Boarposting / Bobbyposting

About

Boarposting, also known as Bobbyposting, refers to posts on 4chan's /tv/ board about the character Robert Baratheon, nicknamed "Bobby B," from George R.R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire as he appears in HBO's adaptation, Game of Thrones. Many of the posts contain image macros featuring Baratheon with glowing eyes in the style of "I Am Growing Stronger" and motion blur effects. The posts frequently use the words "whore" and "boar" as they relate to Baratheon's character, specifically his liberal use of the word "whore" and the fact that he was mortally wounded by a boar while hunting. The use of the meme on 4chan's /tv/ board as well as the "-posting" suffix alikens it to related memes such as Baneposting and Sheevposting.

Origin

The earliest archived use of Baratheon's image coupled with his distinct dialogue was on April 6th, 2013 (shown below).^[4]

The next day on April 7th, 2013 the earliest archive use of the nickname "Bobby B" for King Robert Baratheon was submitted to a "/got/" thread on /tv/ (shown below).^[2]

Spread

In August 2017, posts about Baratheon as "Bobby B" began trending on /tv/. On August 16th, a /got/ titled "Based Bobby B edition" was submitted to the /tv/^[3] board, gathering more than 440 responses prior to being archived.

On August 23rd, 2017, Redditor KlebbTheKunt submitted an image of Baratheon with glowing eyes standing in front of the character Cersei Lannister to /r/freefolk,^[1] where it gathered upwards of 2,100 points (94% upvoted) and 60 comments within 24 hours.

Related Memes

AAGGHH

AAGGHH refers to posts on 4chan's /tv/ board which involve Stannis Baratheon after his character was mortally wounded, typically calling on various other characters to come and save him. This meme also uses the glowing eyes and image distortion common to Boarposting.

More Wine Your Grace?

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