These are trying times: Cheering with Spain against Argentina

This is a three-panel meme repurposing a well-known scene from The Lord of the Rings featuring the dwarf Gimli and elf Legolas, who historically have a friendly rivalry. Gimli has Netherlands national flag face paint applied, while Legolas has Spain national flag face paint. In the first panel, Gimli expresses surprise at the idea of supporting the same team as Spain. In the second panel, Legolas smirks and asks if he would be willing to stand with Spain against Argentina. In the third panel, a thoughtful Gimli agrees to the idea. The meme jokes about the historic football rivalry between the Netherlands and Spain being put aside when both nations' football fans share a common opposing team, Argentina, most commonly referencing matches during the FIFA World Cup.

Per the provided source metadata, this meme was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It edits a widely used pre-existing meme template taken from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers that is commonly used to joke about unlikely alliances between parties that are normally opposed. The edit adds national flag face paint and dialogue referencing international football fandom rivalry dynamics, and was likely generated using the Imgflip meme generator as seen from the watermark in the bottom left corner of the image.