About

The Trickster or Araskes is a Scorn Baron character in the 2017 multiplayer first-person shooter video game Destiny 2.^[5] The Destiny 2 character, The Trickster, known for deception, has been used as an image macro placed in reaction to a caption involving a cheat or a deceiving action.

Origin

On July 15th, 2019, Redditor ObamaIsAGamer posted the original format to r/Destiny2^[1] commenting that "This can be a really good meme format" (shown below). The post received over 1,700 points (99% upvoted) in a month.

Spread

On July 18th, 2019, Redditor TacoWastakan posted a Trickster meme to r/dankmemes^[2] gathering only 35 points (93% upvoted) in a month. The next day, Redditor DADDYTIME22 used the Trickster in a Let See Who This Really Is image posted to r/DestinyMemes^[3] (shown below, center). The post garnered 420 points (96% upvoted) in a month. On August 30th, the Trickster format reached r/memes^[4] in a meta-reddit post (shown below, right). The image accumulated over 37,400 points (96% upvoted) in five days.

Various Examples

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