Jenny+L+Subcultures

=**SUBCULTURES **= = =

=LG TWINS=

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Baseball is a sport that is very popular in Korea. It has created a culture that now represents the "cheering" culture of Korea. This is actually is subculture of myself because I am a fan of this baseball team, LG Twins. Just like many other baseball teams in Korea, LG Twins has its own cheers and songs that only the people that belong in this subculture would know. Because the fans actually care about this team and the players of the team, they would actually memorize all of the cheers for each players. Even though this is a subculture that is more general in a whole, it still is unique regarding that it still allows one to share one's interest and what they enjoy with the people that think the same way as one.

Because this is a subculture that can be also seen in a broader term, there are many people even in this school that share the same subculture as me. Mr.Joo, for example, is also a fan of a baseball team, Doosan Bears, so he and I always talk about baseball during the season. Dennis Han, in 10th grade, actually cheer for the same team as me, so we go to watch the games together once in a while. Baseball, or actually all kinds of sports, is a good way to show that subcultures can be more general and they seem as if they are, because it still can be a culture shared by everyone even though the size of the subculture is bigger.

Seoul Comic World Cosplay
 Comic World Cosplay is something that I am not used to because I am not actually part of this subculture. Yet I know some about this subculture because one of my friend actually is a part of this subculture. Comic World Cosplay is an annual event that happens in Yangjae-dong in Seoul. Many people in Korea would dress up in costumes of a comic character and participate in this event. Because the costumes are very fancy, one would definitely get attentions from everyone. But during the event because everyone share the same subculture, people would actually give compliments for the costumes rather than the weird looks.

This is a subculture that is in a smaller scale than the baseball, yet still has the same characteristic in a way that it is shared many people with same interest. Within their subcultures, them doing what they do is not unique at all. Even though people outside of the subculture might perceive such actions as unique or weird, it is obvious for the ones to do such things in their positions. The picture above is a photo of my friend who actually participated in the cosplay. Even though it is something that we wouldn't wear as every-day outfit, it is allowed during the cosplay because this is what they enjoy and this is their subculture.