My Metamorphosis Begins

About

My Metamorphosis Begins refers to a void comic in which a man undergoes an agonizing metamorphosis ritual, with the last panel revealing his new form. Starting in late April 2020, the format gained popularity as an exploitable, with the last panel replaced with various images.

Origin

On April 28th, 2020, void comics Facebook^[1] group I'm Stuck in the Void, Keep Scrolling posted a four-panel comedy horror comic in which a man undergoes an agonizing metamorphosis ritual to obtain a new form, which is revealed to be "le monkey face" (a traced sketch of the gorilla from the Gorilla Munch cereal, known for its use in That Rustled My Jimmies meme). The post received over 1,500 reactions and 1,800 shares in three weeks (shown below).

The comic received viral spread online in the following days with multiple reposts on Facebook, Twitter^[2] and other platforms,

Spread

Starting on April 28th, 2020, edits of the original comic were posted on Facebook. On April 28th, 2020, Facebook^[3] user Nina Zima posted the earliest known edit of the comic in the comment section of the original post, gaining over 50 reactions in three weeks (shown below, left). On April 29th, 2020, Facebook^[4] user Justin Sison posted an Emergence edit of the comic, gaining seven reactions in the same period (shown below, right).

The format received further spread online in the following weeks with notable edits on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other platforms. For example, on May 4th, 2020, Twitter^[5] user @LandsharkRides posted a version that received over 210 likes on Twitter in two weeks. On May 5th, Facebook^[6] page Evil Niqqa Memes posted a Finn Wolfhart Middle Finger edit that received over 370 reactions and 230 shares in the same period.

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