I Am No Man

About

I Am No Man refers to Eowyn's line in response to the Witch King of Angmar before his death in The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Origin

On December 17th, 2003, The Third installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was released in the United States. In the final battle scene Eowyn, daughter of the king of Rohan fights the Witch King of Angmar and kills him. The witch king says that no man could kill him and that's when Eowyn responds with "I am no man" (shown below).

On April 7th, 2011, Redditor Tallain posted a Come At Me Bro edit of the scene to /r/pics^[1]. The post gained 941 points (85% upvoted) in eight years (shown below).

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On December 6th, 2016, Redditor derpexpress posted an edit with Eowyn asking "Did you just assume my gender?" to /r/funny^[3]. The post gained 12,700 points in three years (shown below, left). The format was used in many transphobic posts involving Kaitlyn Jenner. In later years scene progressed to fit alternative formats. On October 8th, 2018, Redditor Scaldera93 posted a I Fear No Man edit to /r/lotrmemes^[4] (shown below, right). The post accumulated 45 points (95% upvoted) in a year.

On November 16, 2018, Redditor Fluttrick posted a line edit to /r/lotrmemes^[2] (shown below, left). The image gained 53 points (95% upvoted) in three months. "I am no man" formats are used in popular "Shireposting"^[5] Facebook group. On March 6th, 2019, Dominik Krayzel posted an image that replaced Eowyn with Pippin (shown below, right).

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