Do Not Cite the Deep Magic to Me, Witch
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About
Do Not Cite the Deep Magic to Me, Witch is a memorable quote from the 1950 fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by British writer C. S. Lewis and the 2005 film of the same name. Since 2016, a two-panel screen capture of the scene from the move has been circulated as an image macro.
Origin
On December 9th, 2005, fantasy movie The Chornicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe[1] based on the children's book of the same name by C. S. Lewis[2] premiered in the theaters. In one scene of the film, character Aslan, a lion, interrupts the White Witch by telling her not to cite the deep magic to him.
Spread
On December 1st, 2016, Instagram[3] user narnia.folk posted a watermarked two-panel macro based on the scene. The post gained over 60 likes in two years.
On April 10th, 2018, Twitter[4] user @kaludiasays paired the macro with a humorous caption in a tweet. The post gained over 50,100 retweets and 150,400 likes in nine months.
On April 11th, 2018, Redditor[5] d--kfromaccounting posted the macro with a similar caption to /r/memes subreddit (shown below, top left), where it gained over 35,300 upvotes in six months. In the following days, variations of the meme also appeared in /r/Yogscast[6], /r/Freefolk[7], /r/dogecoin[8] and other subreddits.
Through 2018 and 2019, the macro saw moderate use across a variety of subreddits, including /r/prequelmemes[9], /r/pcmasterrace[10] and /r/dankmemes[11].
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] IMDB – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
[2] Goodreads – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
[3] Instagram – narnia.folk's Post
[4] Twitter – @kaludiasays' Tweet
[5] Reddit – When anyone tries to show me a meme on Facebook
[6] Reddit – When someone reminds me that we raised $1,000,000
[7] Reddit – When anyone tries to show me a shitpost on Facebook
[8] Reddit – When someone tells me 1Ð=1Ð
[9] Reddit – When my little cousins start quoting the prequels because the rise of our glorious subreddit.
[10] Reddit – When someone reminds me of ram and gpu prices from 2 years ago
[11] Reddit – It really do be like that sometimes