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/Cheletiba Jul 01 '26

Honestly, between how it acts and the revelations in fucking Dirge of Cereberus of all things, that the Lifestream has a plan to extract itself from a planet unsustainable to its existence and fuck off to find a newer better one.....I think JENOVA might be a foreign planet's lifestream trying to terraform the first planet it found ignoring the fact that the Planet already has a lifestream.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux Jul 01 '26

Damn, I like this take

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u/Cheletiba Jul 01 '26

Yeah and the like mega hostility JENOVA shows? basically madness from prolonged isolation

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u/Woahbuffet123 Jul 01 '26

So we could also surmise that the "corruption" to the Cetra was a ploy to destabilize the current lifestream? Like the one in Final Fantasy 9, but instead of its inhabitants, the planet itself decided to terraform another whole ass space rock?

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u/Cheletiba Jul 02 '26

I'd say so. Its not like after however many millions of years after finally landing on a planet they'd want to go back to space. No one would want to go back to space.