#RP612fic trends anew
MANILA, Philippines – The hashtag #RP612fic on Sunday trends anew on Twitter as the country celebrates the 118th Philippine Independence Day. “RP612fic” which means Republic of the Philippines June 12 fiction is currently the top trending topic on Twitter Philippines with over 163,000 tweets as of posting. It trended as Filipino netizens combined Philippine history and pop culture in their humorous tweets.
Netizens modernized Philippine history and national heroes by incorporating the current trends in the pop culture and creating their Twitter-length versions of history.
The hashtag #RP612fic started in 2009 when Filipino writer Paolo Chikiamco of RocketKapre.com started this #RP612fic Twitter event. It also trended last year.
For this year’s Independence Day, the creative tweets shared by netizens were photos or memes of national heroes doing the running man challenge, using social media app Snapchat and Facebook and using transportation apps like GrabCar and Uber. There were also tweets where the term “squad goals” was used, as well as lyrics from songs by Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna’s.
Here are some of #RP612fic tweets which modernized and injected humor to the Philippine history:
Marcela Marino de Agoncillo singing while making the Philippine Flag
— Gigi HaDONT (@godwinlukeuy43) June 12, 2016
"Work, work, work, work, work" ~#RP612fic pic.twitter.com/1WlLUoH4hc
Basilio:omg! 200 missed calls from mama
— kathrina (@carmellekath) June 12, 2016
Crispin:Lagot! #RP612fic
when u got a country to fight for but u still waitin for ur GrabKalesa #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/oq0lngYomE
— blessie justine (@tabbioca) June 12, 2016
Francisco Balagtas: Then vs. Now #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/wu0XzDNqMj
— John Lloyd (@jlsawal_) June 12, 2016
You shouldn't miss Tandang Sora's newest album. #RP612fic pic.twitter.com/STDxOnZbcJ
— Hg (@fatpotatooo) June 12, 2016
#RP612fic
— shawn mendes ph ? (@fearlesserababy) June 12, 2016
bad blood squad be like : pic.twitter.com/MQ2qC0P6jx
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