MONSUN Magazin #9

JE NE HABLA...??Tokio Hotel-fans from all over the world want to read MONSUN and naturally, preferably in their own language - we‘re extremely humbled and honored by that. Nevertheless, we just cannot translate the maga-zine into so many different languages (which is mainly due to us being linguistically challenged although we wish we could speak every lan-guage on this planet, man, that would make touring after the band SO much easier...!). Which is why we do need your help in making MON-SUN available for as many people as possible.We are extremely thankful for every article that you‘re translating for your fellow fans and put up on your own homepage. Don‘t forget to send us a link or screenshot because among all busy helpers, we‘re gi-ving away one absolute highlight: AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH CARD SI-

GNED BY ALL FOUR BOYS! So go for it!! ;)

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there was a band, that everyone loved passionately.And when that band disap-

peared into the dark rabbit hole that is their studio one day to work on new songs, all the fans were very, very sad because there wouldn‘t be any new photos, no concerts and no promo-appearances for a long time. Completely devastated they cried their hearts out - what to do now, what to do now?!?

Those fans, who have been bewit-ched by the band for a long time al-ready, knew about the secret of the sudden disappearance, and knew to calm down the newbies.

The band? Disappeared? No prob-lem! It happened in 2006, 2008 and 2010 already. Ever since then, fans all over the world have found means and ways to still entertain themsel-ves during the long droughts.

The stuff that fans come up with du-ring the time when the boys are on break is what we compiled for you in this „Dark Side of the Fandom“ issue, that you‘re reading right now.

So without further ado: we hope you‘re having a fantastic time and loads of fun with this issue of MON-SUN! ;D

Your MONSUN Team

PINNWAND ...06

FANDOM-REPORTS ...08

TOKIOHOTELTATTOOS ...14

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-SAOPAOLO ...20

-MEXICOCITY ...24

SPEAKER‘SCORNER:FANFICTIONS ...26

MONSUNISFANOF...: ...32

-KADAJ ...32

-BITO-KA ...34

FANART:ALLEGATOR ...36

HALLOFFSHAME:BILL ...40

FANPARTIES ...42

TOKIO-SLANG ...50

DR.NICS ...52

IMPRESSUM ...54

EXTRA:LOVESPELL!

WORLD-DOMINATION!!

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THEOTHERDAY,ATTHEOFFICE...Asweallknow,studdedbeltscanbefoundineverygoodrock-wardrobe but did you know, that those awesomepiecesarealsoavailableinaTH-design?Nope?Wedidn‘tneithersoyoucanprobablyguessourexcitementwhenwe were allowed one good look at one of these belts!Andnaturally,asalwaysinthiscolumn,youcanalsowinoneTokio-rock-belt-justsendusanemailwiththehea-der„belt“andmaybeit‘syoursbytheendofAugust:[email protected]!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU

WHO NOT ONLY STAYED TRUE TO US

ALL THIS TIME BUT WHO ALSO KEEP

SENDUNG US ALL OF THESE LOVELY

MAILS AND PHOTOS THAT DEFINITELY

BRIGHTEN OUR DAYS AT THE OFFICE!

WE‘RE GRATEFUL AND DELIRIOUSLY

HAPPY FOR EVERY MAIL THAT ENDS

UP IN OUR [email protected]

- THE MONSUN TEAM

Hi!

My name is Carolina and I‘m from Chile, here in Southamerica. Well, first of all, I have to say that I really love Monsun Magazin! I download and print all the editions in English for me and my friends. I‘m writing this e-mail to you to ask, if there‘s a plan to translate the Monsun Magazin to Spanish in the future. Because in some countries here, the English isn‘t very good and I know so many peo-ple who love the magazine and take several days of difficult translating in order to be able to read it completely. Thank you so much for your time to read this!Take care,

- CAROLINA, CHILE

Me and my friend couldn‘t make it to

any of the fan meetings, but we did

have a little special party of our own to

celebrate our Tokio Hotel Day! :)

We made some drawings and stuff, but

the best one is on this picture and we

would like to share it with you! :D

- MILLY & ALEX

PS: The picture is not the best... so if you

are wondering, he is standing on

a TH planet! :D

MIL

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We‘re looking for reliable fans, who speak either German or English fluently, who would have fun doing that kind of work and are able to translate MONSUN into Spanish.Send us your applications but please remem-

ber: loads of work and no money! ;)[email protected]


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Hey, hey fabulous MONSUN!

I‘m just writing you this to express my appre-ciation for my dear fan-friends. You guys are amazing as usual. I hope that one day you will lauched your online fanzine internationally. I think you‘re our only hope that one day Tokio Hotel Fanzines will be available in all major book stores just like any other normal maga-zines. So cool, so packed with information (of course!) and affordable. Fingers crossed!!! Another thing that I really love about you is that you‘re a really big support to all the fan-clubs and our lovely fans. Like the other day, during the Malaysian fan meeting, do you re-member? You contributed a lot!I wasn‘t there but I was so proud that even though our Malaysian fan club has just started small, you were there for us!!!

Love ya!

xoxo,

- DIANAH, MALAYSIA

Hello, dear Monsun Team!

All of the hard work and energy that you‘re

putting into Monsun Magazine is really ob-

vious in every issue.

They‘re just amazing! :)

THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH for always put-

ting so much work into it.

Without you and your issues, it would be

really boring. :)

Keep up the good work.

Really, here‘s some big praise for ALL OF

YOU!

Your most loyal reader,

- TRACY, GERMANY

WE‘VE RECEIVED ONE VERY

SPECIAL HELLO FROM THE

MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL

LITHUANIAN FANCLUB, WHO

SENT US A VIDEO MESSAGE

(!!) FROM THEIR BIG FAN-PAR-

TY AND WAVED ALL THE WAY

INTO OUR OFFICE! WHAT A

LOVELY SURPRISE!

A 1000 THANK-YOUS!! :D

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A [fan] is a person with a liking and

enthusiasm for something, such as a

band. Fans of a particular thing or

person constitute its fanbase or fan-

dom. They may show their enthu-

siasm by being a member of a fan

club, holding conventions, creating

fanzines, writing fan mail, or by pro-

moting the object of their interest

and attention.

Fans usually have a strong enough

interest that some changes in their

lifestyles are made to accommodate

devotion to the focal object. As well,

fans are motivated to demonstrate

their involvement with the area of

interest through certain behaviors.

(Source: Wikipedia)


(I‘ll be watching you!)

(Thank god!)

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STARSHINE: MUSICAL-FANDOM

If the object of your affection is not

only available for one or two nights

but maybe up to two years, fan be-

haviour can become a little obsessi-

ve and extreme.

Hardcore fans can easily manage to

see the very same play a 150 times

in one run. Regarding the pre-sale

ticket prices, it’s only possible for

most of us to see a play more often

by getting standing tickets or queu-

ing for cheap last minute tickets. Of

course those contingents are very

limited, so in order to get into the

show for little money, you are not

only spending the evening in the

theater but also a good part of your

afternoon outside, queuing. Which is

totally fine if one just wants to see

a play every now and then. But fans

who attend the show three or four

times a week - and they do this for

several months! - do have to re-ar-

range pretty much their whole lives

to accommodate their hobby.

