About

Orc City refers to memes and jokes inspired by Twitter / X user and fantasy author John A. Douglas's book The Black Crown. In early July 2025, Douglas posted a tweet criticizing Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima for giving the name "Fat Man" to the villain in the video game Metal Gear. The tweet prompted X user @capybaroness to post the opening chapters of Douglas's book in which he describes the aftermath of an "orc war." Several internet users mocked Douglas's writing for using simple fantasy tropes where orcs fight elves, highlighting lines like, "[The orc city's] ruin was overseen by the architect of its very destruction," and a line in which an "elvish king" says, "There is nothing more reviled than an Orc." Jokes about life in Orc City, as well as the war between "orcs" and "elves," began circulating online soon after the tweet went viral.

Origin

On July 3rd, 2025, fantasy author and X^[1] user John A. Douglas (@J0hnADouglas) posted a tweet criticizing people for glazing video game creator Hideo Kojima and mocking the Metal Gear villain Fat Man. The tweet read, "Whenever someone glazes Hideo Kojima, remember he once made a boss character that’s a lardass in a bomb disposal suit riding around on rollerblades and sipping wine from a wine glass with a straw. His name? Fat Man. 'Genius.'"

The post gathered over 7 million views and 4,500 likes in two days.

The tweet from Douglas garnered significant backlash from internet users in the following hours and days, many of whom defended Kojima and instead began criticizing Douglas's own writing.

For example, on July 3rd, 2025, X^[2] user @capybaroness posted the opening lines of Douglas's book in which he introduces typical fantasy tropes like elves and "evil orcs." The post gathered over 50,000 likes in two days.

The Orc city smoldered, burned down in the wake of battle. The ground soaked in a knuckle's depth of blood and ash. The savage cries of its defenders now silent and still as its ruin was overseen by the architect of its very destruction.
The Orc Wars were finally over.
"There is nothing more reviled than the Orc," said the elvish king,

On July 4th, X^[8] user @Blood_0cean tweeted and criticized the book by writing, "Entire generations of fantasy authors, readers, and fans are permanently trapped in a mental prison where the only way to interact with and understand fantasy is in terms of elves and orcs. Literally incapable of conceptualizing a fantasy world where they don't exist." The tweet received over 5,900 likes in three days.

On July 5th, 2025, X^[7] user @paynushurts posted a section from John A Douglas's book The Black Crown, showing a glossary where he defined terms such as "Orcpunched" and "Spear ear." The caption on the post called it the "racial terminology section of the glossary," gathering over 5,000 likes in a day.

Spread

Several internet users posted tweets mocking John A. Douglas's writing and joking about "Orc City" as his tweet criticizing Hideo Kojima went viral in early July 2025.

For instance, on July 3rd, 2025, X^[3] user @drowsyluma posted a I Think Coolsville Sucks meme, writing, "I think Orc City sucks." The post gathered over 25,000 likes in two days.

Also on July 3rd, X^[4] user @GayOliveGarden posted an I'm From Buenos Aires and I Say Kill Them All meme from Starship Troopers, writing, "I'm from orc city and I say kill em all." The post gathered over 16,000 likes in a day.

On July 4th, X^[5] @Awesomespen posted an edited image of Keanu Reeves quoting his line in Cyberpunk 2077. The meme received over 121,000 views and 7,800 likes in three days.

Also on July 4th, 2025, X^[6] user @NewEngOfficial tweeted an Anthony Bourdain Advice Parody meme, writing, "Once you've been to Orc City, you will never want to stop to beat the Elvish King to death with your bare hands." The post gathered over 35,000 likes in a day.

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