Decameron: A Subsection of the Fandom [II/1]
Hello?
Hey Pop Pop! How are y--
OK, slow down. What happened?
On Twitter?
Someone is saying mean stuff about you on Twitter, Pop Pop?
What do you mean “all of Korea”
Ok, calm down, let me check on this.
Hold on, I -- Whoa.
You’re trending in Seoul?
Calm down, we’re gonna figure this out. What did you do to piss them off?
Oh, holy shit you pissed off the XOX-hive. How did you do this.
They’re a K-pop band and theis fans are absolutely insane
K-pop? Uh, it’s like boy bands but in Korea, they’re super popular and --
Yeah, exactly like BLACKPINK, how did you.. Ok, that’s not important right now, I need to see what happened here. How did you.
OK, I’m going through your tweets and I’m seeing some problems here.
Well so on Sunday, you tweeted “Just bought five lotto tickets for my grandchildren! #xox #AprilLotto” That seems to be what got you on their radar.
Yes, I know you meant “xox” as hugs and kisses but the band just had a ticket lottery for their exclusive April tour where everyone was capped at two entries, so I think you ticked them off by ballot stuffing.
I know! But actually looking back that’s just the start, do you see where you tweeted “Love to remember the good times #YJADForever!”
Of course, I know you just celebrated twenty years of support for Young Jacksonville Avoiding Drugs through the rotary club. But the XOX fans think you’re in this fandom faction that goes by Young-Jae All Day, they’re the group of stans that think the group was better before Young-Jae had to leave to join the army, it’s a complicated fandom.
Yeah, “stan,” it means like a big fan, like the Eminem so--
I also agree The Marshall Mathers LP was strong.
You’re right, not his best work.
Wait Pop Pop I’m seeing there’s this photo of you going… I’m sorry, this appears to be a photograph of you and Ryung of XOX? How did you --
Stuck on an elevator?
Dinner?
A Cruise? With Meemaw?
Annually?
A winery this fall?
Huh.
Yeah, if you go to settings you can find “mute”
It’s the gear
Yeah just
On the left
Gear.
Right.
Ok Pop Pop happy Palm Sunday.
Love you too.
I love you will see you on the family zoom call next week!
Decameron is a newsletter recounting the 14th Century set of quarantine tales for 2020. Read the original story.