The Number One Star in the Interstellar Era

ASTRID'S ears perked up when he heard that. After the released of the latest [Star List], Polaris made a poll about his possible fandom name. This fandom name would then be the name of the fan club.

This was actually something that's not common in this era. The people in the industry thought that it's an outdated custom. Even the general public didn't think much of it. Of course, fan clubs still existed. It's just that people only referred to them as [celebrity name]'s fan club.

Polaris didn't think the same as the majority. They believed that a fandom with a name would make that fandom have their own identity. Which would also make them closer to the artist they're supporting.

But they also knew that not every artist under them would want that. So, they would give an option whether their artist would want to have a fandom name or not. Of course, they only offer this once the artist reached a certain recognition. After all, what's the point of having a fandom when there were no fans at all?

One of the celebrities of Polaris who agreed to that was Lauren. His fandom name was called 'Laurels'.

Even the current number one on the [Star List], Valentine Davis, had a fandom name. Funnily enough, Valentine's company did not make this fandom name nor by himself. His fans were the ones who made it.

When he started to become number one on the list for three consecutive years, his fans jokingly referred to him as the 'emperor'. It stuck and then the fans just naturally called themselves as his loyal 'knights'. And so, his fandom name just naturally became that. The Knights.

Astrid shared the same opinion as Polaris, that's why he also agreed to have a fandom name. An artist and their fans were like a storyteller and their audience. What's the point of a storyteller telling their stories if there was no audience? In this line of work, one should always value the people supporting them.

"Which one won?" he asked.

He avoided looking at the poll, so he didn't know the names that were in it. He did that because he didn't want to unintentionally like one name more than the others. This way, he wouldn't feel disappointed if the name he liked was not chosen.

"It's 'Starlight'. It won by a landslide," Ellis answered.

"Starlight..." Astrid tested saying the name. "I like it." And he was not just saying that for the sake of it. He truly liked how the name sounded. "But does it have any special meaning? Or did the company only select it because it has the word 'star'?"

"It has one. Actually, all the names they listed on the poll had meanings behind them. The company really put a lot of effort into it."

"So, what does 'Starlight' mean?"

"It meant you're the 'star' and they are the 'lights' that will help you shine even brighter."

Astrid was a bit surprised after hearing that. He didn't expect that it would have a very idol-like meaning. He could imagine any idol group from his past life having this as a fandom name. It's pretty though.

"Since the fandom name was already decided, it will be added to Polaris' official fan community. There, you can interact with your fans, at a very minimal level, of course. Your fans can also interact with each other. It will make it easier for them to organize special events for you, things like that. Posting photos there from time to time could be a small reward to your fans, so please do so."

Astrid nodded. He was familiar with such things. Giving fan-service like that to fans was only natural.

"The fan club will need a president who will communicate with the fan site manager assigned by the company," Ellis continued. "But since your fandom is still relatively young, it will probably take a while for your fans to organize things by themselves and decide on who would be the president."

At the mention of the fan club president, Astrid couldn't help but remember a comment/s he had seen before. They were comments teasing Wulfric's fan account about him being the president of his fan club.

Surely, no matter how irrational Wulfric could get when it came to him, the other wouldn't lobby to become the club president, right?

Right?

Astrid shook his head at that bad premonition. To get his mind off that possibility, he just posted something on [Cyberspace].

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A certain number one fan was reading a new post from his favorite actor.

Astrid Townsend v: The voting pole for the fandom name has just ended. Thank you to everyone who participated! Your continued encouragement means a lot to me. I hope we can be together for a long, long time, my Starlights! ^^

Without even thinking, he quickly posted a reply.

@astridsnumber1fan: [We will be together forever! #StarlightswithAsterForever]

Wulfric smiled in satisfaction. Starlight - he was glad that this was the fandom name that won. He also voted for this choice. Thankfully, Aster's other fans also had taste and chose it.

Their fandom needed to be more organized and unified. Especially after the hate bombardment Aster experienced this past week. Because of those damn haters, the time he spent this past week scouring [Cyberspace] and putting the damn bastards in their shitty place was probably much longer than what he spent doing actual work.

He didn't only have verbal battles with them, he also made sure that their [Cyberspace] account would be suspended. Seriously, if it was only up to him, he would have already sent those trash to prison. But alas, that would be abused of authority.

Of course, if someone really dared to cross the line and hurt Aster in a physical manner, he would make that person's life hell.

Wulfric honestly couldn't understand why these people would be mad at Aster for something that he accomplished fair and square. He shook his head. Really, what jobless behavior.

He read the comments under Aster's post and his eye twitched when he saw trolls commenting under it. And so, he started another round of reporting those accounts and making sure they will be suspended.