# Stick Figure Violence
Stick Figure Violence, also known as Bloody Rage Moodboard, is an image macro built from six gory stick figure cartoons arranged around a short caption. Instagram user @hollowcloth compiled the template in November 2021, and it went viral on Twitter and Tumblr as a reaction format for exaggerated emotional overreactions.
## Overview
Stick Figure Violence, also known as Bloody Rage Moodboard, is an image macro built from six stick figure cartoons drawn mid-brawl, showing scenes of murder and cannibalism[1]. A short caption sits in the middle of the collage, and the panicked figures around it stand in for how a person or group reacts to whatever the text names[1].
The rough, hand-drawn look sits close to older brutalist stick figure templates like Check Out How Hard I Can Pee from 2018[3]. Each of the six panels was originally posted by different Tumblr artists before anyone stitched them together, which is why the collage feels mismatched by design.
## How It Spread
The Bloody Rage Moodboard jumped platforms fast. Tumblr blog caenus reposted @hollowcloth's original on November 4, 2021, where it collected around 19,200 notes in about a month[5]. Six days later, Twitter user @iztea_ posted the first known remix, swapping the caption to "artists when they have a drawing idea," and the tweet pulled roughly 101,400 likes in three weeks[2].
Also on November 10, 2021, Instagram user @thisisafleshprison rewrote every line to read "me when it's time to set a healthy and reasonable boundary," picking up about 12,900 likes[4]. That version kicked off a run of "me when" captions that partially displaced @hollowcloth's original "girls when they're" phrasing.
On November 11, 2021, Tumblr user bluegreysong kept only the word "girls" and slotted in a Taylor Swift reference for the first Tumblr-native variant, which drew 203 notes in a month[6]. Through the rest of November 2021, the format spread further to Reddit and iFunny, with captions covering picking a movie to watch and reactions to the TV show Succession[3].
## How to Use
Captions typically start with "me when" or "[group] when they're," followed by a mundane situation that does not obviously call for a violent response[4]. The joke lives in the gap between the low-stakes text and the stick figure carnage around it, so the caption is often short and focused on a single emotional overreaction.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Stick Figure Violence?
It's an image macro of six gruesome stick figure drawings arranged around a short caption, used to dramatize an exaggerated emotional reaction to whatever the caption describes[1].
### Where did Stick Figure Violence come from?
Instagram user @hollowcloth compiled six existing Tumblr drawings into one image on November 1, 2021, with the caption "girls when they're in love"[1].
### What does Stick Figure Violence mean?
The bloody panels stage extreme internal reactions, letting the poster frame a small feeling as cartoonish over the top violence[2].
### How do you use Stick Figure Violence?
Add a short caption in the middle, usually starting with "me when" or "[group] when they're," describing a scenario that gets a wildly disproportionate reaction[4].
### Is Stick Figure Violence still popular?
It peaked as a viral format in November 2021 and is now known mostly as a classic reaction template rather than a currently trending meme[5].
## References
1. [https://www.instagram.com/hollowcloth/]()
2. [https://twitter.com/iztea_]()
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stick-figure-violence-bloody-rage-moodboard]()
4. [https://www.instagram.com/thisisafleshprison/]()
5. [https://caenus.tumblr.com/]()
6. [https://bluegreysong.tumblr.com/]()
7. [https://death2america.tumblr.com/]()
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