Fortunately the musical fandom is a

very mixed one. There are all kinds

of fans; from those who just want

to see their favorite play for a third

time and save money to students

who do their whole studying for the

finals on the staircase in front of the

playhouse. Some really DO live for

musicals and as with every other

hobby too, it’s kind of unhealty to

to let a simple hobby take over your

whole life. Some fans really have

lost their grip on reality. There are

girls who do believe with all their

hearts that the actor on stage is se-

arching the whole audience for HER

and is singing to HER only during

the show. And it doesn’t even mat-

ter where she is sitting that night

or who is playing that day. No mat-

ter if it’s first cast or one of the two

understudies – they are performing

for her exclusively. There’s another

girl in my musical fandom, who is al-

ways waiting by the Stage Door for

this one young Austrian musical sin-

ger, giving him a bouquet of flowers

almost every night. At the end of the

season she gifted him with a photo

of her – naked in the bathtub! (Is it

possible to get any creepier?) Rumor

has it, that this very photo was still

on display on the billboard of the

backstage area two productions la-

ter.

Sounds like a funny story to tell,

but it’s definitely also tragic when

you think about an 18 year-old girl

having apparently nothing better

to do than coming to the theater’s

Stage Door and watching her star

leave his place of work for two years

straight. :/

But what’s this Stage Door anyway

that we’ve been talking about so

much? Well, it’s actually a pretty cool

thing, because it‘s the place where

performers can do their fan service

after the curtain has fallen – if they

choose to. If they choose not to, they

just leave through some other exit.

But experience has shown me that

usually way more than half of the

cast comes out to the fans and wri-

te autographs, pose for pictures or

simply talk to the fans, most of them

with the patience of a saint! It’s re-

ally fascinating how nice, relaxed

and down-to-earth the interaction

with the fans is usually done at the

Stage Door.

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Musical StarCrazy Grützel

Cosplayer

Random Fanboy

Mom

Thomas Borchert FanGranny

Random Big Head

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Rating fan behaviour is a tough

thing, because there’s no clear line

between what’s okay and what is

not, as it is all measured individu-

ally. To me personally, it is okay to go

ahead and get your second or even

third picture with your star. But I do

think it’s not okay if hardcore fans are

taking advantage of the stars’ good

nature by monopolising their time

and wanting yet another autograph

or another photo every single night.

It’s really great that most of the ac-

tors are still taking their time with

the fans in the 20th month of the

running time, but that doesn’t mean

the fans can or should chat them up

every time they go there. After all it’s

just unnecessary and bothersome

for everyone involved and in additi-

on, there are a lot of musical tourists

who only have this one chance to

get a personal memory among the

crowd as well. And for real: Does the

50th autograph by the very same

singer still make a fan happy? I don’t

think so. :(

Something that applies to everyo-

ne who interacts with fans like this

is that some fans sort of mistake

the cast members for their personal

friends and forget that this whole

deal is part of their work.

Overall I can say that the musical

fandom is a pretty kind one – both

when it comes to fan friendly ticket

prices and the fan service at the

stage door. And for mostly it works

really well – there’s always the odd

black sheep around though but

that’s nothing unusual for fandoms

either.

ZIGGY: SUPERNATURAL-FANDOM

One advantage of the Tokio Hotel

fandom is certainly that most of it

takes place on the European conti-

nent, you‘re, more or less, at home.

Of course, it could be very, very dif-

ferent. If you have the dumb luck of

being a fan of an American TV series,

you‘re pretty much doomed to suf-

fer in fandom limbo. Since last sum-

mer there are conventions in Euro-

pe, among others in Germany, which

makes being a fan a lot easier, but

before that! BEFORE THAT! NADA!

ZIP! ZILCH!

So what do you do? You do the one

thing that comes naturally with the

Tokio Hotel fandom: you travel.

And since you so desperately want

to see your “Supernatural” stars live

on stage, you murder your piggy

bank and drag your friend with you

across the big pond for a weekend

in the US. Should you travel for Tokio

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Hotel from Europe to the US, your fel-

low fans at home think you‘re pretty

much certifiable – do the same for

Supernatural and all that will get

you is those lovely guys at customs

peeing their pants laughing; your

fellow SPN fans won‘t think less of

you, quite the contrary. Chances are

quite good that you‘re sharing a

plane with a couple of other fans as

well!

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We‘re still missing the worst fandom

meltdown though and I‘ve already

seen it happen in the SPN fandom:

not only do the lead actors (who, na-

turally, everyone wants to shag/do

the naughty with/do the horizontal

tango with) have actual working,

long time relationships, no! Last year

they married. I think everyone can

imagine the kind of drama/fandom

implosion that triggered.

Personally, I though it was great –

one of the guys even married on my

birthday...which he totally did to ho-

nor me – megalomaniac much? Of

course there are still girls who can-

not stomach the idea of the guys ha-

ving wives and who attack Dani and

Gen constantly, which I find very sad

because they‘re really lovely ladies.

Let‘s hope the twins find their mat-

ches, too one day and that there

won‘t be drama like that. (Unlikely, I

know...)

SARAH: NKOTB-FANDOM

I was fifteen and really, absolutely

needed to go to America. My pa-

rents wondered but in the end they

let me go. What I didn‘t tell them: I

didn‘t just want to go there to im-

prove my English, but also, perhaps

more than anything, to meet my fa-

vorite band there. A part of my favo-

rite band – the two brothers.

So there we were, my friend and

I, at a gas station in America, with

our bicycles. We must have been

pretty conspicuous because appa-

rently the Americans in that part of

the country didn‘t usually venture

all that far with just their bikes. Se-

veral people stopped to ask where

we wanted to go and if we needed

help getting there. In hindsight, tra-

veling like that probably wasn‘t the

best, nor the safest idea. We couldn‘t

get rid of one man who insisted on

escorting us to the address we gave

him. We awkwardly stalked towards

the house we had named. Thank

God, no one was home.

After the man had said his goodby-

es we hurried up the street to where

the brothers lived. There were about

20 girls, from all over the world, al-

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...and that‘s what‘s it all about, right?

It doesn‘t matter if it‘s a concert or a

convention – fans from all over the

place come together to meet their

stars and to have fun.

Naturally, every fandom has its fair

share of crazies but fans and actors

still get along quite well. The last SPN

convention I attended, one of the

lead actors was groped. Yet again.

The lady with the wandering hands/

the groper was kicked out and the

rest of us suffered from second-

hand embarrassment. Yet again.

There‘s the same trademark hysteria

you‘ll find at any Tokio Hotel con-

cert, even though cons should be a

lot more mellow. After all everyone

has their assigned seats and you can

buy autographs and photo-ops well

in advance.

Each and every time I think how

great it would be if you could have

that sort of thing with TH, but it just

doesn‘t work that way and we pro-

bably won‘t ever get that ;D



ready waiting on the front lawn.

We met Americans, but also French,

Swedes and some German girls.

