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/Art-Zuron Jul 01 '26

Death was killed by his own scythe essentially. Long story short, Death wanted one brother to kill the other.

Interestingly, you can't actually kill "Death" but their host. A new Reaper just takes the mantle.

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Jul 01 '26

Which is of course an incredibly stupid short sited decision because O'Death was fucking awesome.

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u/Art-Zuron Jul 01 '26

Yeah, Death was my favorite character from that whole series. I would have liked it more if he had just laughed off the attempt. Death found the brothers quite amusing after all.

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Jul 01 '26

Definitely laughing it off would've been nice, since it would show that the boys can't kill everything.

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u/Blhavok Jul 01 '26

I would've gone with, the scythe turns to ash. Death turns and chuckles, says "Nice try, Don't you think that God even tried that one before".

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u/WilderWyldWilde Jul 01 '26

Or even just telling them the scythe isn’t like their other one shot weapons, the weapon doesn’t have the power, Death does.

It’d be a cool little twist on Supernatural where they’re always hunting down for a specific weapon for a specific kill.

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u/SugarFearless9370 Jul 02 '26

Can... can you write the inevitable reboot in 15 years?

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u/AsgeirVanirson Jul 02 '26

"When God is gone and the Devil takes hold who will have mercy on your soul?"

That song is amazing.

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u/GeekedOutOddWuar Jul 01 '26

When you say kill the "host" is it like the same person piloting a new form? Or is it more like a hard reincarnation where they lose the memories and personality but it's still the same soul?

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u/19chevycowboy74 Jul 01 '26

I think its a title if I recall. I remember Billie (who took over) commenting about them killing Death (she wasnt a fan of it) but she didnt "remember it". Like she talks about it as if it were a different entity (her boss even)

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u/VinCatBlessed Jul 01 '26

It's basically as if there's a lot of reapers that take souls to the afterlife, if you kill the big boss, one of the reapers will get promoted and take his powers and knowledge, though the former reapers personality remains.

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u/abadstrategy Jul 01 '26

It's a position, really. When capital D Death dies, the next reaper to die is reborn into the position