Memeing the middle ages
This Twitter Account Uncovers The Weirdest Little Medieval Guys For Your Viewing Pleasure
While much of Twitter is, frankly, a cesspit, there are some corners of the site where wholesome accounts, designed only to bring joy, dwell. One of these is "Weird Medieval Guys," which gives peculiar little medieval drawings a new lease of life by sharing them on the platform.
The page's creator, who goes only by their Twitter handle @WeirdMedieval, says there are thousands of medieval manuscripts digitized and published online for everyone to enjoy.
"Once I realized how many medieval guys were hidden away in the corners of the Internet, waiting to be seen, I felt almost obligated to share them with people," they say. "It almost hurt not to, like I had all of these little creatures saved on my laptop, and I knew they needed to be housed somewhere theyβd get the love they deserve."
Weird Medieval Guys has taken off in a big way, with its curious creatures regularly getting tens of thousands of likes. @WeirdMedieval says they never expected the account to become so popular β but they're more surprised that the response has been pretty much entirely positive.
"On Twitter it feels like a given that no matter what youβre doing, at least one person will want to tell you that they donβt like it; itβs a classic Internet phenomenon and itβs especially bad on Twitter," they say. "But thereβs been none of that. Everyoneβs been really nice!"
Weird Medieval Guys' 317,900-strong following (at the time of publishing) is testament to humankind's love for strange little dudes, and you can check out some of the account's best and weirdest below.
Firstly, this guy:
frog, france, 15th century pic.twitter.com/ZgKyuJHcgI
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 22, 2022
Medieval interpretations of cats are quite something:
cat, germany, 15th century pic.twitter.com/ZMFltYmPHb
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 8, 2022
πππ±π·, germany, 16th century pic.twitter.com/3B7lGpbcJP
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 4, 2022
cat playing the bagpipes, france, 15th century pic.twitter.com/UGZVJMDmOY
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 30, 2022
cat playing the organ, belgium, 15th century pic.twitter.com/jVsdwPLu7g
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 17, 2022
cat fish, iran, 16th century pic.twitter.com/yrXTv9n3TK
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 29, 2022
Snail hybrid creatures were apparently very popular:
snail rooster, bruges, 15th century pic.twitter.com/e7lSxST0dI
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 12, 2022
snail deer, dutch, 15th century pic.twitter.com/o3PgQ88Usc
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 7, 2022
(The snail deer is @WeirdMedieval's personal favorite.)
update.....SNOOSTER has entered the chat pic.twitter.com/OXVElNR1SJ
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 7, 2022
These bats are very normal:
normal bat, france, 15th century pic.twitter.com/070uJKKqzn
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 18, 2022
normal bats, england, ca. 13th century pic.twitter.com/LNtbSKZMmK
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 1, 2022
Lions were considerably less scary in the middle ages:
happy lion, france, 15th century pic.twitter.com/3wnB0AVib7
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 7, 2022
lion, netherlands, 12th century pic.twitter.com/94nAZfVsPG
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 14, 2022
lion, italy, 15th century pic.twitter.com/tao7nDRffZ
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 27, 2022
And here's whatever these are:
a humble little creature, netherlands, 15th century pic.twitter.com/zOpyQ2KpzQ
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 17, 2022
demon, netherlands, 15th century pic.twitter.com/9VQHKamdvb
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 21, 2022
judging pic.twitter.com/ruDdLVtb0B
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) April 30, 2022
oops forgot to add my other fave pic.twitter.com/TkpaBOrM06
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) June 29, 2022
important weird guy incoming pic.twitter.com/BI3iqtdyh1
β weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) May 10, 2022
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