Last Bullet said:
I've yet to understand the possibility of being bored while immortal. New things are always coming out. Especially since it's not "No dying of old age" it's outright "You cannot die. Ever. Period." I'm a freaking demigod, I'm gonna go jump off that cliff because I CAN.
After that, WORLD DOMINATION PEACE!
Not sure if someone has mentioned it. But let's just think about the possibilities here. Immortality does not equate omnipotence. Omnipotence would get boring in a hurry. The only conceivable way to keep it interesting is to guide people without giving them too much, just to see where it goes WITHOUT your help (if there is a God, I'll be damned if that isn't why he does what he does).
Simply immortal means you can't die. Well that's all fine, and dandy. Oh, I'm going to jump off that cliff, oh I'm going to save this woman from being hit by a bus, oh I'm going to take down some fucked up government. BRING IT ON, ARMY, I CAN'T DIE! Sure sure, all gung-ho until they stop shooting and just grab you. And lock you in a steel cube. And throw you to the bottom of the ocean. Congratulations. You're in a cold, suffocating, pitch black, claustrophobic, steel prison at the bottom of the ocean where no one will find you. And the best part is; you still can't die.
And if you can feel pain, it gets even better. Now you can even be Prometheus. Does no one remember his tale of being strapped to a rock to have his liver eaten by a buzzard every day because it just kept growing back? You'd be the most valuable asset in the world to torture training. Now initiates of [name a corrupt government] can practice their fine arts on you with zero consequence. After all, if they can make mister immortality scream, then they must know what they're doing. And then it's the next one in line's turn.
I'd be immortal, I think.. I'd take it. And keep it my most hidden secret. Maybe I'd be more willing to flaunt it's qualities if I had something to fall back on.. Like switching off pain, and superhuman strength.
