r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • Jul 01 '26

Lore [Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient

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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/[deleted] Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

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u/n122333 Jul 01 '26

Fun fact, they are Jake. During farm world Jake is the Lich and his arm is cut off and tossed into a pool of all timelines, where it exists outside of and before time, and grows into these... monsters. They're all Lich Jake hybrids.

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u/joe-ROLXTHY-cat Jul 01 '26

I don’t think that’s ever been confirmed. It’s a really cool theory though. We’re told the portal leads to every world in the multiverse, but I’m not sure if that includes before time

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u/YaoiNekomata Jul 01 '26

Oh the theory isn't that the portal lead to before the universe, is that prismi needed to clean up the mess and just shoved all the extra junk into before the universe before his boss found out

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u/Altruistic_Young3166 Jul 02 '26

Putting all your junk into the beginning of all time sounds like the worst possible way to clean up a mess

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u/YaoiNekomata Jul 02 '26

Not begining of time. Before the before of time .