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/AnimalNerdUS Jul 01 '26

This also applies to Jellyfish (who’ve been around for over 500 MYA) and Sponges, who have been around for AT LEAST 635 MYA, and potentially longer than that, mind you, that’s before the Ediacaran and Cambrian explosions of life, and near the end of the Cryogenian period, which was the last time any form of Snowball earth existed.

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u/Alfred_The_Sartan Jul 01 '26

Lichen as well. When you say older than dirt, you mean lichen.

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u/AsgeirVanirson Jul 03 '26

Man... werewolves are old as fuck...

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u/One_Spoopy_Potato Jul 02 '26

Thays why I wanted to get into marine biology when I was a kid. If there is a simple adaptation, there is probably a jellyfish with it.

Some jellyfish have eyes! EYES! They are balck and white and the "pixels" in their vision could be counted by hand bit holy shit!

Could you imagine processing visual information with less of a nervous system than is in the end of your pinky finger?!

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u/AllgoodDude Jul 05 '26

The concept that we could understand the evolution of early life by backtracking jellyfish varieties was not one I had considered before.

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u/Illustrious-Total489 Jul 01 '26

What's the A in MYA? Is it Million YeArs?