10 Signs That You Are a Fantard

Recently, there's been a rise in the number of volleyball fans and it has made me so thrilled and thankful. This sport is still hugely underrated. But with the rise of good, evil has also followed suit (Dramatic, eh? LOL). I'm talking about the terrifying and  inevitable, rise of the FANTARDS.

According to urbandictionary.com, a fantard is a “person who obsesses over a series (TV,book, movie etc) and acts annoyingly like it’s the best thing ever made. Most fantards for movies never read the book and 99% of fantards are motivated by blind loyalty or a sad need to be popular or accepted. Fantards are also known to be really rude to people who go against their precious fandom and don't practice literary or any type of preference tolerance.”

I would also like to share my definition of a fantard but that would be boring so I decided to make a list of signs that might suggest that you have already become.. a FANTARD!

1. You think your Idol is perfect, faultless, and god-like. Ultimately, everyone who says anything that is not consistent with this perfect image of your idol, is pure evil and therefore deserves immediate death. Well, last time I checked, only God is perfect. And maybe the wintermelon milk tea from Gong Cha. :D

2. You react rudely and immaturely to people who say the slightest negative thing about your idol. You are very comfortable with the use profanities and foul language in online discussions. Mahihiya ang bungangerang palengkera sa  choice of words mo. 

3. You don’t believe in constructive criticism. You believe that the world is out to destroy your idol. So any negative comment, no matter how constructive it may be, is a sign of war.

4. You don’t care about facts or reason. You think you have the highest understanding of everything in the world and anyone who has an opinion different from yours is downright stupid.

5. You’re mind is closed, shut, locked, impermeable. No explanation needed. In fact, no explanation can pass through the nasty covering you have placed all over your brain.

6. Everyone who says anything non-positive about your idol is AUTOMATICALLY an evil HATER. Agad-agad.

7. You think you’re normal but you consider the fans of other teams as FANTARDS. Anything and everything they say is irritating.

8. You believe that you are entitled to know everything and anything about your idol. You feel like you have the right to know where she is, what she’s doing, why she's doing it, who she's doing it with and how she's doing it, ALL THE TIME.

9. You are very judgmental. You react very fast and make conclusions without much contemplation. In short, you’re brain is on vacation. Not much work going in there. You’re like a pitbull always ready to attack someone without any deliberation.

10. You boo players of the other team without any good reason. You criticize and bully players of other team just because they are not on your side. Yung totoo, ano'ng kasalanan nina Myla Pablo, Dadang at Perez sa'yo?

Frankly, I’m okay with fantards. Well, they are quite annoying and I really don’t understand them sometimes but hey, at least they appreciate the sport too. I don’t believe we can force people to fit into our definitions of right and wrong. The goal is to coexist peacefully, and hopefully, happily too.

I guess what I’m saying is that the world is not perfect. If we want the rainbow, we have to put up with the rain. So the next time you spot fantards, just try to ignore them. You can’t beat them even with the most intelligent arguments. You can only defeat  them with your indifference.