User:Quaelegit/Charles Royal Portrait memes
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https://www.today.com/popculture/news/king-charles-portrait-meaning-symbolism-rcna152431 -- this has been generating a lot of buzz and memeing online
- first off, everybody comparing it to raw meat, blood etc: example of this [alt link] ; similar but separate post;
- tiktok reactions collection: i have no words
- comparison to the Tumblr children's hospital color theory meme: Some of you need to learn color theory. alt link, alt link
- post with more tumblr reactions comparing it to Picture of Dorian Gray, horror video games, SCP (alt link, alt link)
Redraw meme
Unveiling Meme
I don't have any examples handy but people have also been photoshopping the unveiling video to reveal other images. I haven't seen any "fandom" ones yet so i'd call this more of a general/news meme.
Other
- fandom ~about~ the portrait??? e.g. A better King Charles the Third Royal Portrait that someone created on MidJourney
- there's also a fair amount of, like, Actual Art Criticism of the portrait and its symbolism and discussion of the artist's intentions, Charles' involvement, whose vision contributed how to the final result. idk whether to include that in "fandom about the portrait".... like when it's today.com (as i linked at the top of this page) I wouldn't count it, but for random people posting to tumblr (ex1, ex. 2, ex 3).... maybe?
We know Charles & Yeo discussed the portrait, so I don't think it is implausible that, during the brainstorming process, Yeo asked Charles what kind of look he wanted. I work as an illustrator, I have done many portraits, and that's like, step one of any commission. So as much as I love the narrative of a subversive artist getting one over on the Royals- and as a commission, no less!- I think it is much more likely Yeo followed Charles' requests. Charles did see a preview of the portrait before the public reveal; he knew what it looked like.Which makes the public reaction WAAAAAAY FUNNIER.
personally i absolutely agree with this person
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- also idk if we have a page about... fandom... anti fandom?? .... criticism of british royal monarchy fandom but found this art response to QE2's death (posted September 2022)