Right, so, anyone who’s a fan of the Kingdom Hearts franchise would feel this meme down to their soul. The feeling wouldn’t be completely obvious for someone on the outside — they would have to know about the laaarge gaps in between the main titles… with the franchise starting in 2002, the second main title releasing in 2005, and the third main title still in production with no set release date. It communicates the frustration related to the long wait by exaggerating the time in between releases. The first picture is of a very young kid, the second picture is of a man presumably in his 20s, and the last picture is of course of an elder senior. The exaggeration is also funny as much as it conveys frustration, as memes tend to be. The feeling of an extended passage of time is conveyed effectively through these means.
As for the exigence for this meme… the release date for Kingdom Hearts III continues to get pushed back.. with an HD version of a previous spinoff game in the franchise being set for release around the time fans had hoped for KHIII to be released. I’m not sure of how long ago this meme was made… but the fact is that it can resonate with any KH fan at any point in time after the release of KHII, which, if you didn’t get by now, was literally 11 years ago.
Realistically, I’ll probably be around the age of the man in the second picture by the time KHIII comes out (hopefully jfc), but compared to how young I was when I started the video game series, it’ll feel like I’m the same age as the senior in the last picture. Honestly, they could have used two baby pictures to show a fan playing the first two games because it really feels like a lifetime has passed since I played KHII…. and I picked it up a few years after it was released!!!!!
I also feel like it’s important to point out that the majority of fans of this game series are around the same college age, so this form of a ~compelling visual~ is typical and appropriate for the age of those who would understand it best. It’s like a chest bump to.. millennial problems.. It does what it means to do. It relates frustration in a form of media that is best accessible and understood by the people it hopes to relate to … if that makes any sense.
Anyway, when I saw this I laughed, I sighed, and then I googled “kingdom hearts iii updates”