Creating My Own Monsters Meme Template

This 4-panel comic was created by the artist Gudim (the same mind behind the "Drowning High Five"). It depicts a boy thinking, hanging a red backdrop, painting terrifying monsters on cardboard cutouts, and finally lying on the ground in a state of performative terror. In meme culture, it is the definitive visual for manufactured drama, self-inflicted problems, looking for reasons to be offended, or

• Panel 1 (The Idea): The boy thinking, representing , The Content Creator, The Stressed Developer, or
• Panel 2 (The Setup): Hanging the backdrop, representing Preparing the Narrative, , or Choosing a controversial topic for a "Top 5" video.
• Panel 3 (The Creation): Painting the monsters, representing Manufacturing Outrage, Ignoring 439 Warnings, or Adding a 9th amnesia arc to a script.
• Panel 4 (The Reaction): The boy cowering in "fear," representing Complaining about the result, The 5:48 AM Panic, Reacting to his own bad takes, or The Loss.