Theory: How One Direction Rose to Fame

       So, you've heard of One Direction? I'm not surprised. In most places, you can't go very far without hearing the band's name or seeing the members' faces. But how did they come to be the successful band they are today? How can the rise of One Direction correlate with the decline of massively popular '90's boy bands like *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys? Questions like these have perplexed my mind and have led me to create a hypothesis. 

Theory: How One Direction Rose to Fame

       One dark night, the members of *NSYNC were taking a canoe ride in a lagoon. They were talking about the usual, cracking occasional jokes at bandmates, when someone decided to take it too far. 
       "Chris, if you keep getting fatter, you're gonna hit the sun one day," JC Chasez says. 
       "How could you say something like that?!" Chris Kirkpatrick asks, completely aghast. Offended, he jumps into the lagoon, in which the alligators swiftly devour him. 
       "No! My friend!" JC cries. Unable to deal with the guilt wracking his body, JC also dives into the lagoon and meets the same fate as Chris. 
       "Hey, Joey!" Lance Bass calls. "You aren't too far away from hitting the sun either."
       "Lance! How could you?!" Mortified, Joey Fatone plunges into the lagoon and becomes dinner for the alligators. 
       "No! My best friend!" Horrified at the thought of causing his bandmate's suicide, Lance jumps out of the canoe and is instantly eaten. 
       "Oh no! My bandmates! What will I do now?!" Justin Timberlake cries."Oh yeah! I have a successful solo career!" 
       Realizing his fame did not depend on his group members, Justin rows the canoe toward the dock. Once he reaches, he sees none other than Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. 
      "You let your bandmates die! How horrible of you!" Nick screams. "You only care about your solo career, you filthy, selfish imbecile!" 
       Justin is immediately horrified by his behavior. "I let my friends die! I am a filthy, selfish imbecile!" Thoroughly disgusted by his actions, Justin throws himself out of the canoe and meets the same cruel fate as the rest of *NSYNC. 
      "Yes! Now we are the greatest boy band alive!" Nick cheers. 
      "Wouldn't it just have been easier to shoot them all or something?" Howie Dorough asks.
      "No! We needed to get rid of the evidence! With all this advanced technology, they would have traced the DNA back to us," Brian Littrell explains. 
      "Whatever you say, I guess," AJ McLean says, more than a little confused. 
      "Well, we did accomplish our goal," Kevin Richardson adds. All the other Backstreet Boys agree. 
      What they didn't know, was that 98 Degrees was watching them. Sitting on top of clouds, they were recording everything the Backstreet Boys were saying. 
      "Let's give this to TMZ!" Drew Lachey exclaims. 
      "That's a brilliant idea!" Nick Lachey chimes in. 
      "Let's go!" Justin Jeffre orders. 
      "Thank God! I hate these clouds!" Jeff Timmons adds. 

      A few hours later, Nick Carter is checking the news on his phone. Suddenly, he sees a "Breaking News" sign flash on the screen. He clicks on it, and is redirected to an article with the title "Backstreet Boys Responsible for Death of *NSYNC."
     "No! We have been discovered!" Afraid of facing the consequences, Nick runs to his car and climbs on top of it. His driver gets into the car to go for a quick ride, and Nick is thrown off, meeting an unfortunate fate. 
     "No! Our youngest, most attractive member is gone!" Brian screams, completely shocked. 
     "We can't be successful now!" AJ cries. 
     Unable to go on without Nick, the rest of the Backstreet Boys jump into manholes.
     "Yes!" cheers Drew, who was watching from behind a bush. "Now 98 Degrees will be the biggest boy band in the world!" 
     What they didn't know, was that One Direction had inserted cameras into the ground, recording 98 Degrees's schemes. 
     "I think we should give this to TMZ," Harry Styles suggests. 
     "Yeah. That would be a wonderful idea," Zayn Malik compliments. 
     "What if someone else is actually recording us?" Liam Payne asks.
     "He has a point. 98 Degrees thought no one was watching them, but of course they were wrong," Louis Tomlinson adds. 
     "Oh, don't worry about that. I've already surveyed the land," says Niall Horan. "I have to put all my money to some use."
     "That's bloody brilliant!" Zayn cheers. With that, the members of One Direction take their footage to TMZ. 

      Later in the day, the members of 98 Degrees are all watching the news in their personal theater. Suddenly, dreadful words appear on the screen. Emblazoned on the TV screen is the headline "98 Degrees Put an End to the Backstreet Boys."
      "No! We are disgraced!" Jeff screams. Justin pulls out his laptop, and the four book tickets to Syria, a place they wouldn't be publicly shamed in. Hours later, they are all on a flight to the Middle East. 
      From that day on One Direction was the biggest boy band on the planet, and they danced all night to the best song ever.

It's 1D!!!!