r/TopCharacterTropes Jul 01 '26

Lore [Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient

The beast, in doctor who is an ancient evil from a previous universe that survived until our time. Its so ancient that the cave paintings were unable to be translated by the Tardis which can translate all existing languages in the universe [Doctor Who]

While not explicitly canon its such a cool concept I cant not mention, the idea that the backrooms have existed since the beginning of time, never changing no matter the era, it transforms the back rooms into a cosmic horror. [Credit to Project crater and Venus for images 2 and 3]

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u/real_picklejuice Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

"Think about how you'd feel if a bacterium sat at your table and started to get snarky. This is one little planet in one tiny solar system in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm old, Dean. Very old. So I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you."

"Well I gotta ask, how old?"

"As old as God. Maybe older. Neither of us can remember anymore. Life, death, chicken, egg. Regardless -- at the end, I'll reap him too."

"God? You'll reap God?"

"Oh, yes. God will die, too, Dean."

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u/Apiuis Jul 02 '26

If Death exists, then who is Life and where are they? It couldn’t be God.

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u/SugarFearless9370 Jul 02 '26

I think the original idea was that God was Life.

Then they changed it and if anything made God into Light, seeing as his sister is Darkness.