They told us that we would proba-

bly have to come here more often,

seeing as you needed an inordinate

amount of luck to meet one of the

guys. We also shouldn‘t be worried

when the neighbors would come

out to yell and swear at us. They were

all a bit tightly wound on account of

the fans turning their front lawn into

a camping site; we also shouldn‘t be

scared when the police came in a

minivan. That would happen about

once a day, then you would be taken

into “custody” to the nearest poli-

ce station where they would take

down your details. No biggie. In spi-

te of all this, my standing in front of

that house never seemed wrong. I

never stopped to think that maybe

the boys didn‘t want to see us or

that maybe they were annoyed by

their fans‘ behavior.

We were incredibly lucky – after

about an hour the garage opened

and a black van rolled past us. My

heart was beating like crazy.

Even back then there were fans tra-

veling from all over the world just

to meet their idols. Neighbors back

then were just as annoyed as the TH

twins‘ neighbors are now.

Unlike Tokio Hotel, New Kids On

The Block signed autographs and

let themselves be prhotographed

where they lived – Tokio Hotel are

not the first band to suffer under

rabid fans, not by a long shot. Bet-

ween their success and NKOTB‘s lie

a good 20 years, innumerable other

“boy bands” and experiences gained

in dealing with overly zealous fans.

As far as Tokio Hotel are concer-

ned there have been problematic

encounters with fans before The

Afghans and unless these people

hadn‘t run to the police themsel-

ves to tell their stories, the incident

would have remained just as obscu-

re as others before that.

Tokio Hotel live with this kind of

thing every day and they know how

to handle it.

They stopped right in front of me

and the window was lowered.

“Hi, I‘m from Germany. Can I take a

picture?” I managed despite eve-

rything.

“Sure,” he grinned with the cutest

smile in the world, adding, “You‘ve

got beautiful eyes.”

I was so floored my camera crashed

against his car, which did so not

amuse the bodyguard, making him

yell at me.

Then they were gone. I was 15 and

he was 24. Meeting New Kids on

the Block‘s Donnie Wahlberg in Bos-

ton was 17 years ago. I don‘t quite

know why I did that or what I hoped

would happen but it was still a great

experience.

Right now the band is trying to

achieve a comeback. At the last tour

you apparently could meet them in

the hotel lobby, have a chat. I didn‘t

go though; New Kids On The Block

haven‘t interested me in a long time.

Shortly after returning from Ame-

rica, I had my first boyfriend and

wasn‘t a fan anymore.

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We Tokio Hotel-fans love our four boys, that goes without saying. Some love

them so much though, that they‘ve decided to spend their whole lives with the

band (and that even works without getting married, yay!) and so, as a proof of

their love, they‘ve gotten a tattoo - some even more than one! MONSUN spent

weeks browsing the net to find the best, most creative and just downright fa-

bulous Tokio-Tattoos!

You think that YOUR tattoo is still missing despite our best efforts? No problem!

Just send us a mail with a picture and with a bit of luck, we‘ll feature your photo

in our upcoming anniversary issue! :D

IBNI = Ich Bin Nicht Ich, the

name of my favorite song. I

love the melody, rhythm and

the lyrics! ^.^ And yes, it’s the

star that Bill Kaulitz has. It has

3 meanings for me: my FAMI-

LY, my FRIENDS, my favorite

MUSIC.Jeannett, Czech Republic

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I had the tattoo on my back done because I just met so many awesome people

through Tokio Hotel. Well, there‘s other reasons too, but I don‘t want to tell. ;)

The tattoo was made in two sittings - the first was just one hour, the second

three. It didn‘t hurt at all, even though people always say that getting a tattoo

on your spine hurts a lot.

Tetzi, Germany

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Tom‘s my favorite, he‘s

part of my life and I‘m

proud of him. ^^

Thanks for everything!

<3

Mary, Spain

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4Bianca from Belgium sure isn‘t one to do things half-assed, which is why

she‘s literally covered head to toe with her love for Tokio Hotel. We bet

you can guess, what the „T“ and „B“ stand for. ;)

ALL

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I got my tattoo in October 2010. It‘s „Freiheit 90“, just like Bill‘s tattoo, ex-

cept I changed the number, because I was born in 1990. ;) This tattoo sym-

bolizes the current changes in my life, the fight for my own freedom and

my independence and also my admiration for Bill Kaulitz and Tokio Hotel,

because I will not deny, that every time I look at it, I think of Bill. He is my

muse, my inspiration, when I‘m drawing, so thinking of him whenever I

look at the tattoo, is not a bad thing at all. I would love Bill to sign my arm

one day, so I could have his signature tattooed.

Ana, Portugal

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too on his forearm and I

had to get one like it, but

I added my own kick to

it. „Rette mich“ was the

first song, I ever heard of

them.

Sylvia, USA

I chose this, because I want to live every second to the best of my abi-

lities. I like it better in German, so I picked “Leb die Sekunde“ over “Live

every second“. The butterfly goes with it, because on the day I went

and got my tattoo, the tattoo artist told me, that butterflies live for 8

weeks, and they are pretty.Krystina, USA

„Hilf Mir Fliegen“ is my favorite song by them and I knew, I would never regret getting it as a tattoo. It‘s such a comforting song for me, and it reminds me, that it‘s okay to feel like you need some help from loved ones every now and then to get where you want to go in life.

Kimberly, USA

Those phrases are taken from

one of their songs that I love –

„By your side“, a bit modified.

Family, friends and Tokio Hotel

have an immense value for me ...

so I decided, to have them on my

skin forever. <3

Rory, Italy

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I did this, because I think that it‘s very important to live every second

in our lives! And I feel good to have this on my skin, also because Tokio

Hotel are simply everything for me. When their music goes through

my heart, it leaves an emotion that doesn‘t go away... their music is the

language of my heart.

Luna, Italy 9

10During the last few years I‘ve been through big tragedies, awful and surprising deaths, that just gave a

giant turn to my life. A huge part of this tattoo and the phrase chosen is for these people, for very per-

sonal reasons. But the other side, a really important part of this tattoo goes to Tokio Hotel. One way or

another, I found my escape in music. Somehow, Tokio Hotel reached out to me, and they gave me this

place where I can feel safe and be okay just listening to a song. Sometimes when I‘m all alone and I listen

to one of their albums, I feel them ‘by my side‘ and every time I need to, I can cry, smile, jump, scream and

laugh. It seems really crazy being so attached to someone who doesn‘t know you, but honestly, I don‘t

really care. They helped me a lot, and they still do, I‘m sure that I will never forget everything they‘ve

given and taught me without knowing it.

I think I‘ll never find an answer to ‘Why them?‘. Anyway, stupid or not, I‘m proud of having this, because

as long it‘s good for me, I don‘t really care if people understand it or not.

I don‘t want to forget what they mean to me and for always being there in such awful times and for

having the perfect words at the perfect time.

I really hope to have the chance to thank them in person someday. :)

Nadia, Argentina

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LEMONIE, GERMANY

Every time someone asks me, what I

like best about my job, I usually pull

a card out of my box of „standard

answers“. That card usually says so-

mething like:

I HAVE THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL

AROUND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

Ever since November 23rd, 2010,

that box has one more cue-card in it.

Now I also can say:

I COULD GO TO THE TOKIO HOTEL

GIG IN SÃO PAULO.

Indeed, it was completely normal for

me to add the Brazilian metropolis

into my usual flight schedule when

I heard about the tour dates for the

November gigs in South America.

