With This Blade

With This Blade

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About

With This Blade is an ASCII Art snowclone popular on Twitter in which people use ASCII Art to make a sword and write "With This Blade, I…", usually saying "I defend X."

Origin

On February 22nd, 2017, Twitter user @JeremyFizzy tweeted the first known example of the sword[1] (shown below).


fizzy @JeremyFizzy Follow With this blade cut those who don't respect Boseman 9:45 PM 22 Feb 2017

Spread

Over the following years, the format gained popularity as users made various jokes with the sword. Some popular examples include a November 16th, 2017 tweet by @WhatTheHai[2] that gained 620 retweets and 3,400 likes (shown below, left). Another by @Muddin4Jesus[3] posted November 20th gained over 250 retweets and 600 likes (shown below, right).


Hai @WhatTheHai Follow with this blade i cut those who disrespect Rick And Morty 8:09 AM 16 Nov 2017 Cool Youth Pastor @Muddin4Jesus Follow with this blade cut through Satan's lies 2:57 PM- 20 Nov 2017

The format surged in popularity in early 2019. On March 16th, 2019, writer Darcie Wilder made a joke that gained over 460 retweets and 4,000 likes (shown below, left). Another by @commonDsneyfan gained over 390 retweets and 1,900 likes (shown below, right). The surge in popularity was covered by Daily Dot.[3]


DARCIE WILDER Follow @333333333433333 with this blade i protect aidy bryant 3:31 PM 16 Mar 2019 common Disney fan @commondsneyfan Follow with this blade i protect the muppets at dhs 2:40 PM - 17 Mar 2019

Various Examples


My Oh My Supply Co. @myohmysupplyco Follow with this blade i protect mickey's philharmagic 12:00 PM-18 Mar 2019 courtney. @HERPRIDE Follow with this blade i protect christy altomare 2:39 AM- 18 Mar 2019 Shane Plane @SexualPanda Follow Replying to @phoebe_bridges with this blade protect phoebe bridgers 11:39 PM 8 Mar 2019 db @sprtnght Follow with this blade i do cool knife tricks 5:51 PM-3 Mar 2019 bootleg tony the tiger lookin ass @TigerStyleGG Follow with this blade i protect 2 criticize games my right I haven't played 10:02 PM-16 Mar 2019 LL McKinney @ElleOnWords Follow with this blade i cut the ring from Sauron's hand 12:45 AM -17 Mar 2019

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Twitter – JeremyFizzy

[2] Twitter – @WhatTheHai

[3] Daily Dot – With this blade, I protect this meme

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