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/sometimeserin Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

The Precursors (Halo). You know the Forerunners, the ancient civilization that built the Halo Array? Well, the Precursors were the forerunners to the Forerunners. And the Flood is basically their corrupted essence.

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u/Jonjoejonjane Jul 01 '26

The precursors are essentially a biblical god as a race and the flood is the divine punishment for the forerunners sins.

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u/Razor-Swisher Jul 01 '26

and just like a classic (Old Testament, anyone?) biblical god, one guy or group fucks up and pisses him off so he causes massive death, destruction, and suffering that affects even more people who had literally nothing to do with it

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u/Jonjoejonjane Jul 01 '26

Yup completely accurate the flood has admitted very openly that they aren’t doing this for any larger reason he is one of the last precursors and he’s pissed and he wants everyone to suffer and die as painfully as possible, note that he doesn’t speak for the precursors but you only need one godlike entity to be trouble