Diana: Here’s a pet peeve I have about immortals in media. I hate how every immortal is like, I knew every historical figure ever. And it bothers me because they couldn’t have been in every single country throughout all of time. So in the Defenders, Alexandra’s like, I knew Bach and Beethoven, and I’m like, sure you did. And what celebrities do you know today? You hanging out with Drake at Raptors games Alexandra? I don’t think so! If you’re not hanging out with celebrities and famous people in modern day, why would I believe you knew any of these historical figures?
Andrew: This is especially true because they’re not time travellers, they’re just immortal. They don’t know who’s about to blow up as they live their lives.
Diana: Yeah, they don’t know who’s going to get big. They probably never even met Einstein. They poured all their attention into some inventor named Bleinstein who ended up doing fuck all and then they lied and said they totally knew Einstein.
Andrew: And the chances of them even being in the same city are ridiculous. An immortal will be like, “Yes, I remember hanging around in Rome with twelve year old Leo. Leonardo da Vinci that is!” How the fuck did you know da Vinci was gonna pop off?! You’re not a time traveler! Why are you hanging around with twelve year olds? That’s weird. Stop lying, immortals!
- The Hosts of Talk From Superheroes On Why Immortals Are Liars
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