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Do Not Cite the Deep Magic to Me, Witch

Do Not Cite the Deep Magic to Me, Witch

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Updated Nov 01, 2023 at 02:21PM EDT by Don.

Added Jan 31, 2019 at 05:59AM EST by Philipp.

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About

Do Not Cite the Deep Magic to Me, Witch is a memorable quote from the 1950 fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by British writer C. S. Lewis and the 2005 film of the same name. Since 2016, a two-panel screen capture of the scene from the move has been circulated as an image macro.

Origin

On December 9th, 2005, fantasy movie The Chornicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe[1] based on the children's book of the same name by C. S. Lewis[2] premiered in the theaters. In one scene of the film, character Aslan, a lion, interrupts the White Witch by telling her not to cite the deep magic to him.



Spread

On December 1st, 2016, Instagram[3] user narnia.folk posted a watermarked two-panel macro based on the scene. The post gained over 60 likes in two years.


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On April 10th, 2018, Twitter[4] user @kaludiasays paired the macro with a humorous caption in a tweet. The post gained over 50,100 retweets and 150,400 likes in nine months.


Klaudia Amenábar @kaludiasays me any time someone tries to show me a meme on facebook or instagram that i already watched die on twitter: onarnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic to me Witch I was there when it was written

On April 11th, 2018, Redditor[5] d--kfromaccounting posted the macro with a similar caption to /r/memes subreddit (shown below, top left), where it gained over 35,300 upvotes in six months. In the following days, variations of the meme also appeared in /r/Yogscast[6], /r/Freefolk[7], /r/dogecoin[8] and other subreddits.


When anyone tries to show me a meme on Facebook that I already watched die on reddit @narnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic tomeWitch. I was there when it was written. When someone reminds me that we raised $1,000,000 in the first day of jingle jam 2017 onarnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic to me Witch I was there when it was written.
When anyone tries to show me a shitpost on Facebook that I already watched die on freefolk onarnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic tome itch. I was there when it was written. When someone tells me 1D 1D onarnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic to m I was there when it was written.

Through 2018 and 2019, the macro saw moderate use across a variety of subreddits, including /r/prequelmemes[9], /r/pcmasterrace[10] and /r/dankmemes[11].

Various Examples


When your mom tries to show you a Ugandan knuckles meme in 2019 Do not cite the deep magic to me vratch, I was there when it was written When someone who has only played 5th edition D&D tries to tell me about Dungeons & Dragons @narnia.foll Do not cite the deep magic to me tch. I was there when it was writtetmatic net When your friend tries to teach you about Phineas and Ferb lore pnarnia.foll Do not cite the deep magic tome hitch. I was there when it was written.
When an intern tries to teach you the new Excel shortcut they just learned @narnia.folk Do not cíte the deep magic tome itch. I was there when it was written. When the year is 2027 and your son is trying to trick you into a ligma joke 擺 Do not cite the deep magic to meitch. I was there when it was written Europe tells you that he had eaten You as a Slava onarnia.folk Do not cite the deep magic to m h. I was there when it was written

Search Interest

External References

[1] IMDB – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

[2] Goodreads – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

[3] Instagram – narnia.folk's Post

[4] Twitter – @kaludiasays' Tweet

[5] Reddit – When anyone tries to show me a meme on Facebook

[6] Reddit – When someone reminds me that we raised $1,000,000

[7] Reddit – When anyone tries to show me a shitpost on Facebook

[8] Reddit – When someone tells me 1Ð=1Ð

[9] Reddit – When my little cousins start quoting the prequels because the rise of our glorious subreddit.

[10] Reddit – When someone reminds me of ram and gpu prices from 2 years ago

[11] Reddit – It really do be like that sometimes

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