"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster."




That only works if each new Bond is brainwashed into believing himself the original (with the murdered bride-to-be etc). Of course, that could be the purpose of the Village from The Prisoner.

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Lara Night would be one that doesn't train much other than an average person, aside from her fighting/martial arts lessons.

It's all down to how the character is portrayed. Training, and the kind of training, are other ways of illustrating personality type, but far from the only ones.

I recall one comic book editor insisting that every writer should know what was in their main characters' music collections and what they ate for breakfast.

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Even without being lost or stuck, right now, part of what keeps [Lara] so lonely is she doesn't feel like it's fair to bond with someone at home or in the PV too closely, because then she ends up having to abandon them for a while. That, and the whole being immortal thing means she would have to watch them die eventually.

All good story fodder, and grist for a conversation with an immortal such as Yo or the Shoggoth's high priestess Ebony.

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If she were no longer immortal, couldn't go home, and had no superhero career to worry about, that might change. But at first she'd feel intense loss, and take a long while to get over it.

Ideally, an investigation into the various consequences of such an event would include a whole range of reactions, even including those for whom it was the best thing ever - for example someone released from a curse or monstrous condition. I'm thinking back to Follies of Youth where, amidst all the fun stories of people enjoying their salad days again we had the tragedy of Marie Murcheson's brief taste of renewed life.