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Reaction GIF:
Example of a reaction GIF: 
My counter GIF:
This GIF I made is a counter GIF because it challenges the stereotypical reaction GIF. Most reaction GIF’s match what the GIF is portraying with the text, however, in my GIF, the excited little girl has the text “FML” on it. This is clearly not what is happening in the small snippet of video however, it does challenge what the viewer to really decide what is going on in the GIF instead of accepting it mindlessly.
Sports GIF:
Example of a Sports GIF:
My counter Sports GIF:
This GIF challenges all other sports GIF in the fact that it doesn’t actually show anything. Most sports GIF’s are either epic fails, or great successes. For example the sports GIF I showed above. It is a very impressive play by one team and it really gets the viewers of the GIF excited and pumped. However, my GIF challenges this idea because I showed the process of a great play, but not actually the great play. The viewers are then either frustrated that the GIF “didn’t work” or they have to imagine what happened because the end isn’t shown.
Fandom GIF:
Example of Fandom GIF:
My counter of Fandom GIF:
The scene I chose for my counter GIF was the Titanic. Most people in modern society has seen the Titanic and know the movie pretty well, however, to create a counter GIF, I changed the text to a quote not from that movie. The quote is actually from the movie Shawshank Redemption, and I though the quote was clever because it more or less foreshadows the ending Titanic (spoiler alert). This tactic really challenges the viewer’s breadth of cultural knowledge, else if they don’t know the movie the Titanic, then the counter GIF loses its power.