Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Literary Reportage

                      The Life of the Unknown
                             By: Lana Klariz A. Manalo

           
One thing that a student named Kyle Austine V. Garcia cannot deny, is that he is a very straightforward person and is not afraid of showing and expressing his own opinions and emotions. As a student, he basically does everything he can to ace his subjects. As a daily routine, all he does is going to school early in the morning then immediately goes back home after class due to the fact that his parents are strict when it comes to time.

            At 2017, the fifteen-year-old Kyle got engages with what they call a famous community namely “Kpop community” with the girl group GFRIEND as a major factor of making him join the community. With the song, Glass Bead, it really captivated his heart to the point that he could not turn back his desire of listening more of them.

            This lead him to the discovery of immature and self-centered fans, this is the fandom of BTS, ARMYS. According to news reports, there are two main reasons why people call the ARMY fandom as toxic community:
               
              1.) Drama, It's like they are incapable of being nice to other fandoms. They're the ones starting fan wars and causing drama in every fandom, for example, a person will say their own opinion and some ARMYS will attack. For example comparing Stray Kids' debut mv to a group that has over 5 years of experience. Ridiculous! Other groups didn't work their asses off to be compared to BTS.


              2.)Obsession, Some ARMY is overly obsessed with BTS to the point where they'll hate on multifandoms for liking other groups besides BTS. BTS is Kpop, Kpop is not BTS. You don't have to love other groups besides BTS, or other fandoms but show some respect at least please.

            “They are so WILD and chaotic to the point that they degrade other fandoms to bring theirs up“Kyle voiced out his opinion about ARMYS that lead to him to something that wasn’t his routine before. The fifteen-year-old started to created multiple anonymous accounts in order to voice out his emotions and opinions, “Fight fire with fire” he said, referring to the reason why did he joined all the hate threads popularizing the toxicity of the community.

            However, Kyle still have a little routine behind his anonymous identity. Catfishing is the phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional/romantic relationships.

            “It was basically free money” Kyle insisted. He was surprised how well it worked out to the point he kept on doing it. As of 2020, he had spent 550 euros for League of Legends and currently has $450 left on his account.

            With a determined heart, and remarkable brain, currently seventeen, Kyle this year 2020 is still living his life in the unknown world behind technology and been saving off tons of money as a student. As for his student life, he is still doing his very best to ace his class. May this be an inspiration that every opinion matter, but limit yourself to protect yourself from the harsh words of reality. Always remember to chew your words first, before you spit them out.

           





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