If you were given a chance to be immortal, would take it?

eh...not really, i believe everything lives and dies and its a cycle....im kinda into the buddhist concept

I just thought of something....what if someone immortal did something horrible, and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole!

Yes yes and yes! I would do it in a heartbeat

don't i already have access to that, as in heaven?

Originally Posted by cococat

don't i already have access to that, as in heaven?

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Hell, too then, right?

Heaven - eternal life
Hell - eternal death

Actually we all will have "immortal" life - either in heaven or hell.

Originally Posted by HopeHacker

Yes. One of my greatest fears is of dying. Also, I want to experience the more futuristic times. Of course I would like a couple of other people I really care about to also be immortal along with me.

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^ That's exactly how I feel

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

Hell, too then, right?

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Then that too

Originally Posted by valanhb

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vampires too!

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Twilight has sparked an interest in vampires for me too! They are amazing.

Good question. My answer is NO. I would not be able to watch my loved ones die one after another.

I have to say I'm surprised. I really thought the vast majority would say "no". I think it's being skewed by the Twilight series...there seems to be a preponderance of requests to be a vampire!

Ah - but Twilight is nowhere near as good as the Anne Rice books - they butchered her books with the movies, IMO.

Brad Pitt as Louis, and Tom Cruise as Lestat in Interview with the Vampire - fantastic! They make excellent vampires.

Originally Posted by clixpix

I have to say I'm surprised. I really thought the vast majority would say "no". I think it's being skewed by the Twilight series...there seems to be a preponderance of requests to be a vampire!

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No interest in being a vampire here... though I don't think I'd want anyone chasing me around with a sword trying to chop my head off either.

Vampires are great in fiction! I love Anne Rice's novels, and I agree they are better than all the films involved, and much more complex than Twilight.

But I don't want to be one. But then again, if that was the requirement, the only way to be immortal was to become a vampire, I still might do it. But I would rather be immortal without the vampirism...

I love what CarolPetunia wrote. That is exactly how I feel!

Originally Posted by zorana_dragonky

Vampires are great in fiction! I love Anne Rice's novels, and I agree they are better than all the films involved, and much more complex than Twilight.

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That's because they're based on young adult fiction, unlike Anne Rice's books which definitely are not. Somewhat related - has anyone read Alice Borchardt's books? She's Anne Rice's sister and unlike Anne Rice, her books aren't as "clunky" (something more obvious in Rice's earlier books) - she writes some paranormal type fiction.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

That's because they're based on young adult fiction, unlike Anne Rice's books which definitely are not. Somewhat related - has anyone read Alice Borchardt's books? She's Anne Rice's sister and unlike Anne Rice, her books aren't as "clunky" (something more obvious in Rice's earlier books) - she writes some paranormal type fiction.

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Ahh, I could not get into Anne Rice's books. But I will have a look into Alice Borchardts's - paranormal stuff interests me.

I have yet to read Twilight - I have borrowed my neices copy so I can see what the hype is all about, but I am not into vampires so I don't know if I will be.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

That's because they're based on young adult fiction, unlike Anne Rice's books which definitely are not. Somewhat related - has anyone read Alice Borchardt's books? She's Anne Rice's sister and unlike Anne Rice, her books aren't as "clunky" (something more obvious in Rice's earlier books) - she writes some paranormal type fiction.

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I like young adult books too! Actually I like Twilight. I just like Anne Rice better, now that I am older. When I was 15 I would have preferred Twilight.

I have never read Alice Borchardt! I will look her up. Thanks for the recommendation. I enjoy all kinds of paranormal/speculative fiction, from vampires and other modern fantasy to sci-fi and space opera, and on the other end fantasy.


Sorry for being a little OT there!

Originally Posted by clixpix

I have to say I'm surprised. I really thought the vast majority would say "no". I think it's being skewed by the Twilight series...there seems to be a preponderance of requests to be a vampire!

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I've loved vampires long before Twilight To be honest I'm not really sure what sparked my interest in them, but I remember when I was 12 or 13, my best friend and I would stay up til 3 in the morning on Saturday night to watch this vampire show

No. I don't even want to live a long time. Not that I want to die early or anything, but I don't want to live to be 100.

I would want to be immortal! Absolutely.... Maybe its because I have a disease and to be immortal would mean that it would be gone.... and I wouldnt have to take meds or worry about that crap any more....

Oh, and if my only option to become immortal, was to become a vampire I would take that too....

I would love to see what humans can come up with in the years to come....

I have a sick obsession with otherwordly things.... so I think anything like that would be completely awesome!