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Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'.

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Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'.

Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared B…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • text centered horizontally
  • two identical text blocks side-by-side
  • heart symbol replaces letter 'e' in first instance of 'me'

Dense Caption

Black background displays pixelated text: 'hold me close and never let me go <33'. The letter 'e' in the first instance of 'me' is replaced by a solid blue heart shape. Text uses bright pink for all letters except the heart, which is blue. Font style is blocky, low-resolution digital type typical of early 2000s instant messaging interfaces. Both instances of text are identical and positioned side-by-side horizontally.

Description

  • Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090101215936687121425

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink text blue heart <33
  • pixelated hold me close never let go
  • blue heart replace e in me
  • <33 emoticon pixel art

Visible Text

  • hold me close and never let me go <33

Wordwall

  • black background
  • pixelated text
  • bright pink font
  • blue heart symbol
  • <33 emoticon
  • blocky digital type
  • side-by-side text
  • low-resolution display

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090101215936687121425
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/85/85d216d42f16fe285cb65448f6ee4af0d1407dd5f884d1f999eb34bf4666dfca.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Archive ID
85d216d42f16fe28
SHA-256
85d216d42f16fe285cb65448f6ee4af0d1407dd5f884d1f999eb34bf4666dfca
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Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 16:26 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000766

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July 24, 2026 at 07:03 UTC
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July 23, 2026 at 17:36 UTC
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Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 16:20 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,926 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,142, response 650

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • bright pink (color, 0.80)
  • blocky digital type (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution display (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • bright pink
  • blue

Composition

  • text centered horizontally
  • two identical text blocks side-by-side
  • heart symbol replaces letter 'e' in first instance of 'me'

Dense Caption

Black background displays pixelated text: 'hold me close and never let me go <33'. The letter 'e' in the first instance of 'me' is replaced by a solid blue heart shape. Text uses bright pink for all letters except the heart, which is blue. Font style is blocky, low-resolution digital type typical of early 2000s instant messaging interfaces. Both instances of text are identical and positioned side-by-side horizontally.

Description

  • Pixelated text in bright pink and blue on black background, with a heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'me'.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090101215936687121425

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink text blue heart <33
  • pixelated hold me close never let go
  • blue heart replace e in me
  • <33 emoticon pixel art

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky digital type
  • low-resolution display

Visible Text

  • hold me close and never let me go <33

Wordwall

  • black background
  • pixelated text
  • bright pink font
  • blue heart symbol
  • <33 emoticon
  • blocky digital type
  • side-by-side text
  • low-resolution display
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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
20090101215936687121425
Archive entry
20090101215936687121425.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#20090101215936687121425.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090101215936687121425.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016