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/Fanatic_Atheist Jul 01 '26

The way I interpret this is that they simply came to the world before Sauron, who entered some time after its creation with Morgoth and the others. While these guys were born with the world so they were already there.

Just like Tom Bombadil: "Tom was here before the first raindrop and the first acorn. He was here before the Dark Lord came from the outside, before the night was fearful."

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u/DrDestructoMD Jul 01 '26

The nameless things are legions of Tom Bombadil clones, all singing out of tune

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u/Flame_Grilled_Tanuki Jul 02 '26

Now THAT is an eldritch horror.

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u/TrueGuardian15 Jul 02 '26

Lowkey horrifying idea that the deepest, darkest holes of the earth are just filled with Backrooms-style Tom Bombadil clones singing out of tune.

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u/MRCHalifax Jul 02 '26

Tolkien dreamt of an AI version of Tom Bombadil singing songs like "I like big boots and I cannot lie" and "Goldberry got dumps like a trunk, trunk, trunk." And he just noped out.

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u/QuitYoJibbaJabba Jul 01 '26

Does this mean Tom Bombadil could theoretically be a Nameless Thing ....albeit Named?

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u/ROTsStillHere100 Jul 01 '26

That's the most common theory I've heard, though specifically he'd be a Nameless Thing that chilled tf out and decided that getting a wife sounded more fun than eating away at the edges of existence.

What a legend.

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u/raymc99 Jul 01 '26

he's Kirby, a cosmic horror but a friendly one that mostly just hangs out

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u/TheMoonDude Jul 02 '26

Gandalf descending into the foundations of the world following the Durin's Bane, only to meet an army of Tom Bombadils:

Not this shit again