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The North remembers what happened at the red wedding, and Game of Thrones fans remember what happened in Season 8. It's been a decade since the HBO series first hooked millions of viewers, edging devoted fans with season after season of multi-layered storylines and cliff-hangers, all culminating in an underwhelming final season that felt like someone hastily sweeping dust under a rug. It's no surprise that GoT fans felt personally insulted after @GameOfThrones tweeted 'Winter is coming,' a famous line that was once heavy with the promise of an epic conclusion to the dramatic fantasy series. Game of Thrones faded out of the zeitgeist pretty quickly after that final episode, and yet even two years later, the fans are still bitter. Keep scrolling for a handful of the most amusing spicy responses to @GameOfThrones's triggering tweet. 

Today Disney announced the all-star cast of their coming Star Wars spinoff, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which includes the return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. Although the Star Wars prequel trilogy has garnered some brutally negative reviews over the years, McGregor as young Kenobi is beloved by many different kinds of Star Wars fans, and so it's no surprise that the cast announcement has been received well on social media. Whether you're stoked about the new series or would rather not be reminded that the prequels exist, there's one thing we can all get behind, and that's memes. We've put together some of our favorite Kenobi memes for all the Star Wars fans out there and we honestly can't wait for all the new memes the show is bound to inspire. 

Warning: If you haven't seen Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame, some of these memes contain spoilers.

The Avengers are still going strong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You'd think they'd retire after witnessing the instant extinction of half the human population, but our favorite heroes are still at it in Disney's latest series. If you're as stoked as we are about Marvel lore, you'll surely get a kick out of these Avengers memes full of funny references.

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen Avengers: Endgame or the first episode of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier yet, you might want to hold off on scrolling through these memes for now.

The premiere of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier had its debut last week and became the most-watched episode on Disney+, which is pretty impressive considering how popular their last hit series WandaVision was. Despite the fact that Endgame felt like a pretty definitive conclusion to the main Avengers storyline, momentum and excitement for the franchise hasn't waned in the slightest. We've collected some Twitter memes and reactions to the new series—seems like people are pretty stoked to see what happens next. 

If you love Star Wars as much as you love memes, well then this is the perfect batch of nerdy content. Whether you're more into the original trilogy or prequels, you can't deny that the entire Star Wars saga is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to meme content. Practically ever frame is a potential new format, and this collection proves it. Trust us, we've got the high ground on this one.

Once upon a time, Twitter used to be a simple place where people could keep tabs on each other by regularly posting short updates, kind of like that distant relative who briefs the extended family once a week with a family newsletter-style mass email, only much more succinct and digestible. Back in the day, you could only tweet 140 characters, so brevity was a skill one was required to hone if they wanted to use Twitter. At 9:50pm on March 21, 2006, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet ever out into the digital world—'just setting up my twttr.' At first, the tweets that followed were just as mundane and innocuous, reflecting the humble vision for the fledgeling social network at the time. Some of the first tweets ever include, 'wishing I had another sammich' and 'having some flowery orange pekoe tea' and 'feeling pains in my back.' We've come a looooong way since those early Twitter days, to say the least. It's impossible to diagnose the exact turning point from harmless, uncomplicated Twitter to the toxic Twitter hellscape everyone loves to hate today, but increasing the character limit to 280 probably didn't hurt. What used to be a place for people to update followers about their lunch is now a place where millions are hungry to own their enemies with snide subtweets, sanctimonious hot takes, and disparaging jokes. If you're logging on to a social media account knowing you're about to see mostly cringe and negativity, it probably safe to call that space a toxic environment.

One common theme of contemporary toxic Twitter is gatekeeping. What is 'gatekeeping' exactly? It's basically when someone claims authority over enjoying or accessing a hobby, interest group, or identity based on fake rules. For example, 'If you don't know who this musician is, then you're not a real jazz fan.' Or you might be familiar with the popular meme that aptly mocks the gatekeeper: 'Oh, you like movies? Name all of them.' Recently, self-proclaimed King of Anime @BlackDGamer1 tweeted the ultimate pro-gatekeeping hot take that caused some discourse that was exemplary of what Twitter is like now. 'If all your common knowledge of anime, is Demon Slayer, Naruto, Inuyasha, Bleach, One Piece, Fate, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam, My Hero Academia, Yu-Gi-Oh & Ghost in The Shell, then you're NOT an anime fan! Normies stay the f*ck out of Anime!' That's a whole lot of anime one could watch and still not qualify for the official 'Anime Fan' club card. Though some attempted to make a case for gatekeeping nerdom from the normies, most people argued that letting others enjoy things is fine and good. We've collected some tweets from the gatekeeping anime discourse to paint a picture of the toxicity of Twitter for you. Maybe some day we can return to tweeting about the simple mundanities of life. Or perhaps some kind of weekly Twitter holiday can be instated that prohibits negative vibes. 

The original Star Wars Trilogy will always have a special place in the hearts of millions of fans of the franchise. Say what you will about the sequels, prequels, and offshoots, but no one can deny that the new generation of Star Wars lore has inspired a massive amount of memes. Especially shows like The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars. If you can't get enough of all the nerdy memes featuring Grogu and young Obi Wan, you'll enjoy this fandom-filled collection. 

Literally every fandom has its own unique stereotypes. Whether they're true or not is up to the eye of the beholder, but we found these generalizing memes to be quite amusing. We just hope the fans find them as funny as we do.

Tumblr recently started overflowing with memes inspired by Eleven's drastic makeover in the Netflix series Stranger Things. Once Eleven's wholesome to edgy transformation was used for a meme about Taylor Swift's latest album, users started applying it to their own favorite fandoms. Here are some of our favorite examples.

After a 13-year hiatus, Samurai Jack finally returned to Cartoon Network with a brand new season (and the much-coveted TV-MA rating) last week. Check out some of the best meme commentaries on the long-awaited revival of the critically acclaimed cartoon series and fan art illustrations from both old and new seasons!