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Groupie... What a controversial term. Nobody wants to go by this tittle and honestly, not everybody deserves to.

If you research a bit (that is 'Google' the word) you'll find out that it has nothing to do with what people actually think. "A groupie is a person who seeks sexual and/or emotional intimacy with a celebrity. Groupies are often, but not always, fans of the celebrity they pursue".

And that, my friends, it's nothing but the truth. Ask my friend Wikipedia if you don't believe me.

So that being said, let me ask you something: is a girl that worries if her favorite band got food poisoned a groupie? Is the gal that tries to sneak backstage and scream her favorite singer's name a groupie then? No, she's not.

Wanting an outograph from Pete Wentz, witting a sing that reads "I Support Gerard Way, I Don't Drink!", worrying if Frankie Iero got his wisdom teeth pulled out and now is missing tour, saying to Brendon Urie's picture "You Are The Hottest guy Ever", dreaming of Chester Bennington's sweet smile and buying band merch DOESN'T MAKE YOU A GROUPIE.

Now, if you go to a concert and for some reason you get in the tour bus and you use every single weapon to get into that guy's pants without even remembering if he sang "The Taste Of Ink" or "Hit Me Baby One More Time!" is a different story.

Am I making myself clear? Ok, now let's dig deeper.

Let me ask you this question again but differently: let's say your favorite frontman just got married. And you don't happen to like the girl in question. And you say so. Does that makes you a groupie? Or better yet, let's say that your favorite bass player's birthday is today and you decide to bake a cake and sing happy birthday to his poster. Are you a groupie there? Before you answer you must apply the definition of groupie stated above. Does it fits? Hmmm... Maybe not quite? Perhaps a little bit? (The thing is that there are not different kinds of groupies. There are just groupies in many different fields.) So it could be that those, right there, are not groupie cases...

Now let me introduce you to another word: RESPECT. It has become the most popular word used in this forums, yet the less applied and the most lonely at the same time. This is what Wiki says about it: "Respect is one of the most (if not the most) important attributes for society to maintain, yet it is hard to define"... And to apply Wiki... You forgot that part.

But it turns both ways! I'm not saying that you should just apply it to try and understand the girl that dreams of Gerard's hair, but if you are that girl you must take it into consideration when somebody disagrees with you. This would be a boring world if everybody had just the same opinions, come on, we are alive to disagree... It's part of the fun of being alive! But there are respectful ways to disagree... "You are just a jealous @#$%^" is not one of those ways...

See what I mean? Let's fight about everything, let's disagree until we die! But saying the right words!

And just for the record, a person that goes to sleep listening to her favorite band, or that wears t-shirts with the "MYKEY F****** WAY" sing on it is not such thing as a groupie. It's just a fan. Which is a very deep expression of admiration and some sort of platonic love. (And love in any way can never be bad at all).

Bands would be nothing without fans. And caring about somebody that you've never met is not wrong. Go ask any of those who left flowers by Heath Ledger's sidewalk on the night of January the 22nd if there was any wrong-doing on that.

Let's just stick together. After all we are united by the power of music. Remember that in most of the cases the fan period is just a phase, it might not last forever... That one with the black nail polish is maybe trying to seek a well deserved back door while singing "...I see you lying next to me, with words I thought I'd never speak..."

And that is it my friends. Let's just keep in mind the words of that famous urban poet and great wiseman. Billy Joe Armstrong.

"So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life!"