Wide Power Stance Low-Angle Shot / Standing on Business Pose

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About

Wide Power Stance Low-Angle Shot or the Standing on Business Pose, also known as Polnareff-Type Pose or Wide Stance Hero Pose, is a series of memes based on a photograph of a man standing with his legs split wide and his arms crossed, taken at a low angle from the tip of his shoe, resembling a typical "hero pose" that has been compared to poses one might see in anime or manga series like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The photo went viral after it was posted to Twitter / X in December 2023, becoming the subject of redraws, image macros and other memes. It is sometimes shared alongside the phrase "Standing on Business" in reference to the meme of the same name.

Origin

On December 18th, 2023, X^[1] user @SonicLettuce275 posted an image of a Black man standing in a wide-legged pose with his arms crossed over his chest, taken from a low, upward-angle shot from the tip of his shoe, writing, "Joseph: so what happened to your sister? Polnareff for some fucking reason:," referencing the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character Polnareff, garnering over 55,000 likes in a month (shown below). This is the earliest known post sharing the photo.

The photo became the subject of redraws as early as December 19th through the post's quote-reposts. For example, on that day, X^[2]^[3] users @FBatcat and @PTonipr posted redraws that gained over 600 likes and 120 likes, respectively, in a month (shown below, left and right).

Spread

The photo gained viral spread through reposts and redraws over the following weeks, seeing a peak in interest in January 2024. On December 19th, 2023, X^[4] user @Doughteaa posted the image, writing, "I NEED people to draw their ocs in this pose PLEASE," garnering over 1,300 likes in a month. On December 20th, X^[5] user @vinguistic posted the photo, writing, "This is the kind of shit polnareff was on," garnering over 4,000 likes in a month.

On January 12th, 2024, X^[6] user @_RXGE posted the photo, writing, "THIS POSE NIGGA LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-," garnering over 80,000 likes in a week (shown below). That day, it was reposted by Instagram^[7] user hard.images, garnering over 199,000 likes in a week and to /r/hardimages,^[8] garnering over 2,900 upvotes in the same timeframe.

On January 14th, X^[9] user @woolpen posted a redraw of the image featuring Papyrus from Undertale, garnering over 45,000 likes in four days (shown below, left). On January 15th, X^[10] user @neo_suks posted a redraw replacing the man with Marceline from Adventure Time, garnering over 17,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).

On January 17th, 2024, X^[11] user @MenasLG posted a Solaire of Astora redraw of the image, garnering over 31,000 likes in a day (shown below). On the same day, X^[12] user @kayaxxo posted a Jujutsu Kaisen redraw, writing, "Standing on business 🗣️" garnering over 44,000 likes in a day.