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Talks a Lot Listens meme depicting two stick figures facing each other while one speaks and the other listens.

Talks a Lot, Listens

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About

Talks a Lot, Listens is a wholesome ship dynamic meme depicting one character, often from a specific fandom, talking a lot and their partner happily listening. The original format was posted to Twitter in February 2021 and became a prominent exploitable meme and redraw over the following years, particularly on Facebook.

Origin

On February 14th, 2021, Twitter[1] user @WholesomeMeme posted a meme showing two stick figures talking. The one on the left is surrounded by a wall of text and captioned "talks a lot" and the figure on the right is captioned "listens." The post garnered over 24,500 likes in two years (shown below). It was notably reposted by Twitter[2] user @RespectfulMemes that same day, garnering over 23,000 likes in the same span of time.

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Spread

The meme started to become the subject of edits over the following months, often drawing over the two stick figures to depict them as characters from a given fandom or placing them next to people who follow the shown dynamic. For example, on March 2nd, 2021, a Redditor drew the stick figures as Boruto characters and posted it to /r/Boruto,[3] garnering over 450 upvotes in two years (shown below, left). On March 14th, the Enhypen PH Facebook[4] page posted a meme applying the figures to members of the K-pop group Enhypen, garnering over 1,700 reactions in two years (shown below, right).


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On December 26th, 2022, the Ｓａｔｕｓｈｉ氷菓 Facebook[5] page posted a version of the meme referencing Hunter x Hunter, garnering over 17,000 reactions and 2,600 shares in six months (shown below).


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Some versions of the meme abandon the initial template and apply the captions "listens" and "talks a lot" to other images. For example, on January 9th, 2023, the Facebook[6] page OPMOS Philippines posted a One Piece meme featuring the captions, garnering over 5,000 reactions and 1,000 shares in five months (shown below, left). On January 13th, the Hanzo蔵半 Facebook[7] page shared a meme similar to this that garnered over 82,000 reactions and 14,000 shares in the same span of time (shown below, right).


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On May 17th, 2023, Twitter[8] user @IIKalee posted a version of the meme based on Link and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, garnering over 48,000 likes in a month (shown below).


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External References

[1] Twitter – WholesomeMeme

[2] Twitter – RespectfulMemes

[3] Reddit – Boruto

[4] Facebook – Enhypen PH

[5] Facebook – Ｓａｔｕｓｈｉ氷菓

[6] Facebook – OPMOS Philippines

[7] Facebook – Hanzo

[8] Twitter – IIKalee

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