Concern
Meaning
Concern is a snowclone-type meme with traits that convey similarities to reaction images.
These memes usually feature a recognizable character taken out from a given sub-culture, posing with both of their palms held together in front of their mouth, giving the impression of being concerned about something. A text is commonly put atop that reads “concern”.
These are usually fan-arts drawn by enthusiasts of the given sub-genre.
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Origin
The initial concern image was drawn and submitted by an anonymous artist in a 4chan thread in 2016, featuring the anthropomorphic fox-character from the animated movie Zootopia.
The thread since then has been archived and deleted.
Spread and Usage
The format was brought in connection with many sub-cultures.
In 2017 a post was submitted on Imgur that compiled some of the fan-arts that have concern as their theme.
An art of a darkwraith from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, having the concern posture, was submitted to Reddit in 2019, in the /r/dndmemes community.
External References
- Merriam-webster.com – concern
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