Frieren / Fern With a Gun

Frieren / Fern With a Gun

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Frieren With a Gun or Fern With a Gun refers to memes, fan art and cosplay depicting Frieren or Fern from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End wielding guns. The trend became increasingly popular throughout late 2023 and early 2024, escalated by a cosplayer who went viral for posing as Frieren while riding in a car with a mounted gun.

Origin

On October 24th, 2023, TensorArt[1] user Ttan posted several AI-generated images of Frieren, including one where she's wearing body armor and holding a gun (shown below, left). This is the earliest known piece of art to depict Frieren with a gun. On November 1st, X[2] user @heromedley posted a drawing of Fern with a gun, writing, "fern study," garnering over 13,000 likes in four months (shown below, right).



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On December 17th, 2023, X[3] user @Neneko0814 posted a series of photos of herself in Frieren cosplay with a gun, captioned, "I'm telling you , these things are better than magic wands! 😎" garnering over 27,000 likes in three months (shown below, left). On December 19th, u/hmmsucks posted a redraw of one of the photos to /r/Frieren,[4] garnering over 1,500 upvotes in the same span of time (shown below, right).


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On December 25th, X[5] user @JohnnyGuit4r posted a meme drawing Fern with a gun having just shot Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock!, based on a screenshot of two YouTube thumbnails that align to make it look as if Fern is holding a gun, garnering over 28,000 likes in three months (shown below). It was reposted to /r/Frieren[6] the next day, garnering over 2,200 upvotes in the same span of time.


0:26 Glock 19 Gen 2 suppressed shooting with a Rugged Obsidia... Gun Dae 5.6M views. 2 years ago Fern Bocchi Frieren - Fer kills Bocchi AnimoonM 133K views 2 months ago John A

On January 4th, 2024, Redditor u/asilvertintedrose posted an image macro using an image of Frieren dual-wielding guns to /r/Frieren,[7] garnering over 1,300 upvotes in two months (shown below, left). On March 22nd, X[8] user @bac0n_pancakes_ posted another redraw of the YouTube gun thumbnails, garnering over 120,000 likes in a week (shown below, right). It was reposted to /r/Frieren[9] that day, garnering over 1,700 upvotes in the same span of time.


"I'm telling you Fern, these things are better than magic wands!" 0:26 G Glock 19 Gen 2 suppressed Gun Dae shooting with a Rugged Obsidia..... 5.6M views • 2 years ago 손이랑 총 못그려서 그냥 트레이싱함 Frieren - Fern kills Bocchi AnimoonM 133K views • 2 months ago 0:14

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External References

[1] TensorArt – Ttan

[2] X – heromedley

[3] X – Neneko0814

[4] Reddit – Frieren

[5] X – JohnnyGuit4r

[6] Reddit – frieren

[7] Reddit – frieren

[8] X – bac0n_pancakes_

[9] Reddit – frieren

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