Some of her fans do pratically worship her. One of them even made a effing prayer about her. :/ That’s just a tad overboard am I right?

and this is not her church.

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Only gods are worshipped unconditionally. People have to earn their love.

And Lady Gaga is only human - without question both deservedly famous and polarising, talented and fallible.

She attracts more fawning fanboyism than any artist with only two albums deserves, and just as much uninformed criticism from those who underestimate her.

So welcome to the middle - where we want the best from her... but good or bad, we'll take everything for what it is.

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Sat Oct 16

Anonymous asked: Some of her fans do pratically worship her. One of them even made a effing prayer about her. :/ That's just a tad overboard am I right?

Found it! (note: I do not endorse the below in any way, shape or form)

Our GaGa who art in Disco Heaven Glorious be thy name Thy Fame will come Your Fashion become on Earth as it is in Disco Heaven Give us this day, our daily Monster And forgive us our opposing fan bashing As we listen to your timeless hits In hopes, others shall do the same And lead us not into a Bad Romance, But the music of a siren . For thine is the Thrown, and the Fame, and your Queenliness, for ever and ever. Gaymen.

Okay, so it’s clearly tongue-in-cheek… but I’m not kidding - I truly believe someone will start a genuine religious movement around her soon. Maybe a pro-LGBT Christian group will break away from the mainstream? Spreading the message of love and equality as a cult would be surprisingly effective - but it’s a dangerous way to think about a mere person.

But I can foresee this: early death would make her more of a martyr than any figure in recent memory. I wish Gaga a long, full life - but unlike Madonna, who always seemed like she’d be the first to live forever, there’d be something strangely poetic about a tragic death. Some have already compared her to John Lennon (I’m thinking Martin Luther King, really), and it sounds completely ridiculous right now, but who knows? Never underestimate a popstar.

In 1984, Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire whilst filming a Pepsi ad - but he kept up the act even as he was being wheeled away on a stretcher, even holding up his single glove.

Though many of his songs were about love, he died not as a martyr, but an entertainer. In the public eye, he was a shadow of his former self, but we mourned him nevertheless, though This Is It later revealed he was as talented a performer as ever. Now imagine Lady Gaga as a socially conscious gay hero at the absolute height of her powers, stoic, striking a pose to the very end - wearing that glove even in death. I’d be equal parts hugely, morbidly impressed (even more than of Thích Quảng Đức), sad for her passing, and completely fucking terrified of the reaction.

By never being out of costume, Lady Gaga’s living her entire life in character. It’s both completely absurd and uncomfortable that I’m talking about this, but the most poignantly tragic ending to the movie isn’t the best in real life. I for one wish her a happily ever after.