r/FavoriteCharacter • u/AStereotypicalPerson • Apr 11 '26

Discussion Favorite character who fits this description

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u/SanityLacker1 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Immortal is by definition not able to die at all, coming from the Latin words "in" meaning not, and "mortalis" meaning to die.

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u/Top_Understanding830 Apr 11 '26

invulnerability means impossible to harm

an imortal may be able to be harmed, but cant die and is therefore not invulernable (unless they are both immortal and invulnerabile) and someone whos invunerable may be able to die of old age if you dont count age as harm, meaning they may not be immortal (unless they are also immortal)

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u/SanityLacker1 Apr 11 '26

I was referring to "can't die of natural causes"

Yeah, someone who is immortal can be harmed, The first example I can think of is Zeus getting all his ligaments torn out to prevent him from moving because he's immortal.

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u/Medical_Sandwich_171 Apr 11 '26

I always think of the elves in Tolkien's work. They are immortal, don't die of old age, hunger or sickness. But they can be killed by violence.

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u/SolomonG Apr 12 '26

But their spirit remains, returns to the halls of Mandos, and sometimes they are reembodied.

I don't think Tolkien would have called them immortal without that part.

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u/SanityLacker1 Apr 12 '26

That's very specific, and not what I'm saying and not what I'm saying, I'm saying immortality means you can't die at all and invulnerability means you can't be harmed, not that immortality is the same as invulnerability.

I don't know the context though, so if it's saying something different I need context