These adorable penguins were photographed by me years ago in Lithuania, at Klaipeda's dolphinarium. I think it was year 2004 or so. And they have a connection with this story.
I find that in the last time, Lordi fans are starting to remind penguins. They gather in flocks and groups, act hostile towards strangers and newbies that don't belong to their groups etc. And they show another interesting characteristics the penguins above showed, too. Let me tell about that first:
When we were at the dolphinarium, it was about the time when the penguins got their food. They were all standing around a door, waiting. The door opened, the keeper came in. But... he didn't bring any fish, he just got the bucket he had forgotten there earlier. No fish... and the penguins became grumpy. Instead of waiting for him to return, they decided to come in contact with the visitors behind the glass.
In a few minutes, the door opened again, and the same keeper came, carrying fish. The penguins, now angry about being fooled earlier, started pinching in his boots. Until he gave the fish to them. The penguins devoured the fish BEFORE they realised they didn't like them at all becasue it was the wrong kind. The keeper was now gone, and the penguins started yelling and bickering between themselves. The keeper came in one more time, again to get the bucket ( not the brightest mind there was, I see : ) and to tell the penguins to ''shut up''. They shut up, waited for a few moments till the keeper was gone for good and started yelling AGAIN.
Now, something in that behavior reminds me of Lordi fans. Let's see what happened when BfB was about to come out. Costumes were promised, and like the penguins, the fans waited for them. They saw them and they liked them at the first moment ( well most of them, anyway P: ). Then the video came out, and fans liked it AGAIN. It all happened before some of them realised that, in reality, they HATE them both.
The album came out, and everybody was again off to tell everyone else who were ready to listen how much they loved it, how 80's like it was, how good it is that Mr. L keeps to his dreams, how good everything is, how nice the songs are blah blah blah and so on, and so on. And then the tour dates were published. And the Breakfast Box came out, too ( though you gotta be an idiot to buy one : ). So let's pretend it's all one big, happy bucket of fish which Lordi hand over to the penguins... I mean, fans :P
And now, some fans or fan groups realize they don't like that fish at all. They hate it. They wanted a salmon, but got a herring, now isn't that a scandal! The fans who realized they got a herring, are those to whose country/countries the band doesn't come this year ( *sarcastic voice* I wonder, why and how did they suddenly realize it xD ). And now everything is bad.
The video sucks, the monsters aren't scary ( see ''I miss Lordi being scary'' group on Facebook for this topic : ), the songs are too pop-like, the whole era almost ''as bad as Arockalypse'' ( though I loved the Arockalypse, it's still my favorite Lordi album from those I have, I still need The Monsterican Dream *rolls eyes* ), the shows and lighting during them suck.
Ahem... and I am almost completely sure that the persons who complain now, are those who were the first to yell ''OMG, this is sooooo cool, how splendid etc.'' when all the news came out. The video sucks... the same people who hate it now, claimed it was the best Lordi video evaaah when it came out. Now they miss the horror videos. The monsters aren't scary... The same people claimed these were great masks, such a nice compilation of all the eras. The songs are too pop- or disco-like... The same people who whine now, said they liked them earlier because they were ''so 8o's like'' *rolls eyes again*. The shows and lighting suck... You can't see if they suck or not, if you have't been there. I can't see any ''bright pink and red'' lighting in the videos, where did they get the idea? And you can't judge the scenery and all when watching an iPhone video, get that in your heads, people! You have to be there in person to be able to say ''this sucks'' or ''this rocks'' xD
Somewhere in the middle, Mr. Lordi might come up and tell everyone to shut up finally. He's the zoo keeper. As soon as he's gone for good, the penguins... sorry, the fans... start bitching again :P
Lordi fans are penguins. At least part of them. At least from the characteristic point of view.
P.S. I don't say that everything the band does, is good, but yeeeeesh, some people should stop bitching about everything. Not everything's gonna always happen the way they like :s
