About
Tumblr Fandom Text Posts refers to Tumblr text posts photoshopped onto screenshots of TV shows and movies the text posts seem to apply to.
Origin
On July 31st, 2014, Tumblr user aleksvitaly[1] posted a multi-pane image macro strip featuring photographs of Jordan “Kootra” Mathewson from the video game commentary group The Creatures and various screenshots of complementary comments about him posted by Tumblr users. In less than a month, aleksvitaly’s post gained over 2,000 notes.
Spread
On August 3rd, 2014, Tumblr user remusloopin[2] published a text post featuring Harry Potter stills. In less than two weeks, the post gained over 5,000 notes (shown below, left). On August 5th, Tumblr user kaiba-cave[3] published a text post featuring Game of Thrones stills. stills. In less than two weeks, the post gained over 21,000 notes (shown below, right).
On August 7th, Tumblr user queerhawkeye[4] published a text post (below, left) featuring Glee stills. Within a week the post gained over 3,000 notes. On August 13th, Tumblr user intoasylum[5] published a text post (below, right) featuring Pretty Little Liars stills. Within 24 hours the post gained over 2,000 notes.
Notable Examples
Hannah Hart& Grace Helbig | Armin (Attack on Titan) | Sirius (Harry Potter)
Santana Lopez (Glee) | Tom Hiddleston | Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)