“A JoBromance” Threatens Sanity, YouTube Servers With New Form Of Fan Fiction

Kate Richardson | April 2, 2008 9:45 am
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As it turns out, all those months I spent covering tribute videos and fan fiction separately were a total waste of time. Modern fandom has now evolved to the point where these two mediums can exist as one; it was only a matter of time before that “About This Video” text box on YouTube was put to more creative ends, and there was never any question as to whom this new form might be dedicated.

“A JoBromance” is a series about the fictional love lives of the Jonas Brothers. Their lady friends are represented by pictures of Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, and Avril Lavigne, but have fictional character names, and are furthermore representative of the video’s creator and her friends (a kind of endearing touch, really). Ashley Tisdale seems to have some sort of unspecified supporting role. In the first episode, the Jonas Brothers roll into town for a concert and meet fraternal twins triplets Alexis, Hailey, and Lorelei. The group hit it off, and, luckily for the girls, the brothers are staying in town for two years to film their movie, GuYzz, which is presumably a sweeping drama about a male strip club. Here’s the video and its corresponding text:

THIS IS WHERE THE STORY IS!!!! *comment if you wanna be on my series and tell me ur name* *Alexis, Hailey and Lorelai are fraternal triplets they are 16 years old but they dont look the same(duh! infasize on the word:FRATERNAL).They went on a concert of the Jonas Brothers and they got the first row* Nick:♥sings♥*on stage* OOOHhhh this is an S.O.S dont want a second chance this is the bottom line its true…. *Nick goes down and takes Alexis on the stage and kissed her on the cheek(i would faint if this were real)* *after a few hours of singing and screaming* Alexis:OMG! I cant believe he kissed me! Lorelai:Lucky lucky you Hailey:Hey..lets go to the Autograph booth…we’re first in line *they went to the autograph booth* Alexis:Hi! Nick:Hey! Sorry for a while ago…(blushes) Alexis:No prob! Are you staying in town? Nick: Yeah, Me and my Bros are staying here for two years coz we need to film a movie called “GuYzz”(a totally made up movie) Alexis:that should be awesome where do you live? Nick:In here? in Maple street just near here Alexis:us too! Nick: maybe we could hang out sometime(blushes) Alexis:sure! here’s my number*gives her number* *while they were talking Joe was staring at Alexis the whole time* Hailey:You like her dont you? Joe:What?…Me?….No Way….(doesn’t look at Hailey) Hailey:yes you do i can tell because ur not looking at me straight Joe:Okay I do, so what? she likes Nick and Nick likes her there’s nothing I can do about it. Hailey:Try hanging out with her she’ll know who is right for her Joe:I’ll try….I guess *with Kevin and Lorelai* Lorelai:you play guitar?*thinks*stupid question(blushes) Kevin:yep…hehehe(blushes) Lorelai:so……very awkward huh? Kevin:very…..hey….i was wondering if maybe we could go out sometime… Lorelai:sure! *After a few words of awkwardness* Alexis: I think we should be going… Lorelai and Hailey:yeah…. Joe:we could drive you Kevin:I’ll drive! Nick:I’ll be in the front seat *when they were at the car Alexis sits next to Joe and Lorelai and Alexis falls asleep in Joe’s shoulder* *PHEW!!! it ends right here folks .pls comment to be in the series comment if good or bad…..lol* ~emogurl810~

The video portion of this whole experience certainly leaves something to be desired, but given the creator’s apparent age and limited resources, I’ll cut her some slack. The heart frames are a throwback to classic teen fandom, and the fireworks graphics lend a much-needed celebratory tone to a generally lacking credit sequence. The generic pop-punky guitar riff is well-chosen, as it matches the overall empty and repetitive tone of the story, which is shakily-written (to say the least), but not without merit. There’s a good sense of drama here if you work hard enough to decipher the dialogue through all the colons and ellipses. What’s to become of this Nick-Joe-Alexis love triangle? Alexis seems to be the impetus for drama here, what with her possibly misleading tendency to fall asleep on the wrong boy’s shoulder. Tune in tomorrow for the next installment, when we find out how Nick will react to this dubious backseat nap session.