Poll: Invincible Or Immortal

[theSovietConnection]

Invincible. Living forever would be worse than any hell.

Yes pretty much this.

I mean Invincibility might make you live a bit longer than others, but you still die from old age anyways.

Yeah, but being immortal, as soon as you grew tired of life, you could just end it on your own terms.

I think I'd pick immortality. I'd love to see where we end up in a few hundred years.

How would you end it in your own terms?

I dont think suicide can stop immortality.

Immortality by the definition in the OP only protects from death by old age. Death by any other means may still occur.

 

[cptn ricardo]

Is the invincibility in a "Wolverine" sense? Cos I'd totally go for that. Having bullets drop outta me as I heal up would be badass. Or we going for the whole bullet-proof "Superman" kinda invincibility? Either way I'd take the invincibility. In the words of Queen, who wants to live forever?

 

[veloper]

Is the invincibility in a "Wolverine" sense? Cos I'd totally go for that. Having bullets drop outta me as I heal up would be badass. Or we going for the whole bullet-proof "Superman" kinda invincibility? Either way I'd take the invincibility. In the words of Queen, who wants to live forever?

I think the OP meant invincibility as cannot be hurt, so invulnerability.

The actual meaning of the word invincibility is even better than invulnerability. It means you cannot be beaten (in a fight, in games, sports, everything). Wolverine can be beaten, someone who's invincible would not only survive everything, but also be have every world cup trophy if he wanted.

 

[Catalyst6]

The only way that being immortal would be enjoyable is if there was *no* way for you to die, which would mean that you would need invincibility as well. Thus, invincibility would be preferable if one had to choose.

 

[Kraj]

Neither. Without pain pleasure is nothing. Without failure success is meaningless, and without fear hope and safety are jokes.

I will live life as myself.

However if I HAD to chose one; I'd choose invincibility; start ww3, and revamp this worthless infested rock.

 

[Terminate421]

Invincible, If I was immortal then I would stop playing games when I cannot move my hands. Which would suck.

 

[Free Thinker]

Invincible. I would win oh so many bets...

 

[Prometheous]

These two concepts are similar in that they both obviously avoid death in some way. Immortality takes death by old age out of the picture, while invincibility protects you from harm (for the purpose of this survey, invincibility does not protect from deterioration of cells. a.k.a old age).

So if you had to choose, would you live forever or live a life without injury (and why)?

P.S Trust me, I know the speed of your cells' independent degeneration is indicative of your invincible longevity so theoretically it doesn't make sense, but frankly neither of things are possible. So, which would it be?

Hmm...is this similar to the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks?

Immortal but not invincible? One who kills and is killed?

In those books the character can die but he comes back to life at the cost of one of his loved ones dying...added to that natural immortality from age and that sounds lovely...

Granted minus the whole loved ones dying thing.

Can't say the idea came from that no, but I guess they follow similar ideas

 

[Hairetos]

I like the assumption that invincible=super man.

You'll still be your wimpy self, you just won't die until you're old. This means no superhero for you.

Alternatively, if you're immortal, you can super-train yourself over a long period of time to keep in ridiculous shape. I'm also sure a government would be willing to go stem-cell for your ass. I'd consider an immortal person to be a valuable resource.

Immortal for me.

 

[Wolf Devastator]

I think Lost Odyssey proved that immortality is not the way to go, thus I choose invincible.

 

[Fox242]

I'd rather be invincible because if I am immortal, then I still can be killed and, if I'm not killed, then I would live forever and watch as friends and loved ones grow old and pass on. I'd rather have no weaknesses and die eventually then live forever.

 

[OmegaXIII]

Invincible, i'd get bored with immortality

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Immortality. Unless I continue to age throughout that time. Being 500 years old and feeling 500 years old would suck. But even if I was technically immortal, I would probably eventually end my own life after I felt I had lived long enough. In the mean time I would probably try to become a shadow figure on the world stage, secretly directing events to my liking by slowly building up connections. When you have so much time to learn things, your life can go into so many directions.

 

[ArchAngelKira]

If I was immortal I would have to see lost of shit happen that I don't want to see, so if I was invincible then you could run through brick walls

 

[Lionsfan]

It really depends on what Secondary Powers I get as well. If I got all the required ones I'd pick being Immortal

 

[Dexiro]

Invincibility.

I'd only take immortality if:
- I didn't age past 25.
- I could choose when i died.
- A ton of my friends got to be immortal too, or i could choose other people to be immortal.

 

[Alpha1Niner]

After watching FMA, invincible. Too much of anything can be bad for you, even life.