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Carlanime ([info]carlanime) wrote in [info]fandom_lounge,
@ 2006-04-12 23:27:00
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boyband editorial
Possibly of interest to anyone into popslash: Being obsessed with a boy band took time and devotion, and they were about more than just the music: how much you fancied them was a major factor in your fandom. Now the immediacy and availability of more - and, some would argue, better - music leaves the boy-band format cold and out of date. Which "character" you wanted to marry is no longer an adolescent dream when you can chat with bands online, become their MySpace "friend" or meet them at a grassroots gig before they reach record-label fame.

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[info]supersyncspaz7
2006-04-13 02:46 am UTC (link)
the writer of that clearly does not know about the Alex Kapranos/Bob Hardy (of Franz Ferdinand) fangirls (and the Fall Out Boy fans, God). It's the same damn thing, only a few years older and different music.

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[info]eljuno
2006-04-13 04:09 pm UTC (link)
*CoughLibertinesCough*

I'm sorry, I seem to have something in my throat...

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[info]munchkinott
2006-04-13 04:47 am UTC (link)
"...such obsessive devotion to a fake creation takes too much time when there are more inventive, artistic alternatives easily on offer."

This person has spent NO TIME on the internet EVER.

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[info]carlanime
2006-04-13 10:56 am UTC (link)
...funny, that was my EXACT thought. I mean, googling "boy bands" brings up...stuff. They HAVE a web presence, yo.

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[info]munchkinott
2006-04-13 12:06 pm UTC (link)
If they could use google they'd know about the Domlijah. Music relevancy to one side for a minute - that'd break their theories and their brain!

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[info]sashenka
2006-04-13 05:39 am UTC (link)
Give me JC Chasez over that peengate asshole from Fall Out Boy any day. Mmm JC Chasez...

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[info]puipui
2006-04-13 09:38 am UTC (link)
Oh, wait, that's right! They make music, too, don't they? And, like, sell things and stuff. Wow.

Sometimes I forget that the main purpose of a boyband is not, in fact, to provide pre-fab characters for homemade porn. In my defense, though, it's an easy mistake to make, really.

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[info]bubosquared
2006-04-13 11:36 am UTC (link)
They also try and get into space programmes. :D

Ah, popslash. There's something to be said for a fandom where, no matter our best efforts (wingfic, anyone?), the canon will always be stranger than fiction.

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[info]carlanime
2006-04-13 11:45 am UTC (link)
They try to get into what now?

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[info]bubosquared
2006-04-13 11:47 am UTC (link)
What, you missed the whole Lance In Space episode?

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[info]carlanime
2006-04-13 11:53 am UTC (link)
...Lance in Space? Please tell me you're kidding. Please. I'm Canadian: we scare easily.

Hey, is that why space stuff keeps crashing?

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[info]bubosquared
2006-04-13 11:55 am UTC (link)
Sorry, it's for real. He even managed to get a place in the Russian programme for a bit--paying for his seat, but also actually training and all.

I'm telling you, you can't make this shit up.

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[info]smo
2006-04-13 06:02 pm UTC (link)
Hey, I'm all in favor of launching boyband singers into orbit. If I had any money to speak of, I'd donate it to the cause.

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[info]puipui
2006-04-13 09:36 pm UTC (link)
Also, all that training gave Lance some rockin' hot musculature, yo. I wasn't a fan at all at the time (I'm still not really a fan, actually, unless you call reading online porn and sometimes looking at pretty pictures to help you visualize the online porn being a fan) but I've seen pictures, and damn.

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