whenever a scifi or fantasy series establishes any characters as species with exceptionally disparate lifespans there is ALWAYS going to be that one piece of sequential fanart with no dialogue that just shows the group getting smaller and smaller until it’s just the resident pseudo-immortal sitting all alone and it’s so predictable but it still gets you every fuckening time you see it
it is a general thing. i have seen this done to star trek, star wars, marvel, dc, pokemon, the adventure zone, lord of the rings, steven universe, danny phantom, undertale, mass effect, dragon age, at least a dozen animes i never heard of, and plenty others that i wouldn’t even know what they were from.
your fandom isn’t special. literally everyone does this.
I love when I talk about a trope that’s in 4000 piece of media and the comments are like “you can say harry potter” or something.
Like I’m super interested in what piece(s) of work in particular caused OP to write up the description because I can’t imagine they were sitting having NOT seen any for a week and decided “y’know what”
dungeons and dragons always has great stuff. there’s a jug that you can use to create 2 gallons of mayonnaise at will, like it’s actually written in the dungeon masters guide can you believe that
things my party and i have received in the course of our campaign:
a rock of gravity detection. you hold it out and release it. if it falls, gravity is working.
a wand of magic missiles…and polymorph. i can hit anything i shoot at, but i’ll also turn into a random creature. i’ve been an alligator, an octopus, and a tiny demon so far.
a cloak of tongues. sounds like you’d learn random languages, yeah? NOPE, THINK AGAIN SUCKER. you get to taste anything for like 30 yards around. our halfling informed us we all taste gross.
2 different rings of invisibility–one makes me invisible, but only to myself. the other makes me marginally stealthier, but also makes me absolutely convinced that i’m completely invisible.
the thespian mask of duality. two personalities become mortal enemies within the wearer. the effect is permanent.
and finally, the shield of protection. when you use it in combat, it will use your body to shield itself from harm.
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