Justin Bieber and fandom life

Good morning, it is finally winter. Proper winter, there is snow and the temperature is somewhere around -15°C. Everyone else is freezing and I'm just here like "ahh, nice and cool for a change."

But that is not what I came here to talk about. Oh no, I'm here to talk about... Justin Bieber. *dundunduuuuuu* No, no, this'll be funny, I swear.

So, I don't know how much you guys get news about Bieber back home, but basically he is a dick. Big time. He's disrespectful towards his employees, employers and fans and acting generally like a spoiled little rich kind which he is. He even drove one fan to commit suicide by calling her "a beached whale". Like woah dude. Stop. And as if this wasn't enough (and this is the point our story truly begins) he just keeps getting stupider by the day.

First he egged his neighbour's house (causing $20,000 in damage) and the police raided his house to find proof against him. Instead they found drugs! Yeah, that happened. Bieber's buddy and some rapper dude took the fall or him. Now, this is what followed:




Kudos to Jared for calling Justin out. Unsurprisingly, beliebers didn't take too kindly to their baby god being insulted and lashed out. Jared was unfazed and the Supernatural fandom amused. And because everyone hates Justin Bieber, soon this wasn't just between beliebers and spn fandom, but basically beliebers vs everyone. All the fandoms. Then this happened:




Haha, what?





Really?


 





Oh come on. What could they possibly do? They're just- Well I'll tell you what they did!



Oops. So, uh... I guess that didn't go quite as planned. Seriously though, the beliebers actually thought they could take on the scariest and most devoted fanbase this side of legal? Wow. The fandom was quite pleased with itself. And if this wasn't enough, Bieber got himself arrested for DUI (that's "driving under the influence" in case someone didn't know) and is probably gonna get deported. Poor Canada.... But hey, they released the mugshots!


Oh man, he looks so pathetic in the profile picture. But yeah. So that's what's been happening here this week. But this was all just a convenient way to talk about what is really important for me: fandoms.

Now, if someone doesn't know what a fandom is, it's the term used to describe the fanbase of a certain show/movie/book/game/celeb/whatever, derived from the words "fan" and "kingdom". The technology era and the internet in specific have made fandoms much more visible and known to the general public. I mean, there's always been fandoms, not going by that name obviously, but groups of people who are drawn together because of their love for something. Actually, I believe most people belong to at least one fandom, even if they don't really know it. For example, if you enjoy talking about the newest episode of your favorite show with your friends and speculate what comes next, you're a part of a fandom. If you write about your extended essay about a book series you enjoy, you are a part of a fandom. If you consume fanmade material, such as fanart or fanfiction, you are a part of a fandom. Some fans are more devoted than others, some fans are just casual fans, some fans enjoy the thing much more than they let on. But we are all fans. That admiration of things that we enjoy is what connects us all together, what makes us friends. And I think that is lovely. And that is why I love fandom life.

Pie out.