The 'Fraternal Kiss' meme is based on the famous mural 'My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love' by Dmitri Vrubel, which depicts Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker in a socialist fraternal greeting. Originally a photograph from 1979, the image became a symbol of the Cold War and eventually a piece of iconic street art on the Berlin Wall. In internet culture, the template is used to satirize uncomfortably close alliances, ironic bromances, or the strange 'embrace' between two conflicting ideas. It perfectly captures the awkward intensity of a partnership that everyone can see is a bit too much.