Mahusetan Meme Culture

Perfection
Perfection refers to an exploitable image macro in which the character Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender), aka Magneto, in X-Men First Class asks to be shown "the real X." He asks twice, and upon seeing what he is looking for, he says, "Perfection." What he is looking for is generally the punchline of the joke.

Origin and spread
The scene comes from 2011's X-Men First Class. Raven Darkhölme (Jennifer Lawrence), aka Mystique, a mutant with shapeshifting powers, attempts to seduce Erik by showing herself to him as a blonde woman (Rebecca Romijn). Erik responds by saying "I prefer the real Raven." Raven then shifts into the human form she usually presents to others. Erik presses, "I said the real Raven." Raven then turns into her natural blue form, to which Erik replies with "Perfection." On 14 October of that year, Reddit user /u/jstupack uploaded the first variation of the exploitable to the /r/funny subreddit. In the post, Raven turns into actress Raven Symone before Erik says "Perfection.", the post gained 645 upvotes.



In the following years, the format would prove a durable template for various jokes. After various plays on the word "Raven," the joke expanded to include various other "real" objects. For example, on May 13th, 2015, FunnyJunk user gwlk uploaded a variation with Pepe the Frog that gained 1,111 points on the site.



The format grew popular again in 2017 when it was adopted by the Star Wars fandom on Reddit as a means to compare various iterations of the franchise's characters. On 16 April, Reddit user TehFlygon posted a question to the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit asking about the origin of the template.

Flagbearers
Flagbearers is the name given to a series of exploitable drawings featuring several standard-bearers. The images are often used to make humorous listings and rankings on countries, ethnicities and other groups.

Origin and Spread
It's believed that the first image was posted in Krautchan's international board in late 2010, comparing Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. However, the earliest known use of a flag bearer image online comes from the Warosu traditional games board, or /tg/, on 25 September 2013. The image had a lineup of 10 flag bearers, all referencing characters from The Elder Scrolls game universe. The image was then subsequently posted seven more times within Warosu.

The earliest appearance on 4chan belongs to a thread from the politically incorrect board, /pol/, submitted on July 19th, 2014. In the thread, the submitter posted a template for several standard-bearers, inspiring other users to make their own versions; the thread eventually acquired over 200 comments.

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