Swords United
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Swords United is an object labeling series that recontextualizes the load screen from the video game Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North to express agreement.
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On March 1st, 2012, the mobile video game Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North was released. The game, as early as June 17th, 2014, included an image of a king and two nights placing their swords together on a round table as a load screen image (shown below, left).[1][2][3]
The earliest known usage of the image as meme was published on October 25th, 2018 by Instagram [4] user @grapejuiceboys. The post, which shows the court uniting over "making fun of people that watch anime," received more than 25,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).
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Three days later, on October 28th, Redditor [5] ItsNoahh posted a version on the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit/. The post received more than 35,000 points (79% upvoted) and 1,700 comments in 24 hours (shown below, left).
Over the several hours, variation of the meme was shared on various subreddits (shown below, center and right).
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Kingdoms of Camelot – Wikipedia
[2] Hulking Reviewer – Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North Campaign
[3] ArtStation – ArtStation – Cover Art for Kingdoms of Camelot by Kabam, Galan Pang
[4] Instagram – @ grapejuiceboys's Post
[5] Reddit – This format is hot on the market
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