But really standing in the Via Fun-

chal on November 23rd, well, that

was a different story entirely...

We only landed in São Paulo on the

day before the big happening, so I

had to get through my usual stan-

dard program at the hotel: sleep, a

bit of wellness and lunch. When it

gradually got dark and you weren‘t

really supposed to go outside by

yourself as a woman, I got curious

despite the warnings and wanted

to take a closer look at the venue. So

I took a walk up the highway, past

the awful slums and parts of the city

with an enormous crime rate.

After about half an hour of walking

on foot, I came to what I think was a

„better“ part of town and all of the

sudden, it appeared before me. In

all its glory. The Via Funchal. Surpri-

singly, there wasn‘t one single Tokio

Hotel fan camping around the who-

le area which I thought was really

weird because people in all kinds of

online forums were reporting many

people have been „camping in front

of the venue for days“ already. As

you can probably guess, my illusion,

that information in Tokio Hotel fo-

rums is always true, was immediately

destroyed. ;)

Completely unimpressed, I went

back home where I instantly fell into

my bed because I was still pretty ti-

red from my long trip. When I woke

up on the next day, I could hardly be-

lieve what would happen that eve-

ning:

TOKIO HOTEL LIVE IN BRAZIL.

And I would be part of it!!

In the evening, I once again took a

walk to the venue and was surprised

to find out that the queue in front

of Via Funchal wasn‘t as long as I

thought it would be. Since I had a ti-

cket for the first sector anyway, I was

pretty relaxed when I started queu-

ing.

What really surprised me, was that

there wasn‘t any kind of hostility

towards me at all - on the contra-

ry - everyone was really friendly

towards me! All Brazilian fans, who

by the way also traveled to the con-

cert from all corners of the coun-

try, asked me about where I came

from and told me how happy they

were that I would „also be here“. I re-

member quite a bunch of concerts

in France where German fans were

barely tolerated and secretly hated

but in Brazil, I was loved for being a

fan from Germany. Not only people

being so friendly surprised me but

also the many different groups of

fans who stood together in front of

the venue. It was a colorful mix of all

kinds from groups of young men in

their twenties to whole school clas-

ses... everything you can possibly

think of.

The doors opened at 8pm sharp and

by that time, the fact that all fans

were completely relaxed didn‘t even

surprise me anymore. No quarreling,

no screaming, no pushing around,

no whining. Just a really relaxed

walk into the venue.

The Via Funchal is a transformed

theater that had all chairs taken out

of the ballroom just for the concert.

The venue wasn‘t all that big but

I still was really impressed by how

quickly the room filled up the the

brink until hardly any blank spots

were visible.

The first heartbeat started at 10pm!

I don‘t quite know what I expected,

but I was pretty sure that Tokio Ho-

tel wouldn‘t put up a special show

that evening. Nevertheless, what I

was able to witness and foremost

feel was something completely new:

The mood inside the venue was do-

minated by a sort of „freshness“, that

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concerts in Germany in a long time.

The Brazilian fans were so incredibly

happy to see Tokio Hotel for the first

time and the energy of that happi-

ness spread around like a wildfire

and pumped through everyone‘s

veins. I even forgot that I had seen

the boys life for an endless number

of times already because I was so

infected with that feeling of pure

happiness that everyone inside the

venue had written on their faces.

FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THAT THE

BOYS CAME ON STAGE, THE ENERGY

WAS CRACKLING!

I‘ve always been a huge fan of live

gigs, but I‘ve also seen the boys lose

some of the glamour they‘ve had in

their early days as they became more

professional on stage. This evening

though, the boys were completely

mesmerized by their fans. Bill looked

like he had waited all his life to play

just this one concert during every

song he performed and sometimes,

it even looked like he didn‘t even

know what to do with all of that re-

discovered energy he had.

Even Gustav, who I think had lost

some of his radiation in the last ye-

ars and often appeared to be de-

pressed, showed everyone his „hap-

py face“ that night. Tom and Georg

were in high spirits as usual and all

four boys really seemed as if that

evening was special to them. The

playlist lasted for about two hours,

just like the gigs in Germany.

As usual, I liked the songs a lot. But

what really impressed me that night

was the mood in the venue, that

made the concert in Sao Paulo abso-

lutely unforgettable. I could see the

spark of their early career in Bill, Tom,

Gustav and Georg‘s eyes. I could see

the little, innocent boys who so ea-

sily played their way in our hearts

with their music. That evening show-

ed me, that the boys still love their

job and probably will for a long time.

During the last song „Forever now“,

hope has risen inside of me, that

they soon will return to us with just

that energy, that got us all addicted

to them in the first place.

OBRIGADA, SAO PAULO!

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KIINSZY, MEXICO

Well, you sent me some flyers to give

away at the Tokio Hotel concert in

Mexico. I‘m sending you some pictu-

res of fans with your flyers - they ALL

wanted one!

They were like crazy, asking for more

- I was scared, haha! :D

BUT THAT‘S THE WAY IT IS IN OUR

COUNTRY MEXICO,

us fans are always crazy for eve-

rything we can get our hands on

and we scream really loudly and

hysterically!

Like for example, during the Tokio

Hotel concert, the guys freaked out

and stopped the concert for a bit

because so many girls were fainting!

I wasn‘t down in the mosh-pit where

it happened, but I was watching eve-

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seats at the very top)

Down there inside the venue, it was

really horrible to watch... the girls

had no air to breathe and they told

me after the concert that it was too

hot to stay inside the bulk of fans

- they were pushing each other

around like crazy!

The venue staff was nice enough to

toss them some water bottles before

and during the concert but a good

hundred girls still fainted before the

concert even started... a guesstimate

but there were many!

During the concert... I bet you can

imagine that as soon as Bill started

to sing, even more of them fainted!

I have to admit, I felt a little ashamed

that the guys had to watch all that. :(

NEVERTHELESS, THE CONCERT WAS

JUST AMAZING.

It was the first time I saw Tokio Hotel

LIVE - because the first time I saw the

band, it was in Acapulco at the TE-

LEHIT AWARDS and they were sadly

doing a playback back then (I was in

first row there though and that was

amazing too though!!).

At first, I was planning on going to

the Monterrey concert but sadly

that one got canceled!

Oh my god, you don‘t know how up-

set I was and how horrible that was

for me! I had everything perfectly

planned out - the hotel, the flight

and naturally, I‘ve also had a concert

ticket already! I mean... I had tickets

for the front row because for the

Monterrey concert, you could buy

tickets for the first sector! :(

So I had to do a change of plans -

when I asked my mom if I could go

to the concert in Mexico City, at first

she told me NO! YOU‘RE NOT GOING

ANYWHERE! and I felt like my whole

world was crashing down... so after

crying like a crazy person, she got

soft on me and told me: „Ok, but you

will buy seating tickets way above,

because I absolutely don‘t want you

down there!“

Well, of course I was upset with my

mom for that because I couldn‘t see

the band close-up like I saw them in

Acapulco but at least I was able to

enjoy the concert. I‘m still complete-

ly HEALTHY and I didn‘t have to suf-

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SPEAKER‘S CORNER THE DARK SIDE OF THE FANDOM ISSUE

Fanfiction is the term for stories written by Tokio Hotel fans

that put the band into new, extended or alternative situa-

tions compared to what really goes on in their lives. Or for all

fans of simple explanations: We do what we want with Tokio

Hotel!! :D

Matching with the general tone of this issue of MONSUN, we

decided to pick up on the taboo-topic „Fanfiction“ and had

a look around in fandom to find out who of you even reads

those stories, writes themselves, loves or even hates them.

