The most popular Internet meme at one time in the image of a brutal African American in a black cap and blue harness - that's who it is, the Black Lord.

The hero of various images that appeared as a result of photomontage by participants in a blog, image board, forum or other Internet resource. It appeared as a media virus in 2006. Especially popular on the following sites: "Dvach", "Cozy Lurkomorye", "Habrahabr", Demotivation.

Prototype media virus

The charismatic and popular image has its own prototype. Who is the Black Lord - there are several versions: according to one it is a very real man, Ben Gunn, an American porn actor. Born 1950 in New Jersey and was a man on call. According to one version, the man had a homosexual orientation, and according to the other, he was heterosexual and was a good family man with a somewhat non-standard job. Ben Gunn starred in 10 pornographic films, and also had a cameo role in Lock, Stock, Two Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie. Previously, his website existed (now it is not working), it had 4 photo galleries, where the photos of the Black Lord were located. Immortalized in numerous photomontages, poems and a song by rapper Babangida.

Symbolism of the image

Black Lord, who is this? As an intangible image, he existed in films, animation and computer games. This is a charismatic villain who wants to enslave the whole world, seeking the destruction of everyone and everything. In classic tales, he is a loser who always loses to good. Ancient archetype and antagonist. In Jungian psychology, the Dark Lord archetype is considered the negative side of the Father archetype. By itself, this figure can represent a tyrant, ogre-man-eating, necromancer, evil wizard. His synonymous remarks can be considered: Sauron from Tolkien's book "The Lord of the Rings", Darth Vader from "Star Wars", Voldemort from "Harry Potter", Koschei from Russian folk tales. It is found as an image in almost all fantasy films and books.

The dark lord is the antagonist of the main character or a group of heroes. He rules over vast and empty lands from his citadel. Has an innumerable army of monster warriors, terrifies students and other personalities, dreams of conquering the world, or is already its Ruler. Wears a black robe, plate, and spiked armor. He owns a magical artifact that contains his power. In different readings, it is pale, thin and weak, then huge and powerful. Often, by origin, a bastard is not a human (dark elf) or is essentially undead at all. In the generally accepted sense, he is not a person, since the dark forces have distorted everything human that was in him. According to the books, the main positive hero must go through a series of tests, destroy a magical artifact - the source of the Black Lord's power. Sometimes it acts as a symbol of the principle of lesser evil and is the lesser of the forces of evil in the world, which makes it somewhat similar to Faust "Goethe" and Woland Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita".

The most popular Internet meme at one time in the image of a brutal African American in a black cap and blue harness - that's who it is, the Black Lord.

The hero of various images that appeared as a result of photomontage by participants in a blog, image board, forum or other Internet resource.

It appeared as a media virus in 2006. Especially popular on the following sites: "Dvach", "Cozy Lurkomorye", "Habrahabr", Demotivation.

Prototype media virus

The charismatic and popular image has its own prototype. Who is the Black Lord - there are several versions: according to one it is a very real man, Ben Gunn, an American porn actor. Born 1950 in New Jersey and was a man on call. According to one version, the man had a homosexual orientation, and according to the other, he was heterosexual and was a good family man with a somewhat non-standard job. Ben Gunn starred in 10 films of pornographic content, and also had a cameo role in the director's film "Lock, Stock, Two Barrels." Immortalized in numerous photomontages, poems and a song by rapper Babangida.

Symbolism of the image

Black Lord, who is this? As an intangible image, he existed in films, animation and computer games. This is a charismatic villain who wants to enslave the whole world, seeking the destruction of everyone and everything. In classic tales, he is a loser who always loses to good. Ancient archetype and antagonist. In Jungian psychology, the Dark Lord archetype is considered the negative side of the Father archetype. By itself, this figure can represent a tyrant, ogre-man-eating, necromancer, evil wizard. His synonymous remarks can be considered: Sauron from Tolkien's book "The Lord of the Rings", Darth Vader from "Star Wars", Voldemort from "Harry Potter", Koschei from Russian folk tales. It is found as an image in almost all fantasy films and books.

The dark lord is the antagonist of the main character or a group of heroes. He rules over vast and empty lands from his citadel. Has an innumerable army of monster warriors, terrifies students and other personalities, dreams of conquering the world, or is already its Ruler. Wears a black robe, plate, and spiked armor. He owns a magical artifact that contains his power. In different readings, it is pale, thin and weak, then huge and powerful. Often, by origin, a bastard is not a human (dark elf) or is essentially undead at all. In the generally accepted sense, he is not a person, since the dark forces have distorted everything human that was in him. According to the books, the main positive hero must go through a series of tests, destroy a magical artifact - the source of the Black Lord's power. Sometimes it acts as a symbol of the principle of lesser evil and is the lesser of the forces of evil in the world, which makes it somewhat similar to Faust "Goethe" and Woland Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita".

Black Overlord(ЧВ, Black Overlord) - a brutal black man in a cap, who became popular in 2006 on “Dvacha”, a hero of a photojab, a bearer of evil and an instrument of punishment.

Origin

The real prototype of the Black Lord - Benjamin Gaines - was born on July 28, 1950 in New Jersey. According to Lurkmore, CV worked as a man on call and a porno actor. According to one version, he is gay, according to another, he has a wife and children. But on the Internet, the glory of the "anal punisher" was fixed for the character because of the popular photo with a naked torso and a cap.

For the first time the Black Lord appeared on “Dvacha” in 2006, when one of the anonymous people came across his personal website (no longer working). The character has become something of an image board mascot. According to legend, he protects the dvachers and punishes offenders.

After a while, PV began to spread beyond the image board, and became the hero of many photojacks. It is especially popular on Lurka, Habrahabr and entertainment sites such as Demotivation.me.

In 2008, one of the anonymous authors even wrote a letter to Ben, in which he told how popular PM is in Russia. The man answered.

Hello Hikikomori-kun. Many thanks. Glad you guys like me. Of course, I will be happy to see your photos and websites about me. Also, I would not mind coming to Russia, and of course, I will take a photo with you. It's wonderful that you wrote to me. Peace and love. Ben Ben Gunn

Meaning

The black overlord "comes" in the commentary when a racial or sexual doctor begins. His photo personifies the punishment that the author of the post or the violator of the chain of command should suffer. Traditionally, it is believed that the Black Lord comes to enslave the anus of the worthless Anonymous.

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