How does noone find out he is immortal?
Is there an explanation?
shareImmortals usually change identities every 10 to 15 years
sharebut what about...lets say your passport, someone must realize you are over 100 or so? idk man
shareWell passports only came to be in 1921, so it's not like he had to worry about that his whole life. Documents can be forged as well. All he'd have to do is move some place new and start over with a new identity.
shareyes many good points, but before passports he has to change places every ..i dont know.. 50 years? even earlier becuase people around him would recognize that he doesnt age...right?
shareThe immortal guy in "The Man from Earth" reckons every 10 years is the required interval to prevent non-ageing recognition
sounds about right, i think i have to rewatch that one, since i do not remember that scene :)
shareI think a person can get away with looking the same for 20 years or longer... as long as they aren't too young when they stop aging. A man of 30-40 could go around with the same face for longer than 10 years, as long as he's careful to change his wardrobe and add some gray at the temples.
And in the modern age, a woman of 30 or above could pull it off for a good 30 years, perhaps more, as long as she gives credit to a plastic surgeon.
yes ok.... lets say he even gets away with it 30 years, what then?
shareThen it's time to move, assume a new name, and start the process over. Which must be getting harder and harder for any vampires that may exist, with background and credit checks it's getting harder to fake a new identity, why, you used to be able to just move to a new town and introduce yourself by a new name!
BTW my favorite way of dealing with the issue was in Marvel's "The Eternals". Team of immortal superheroes stuck on Earth, not a great movie but I did love one scene, where one of the immortals introduces himself as "The greatest showbiz dynasty in the history of Bollywood!". The guy had been a Bollywood movie star for the last hundred years, appearing under one name at first, then as the original identity's son, and grandson. and great-grandson, all Bollywood movie stars... Sees like a fun way to kill a century, huh?
FYI, my beard comes is sooooo grey. I can add easily ten plus years by letting it grow in and instantly (few days) looking a decade or more older.
A beard would be very useful when you want to fake aging, particularly if you were young when you stopped the normal aging process. Grow a beard, start using "reading glasses", and buy frumpier clothes when you want to look older. Cut the beard into new shapes and start dying bits of gray when you want to change your look to something more mature, which should be done every 2-4 years or so. People would notice the change of look much more than physical aging or its absence.
Women, of course, can change their looks more frequently and drastically, and claim that a youthful appearance is due to botox, laser resurfacing, plastic surgery, facials, and all the other things modern nitwits use to cling to their youth.