>>113436539I think its like “deal with the devil” or “who you are in the dark” stories.
If you have the right kind of personality, the story loses its teeth and/or ends pretty quick.
I think the Greek story of Achilles and his brother works best.
Both were offered immortality, but also a choice between happiness or glory. Achilles chose the latter, his brother the former.
The physical immortality of Achilles was incomplete, his ankle was vulnerable because it was what was held onto while being dipped into the elixir that made him immortal. He won glory and because canonically the greatest mortal man to ever live, but died horribly and tragically full of rage and alone knowing he lost his three(+) loves. His memory is eternal, he was not.
His brother was forgotten by everyone. His name is unrecorded. He is truly immortal, never served anyone and had absolute freedom from god and king. He became a farmer, and is happy. According to the myth he’d still be there, and still be happy.