The admittedly pretty surprising answers are published on

the following pages as usual! Have fun!


WHAT IS...Fanfiction-Rating??

G (General) = Bedtime-stories for all fans

PG (Partental Guidance) = Bedtime-stories for fans,

who are soooooo in love with Bill

R (Restricted) = Bedtime-stories for fans, who‘d like

to "reden“ with Bill

NC-17 = Bedtime-stories for fans, who dream of having filthy,

dirty sex with Tom

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Canon Stories = everything is as usual

AU (Alternate Universe) Stories = everything is pretty unusual

Fanfiction-Rating??

?!

OOC (Out Of Character) = even the author has to admit that the

Bill in her story doesn‘t really resemble the real Bill anymore

Categories

General = story, that might happen just like that in Tokio-Land

Pairings = who with whom and where and how and whaaat?

Het = Bill loves Girl... or Natalie... or any other person of the female persuasionSlash = That‘s where Bill loves Tom... or the truck-driver... or some other dude

OC (Original Character) = the author makes

up a person to star in the story (see also: Mary

Sue)Mary Sue = the simple most awesome person in the whole fan-

fiction, usually, loved by Bill eventually, aka.: the author herselfXD

Angst = when everything‘s REALLY big dramaGenre

Crack = completely messed up story, usually also pretty funny

Genderswitch = when one of the boys is suddenly one of the girls

Fluff / Schmoop = super-cute, super-fluffy story that gives you cavities during reading

Hurt/Comfort = something really awful happens to the princess (usu-ally Bill), but eventually, the prince (usually Tom) arrives to save her and there‘s a big happy end of epic, fairy-tale like proportions

Mpreg = how cute,Tokio-Babies! But do we really need girls to have babies? Nope!

PWP (Plot, What Plot?) = the typical TH-Porno. No plot, just sex

Twincest (TWC) = when Bill loves Tom and vice versa, VERY popular in combination with: see Hurt/Comfort

OTP (one true pairing) = THE ultimate favorite pairing (every reader has their own)



CAROLINA, CHILEI write and read fanfiction. It is one of my hobbies!I mean, it is a beautiful way to dream about something that you want to happen, right? You can be whoever you want and you can do anything you want with whoever you want... it‘s the perfect life! :)

KRISTYNA, CZECH REPUBLICI‘ve been reading Tokio Hotel fanfiction since 2007. It‘s incredible, how thrilling, sensitive and en-tertaining many of those stories are to me. Even if it‘s probably strange to turn two brothers into a couple, Bill and Tom really are the most interes-ting characters in the band to me and so I mostly read stories in which they are a couple.

MARIAN, AUSTRIA

Nope, I‘ve never written any fanfiction myself.

But that‘s mostly due to the fact that I don‘t have any good ideas of my own

and I don‘t want to steal someone else‘s. :)

CAROLINA, ARGENTINIAI don‘t read fanfiction, because I‘m usually too busy but I don‘t have any problems with them. I think it‘s a good idea to write and imagine a different reality and it‘s good to know that people can express their feelings and hopes in literature. Maybe I‘ll read one story some day - a lot of fans recommended some to me. ;)



XXHSK, FRANCE

I read A LOT of fanfiction about Tokio Hotel and the only pairing I read is Tom/Bill. I know

a lot of people find it sick to imagine the twins together but that‘s the only couple I like to

read about (Georg/Gustav is okay too but only as a “side pairing“ in a story). To be honest,

I‘m quite addicted to fanfiction. I read at least one chapter every night before going to

sleep because if I don‘t, I feel like I miss something.

It‘s quite great to imagine how the boys would live in a different way, personality and all.

I just simply love fanfiction, even though I‘m a bit picky about the stories I read, like all of

us: I can‘t stand fanfiction that aren‘t written well or that have too many mistakes in them. I

don‘t like those with unrealistic plots either.

GIULIA, ITALYI‘ve never written any fanfiction, but I read lots of them!I love Tokio Hotel fanfiction, because they‘re written by fans and so they report our dreams, our cares and our hopes... they‘re very important and significant for me!There are different types of fanfiction and I prefer those written by my favourite authors... because after reading lots of fanfiction in my time in the fandom already, I‘m passionate and loyal to those authors. :)

NICOLE, USAI really love reading Tokio Hotel fanfiction because of the variety of stories that creative fans such as myself write. Though I am not a writer myself, I have met amazing authors that write great fanfiction from around the world and I am always looking forward to new stories!

AIMEE, MEXICOI don‘t write fanfiction but I enjoy reading them. It‘s amazing how the fans write all those beautiful stories that make us imagine that perfect dream with our favorite band, hoping that one day it could be real. I love it!



ΛΊΝΑ ΤΡΕΛΌ ΤΟΚΙΟΧΟΤΕΛΆΚΙ, GREECELiving in another world... Doing things the way you like... Meeting or dating people you have only dreamed about... These are some of the best things about fanfiction. I write fanfiction and I enjoy reading them too. Fanfiction is like the drug that keeps me alive.

KATYA, RUSSIAOf course I read fanfiction - I spend so much time on keeping up with the newest chapters of my favorite stories, that I hardly have time to read „real“ books anymore! The great thing about fanfiction is that you‘re getting new chapters to read on a daily basis and that completely unrelated to whether the band is tou-ring at the moment or not! And if the band is on their way somewhere around the globe at that time, the recent news are just being written into the stories as well by the authors to keep them up to date, how great is that!I write fanfiction myself as well - have done for four years already! At the be-ginning, I wasn‘t very good but now, I think that my stories have been gradually getting better, because as an author, I get a lot of feedback from my readers! Writing fanfiction myself gives me the chance to meet up with Bill, date him or even be with him - all of that is stuff that would never happen to me in real life in a million years! But in fanfiction, I have a chance and that‘s really great!

HOT CHERRY, GERMANYI‘ve written one or two stories once, quite some time ago, and those weren‘t very good. I also took forever and a day to finish them. Now, I‘d rather read fanfiction. Most of the time, I enjoy those that are already finished or writ-ten by authors that I know of and that I know write good stories and finish them too - because it really sucks, when you‘re completely sucked into a sto-ry, only to have the author abandon it in the end.While reading fanfiction, you‘re in a fantasy world, experiencing loads of fun stuff. Some stories make me sad, others make me laugh and that‘s what I like so much about it.



