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Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background.

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Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background.

Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sh…

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Action

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central figure
  • vertical background streaks

Dense Caption

Static pixelated icon shows a central figure with light skin tone wearing dark, flowing robes or cloak. The figure holds a long, curved metallic blade (resembling a scythe) raised above the head. Background consists of abstract dark shapes and vertical blue streaks on left and right edges. Pixelation obscures fine details but suggests a stylized character pose. No visible text present.

Description

  • Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200811161906461316371861

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • figure holding curved blade pixelated
  • dark robes blue background streaks
  • central figure scythe pose
  • pixelated character icon

Subjects

  • figure

Wordwall

  • central figure
  • dark flowing robes
  • long curved blade
  • blue background streaks
  • pixelated rendering

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811161906461316371861
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/80/8009b5254ac7964d36b8ce0ae4662764fa27c863c324607d69ca06609f659bb7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC
Archive ID
8009b5254ac7964d
SHA-256
8009b5254ac7964d36b8ce0ae4662764fa27c863c324607d69ca06609f659bb7
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 6, 2026 at 22:09 UTC
Run
1272
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.032033

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July 23, 2026 at 17:21 UTC
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1093
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 09:16 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,667 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 604

Review tags

  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • raising (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • blade (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
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  • figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding
  • raising

Colors

  • black
  • blue
  • gray
  • brown

Composition

  • central figure
  • vertical background streaks

Dense Caption

Static pixelated icon shows a central figure with light skin tone wearing dark, flowing robes or cloak. The figure holds a long, curved metallic blade (resembling a scythe) raised above the head. Background consists of abstract dark shapes and vertical blue streaks on left and right edges. Pixelation obscures fine details but suggests a stylized character pose. No visible text present.

Description

  • Pixelated static image of a figure in dark clothing holding a large curved blade against a blue and black background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 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: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200811161906461316371861

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • figure holding curved blade pixelated
  • dark robes blue background streaks
  • central figure scythe pose
  • pixelated character icon

Objects

  • blade

Style

  • stylized
  • pixelated

Subjects

  • figure

Wordwall

  • central figure
  • dark flowing robes
  • long curved blade
  • blue background streaks
  • pixelated rendering
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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
200811161906461316371861
Archive entry
200811161906461316371861.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#200811161906461316371861.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811161906461316371861.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016