Sympathy for the Immortal
Do you want to live FOREVER? Your answer should be... No... Maybe? ...It depends... We're looking at immortals from Frieren, Logan, Slay the Princess, Dr. Who, vampires, Greek Mythology, and more to figure out what happens when immortality becomes a curse rather than a blessing. Across video games, tabletop games, film, and TV, what are some of the ways the IMMORTAL character deserves our sympathy? This video was inspired @CuriousArchive 's wonderful videos, Sympathy for the Monster and Sympathy for the Machine. Curious Archive's video essays are a huge inspiration for me, go check them out! SUBSCRIBE for more! ► https://bit.ly/2XkZKjl JOIN the Discord server ► / discord Donate and support this channel! ► https://ko-fi.com/scrawls Scrawls profile picture and sprite art by Mouse ___ ATTENTION: Due to some Youtube restrictions, a portion of the video may appear unfortunately cut out! Apologies. The Doctor Who portion is a bit choppy due to this. Please read the pinned comment below if you'd like the complete script of the section to get a fuller picture! ___ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:05 The Dark Queen Dilemma 4:17 Eternal Punishments 6:05 Prison of the Body (Logan) 8:15 Memory Loss (Thousand Year Vampire) 10:23 The Burden of Memory (Doctor Who) 12:01 Frieren's Grief 15:13 Immortal Apathy 16:12 Happily Ever After (Slay the Princess) 19:38 When Immortality Rules... --- Media Shown: Frieren, Watchmen (Film), Adventure Time, Blood of Zeus, The Dragon Prince, Ben 10: Alien Force, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Lord of the Rings, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Slay the Princess, Logan, Dr. Who, Arcane, The Dark Queen of Mortholme, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Hercules (TV), I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (Game), Deadpool adn Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Thousand Year Vampire, Castlevania, Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel's What-If, Rick and Morty The Dark Queen of Mortholme - https://qwertyprophecy.itch.io/mortholme Thousand Year Vampire - https://timhutchings.itch.io/tyov YouTube Videos Shown: The myth of Prometheus by TED-Ed • The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie The myth of Sisyphus • The myth of Sisyphus - Alex Gendler A Waltz Along the Razor’s Edge — Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut animated release date trailer • A Waltz Along the Razor’s Edge — Slay the ... Art and Graphics Shown: Paper background image by freepik and rawpixel.com - www.freepik.com ___ ♫Music Used: Opus One, The Angels Weep, and Pendulum Waltz by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Walking into a Nighmare by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio • 80s Horror Movie Synth - Haddonfield Horr... Some Amount of Evil, At Rest - Romance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Gothic Horror by Purple Planet Music - https://www.purple-planet.com Remnants of a Distant World composed by One Man Symphony - onemansymphony.bandcamp.com The Long Quiet and I Just Want to Make You Happy by Brandon Boone from Slay the Princess. The 25th Hour composed by Philip Milman - https://pmmusic.pro/ Sound Effects by Pixabay - https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link... Snap Sound Effect by ShidenBeatsMusic - https://pixabay.com/users/shidenbeats... ___ Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. This video and the pictures and clips used in it are critiques covered under this “fair use”. I did not create the movies, shows, games or media shown. If you wish to fully access the media, please buy a legal copy online or in stores. This content is made for a general audience. This video essay is not specifically made for kids. ___ #frieren #videoessay #worldbuilding #slaytheprincess #immortal #doctorwho

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