Eclecticism in the abode they call Fandom.
Fandom. Sometimes, you just seriously digress about it. I've been in work shit for the last 24 x 7 and so, I've been missing some major things recently. Like that bitchslappin', hard-thompin', laugh-inducin' incident about Idol K and Idol N that spurned me to coin the words Fandom Wars. The inspiration just burst forth. And it engulfed like a tsunami. Heaven forbid, things like this one totally made my weeeek. But I also could not help but tackle this itty bitty Reality bites thingie.
I remember the times seeing the fans' sleazy attempts to cut each others' throats. I was still in the Visual Kei and L'Arc~en~Ciel fandoms. At the age of 17, my thine self got the gist of the hapless ways of modern fanaticism. It always had the same formula, "Your faggot of a VK wreaked the soul of my dear rocker so I hate your idol to death right now!!" Talk about animal proprietorship. Still, I remained with the VK fandom until I got sick and tired of reading people's anachronistic fandom bashing and spitting. Well, the Laruku fandom is acclaimed to be the pylon of halcyon qualities. Yet, we can never let go of pompous and idiotic fans, still that fandom managed to continue in their cultured ways. Cultured is a term I use to describe a fandom that exists with meaningful discussions about the main reason why we all loved Laruku in the first place: Music. And from Music, we go from tetsu's insightful interviews, to hyde's simple ways in his handsome/beautiful state, to ken's awesome, idol-bearing guitar-playing and to yukihiro's evolution from just a plain drums support to an astonishing figure as a drummer in Laruku's history. I do not say I did not get the thrill of such kind in the VK fandom. There were people who actually talked sensical things during discussions. What bothered me most was for some people, they took things too seriously. Especially when it comes to their beloved idols. *And yes, modern idolatry never changed from its beginnings of ancient idol worship, haaayiz*
And so, I managed to get my arse into the sparkly, *kira-kira* colorful world of Johnny's Jimusho. Did I seriously know how equally horrowing this fandom can get? Yes, I did. Afterall, every fandom has a common thing with another one. As I refer to Mariemaia Barton's infamous quote, Fandom is lika an endless waltz. A series of revolutions leading from one thing to another. Like an endless waltz. Honestly, I don't sound like a scaredy cat. I just deem it unnecessary to plunge into a "war" that would lead to nowhere. Therefore, I got myself into thinking how i could compare my newly-minted term Fandom Wars to just like any war in the history of thousands-of-year-old mankind. The War of the Roses resolved the issue of the English Succession. If not for the Lancasters taking too much drag with cracks, the Yorks would be the biggest losers in the long run. And yes, we won't have the Tudors showing up on TV, movie screens and historical biographies. The World Wars instigated Germany into bloody retaliation, thus leading to the creation of Axis and Allies and on a sad note, ended when Germany got betrayed by their kinsman who sold the idea of the atomic bombs to the insidious Americans. This shows us the there's no use to fight American imperialism on the grounds of economic embargoes.*sigh* Another one that's closer to the Japanese shores, the Satsuma Rebellion caused an upheaval that was reminiscent of the Filipinos attempt to secure the newly-gained independency from the Spanish against the Americans. The members of the uprising died together with their aim to remain un-Westernized. That is why we now have Japanese people wearing sparkly Western fashion and saying funky words like arubaito(part-time job) and konsaato(concert). Alas, Fandom Wars was established ever since the entertainment boom began. It somehow escalated to an unstoppable crescendo in our generation. Vanessa Hudgens vs Ashley Tisdale. Backstreet Boys vs Nsync. Brigitte Bardot vs Marilyn Monroe. Fall out Boy vs Panic!At the Disco. Narutards vs Bleach freaks. NEWS vs KAT-TUN. J-pop vs K-pop.
Michael Jackson vs Himself*haha, no, I just had this included.* Who's better? Who's worse? Who's got the most attitude? Who went recently to a ritzy club to get ass-holed drunk. Who made sardonic fun time of this celebrity at this bar, whatev? The question is, will Fandom wars such as this that happened between fans of Idol K and Idok N ever resolve a thing? For some, it will resolve the stagnant days of a fanatical group. Create chaos as The Joker would say. Afterall, people who have nothing to do will aim for a thing that will blow people away with the so-called ingenuity of wreaking havoc. Will it begin something profoundly meaningful in human existence? Skeptics would say yes. Existentialists would lunge at it, think of it, then claim that it ALMOST created a meaning of its own. well, almost. Ever since Nietzsche declared God died, never to resurrect, safe existentialist tendencies bordered on being too nihilistic. Or will it just remain in the eternal cycle of waltzes and rhapsodies? In my opinion, do me some favor and get some serious thinking about the genocide in Darfur, the present economic slump or even the direction of your lives in the future like studies and career. Idol issues starting from badly-woven rumours ought to get you distracted. May have even given you a temporary high. However, it's just like methampethamine. It is just a temporary high. After that, what's next? Another issue again? Another exchange of impulsive discussions based on rumours? Say, let's just do drugs then shall we? So that we may forever be high on crack. Fin.
