You Cannot Fast Travel

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About

You Cannot Fast Travel When Enemies Are Nearby is a notification message displayed in the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim whenever a player attempts to use the fast travel ability when hostile non-player characters are in the immediate vicinity.

Origin

On November 11th, 2011, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released, which would prevent players from fast travelling whenever enemies were near. On November 15th, 2015 Redditor Nilsss reposted the Travolta GIF to /r/gaming,^[2] where it gained over 49,000 points and 870 comments prior to being archived.

Spread

On December 15th, 2015, Twitter user @VGFGamers^[7] posted an "I Will Find You and I Will Kill You" image macro accompanied by the "you cannot fast travel" caption (shown below, left). On June 22nd, 2016, Redditor Death_Machine_ posted a photoshopped picture of Spongegar in a Skyrim scene with the caption "You cannot fast travel when enemies are nearby" (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 5,400 points (93% upvoted) on /r/BikiniBottomTwitter.^[6]

On June 30th, the Confused Travolta GIF was reposted to /r/confusedtravolta^[1] and /r/skyrim.^[4] On February 21st, 2017, Redditor Leffigi submitted a post asking if the "you cannot fast travel" image macros were a "good investment" to /r/MemeEconomy,^[8] along with a captioned image of Abraham Lincoln being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (shown below, left). On March 18th, Redditor JourneyIntoMystery83 uploaded a screenshot of Anakin Skywalker confronting a group of "younglings" followed by the "You cannot fast travel" caption (shown below, right). Within two months, the post gained over 2,300 points (98% upvoted) on /r/PrequelMemes.^[5]