Nobody was going to tell me DC had an obscure character from the 60s named the Immortal Man who embodies a concept i've always kind of liked (immortality and resurrection)? The character got 4 stories, and his whole thing was that he always gets reincarnated whenever he dies. And i love that concept. There's so much you can do with that. Some mild philosophy, as we see the effects of being alive since earth's beginnings and remembering like 1000+ lives.
We could also probably tell a wide array of stories with a character like this. If he's lived so many lives, then let's use it as an excuse to tell historical fiction tales. We can also do spy fiction stories set during the cold war era, dramatic adventure stories set in the days of the roman empire, western stories set during the 1800s, etc. there's so much you can do with the tale of a man who can't die. And for DC to neglect a character like this is criminal. Absolutely criminal.
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The Immortal Man:
During the pre-historic time of Earth, there were two rival tribes: the Bear Tribe and the Wolf Tribe.
There were frequent skirmishes regarding hunting territory. The two, however, remained equals.
This all changed after one winter night. A fight had occurred between a Wolf scout party and a Bear hunting party.
Those wolves who could stand fled while the Bears took back their injured.
One wolf was barely breathing. Sometime later, he saw a strange glow….
Later, the abandoned Wolf would take over his tribe through overwhelming strength and the inability to be killed. He set up a strength hierarchy, where the weak was culled, got strong, or obeyed.
He then went on to invade and kill or enslave weaker surrounding tribes.
When the Wolf tribe was strong enough, the Chief led them to defeat the Bear tribe.
It was a slaughter.
There was only one survivor: the small son of the Bear Chief.
The child, frightened & grieving, could only wander the cold wasteland. He prayed, to anything that was listening, to help him. Whether to live or to get revenge is uncertain.
The answer came in the form of a small, glowing stone.
From then on, the ones who would become known as Vandal Savage & the Immortal Man would be locked in combat, literally or figuratively.
Vandal Savage would continue to survive and scheme in each era of history, moving from the front lines to manipulating those who held great power.
The Immortal Man would die and reappear in whatever form that is required, with all the skills that he has accumulated throughout his lives.
Vandal Savage would score the Earth for his long-time foe, the only man who can scar him & perhaps even kill. The Immortal would continue to face Vandal, whether facing him head on or subtly undermine him.
Through it all, the two would gain more knowledge and skill, sharpening and elevating their minds.
However, the remained as they ever were:
Vandal Savage, a man who believes might makes right. That the weak must bow before the strong. That the strong has the ability to carve their own destinies.
Immortal Man, who goes by many names, a man who believes in the warmth of companionship and community. The love shared between family, whether born or made. Where everyone has an important role to play.
I’m basing my version of Immortal Man on Silver Age + Forgotten Heroes + Doc Savage.
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arthur is immortal in the same way merlin is immortal, he can die but he bounces back after a while. merlin putting arthurs body on a boat and sending him out onto the lake but not burning him as he did to lancelot and freya. merlin disappearing off the face of the earth, unable to go back to camelot where every stone is carved with arthur's name, every room holds the faintest echo of his laughter, the shadows cast by the flickering flames of torches match each line and curve of arthur's body which merlin had memorized after years of dressing and undressing him, wandering and lingering hands that were just casual enough to pass off as platonic.
arthur crawling out of the lake the night after the morning merlin put him to rest, dazed, confused, and alive. arthur searches for merlin but can't find him. he's disappeared. gwen rules camelot as queen, she lifts the ban on magic, and rules fairly. arthur is content to leave his kingdom with her as he searches the land for merlin. he visits every place he and merlin every visited but he's nowhere to be found. time passes but arthur only grows more desperate. he's sure he's searched every inch of albion twice. no merlin.
enough time passes, everyone he's known has died and he looks exactly as he did when mordred drove his blade into his abdomen. arthur is forced to admit to himself that enough time has passed that merlin was bound to have died, leaving arthur all alone. immortal merlin is literally like chilling in ireland or some shit. but both immortal idiots are living in the same area and end up just missing each other. literally like end up holding the door to a coffee shop for one another but they don't meet each other's gazes bc they're busy mourning each other
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