What is Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose?

It is an exploitable redraw template originated by Twitter artist CAFFSTRINK in July 2023, showing a short lesbian character cradling a taller one so the taller character's face is pressed into her chest.

What does Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose mean?

The pose flips the usual height dynamic in yuri art: the shorter partner takes the smug, protective role while the taller one is cradled instead of towering, which is the comedic hook of every redraw.

How do you use Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose?

Artists typically pick a ship with a clear height gap, keep CAFFSTRINK's embrace and smug expression, and swap in their chosen characters, as @titty_pizza did with Splatoon agents and @lumieluna did with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.

Is Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose still popular?

The template peaked in the week after CAFFSTRINK's July 2023 post, with the biggest redraws, like @lumieluna's 74,500-like Harley and Ivy piece, landing within three days of the original.

Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose

Q: Where did Tall and Short Lesbians Smug Face On Boobas Pose come from?

CAFFSTRINK posted the rough sketch to Twitter on July 2, 2023, with a caption about dreaming of lesbian ships drawn this way, then crossposted it to Tumblr days later.

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Posted by artist CAFFSTRINK on Twitter on July 2, 2023, this exploitable redraw template shows a shorter lesbian character cradling a taller partner so her face rests between the shorter one's breasts. The sketch collected over 88,000 likes in three days and set off fan redraws across Twitter and Tumblr featuring couples from Splatoon, DC Comics and 1970s slasher films.

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Overview

The template inverts a common height trope in yuri fanart: instead of the taller character dominating the frame, the shorter partner cradles the taller one with a smug expression while the taller character's face is buried in the shorter character's chest1. The visual gag hinges on that reversal, which is why so many redraws pick couples where one partner is notably taller or stoic and the other is notably shorter or chaotic4.

Most reinterpretations stay close to CAFFSTRINK's rough composition, keeping the smug look, the embrace and the exaggerated height gap while swapping in characters from a specific fandom3. Artists sometimes extend the joke by picking pairings where the taller character is the usual aggressor, flipping the dynamic for comedic effect, as seen in the Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy redraw where Ivy's leafy frame is tipped into Harley's arms4.

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Origin & Background

Platform

Twitter / Tumblr (viral spread)

Creator

CAFFSTRINK

Date

2023

On July 2, 2023, Twitter artist @CAFFSTRINK posted a rough pencil drawing of a short lesbian character holding a taller lesbian character, the taller one's face pressed between the shorter one's breasts, with the caption, "Had a dream everyone was drawing lesbian ships like this"1. The post collected over 88,700 likes and 12,000 retweets within three days4.

CAFFSTRINK reposted the template to Tumblr shortly after, where it picked up more than 890 notes in under a day5. The rough linework and half-finished shading signaled to viewers that the sketch was meant as a template to be redrawn rather than a finished piece4.

How It Spread

Redraws appeared within hours of the original tweet, with fans quote-retweeting CAFFSTRINK and attaching their own ship pairings. On July 2, 2023, Twitter user @titty_pizza posted a Splatoon version featuring Agent 3 and Agent 8 in the pose, which amassed over 14,000 likes over the next three days2.

Two days later, on July 4, 2023, Twitter user @lumieluna posted a Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy redraw that attracted more than 74,500 likes in roughly 24 hours3. The DC pairing moved the format outside anime and gaming circles toward wider comics fandom readership4.

Tumblr carried a parallel version of the trend. On the same day, user enigma-system posted a horror crossover redraw with Michael Myers from Halloween holding Ghost Face from Scream in the pose, picking up over 100 notes in a day6. The slasher reinterpretation showed the template stretching past its original yuri context into gag pairings between non-lesbian characters4.

Timeline

2023-07-02

Artist @CAFFSTRINK posts the rough sketch to Twitter with the caption about dreaming of lesbian ships drawn this way[1].

2023-07-02

Twitter user @titty_pizza posts a Splatoon redraw that collects over 14,000 likes within three days[2].

2023-07-03

CAFFSTRINK crossposts the template to Tumblr, where it reaches 890+ notes in under a day[5].

2023-07-04

Twitter user @lumieluna posts a Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy version that attracts over 74,500 likes in roughly 24 hours[3].

2023-07-04

Tumblr user enigma-system posts a Halloween and Scream slasher crossover redraw, extending the format past yuri ships[6].