HAZEL, LIECHTENSTEINYeah, I read fanfiction - even though not as regularly as when I first started out in fandom and yeah, I‘m also writing. I keep my stories to myself though and don‘t put them online.What I like is that the authors can pretty much do whatever they want because when it comes down to it, what fanfiction really is, is a lot of fantasy and hard work. Other than that, it‘s a good way to pass time for me whenever I‘m bored. Once I start rea-ding, I feel like I‘m in the middle of the story. What I don‘t like so much though is that a lot of fanfiction start to resemble one another and it‘s sometimes really obvious for the reader what‘ll happen next. :(

This time we‘re making an exception and are also adding a little comment from the MONSUN-staff to this article - not

without reason: When we called for comments about the topic „fanfiction“, we really didn‘t think we‘d get ONLY positive

comments! That‘s pretty amusing of course (and yeah, part of the MONSUN-staff is also addicted to fanfiction... ;D) and

also shows, that fanfiction apparently are an integral part of fandom. The creativity that goes into writing those stories is

just amazing so consider us big fans of all of you! :D

CARINA, AUSTRIAI don‘t read as much fanfiction anymore as I did some years ago but sure, the idea to write stories about the Tokio Hotel twins is pretty perfect. They totally match the Japanese ideal of beauty and since the shounen-ai genre also originates from Japan like the band‘s name, I think it fits Bill and Tom quite perfectly. And I think a lot of fans think just like me when they think about their wunderkinder! ;)

MARIA, ITALYI‘ve been through a couple of fandoms already. Nevermind, whether it‘s about a book-series, a movie or TV-show or a band that I like, fanfiction simply is one of the major parts of being in a fandom for me. Especially in the times, when Tokio Hotel is on break, it‘s great when you‘re able to read something „new“ about them at night. The stories also got better over the last five years and I‘m still happy to be browsing the various fan-fiction archives.

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Monsun: How did you get

the idea of making dolls?

Ages ago I found ball-

jointed Final Fantasy doll on Google

and fell in love immediately.

At some point I have seen the “Pup-

penjungs” and finally found a shop

in Germany and then it started!

How much time do you need for

one doll?

You can buy the basic doll and if I

have a character in mind, it actually

doesn‘t take that much time - I‘m

done within a few weeks, provided

I have all needed materials at home.

How many dolls do you have in

your collection so far?

By now I have five ball-jointed dolls

and one Pullip - so a total of six dolls.

How often do you re-style your

dolls?

I regularly redo the make-up for my


dolls since the fixing spray attracts a

lot of dust and dirt and the faces be-

come gray quickly.

I redo the make-up once a year

and more often if I’m dissatisfied.

I change the clothes for every new

photo-shoot or if I have something

new, otherwise they remain the

same style.

Zuko is an exception – save for his

hair, he changes clothes regularly.

He often gets new stuff. Whenever I

discover a new piece of clothing on

Bill that I like, Zuko gets it aswell. As

far as it is feasible to reproduce that

is.

Any other things to tell about

your dolls?

Apart from the fact, that four of

them don‘t get much love compa-

red to Zuko, there’s not much to tell.

I love all of them.

Sometimes I wonder if I really need

them all, but I think I could never sell

one of them. Every doll has its own

story and to me they‘ve become

something like little roommates by

now.

Something that probably many

people wouldn’t understand unless

they have a doll or something simi-

lar as well is that they – and espe-

cially Zuko - help me cope with bad

times in life. They comfort me and

even improve my mood, just like

really good friends who don‘t say

anything but are just there for you,

who listen. ;D

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Monsun: How did you

get the idea for making

dolls?

This was actually quite spontane-

ous. I just wanted to try to make a

Mini-Bill. :)

How long do you need for one?

Oh, this is quite different. Depends

on what person it shall become. ;)

Usually I need several hours.

How big is your current “puppet

army” at the moment?

There are currently four Mini-Bills,

two Mini-Toms and two life-size

dolls at my place.

At a friend‘s place in Cologne there

“live” about 22 dolls, 2 are in France,

one Tom doll in the Netherlands and

4 in Germany.

At the moment, I’m making 2 dolls

for the PETA campaign – they have

everything it takes to become my

personal favorites.

Do you have other dolls or „only“

the twins?

I once tried a Justin Bieber doll,

which now belongs to the daughter

of a friend. Otherwise I stick to the

twins, because Bill and Tom really

fascinate me.

Where do you get their outfits

from?

I sew most of the clothes myself.

Some other parts I buy, mainly in

Hong Kong.

How often do you re-style them

do you create a new doll every

time?

I make a new one each time.

Which materials do you use?

The little dolls are made of plastic,

with movable joints. The large pup-

pets consist of fiber glass reinforced

plastic.

Would you want to tell us anything

else about you or your dolls?

My first attempt was an epic fail and

went straight into the garbage. ;)

I am really happy about your inte-

rest in my dolls and just wanted to

tell something about me - I think,

I’m a completely unusual Tokio Ho-

tel fan. I’m 37 and a single mother of

two boys. They like the mini Bills and

Toms very much as well, especially

my little boy who even managed

to turn me into a TH fan. I’m pretty

fascinated by Tom and Bill as indi-

viduals. What they achieved in their

young lives till now and so on. I have

a lot of respect for it.

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To celebrate the „Dark Side of the Fandom“ issue, we‘d like to introduce an artist to you, who‘s more than well-known

in fandom already - and if you don‘t know her, it‘s about damn time!! We‘re extremely excited to show some of

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„THE SUBJECT OF TWINS ALWAYS SEEMED VERY INT-RIGUING TO ME. TWINS ARE A MIRACLE OF NATURE.“


„WHEN I SAW TOKIO HOTEL ON A MUSIC CHANNEL FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THOUGHT THAT BILL AND TOM WERE ONE PERSON,

PLAYING DIFFERENT CHARACTERS...“

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„I LIKE THEIR MUSIC, THEIR PERSONAL STYLE AND THEIR PERSONALITIESWHICH CARRIES A CONFLICT, NOT ONLY WITH SOCIETY, BUT BETWEEN THE

TWO OF THEM AS WELL.“

HALL OF FSHAME THE DARK SIDE OF THE FANDOM ISSUE

We‘ve saved the best for last... or something like that. The grand finale of the Hall of FShame series features Bill

and seriously, at least two double pages full of epic failures would be just right for him... at least that was our

first thought when we got to it. However, what we have discovered while browsing through the images is, that

the TH frontman is by far better dressed than we expected. And better than his band mates anyway.

THERE WERE A FEW DISCUSSIONS AND DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE FANDOM BECAUSE OF HIS DREADS BACK IN 2009, BUT EVERYONE AGREED ON THE OUTFIT. DARK CO-LOURS DO FIT OUR BILL. AND VESTS OR COATS AND HEAVY CHAINS BELONG TO BILL JUST AS THE BLACK PANDA EYES.


Just like his big bro, Bill tends to

walk around with a short jacket

when it’s freezing cold outside

or in a fur cap in midsummer. We re-

commend: before reaching into your

wardrobe you better surf by wetter.

com or simply open the hotel win-

dow to check. Could help a lot and

we wouldn’t have to wonder (and

worry) so much. And just a hint, Bill:

sometime soon, when you‘ll least

expect it, we’ll come to your place

and burn all of your men-high-heels

in a spontaneous bonfire!!!!!

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2010: OMNOMNOMNOM!WHAT IS BILL DREAMING OF AT NIGHT? OBVIOUSLY ABOUT BEING THE COOKIE -MONSTER FROM THE SESAME STREET.

