Grant Gustin Over Grave
Use to ironically mourn the death or end of something - apps shutting down, trends dying, features being removed, or metaphorical deaths. The exaggerated grief contrasts with often trivial subjects for humor.
Dimensions: 500 × 475px
Format: Grant Gustin kneeling at a gravestone. Edit the gravestone to show what's "dead" - can be concepts, trends, apps, or anything being mourned ironically.
📖 Origin Story
Source: The Flash Season 5 behind-the-scenes photo
Creator: Set photo from CW's The Flash
First appeared: Behind-the-scenes photo from The Flash Season 5 showing Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash) kneeling emotionally at a grave marked "Oliver Queen" (Green Arrow). Posted online and immediately became a meme template.
Spread rapidly on Twitter and Reddit as a "mourning" template for anything dying, ending, or being replaced. The melodramatic pose next to a gravestone became perfect for ironic grief over trivial things.
🎯 How to Use This Template
Use to ironically mourn the death or end of something - apps shutting down, trends dying, features being removed, or metaphorical deaths. The exaggerated grief contrasts with often trivial subjects for humor.
Pro Tips:
- 💡Best for things that recently ended or became obsolete
- 💡Works for both genuine sadness and ironic mourning
- 💡Popular for discontinued products, ended shows, dead memes
- 💡The melodramatic pose is key to the humor
😂 Example Ideas
Mourning the death of beloved app Vine
Ironic grief over losing motivation for the week
Mourning the actual death of Flash Player software
💡 Did You Know?
- •The photo leaked before the episode aired, creating actual spoilers for The Flash
- •Oliver Queen's death was a major event in the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths"
- •Grant Gustin embraced the meme and has referenced it in interviews
- •The gravestone in memes is edited - the original was a set prop
- •This became one of the most popular Arrowverse memes
