Everyone knows this type of fangirl. She spams your newsfeed on Twitter or Facebook and litter your Instagram feed with pictures of a certain five boys. That’s right, I’m talking about Directioners_ crazy, starstruck, obsessed 12- to 17 year old girls.
These girls are psychotic; talk badly about their precious One Direction and you’re immediately bombarded with “OMG what’s wrong with you? One Direction is amazing!” or “OMG you just don’t know good music!!”.
I know, you are probably thinking, “You titled this ‘Fangirls Today’... what’s your point?” The point I’m trying to make is I don’t believe the girls who fawned over The Beatles or ABBA were so “vicious” about loving them; I doubt those ABBA or Beatles fans would have attacked you if you spoke badly about these groups, or at least I hope they didn’t.
I believe that fangirls in the past were more tame in their fangirl passions. If you didn’t like their group, it was more of a “your loss” kind of attitude. These girls would shrug the bad remarks off and keep praising the objects of their affection. They really didn’t care what other people thought; as long as their favorite band was playing, they were happy.
In contrast, fangirls today _ the worst culprits being Directioners, as they refer to themselves _ have this “love [insert band/artist name here] or die” type of attitude. I have seen this type of attitude up close. I was on Instagram, and I clicked on the ‘popular page’ tab. I saw yet another picture of one of the boys_ not sure which, I still don’t know each of their names_ with at least 1,000 likes. One user stated that he/she thought the boy was ugly. For the next 30 minutes, the girl was bombarded with hate messages_ I know it was for her because they tagged her in the comments_ saying she’s stupid or she’s probably ugly and jealous, etc., etc.
To wrap it up, I believe today’s fangirls today- all the Beliebers, the Mahonies , as well as the Directioners_ should just tone it down. I’m not saying to stop praising them altogether, but to respect others’ opinions about your favorite band or singer. Everyone will either agree or disagree with you; it’s only fair to respect both sides.
Like I said, the comment box is open. Feel free to discuss and argue, and I will post a new entry next Friday.
I completely agree! I mean I'm kinda the same, I tell people their crazy for not liking the artist's I like, so I understand. But the directioners and Beliebers are EXTREME bambarders!
ReplyDeleteI am such a fangirl (not one of the ones who have mention) but I completely agree. Everyone has a bit of fangirl and they should embrace it, but not judge others for not liking what you like.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree to!! I understand where you coming from but where all not the same and some fan girls like myself find it way to main stream to be obsessed with guys i don't really know.
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