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POV: You're a Small-Time Criminal
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About
POV: You're a Small-Time Criminal refers to a series of threads on X / Twitter created by the user @TeeCeeComics that imagine the experience of a small-time criminal launching his career in cities guarded by superheroes. The threads were created and went viral on X in late May 2024.
Origin
On May 22nd, 2024, X[1] user @TeeCeeComics created a POV thread imagining a small-time criminal attempting to launch a career in New York City in the Marvel Comics universe. The opening post of the thread garnered over 2,000 reposts and 20,000 likes in one week (shown below).
![POV: You’re a small time criminal in New York in the Marvel Universe A Thread 🧵 T.C @TeeCeeComics POV: You're a small time criminal in New York in the Marvel Universe A Thread They say this is a big rich town, time to start my Share criminal empire 7:58 PM ⚫ May 22, 2024 2.2M Views .](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/826/691/e1d.jpg)
Spread
In the May 22nd, 2024, thread, the criminal's attempts to commit crimes are constantly thwarted by Marvel superheroes, with the protagonist constantly finding himself in the hospital, and, after being duped by Mephisto, trapped in Hell (example posts shown below).
![Just Robbed a Convenience Store, Wait Who the Hell Is This Guy ID Just robbed a conveniece store, wait who the hell is this guy?!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![The Dude in the Red Suit Put Me in Here, But Don't Worry, I'm Breaking Out The dude in the red suit put me in here, but don't worry I'm breaking out. Wait, why do I hear gunfire?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![With My 2nd Chance at Life, I'm Gonna Be the Best Criminal There Is With my 2nd chance at life, I'm gonna be the best criminal there is. Hey, who tf are these guys?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Following the success of the original thread, @TeeCeeComics launched five similar threads in the following days, imagining a criminal attempting to launch a career in Marvel and DC Comics cities, including Gotham City,[2] Metropolis[3] and Central City[4] (examples seen below).
![POV: You’re a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Gotham Edition) T.C @TeeCeeComics POV: You're a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Gotham Edition) A Thread 7:58 PM. May 23, 2024 5.9M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/826/752/807.jpg)
![POV: You’re a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Metropolis Edition) T.C @TeeCeeComics POV: You're a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Metropolis Edition) A Thread ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/826/755/2bf.jpg)
The threads went viral on X / Twitter over the following days. For example, the Gotham City thread on May 23rd gained over 2,300 reposts and 29,000 likes in five days, while the Metropolis thread on May 25th garnered over 770 reposts and 10,000 likes in three days.
The threads additionally received further spread online through reposts on other sites.
Various Examples
![POV: You’re a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Justice League Edition Pt. 1) T.C @TeeCeeComics POV: You're a small time criminal in the DC Universe (Justice League Edition Pt. 1) A Thread](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/826/758/38d.jpg)
![Just Escaped the Hospital & Robbed Another Store. Wait, Whe've I Run Into Spider-Man?! Just escaped the hospital & robbed another store. Wait, why've I run into Spider-Man?!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![I'm in So Much F------ Pain I'M IN SO MUCH F------ PAIN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/826/718/569.jpg)
![I Need to Lay Low. I'm Gonna Break Into Here to Recover Got away from the Spider-Men, but I need to lay low. I'm gonna break into here to recover](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![H--------, The Avengers Live Here, FML H-------- THE AVENGERS LIVE HERE; FML! Disney XD](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![That MF Lied to Me!! On God I'm Trapped in Hell!!! MULLE THAT MF LIED TO ME!! ON GOD IM TRAPPED IN HELL!!!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
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