2008: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD!EVEN BILL‘S WAX FIGURE LOOKS MORE ALIVE THAT THAT! LOTS OF IN-NOCENT, PLASTIC RAVEN BOUGHT AT A 1$-THRIFT-STORE PROBABLY HAD TO DIE FOR THIS JACKET AND BILLS MAKE-UP ONLY CONSISTS OF BLACK EDDING AND COVER-STICK. WHY? :((


2005: THE PANTS-FAUX-PAS!THE PHOTO, THAT THE MONSUN EDI-TORIAL STAFF FEARS SO MUCH, THE ONE THAT MAKES US ALMOST BLIND WHEN LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. THAT BILL IS WAXING! (OUCH) IS A WELL ESTABLISHED FACT BY NOW. AFTER WE COULD CLEAR THAT ONE OUT NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE.

THE THING THAT FITS BILL LIKE A GLOVE IS STILL BIG, FAT JEWELERY. THE KINDA STUFF YOU CAN ONLY ROCK IF YOU’RE REALLY TAAAAAALL AND ON TOP OF IT DON’T LOOK LIKE A CLOWN. WORLD STAGE OUTFIT: TOP TOP TOP!

AND THAT IS OUR ALL TIME FAVORI-TE: ON STAGE WEARING A LEATHER JACKET, T-SHIRT AND JEANS. BIG, BIG, EPIC LOVE!!!

Some days - oddly enough mostly at award shows – you can hear a collective groan ripple through the fandom. Rarely

out of joyful excitement. Pieces that are separately outrageous (hellooo, funny cloud, tie-dye pants worn at the MTVLA

Awards 2008?), can only really develop their full fugliness in combination with other hideous clothes. The only reason we

aren’t totally blind at this stage is because these fashion failures are – thank god- most of the time compensated by really

great outfits. Yet, he has simply taste. Most of the time at least. ;D

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The members of the Fanclub from

Argentinia had big loads of fun at

their last meeting! During one of the

games they played, the fans had to

guess various Tokio Hotel song-tit-

les and race each other divided up

in teams.

They also built a huge Tokio Hotel

logo with their bodies! :D

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The official Fanclub Belgium celebrated a huge pancake-party on the 5th of Fe-

bruary! Seventeen Tokio Hotel fans managed to eat 100 pancakes, a big bunch

of tiramisu-speculatius-cookies, one chocolate cake with hazlenut-filling as

well as loads of speculatius-pasta, sugar, jam and maple syrup. THAT‘s what we

call an accomplishment - consider us impressed! We‘re bowing down before

the whole lot of you and your engagement!! ;D

tokiohotel-belgium.net

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On March 5th, the official Finnish

Fanclub celebrated the one-year-an-

niversary of the Tokio Hotel concert

in Helsinki Ice Hall.

Forty fans came to reminisce about

the big day of the Finland-gig with

one another and meet up on a day

without the usual concert-related

stress, to match online-usernames

with faces and just to meet new

people and make new friends.

After one big introduction, a lot of

group-pictures were taken and of

course, the meeting was filmed as

well - mainly to remember the many

games they played and TH-songs

they sang with each other!

tokiohotel.fi

Fans in Peru celebrated their own Tokio Hotel-days with many posters, songs

and balloons. It was a very special day for all little Aliens who were able to at-

tend the party - being Tokio Hotel fans is the best thing that happened in the

lives of those girls and they‘re proud of their favorite band! So are we!

tokiohotelperu.foroactivo.com



Not even a bothersome laptop

on strike could ruin the fanparty

of the official Canadian Fanclub -

they just organized a new, properly

functioning DVD-Player and saved

everyone‘s evening! The stress that

the organization-committee had

in order to be able to throw a kick-

ass party for their members totally

paid off a hundred times in the end

though! Self-printed posters, little

gift-bags for every attendee of the

party, signs, raffle-prizes and, and,

and... the Canadian Fanclub REALLY

went out of its way for this party so

of course, some fans even took four-

hours-long drives to be able to at-

tend!

Beside a DVD-screening, the fans

also played a game in which they

had to draw whatever was written

on little cards... they had to accomp-

lish not so easy tasks like „draw one

of the band-members as an animal“.

Of course, all drawn pictures were

presented to the whole group, much

to everyone‘s amusement!

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The MONSUN-Team would just

like to state at this point, how JEA-

LOUS we are that the Colombian

Fanclub has sooo many awesome

cardboard-set ups of the band! WE

WANT THOSE AS WELL!!!!!

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On April 16th, there wasn‘t only a

small TH-meetup in Olsztyn, nope,

the town also celebrated the ope-

ning of the motorcycle-saison! Need-

less to say, the fans mingled with the

other partying folk and even got a

bunch of die-hard bikers to pose

with a DAA-poster to celebrate TH‘s

fight against AIDS. The three Polish

fans were so busy supporting their

cause that several bypassers even

stopped to ask what was going on

- to be promptly educated about

DAA, PETA and naturally Tokio Hotel.

The fans even got congratulated by

several people for their hard work!

That‘s just fan-engagement on the

highest level, what do you think?! :D

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At this point, we‘re honored to not

only introduce one but two fanpar-

ties by the Russian Fanclub!!

For one, they had a fabulous

Valentine‘s Day-campaign called

„Feel Our Love“ in which fans

distributed small, heart-shaped

Valentine‘s Day cards that had the

best and most romantic TH-lyrics

and quotes on them to random

strangers.

And then, there was of course the

big New Year‘s party, that happened

in a real rock-club this year! Loud

music, awesome prizes, dancing fans

in the mood for some heavy celeb-

ration... in just a short time, it was so

hot inside the club that everyone

forgot that the party happened du-

ring the icy, Russian winter!

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The most active members of the Lithuanian fanclub celebrated a comfy fan-

evening together. A total of five cakes (!) made up for the horrible weather that

went down outside, even though one of them didn‘t make it save inside the

building - it was still delicious nevertheless! ;)

Together, the fans talked about fanclub-related actions, newspaper-articles and

happenings and together they remembered all the awesome times they‘ve

had together. There was also a small quiz in which fans had to answers questi-

ons concerning the other official fanclubs - of course, this wasn‘t a problem at

all for the attendees, as is natural for busy fanclub-members! :D

There was a lot of dancing and chatting and in the end, everyone rolled up in

their sleeping-bags to watch a bit of TV!

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The fan-parties thrown by the official Fanclub of the Philippines are LEGENDA-

RY (yep, in capital letters!), everyone should be aware of that by now. So natu-

rally, this party was once again proof of how much work the organizers put into

being able to offer only the best to their fans!

„Rated G“ - a party to honor Georg‘s birthday! Never before was there a party

like that! Just like at the last party, the Philippine fans were able to take hilari-

ous pictures in a photobox that they could take home with them as a keepsake

(note from the MONSUN-Team: We want that as well!!) and of course, aweso-

me games like „Pin Mr-Sandberg to Georg“, where blindfolded fans had to pin

Georg‘s bass to a concert-picture, weren‘t amiss at the party either. :D

As usual, there were lots of great prizes to be won, small gifts for all fans, a small

sales-counter, where you could buy posters and other merchandise and natu-

rally endless amounts of delicious ice-cream! As usual, one extremely success-

ful party in the Philippines!

