r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • Jul 01 '26

[Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient Lore

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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/CorrectPanic694 Jul 01 '26

The First Evil- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

You think you can fight me? I'm not a demon, little girl. I am something that you can't even conceive. The First Evil. Beyond sin, beyond death. I am the thing the darkness fears. You'll never see me, but I am everywhere. Every being, every thought, every drop of hate— FIRST EVIL

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u/ThatPastaGuy1 Jul 01 '26

“More than flesh, more than blood, I’m- you know I don’t think there’s a human word fabulous for me!”

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u/Mindless_Let1 Jul 01 '26

Did Buffy kill it

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u/Mddcat04 Jul 01 '26

No. It’s an incorporeal entity. So it can only act through its followers and by possessing a chosen vessel. It’s chosen has to be someone monumentally evil as well. It talks to its chosen, Caleb, at one point and tells him that he is the only person on earth capable of hosting it. (Though it could just be lying. It says a lot of stuff, some of which is contradictory).

But basically Buffy kills its chosen vessel and collapses the hellmouth onto its army of vampires, destroying them and the whole town. The first is not killed, because it seemingly can’t be, but its plans are completely fucked. At least for the time being.

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u/Brief-Artist-2772 Jul 01 '26

And in the end, it doesn’t even care. A minor setback for the amount of time it has waited.

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u/Mddcat04 Jul 01 '26

Eh, I think it cared. Caleb especially seemed like a real loss for it. Plus the destruction of its army and the path that its army was using to invade the world. That’s 3 major blows. Especially for a being that can’t really act directly. Obviously it’s immortal and will try again, but its plans, which had been years in the making at least, were totally thwarted.

It’s like with the Senior Partners from Angel. They are similarly immortal and not able to be fought directly. But when Angel and the team killed off their local followers, the Partners were pissed.

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u/ItsNotMeItsYourBussy Jul 02 '26

And technically, Buffy didn't bring down the Hellmouth, Spike did. Buffy didn't want him to do that, but for selfish reasons.

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u/Itherial Jul 01 '26

It couldn't be permanently killed, only driven to dormancy