Meme origins The My New Character meme drawing originates from a post by artist @PhillipBankss on X, formerly known as Twitter, on October 4th, 2023. The drawing of an anthropomorphic dog wearing ...

Here’s how it works. We've seen plenty of Cyberpunk 2077 memes pop up in the past few weeks, with everyone from Elon Musk to Squidward supposedly being "created" in the game's character creator.

The Mets meme already existed online, but recently crossed over to Genshin Impact fans on TikTok. @souleaterwill sparked the trend on TikTok with a video imitating Childe, a character from the game.

But what’s special about Main Character Syndrome now is how inclined we are toward being self-referential; it’s as much a meme as it is a thesis of this moment.