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Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected."

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Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected."

Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected.". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • overlaid text

Dense Caption

The image shows two individuals embracing closely, both wearing dark tops. The person on the left has light brown hair; the person on the right has lighter blonde hair. Overlaid black pixelated text appears in three sections: top-left reads "It hurts to be separate," top-right reads "because," and bottom-left reads "our souls are connected." The background is blurred greenery, suggesting an outdoor setting. The image quality is low-resolution with visible pixelation.

Description

  • Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected."

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two people embrace text souls connected
  • low resolution pixelated text outdoor setting
  • dark tops light brown hair blonde hair
  • sentimental intimate close-up

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears to be a static image with no visible animation frames or motion changes

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Visible Text

  • It hurts to be separate
  • because
  • our souls are connected

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20070929164634568216436

Wordwall

  • two people
  • embrace
  • dark tops
  • light brown hair
  • blonde hair
  • black text
  • pixelated font
  • outdoor setting
  • low resolution

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070929164634568216436
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC
Archive ID
09bcff91f97045a4
SHA-256
09bcff91f97045a405bdb6e68cbce0f67cb363a86114b2754f01d1f605cb6fb1
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:53 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.279777

OpenAI category scores

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Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected."

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 05:50 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,492 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,108, response 755

Review tags

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  • black text (color, 0.80)
  • blonde hair (color, 0.80)
  • dark tops (color, 0.80)
  • green background (color, 0.80)
  • light brown hair (color, 0.80)
  • intimate (mood, 0.80)
  • sentimental (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution photo (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • two people (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • embrace

Colors

  • dark tops
  • light brown hair
  • blonde hair
  • black text
  • green background

Composition

  • close-up
  • overlaid text

Dense Caption

The image shows two individuals embracing closely, both wearing dark tops. The person on the left has light brown hair; the person on the right has lighter blonde hair. Overlaid black pixelated text appears in three sections: top-left reads "It hurts to be separate," top-right reads "because," and bottom-left reads "our souls are connected." The background is blurred greenery, suggesting an outdoor setting. The image quality is low-resolution with visible pixelation.

Description

  • Two people embrace in a close-up photo with overlaid text reading "It hurts to be separate" and "because our souls are connected."

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • sentimental
  • intimate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • low resolution pixelated text outdoor setting
  • dark tops light brown hair blonde hair
  • sentimental intimate close-up

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears to be a static image with no visible animation frames or motion changes

Source Metadata Interpretation

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Style

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Subjects

  • two people

Visible Text

  • It hurts to be separate
  • because
  • our souls are connected

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20070929164634568216436

Wordwall

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  • embrace
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20070929164634568216436
Archive entry
20070929164634568216436.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070929164634568216436.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070929164634568216436.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016