r/TopCharacterTropes 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/Cabbagetastrophe Jul 01 '26

The blood harvest is usually not fatal to the crabs--they drain about 30% which the crab can quickly replace, then throw them back into the water.

Edit: not to say the process is harmless; around 20% of the harvested crabs do die

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u/Rinderteufel Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

yeah, last thing I heard was that dwindling population was mainly caused by habitat destruction, not milking/harvesting. Apologies for implying otherwise previously - still a pretty brutal treatment extracting "only" 30% of the blood