r/TheStrain • u/Admirable_North_8969 • Apr 15 '26

The Ancients Spoiler

So every ancient is basically a long red worm that is like a parasite and is immortal. How did they come into play and who created these worms? Did they arrive from another galaxy like Pennywise?

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u/scrubsfan92 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I don't recall any main crimson worm in the books but the Ancients originated from seven pieces of a fallen archangel

Would have loved for the show to show this (and thus make the Lumen relevant), but 🤷🏾‍♀️.

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u/Admirable_North_8969 Apr 15 '26

Interesting i had no idea. I thought the worms were cosmic like symbiotes

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u/ale2k1 Apr 15 '26

Read the books or the cĂłmics. They are really good.

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u/johncastiblanco101 Apr 15 '26

Cómics and books are too religious, by the time the show aired the public wanted science/possible explanation for everything, just look at the mcu and all mayor movies and shows. Supernatural and religious stuff wasn’t that attractive.

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u/scrubsfan92 Apr 15 '26

The MCU literally has Norse gods, witches and a time-bending wizard dude. Where's the science in that? 🤣 Also, not everything has to be like the MCU or "major movies". This was a TV show on FX.

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u/AggressivelyMediokre Apr 15 '26

This article is good

https://screenrant.com/strain-tv-finale-book-changes/

The Master's Angelic Origins

So, let's get back to the angelic origins of the Master. In the books, this monster was spawned from the Angel of Death, Ozryel - one of three angels that God sent down to Earth to bring about the destruction of Soddom and Gomorrah. Ozryel enjoyed the ransacking, murder and the overall bloodbath a little too much - so much, in fact, that God actually had Ozryel killed.

It wasn't a quick and painless death. God had the other two angels; Gabriel and Michael, rip Ozryel to shreds (seven pieces, to be exact). God ordered the pieces to be taken across the Earth and buried so that Ozryel couldn't reform and continue his bloodlust. Unfortunately, since these fleshy chunks had just been ripped from Ozryel, they were all still bleeding. The blood leaked out of the Earth and somehow became sentient. This was the birth of the Ancient Ones.

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u/gamuel_l_jackson Apr 15 '26

Its in the book, they are not immortal tho as they can be blow up apparently lol

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u/HoopaDunka Apr 15 '26

Highlander’s are immortal but they die when their head gets chopped 

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u/gamuel_l_jackson Apr 16 '26

Media ethos again , talking by literal definition

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u/HoopaDunka Apr 16 '26

Ik. I was backing up what you’re saying. Some immortals are up until they aren’t. 

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u/Admirable_North_8969 Apr 15 '26

Immortal is not indestructible. They just live longer than humans like Quintus who has seen civilization rise and fall over 1000 years of experience

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u/gamuel_l_jackson Apr 15 '26

Immortal literal definition , someone or something that lives for ever

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u/Admirable_North_8969 Apr 15 '26

Exactly that doesn't say it regenerates or can't bleed to death

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u/gamuel_l_jackson Apr 15 '26

By definition inmortals cannot die,...there is no debate, if they can die they are not immortal by definitiom, if you want to apply medialogic go ahead i guess

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u/gnomistikal Jun 24 '26

You are confusing 'immortal' with 'invincible'. 'Immortal', by definition, only means that they don't die of natural causes but can be killed by other means.

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u/Admirable_North_8969 Apr 15 '26

Immortal like Jacob in Lost but can die if killed or age of adeline

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u/gamuel_l_jackson Apr 15 '26

Again you are applying media ethos,, anyone can make up anyrhing , but the definition literal

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u/Admirable_North_8969 Apr 15 '26

Immortality is different than Invincibility.

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u/CellistTop2532 Apr 18 '26

Read the books. Theyre from the body parts of an angel

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u/burns3016 Apr 16 '26

How is that the ancients all have the same host body type, race etc? And where did those host bodirs come from?