze age]]. As time marched on he increasingly was judged as JerkAss tyranical dictator.

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** As an immortal Bob was a downright moral leader for hundreds of years millennia [[FairForItsDay back in the bronze age]]. As time marched on he increasingly was judged as a JerkAss tyranical dictator.tyrannical dictator without any changes to himself.
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** ''Life itself'' is portrayed as immoral, since it can be seen as a fraction of immortality. Bob, an OmnicidalManiac who wants to end all life in the universe, is portrayed as a hero.

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** ''Life itself'' is portrayed as immoral, since it can be seen as a fraction of immortality. Bob, an OmnicidalManiac who wants to end all life ([[ExactWords including]] [[DrivenToSuicide his own]]) in the universe, is portrayed as a hero.
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** "An immortal having no problem with his condition seems boring and might step into MarySue territory."

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** "An immortal having no problem with his condition seems boring and might step into MarySue territory.be too strong."
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** Wizards [[WizardsLiveLong naturally live for hundreds of years]] and can extend it into the thousands with various spells. Nonetheless these abilities are all acknowledged as "delaying the inevitable", attaining actual immortality is considered forbidden if it is even possible at all.

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** Wizards [[WizardsLiveLong [[WizardsLiveLonger naturally live for hundreds of years]] and can extend it into the thousands with various spells. Nonetheless these abilities are all acknowledged as "delaying the inevitable", attaining actual immortality is considered forbidden if it is even possible at all.

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** Alice can live forever... at price of killing people by draining their life forces.

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** Alice can live forever... forever at price of killing people by draining their life forces.



** When someones lives too long, it upsets the balance of life and death, and the laws of magic and destiny cause death and pain in the world to bring back the balance, and the only true solution is the death of the immortal.

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** When someones someone lives too long, it upsets the balance of life and death, and the laws of magic and destiny cause death and pain in the world to bring back the balance, and the only true solution is the death of the immortal.



* '''Parodied''': Bob has found a safe and responsible way to make himself immortal without any damage or ill effect to himself or anything around, then is subjected to an panicked mob out to at least '''try''' to kill him when he goes public with his secret.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The show flip-flops between its portrayals of immortality. Sometimes it requires immoral actions to be sustained, sometimes it's harmless and the immortal is a perfectly decent person.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob has found a safe and responsible way to make himself immortal without any damage or ill effect to himself or anything around, then is subjected to an panicked mob out to at least '''try''' try to kill him when he goes public with his secret.
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The show flip-flops between its portrayals of immortality. Sometimes it requires immoral actions to be sustained, sometimes it's harmless and the immortal is a perfectly decent person.
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** Wizards [[WizardsLiveLong naturally live for hundreds of years]] and can extend it into the thousands with various spells. Nonetheless these abilities are all acknowledged as "delaying the inevitable", attaining actual immortality is considered forbidden if it is even possible at all.
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** Alice [[EarthShatteringKaboom murders an entire planet with billion of inhabitants]] as part of a spell to make her immortal.
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** [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Humans are portrayed as the cruelest and pettiest race]], as opposed to the [[OurElvesAreBetter the wiser elder races]], specifically because they are consumed with the fear of death.

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** [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Humans are portrayed as the cruelest and pettiest race]], as opposed to the [[OurElvesAreBetter [[OurElvesAreDifferent the wiser elder races]], specifically because they are consumed with the fear of death.

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** As an immortal Bob was a downright moral leader for hundreds of years [[FairForItsDay back in the bronze age]]. As time marched on he
increasingly was judged as JerkAss tyranical dictator.

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** As an immortal Bob was a downright moral leader for hundreds of years [[FairForItsDay back in the bronze age]]. As time marched on he
he increasingly was judged as JerkAss tyranical dictator.
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** As an immortal Bob was a downright moral leader for hundreds of years [[FairForItsDay back in the bronze age]]. As time marched on he
increasingly was judged as JerkAss tyranical dictator.
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** Not only is immortality is acceptable and desirable, but any willingness to or acceptance of death is considered suicidal and immoral.

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** Not only is immortality is acceptable and desirable, but any willingness to or acceptance of death is considered suicidal and immoral.

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