Social Media Rodeo

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The online world is abuzz with talk about Pride and Virgo's newest bands and opinions vary.

Obsessed fan or rude hater? Pick your poison.

[ooc: I'll be using my Doctor RP account to play online NPCs who have shared their opinion about your character or their band on some type of social media site. Choose what type of NPC you'd like to play with by replying to one of the top posts. You are welcome to specify your preferences as much as you like and you may ask for more than one type of NPC.]

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HATER

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[ It's time for a hipster battle! ]

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Pen @indie4life Shamisen going mainstream? I'll pull my hair out first. #flowersoverbones #bandofposers

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Ivan Karelin: @ikarelin_hana
Pluck the strings and hear / the courage to stand on stage / #bandofpeony

[ Does strings mean his shamisen? The many stringed instruments on stage? The hater's hair? Ivan's not telling. If #ivankarelin had been used, he'd probably ignore it, but #flowersoverbones? Those are fighting words. He's proud of what his band has accomplished, and the peony is a brave flower.

He also doesn't ping or mention the hater in any way. (Why give them the recognition?) To an outsider, it could be just another random Ivan haiku. To the hater, it's a reply. ]

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Pen @indie4life Okay but seriously why haikus for every freakin' tweet?

Pen @indie4life No it's not like Ivan or the others are reading my tweets. Ever heard of coincidence?

[For the moment, this twitter user thinks they've gone unnoticed and will continue criticizing.]

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[ Unfortunately (or fortunately?), Ivan doesn't bother to check the personal Twitter account to see if there is a response and give the hater the validation, so Ivan will just move on.

If the hater didn't "get" his message earlier, then the hater needs to step it up. ]

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[The hate cycle continues into bolder territory. Some FoB fans object of course but this hater keeps on going.]

Pen @indie4life #flowersoverbones More like mainstream trying to be hip. I bet the 'family' thing is all an act.

Pen @indie4life #holymotherofbass shove it up your @$$ #flowersoverbones

Pen @indie4life #untouchablemaiden probably did a lot of touching to get her job #flowersoverbones

Pen @indie4life #flowersdoctor wrote a symphony at 10? Still composes like a 10 yr old. #flowersoverbones

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[ How convenient that the username 'indie4life' becomes five syllables with '@' pronounced. ]

Ivan Karelin: @ikarelin_hana
@indie4life / wanders lost in the garden / stuck on petty words

[ What are they, an elementary student? Those are all "insults" he's heard before. ]

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[Flowers Over Bones fans demand that this twitter user face Ivan's response. They can't deny that he saw their tweets now. It takes a while for them to finally reply.]

Pen @indie4life @ikarelin_hana Your music isn't real music. Your band is a cardboard cut out created by Virgo. You aren't true artists.

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[ ... Cardboard cut out? What cardboard cut out has a shamisen as a member of a progressive pop band? What about Luce winning the Bass Off? Exactly how is a hipster band a cardboard cut out of anything in mainstream music?

This hater really doesn't get anything. ]

Ivan Karelin: @ikarelin_hana
@indie4life / let bloom the song in your soul / and show how it's done

[ Please show Flowers Over Bones how a "true artist" is supposed to be. ]

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Pen @indie4life @ikarelin_hana It's simple. That's how labels like Virgo work. They're after money not art.

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[ Ivan simply shakes his head. Hater still doesn't understand. Has this person created anything that they wanted to share with others? Are they an artist of any kind? ]

Ivan Karelin: @ikarelin_hana
@indie4life / Have you ever tried sending / a bouquet to all?

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Pen @indie4life @ikarelin_hana Excuse me? I can't tell if you're replying or throwing random words together.

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[ ... Ivan can't tell if the hater is even trying to think about what those words mean?

All right. How about no words then? No haiku. No explanation, just a link to an impromptu video recording posted to his tumblr. ]

Ivan Karelin: @ikarelin_hana
@indie4life [[ twitter/tumblr url here ]]

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Pen @indie4life @ikarelin_hana I give up. You mainstream musicians are hopeless. #indie4life

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[ Ivan considers that a victory. ]