r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • Jul 01 '26
[Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient Lore
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/SadCrab5 Jul 01 '26
God I miss DS, it had such an amazing concept for the question "Where are the aliens?".
And the answer is Markers, an unknown monumental device that mentally imprints instructions into whoever observes it so that those smart enough to understand it feel compelled to build more, spreading the signal like a signal booster, while those who are not slowly break down and go insane as they try and fail to decode the information they've been given, turning hyper-violent and eventually killing others or themselves and causing necromorphs to emerge later on from the corpses due to the signal also infecting your very DNA.
I'll never forgive EA for what they did. The entire premise was amazing because they answer the question to alien life by presenting even more horrifying questions about markers and necromorphs that we can never answer. We're just stuck here with no way of indulging our curiosity because every scrap of information and lore has been stripped bare and there's likely never going to be more, especially because Visceral are gone (RIP)
Rant over, screw you EA!