THE TRUTH BEHIND JADINE VERSUS KATHNIEL FANWAR

THE BEGINNING

Diary ng Panget (2014) – James Reid and Nadine Lustre suddenly got all the attention because of their sudden success with their first movie from VIVA FILMS. Of course, since they’re this new love team, comparison cannot be avoided. But what made JaDine stood out from the rest and connected them to what seemed to be the most successful love team in PH – KathNiel – is, not only their huge success but also because of Nadine’s resemblance to Kathryn Bernardo.

The so-called fanwar or fandom war started when KN fans began comparing Nadine to Kathryn. First breakout of the fight was when KN fans branded Nadine as a Copy-“KATH” because of their similar facial features. James’ bad boy image in the movie DNP also became a factor of the fights as it was a contrast to Daniel’s bad boy already-made image.

Nadine’s growing fans, plus the new breed JaDines, backlashed to what the KN fans started and thus, the rest is history.

THE ISSUES

After a year since The Beginning, a lot of issues happened between the two fandoms. They weren’t the nicest things, especially the issues were always hyped by the media, and brought shame to both love teams as it went on. From fans threatening, insulting, bashing and disrespecting the artists to fans creating fake accounts to start fights with other local/international fandoms just to put the other into deep shit.

THE CASUALTIES

People have to understand that NOT ALL JaDine and KathNiel fans are fighting with each other. There are fans who are friends with cofans from the other fandom who are frequently dragged into the fanwars. In the world of fangirling, there’s this rule that Fault of one, fault of all. It means that one fault from a fan, the entire fandom will be responsible for it. To be honest, there are groups from both fandoms who were dedicated into defending their artists but would end up getting regular enemies themselves.

Aside from that, there are fans that are just very young to be in social media. Most of the warfreak fans from JD and KN are within the 12-15 age brackets. They are usually, but not all of them, very fearless on fighting thru Twitter or Instagram and wouldn’t think twice on whatever they post. Some fans, older ones, who joined the fanwar were either forced into it by defending their artists – but there were fans who just wanted to get attention and jump into any fight.

They are the kind of fans who would, for example, create a fake fan account, pretend she’s from the opposing fandom – create fights with other fandoms so that the opposing fandom would take the blame. These are the kind of fans who doesn’t think about their idols at all. All they think about is getting attention on social media and proving that they can fight with curses and insults unimaginable. These fans only think of themselves. I don’t think they even consider what these fights would bring to their fandoms or how it would reflect their artists. These fans enjoyed the rush but completely disregarded the other fans that wanted nothing but peace and were eventually pulled into the war as well because of their love for the love team they support.

THE CYCLE

If I can remember correctly, there used to be a JD KN Friendship Day when some of the fans from both fandoms decided to make a truce and call it quits on fighting. But that didn’t last long. Because there would always be fans that would start a fight and bash one of the artists.

It is a nonstop, senseless and dumb fucking cycle

When a fan bashed an artist, the opposing fan would bash the other artist – and thus, the stupidity of it all.

Worst part is, it is quite unavoidable. The lower the hits on bashing, the greater the fight became. That’s why it could never stop unless the entire fandoms would unite into getting peace. As long as there is a fan throwing hate on one of the artists, it would never stop. Because fans are very protective of their artists. Fans are very emotional, passionate and over-protective. Whenever the bashing gets worse, it even worsens the backlash. It is a sad cycle that needs a lot of time to make it stop.

THE SAD TRUTH

Daniel Padilla, Nadine Lustre and James Reid had already given their pleas to the fans to STOP THE FANWARS. All three of them had urged their fans to ignore all the bashing and hates so that it would benefit both fandoms. Everyone is still waiting for Kathryn Bernardo to do the same and ask her fans to stop fighting with the opposing side. Unfortunately, despite the 3/4 request – fans wouldn’t listen.

Why? Because there are immature kids who are too early to be on Social Media and warfreak fans who are inconsiderate of their cofans and the artists they love.

If you ask me, I don’t think peace will come to both fandoms any time soon.

Unless of course, we could see the two love teams hanging out or be really friends so that the fans could follow suit.

Still, I am not giving up hope. I’m still waiting for that factor that could stop the fanwar and make a change. I am hoping for anything that would put a stop into this senseless, endless and mindless war of people who could actually be friends rather than foes.

It might not be achievable in an instant, but I am sincerely hoping that this fandom war would eventually end in the long run.

Good luck to both fandom and to their fans as well.

-QB

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