Ares! Destroy My Enemies and My Life Is Yours

About

Ares! Destroy My Enemies and My Life Is Yours refers to a scene from God of War where Kratos, moments from death, offers his loyalty to Ares if he'll destroy his enemies. The scene went viral on TikTok in November 2022, inspiring both lip dub videos using its audio and image macro formats using the clip.

Origin

In a cutscene from the 2005 PlayStation game God of War, Kratos, at war with barbarians, pledges his loyalty to Ares right before he's killed, yelling, "Ares! Destroy my enemies and my life is yours!" Ares then comes down and saves Kratos. The clip was uploaded to YouTube^[1] on April 29th, 2018, garnering over 172,000 views in four years (shown below).

On November 27th, 2022, TikToker^[2] @kingtourdy posted an image macro style meme using the clip captioned, "POV: when I'm getting whooped by a bully but the strong autistic kid walks by," using the clip to have Kratos represent himself calling to the autistic kid for help, garnering over 1.3 million views in a month (shown below).

Spread

In the next month, the original sound for @kingtourdy's video was used over 1,600 times in lip dub videos and similar image macro style memes about calling on someone to help in a dire situation, often with offensive or racist connotations. For example, on December 2nd, 2022, TikTokers^[3][4] @unbrok3n_ and @manlikeisaac posted videos using the sound that garnered over 1.2 million and 1.8 million views respectively in three weeks (shown below, left and right).

On December 14th, Twitter^[5] user @redead_v2 posted a remixed version of the meme by TikToker^[6] @lafy.gaming about calling on EDP445 when kindergarteners attack them, referencing his pedophilia allegations, garnering over 16,000 views and 200 likes in a week (shown below).

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