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FAN-ACTIONSAre seldom successful, completely overrated and only for pompous as-ses (= the ORGANIZATION-COMIT-TEE).

TGOT (The Good Old Times)Are being missed most dearly. Back then, when Bill still had the pretty, long hair and the crooked teeth, when he was still chubby-cheeked, before his voice was breaking, when he was tiny, had no pubic-hair, erm, facial hair, didn‘t wear de-signer-clothes, drank Red Bull, loved Burgers, spoke German in interviews, all albums were released in German only, Bill wasn‘t an arrogant ass but one of us, ..... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! *teary breakdown*

GIRLFRIENDOnly the Gs are allowed to have those. We would be happy for the twins from the bottom of our hearts if they found some-one too though. Really. No, re-ally! Don‘t look at us like that and GET THAT BITCH OVER THERE AWAY FROM TOM!!!

COSPLAYERAre mostly girls who dress up as Bill and Tom. Are re-ally tough but nevertheless not really amused by new tattoos that Mister and Mis-ter Kaulitz come up with and more recently, cosplay-ers also have problems with non-existent facial hair.

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TWINCESTIs awfully fascinating for many fans. Good fans pretend like they don‘t know what it is. Twin-whaaat??

GRÜTZELAre the better fans: tough, loyal like dogs, wind- and weather-resistant and always on the move once the band is as well.

LOITSCHEThe place that started it all! The place, whe-re nothing, really NOTHING is to do, except to imagine how bored the twins must have been because there was REALLY NOTHING to do at all.

MONSUNThat‘s us. Naturally. We are awesome. And funny and nice and good-looking and hard working and also totally humble. ... oh yeah, and then there‘s that one Tokio Hotel-song...

LOFTFirst official twins-living-space after they moved out of Hotel-Mom. Attracted fans ma-gically - see also: TGOT.

MANAGEMENTUniversally usable. If all else fails: always at fault. Pseudo-argument in petty fan-wars: BUT I AM IN CONTACT WITH MANAGEMENT AND I WILL REPORT YOU!!Yeaaah, sure. Wait... we‘ll be right back... we gotta get the phone... David is calling...!!

OLDIESAre all fans who are one day older than oneself which raises the justified question: what are peo-ple who are that old even doing in this fandom? Other than that, they‘re actually really the better fans (see also: Grützel).

PIERCINGGuys with pierced belly-buttons are gay. See also: Gay.

SUPER-MARKETHolds a very special fascination for Bill. Being able to buy his yoghurt by himself apparently happens to be the ultimate epitome of freedom!

SOONHas its very own meaning in the Tokio-world because it doesn‘t mean “tomor-row“ or “in a week“ or “in a month“ but points at an unknown, indefinite mo-ment in some faraway future.

STALKERAre the reason why the twins are now li-ving in L.A.. Thanks a bunch!

GAYIs Bill. Because when it comes down to it, that‘s still better than admitting to oneself that he‘s straight and STILL not friggin‘ in-terested in us at all.


Bill and Tom with facial hair - I bet, many of us couldn‘t even properly imagine that. Same for me, I couldn‘t even guess

what that would look like. But nothing‘s impossible for our super-twins and bang, our thoughts became the hard truth.

Whether this is actually something, you‘d want to see or not, that‘s of course another question.

In the first picture that had Bill and his beard in it, I have to admit, I thought it was dirt on his face at first - but whatever!

Bad camera, bad quality of the video, maybe he didn‘t wash his face properly in the morning... hey, as a real fan, you never

stop believing after all! But even the pictures that followed didn‘t exactly manage to make that darn beard more attracti-

ve or prettier to me - worse, it even seemed as if it had miraculously multiplied because it had infected Tom as well! And

not only that - that relatively harmless 3-o-clock shadow even morphed into something akin to a daring moustache and

phew, Tom, I never...! ;D According to Bill in the Russian Bravo, Tom and him usually run around unshaven at home... and

in case that‘s really true, I REALLY don‘t want to imagine that - considering all the time they usually spend inside, those

beards must grow into monsters even the Yeti would be proud of!! Personally, I‘m a very anti-beard person myself and I

think that it doesn‘t really fit the twins and their style - I‘d rather they go back to their usual baby-faced selves! But hey,

everyone‘s gotta decide for themselves and thank God that everyone‘s got different tastes. Bill has shown himself without

his beard in the meantime - hey, Tom, this is me giving you a broad hint as well! - and with that has given us anti-beard

fans a bit of hope! ...but then the beard came back (and doesn‘t that sound like a really bad horror movie? „The Return of

the Beard of Doom!“) so the beard-lovers (do those fans even exist?) got something out of it as well. Some hairy issue this

is, seriously! Well, we‘ll see. It‘ll certainly keep us up on our toes!

Dr. Nics still recommends: Shave! Quickly! (If you boys want, I‘ll help and even make room for you in my home office!)

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Issue #10 in Autumn 2011

S. 19 : Carrie

S. 19 : Sarinkay

S. 19 : Patrycja Kaulitz

S. 20,22,23 : TH_Info

S. 33 : Kadaj

S. 34,35,53 : Bito-ka

S. 40,41,50 : THUS

S. 41: THHQ

S. 41 : LoveTH-Music

S. 42 : TH Argentinia

S. 42 : TH Belgium

S. 43 : TH Finland

S. 43 : TH Peru

S. 44 : TH Canada

S. 45 : TH Colombia

S. 45 : Martyna

S. 46 : TH Russia

S. 47 : TH Lithuania

S. 48 : TH Pilipinas

S. 50 : Rina & Yvi

S. 52 : Nics

S. 54 : Universal

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Publisher / Editors: Poppy & Ziggy

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Graphics & Layout: Ziggy

Webmaster: Dani

Beta: Chiriy, Paraboobizarre, Poppy, Starshine

External Contributors: Aimee, Aina, Bito-ka, Carina, Carolina from Argentinia,

Carolina from Chile, Giulia, Hazel, Hot Cherry, Kadaj, Katya, Kiinszy, Kristyna,

Lemonie, Maria, Marian, Nicole, Sarah, Starshine, XXHSK

Willing Intern: Dr.Nics

Endless Thank-Yous and our firstborns go to: Ana, Bianca, Jeannett, Kimberly,

Krystina, Luna, Mary, Nadia, NERO, Tokio Hotel Fanclubs from Argentinia, Belgium,

Canada, Columbia, Finland, Lithuania, Pilipinas, Poland, Peru, Russia, Rory, Sylvia, Tetzi, TH Info, Universal Music Austria as

well as all friends and readers who support us.

Remember: we love you! <3

Photos:

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S. 4,15 : Tetzi

S. 6 : Milly & Alex

S. 7 : TH Lithuania

S. 7,24,25 : Kiinszy

S. 8,9 : Mike Fabio

S. 10,11 : Starshine

S. 4,11,12 : MONSUN

S. 12,13 : Sarah

S. 14 : Jeannett

S. 16 : Bianca

S. 16 : Mary

S. 15,17 : Ana

S. 18 : Kimberly

S. 18 : Rory

S. 18 : Krystina

S. 18 : Sylvia

S. 19 : Nadia

S. 19 : Luna

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