I remember the times seeing the fans' sleazy attempts to cut each others' throats. I was still in the Visual Kei and L'Arc~en~Ciel fandoms. At the age of 17, my thine self got the gist of the hapless ways of modern fanaticism. It always had the same formula, "Your faggot of a VK wreaked the soul of my dear rocker so I hate your idol to death right now!!" Talk about animal proprietorship. Still, I remained with the VK fandom until I got sick and tired of reading people's anachronistic fandom bashing and spitting. Well, the Laruku fandom is acclaimed to be the pylon of halcyon qualities. Yet, we can never let go of pompous and idiotic fans, still that fandom managed to continue in their cultured ways. Cultured is a term I use to describe a fandom that exists with meaningful discussions about the main reason why we all loved Laruku in the first place: Music. And from Music, we go from tetsu's insightful interviews, to hyde's simple ways in his handsome/beautiful state, to ken's awesome, idol-bearing guitar-playing and to yukihiro's evolution from just a plain drums support to an astonishing figure as a drummer in Laruku's history. I do not say I did not get the thrill of such kind in the VK fandom. There were people who actually talked sensical things during discussions. What bothered me most was for some people, they took things too seriously. Especially when it comes to their beloved idols. *And yes, modern idolatry never changed from its beginnings of ancient idol worship, haaayiz*
And so, I managed to get my arse into the sparkly, *kira-kira* colorful world of Johnny's Jimusho. Did I seriously know how equally horrowing this fandom can get? Yes, I did. Afterall, every fandom has a common thing with another one. As I refer to Mariemaia Barton's infamous quote, Fandom is lika an endless waltz. A series of revolutions leading from one thing to another. Like an endless waltz. Honestly, I don't sound like a scaredy cat. I just deem it unnecessary to plunge into a "war" that would lead to nowhere. Therefore, I got myself into thinking how i could compare my newly-minted term Fandom Wars to just like any war in the history of thousands-of-year-old mankind. The War of the Roses resolved the issue of the English Succession. If not for the Lancasters taking too much drag with cracks, the Yorks would be the biggest losers in the long run. And yes, we won't have the Tudors showing up on TV, movie screens and historical biographies. The World Wars instigated Germany into bloody retaliation, thus leading to the creation of Axis and Allies and on a sad note, ended when Germany got betrayed by their kinsman who sold the idea of the atomic bombs to the insidious Americans. This shows us the there's no use to fight American imperialism on the grounds of economic embargoes.*sigh* Another one that's closer to the Japanese shores, the Satsuma Rebellion caused an upheaval that was reminiscent of the Filipinos attempt to secure the newly-gained independency from the Spanish against the Americans. The members of the uprising died together with their aim to remain un-Westernized. That is why we now have Japanese people wearing sparkly Western fashion and saying funky words like arubaito(part-time job) and konsaato(concert). Alas, Fandom Wars was established ever since the entertainment boom began. It somehow escalated to an unstoppable crescendo in our generation. Vanessa Hudgens vs Ashley Tisdale. Backstreet Boys vs Nsync. Brigitte Bardot vs Marilyn Monroe. Fall out Boy vs Panic!At the Disco. Narutards vs Bleach freaks. NEWS vs KAT-TUN. J-pop vs K-pop.
Michael Jackson vs Himself*haha, no, I just had this included.* Who's better? Who's worse? Who's got the most attitude? Who went recently to a ritzy club to get ass-holed drunk. Who made sardonic fun time of this celebrity at this bar, whatev? The question is, will Fandom wars such as this that happened between fans of Idol K and Idok N ever resolve a thing? For some, it will resolve the stagnant days of a fanatical group. Create chaos as The Joker would say. Afterall, people who have nothing to do will aim for a thing that will blow people away with the so-called ingenuity of wreaking havoc. Will it begin something profoundly meaningful in human existence? Skeptics would say yes. Existentialists would lunge at it, think of it, then claim that it ALMOST created a meaning of its own. well, almost. Ever since Nietzsche declared God died, never to resurrect, safe existentialist tendencies bordered on being too nihilistic. Or will it just remain in the eternal cycle of waltzes and rhapsodies? In my opinion, do me some favor and get some serious thinking about the genocide in Darfur, the present economic slump or even the direction of your lives in the future like studies and career. Idol issues starting from badly-woven rumours ought to get you distracted. May have even given you a temporary high. However, it's just like methampethamine. It is just a temporary high. After that, what's next? Another issue again? Another exchange of impulsive discussions based on rumours? Say, let's just do drugs then shall we? So that we may forever be high on crack. Fin.