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This is a reaction comparison meme that jokes about how the creator's reaction to seeing young Mary Jane Watson (from 2002's *Spider-Man*) changed between when the creator was a child and now. The top half of the meme shows the young child version of MJ from the Spider-Man flashback scene, captioned "As a child:". The bottom half splits into two reaction panels: left, a smiling closed-eye Ryan Gosling representing the creator's casual reaction when they were a child, right, an intense, stern Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman from *American Psycho*, representing the creator's current intense attracted reaction as an adult.
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Overview

This is a reaction comparison meme that jokes about how the creator's reaction to seeing young Mary Jane Watson (from 2002's Spider-Man) changed between when the creator was a child and now. The top half of the meme shows the young child version of MJ from the Spider-Man flashback scene, captioned "As a child:". The bottom half splits into two reaction panels: left, a smiling closed-eye Ryan Gosling representing the creator's casual reaction when they were a child, right, an intense, stern Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, representing the creator's current intense attracted reaction as an adult.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as a user-created meme, matching the given original title provided. It combines existing film footage and popular reaction meme templates (the Ryan Gosling smile, the Patrick Bateman sigma male trend) to make its joke, and has circulated across social media as a relatable reaction meme.

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