If I were good at this, the clever title above would be followed by charming witticisms and a succinct but eloquent overview of this thread's intended purpose. As it is, it is followed only by words. Edit: Okay, so the intent here is kind of multifaceted. I want people to be able to share their stories and experiences and talk about goth culture and goth interests (spooky junk, horror movies, music, art, etc) as well as share cool stuff. Share the art, music, pictures clothing, videos, etc etc.
I always figured goth was more of a way of being, a perspective on the world, more than a fashion style; but then I've pretty much always been the cryptogoth of any group. In high school people assumed I was the token normal friend that the goths tolerated.
I've always wanted to get into goth fashions and mindset, but felt awkward because I wasn't into the goth music at the time when I looked into it and felt like an interloper as a result. I do broach more nihilistic mindsets though, and have a strong fondness for the creepy and eerie, so I feel like it's a good fit even discounting the music? Now that I'm older, I've been trying to embrace more, and been pretty happy about it.
I'm slowly trying to build up my collection of black and skulls and crap XD my mom refused to let me get anything remotely "creepy" so now that i get to pick my own stuff i basically wear black and red, nothing else.
tbh, I only recently got really into the music that started the movement. It seriously took me forever to get a proper taste of Joy Division, Bauhaus, the Smiths, and their ilk. I was such a curebaby though; i kinda cut my fangs on the original Crow soundtrack and Type O Negative, but at the time I was a little more taken by industrial and punk music. It didn't interfere with my spooky social life though. In college I was introduced to the music of Voltaire and Rasputina, and gradually worked my way around to the classics. I used to be kind of put off by how very 80s that stuff sounded, but I have come to learn that a lot of the 80s style was kind of influenced by the proto-gothic experiements.
i think i probably qualify as cryptogoth :'D definitely a fondness for the fashion and a lot of the mindset aligns with my kind of stuff slowly building up a wardrobe of things to wear, as income allows :p dixi has a lot of jewelry that's heart eyes, motherfucker
Oh oh oh! I strongly recommend you find the book "What Is Goth?" by Voltaire! It's and inexpensive, slender little book filled with humorous observations of goth culture and style, with some very handy tips on how to play with the aesthetic on a budget. The companion book "Paint it Black" is more focused on homemaking so you can help your home convey your aesthetic (again, lots of budget-conscious tips). It's all very playful and fun, and well worth reading!
I'm a lolita. We're sort of the adopted Japanese stepchildren of goth, although I'm typically a sweet/classic lolita rather than a true gothic lolita. I also do the pinup thing.
I pitched straight into horror movie fandom at age eleven or so, then discovered I look really good in dark lipstick and let it spiral from there. I have so many things with skulls on them now :D
So these days, as a woman in her early 30s, I consider myself "executive goth." I wear a lot of black and my hair is dyed an almost unnatural color and my make up, when I wear it, is a little too dark, and maybe I have some subtle spoopy imagery on my phone, my purse, my keychains. Nothing in your face. When I was a kid, I went full hog. Black lipstick, smudged eyeliner, spiky collars, EDGY 4 DAYS. I had the attitude to match, too. My friends and I pretended to be vampires. We hung out in graveyards. And kinda like valenstyne, I got started young on horror and never really stopped. So many skulls and spiders and black in my house, dudes. These days I'm all about ravens, corvids in general. I still love horror, I still love dark and unsettling things, I just like to be a little less douchey about it and a little more elegant! My big cross to bear is a lack of money, though. If I had money I'd be WAY more fashionably and obviously goth.
I can dig it, @Ruevian. I too started horror at a young age, although I didn't get a lot of exposure to horro rmovies until high school. But at the age of.... 7 or 8 i guess? I wound up reading a bunch of Alan Moore's "Saga of the Swamp Thing." My parents had no idea how age inappropriate this was. A lot of what was really going on went over my head. But the vision of a monster who was sad, sympathetic, and the star of his own series was amazing to me, it hit home. Monsters battling each other superhero-style was pretty cool, but that paled in comparison to the spread of a beautiful woman surrounded by the living dead - vile, rotting, and filled with an evil so palpable it seemed to waft off the page. I like to say that it changed me. It's certainly what made me a comic book fan for life. It's what laid the groundwork for reading the Sandman in high school. And I think it set a high bar for what horror can be. Yes! I just recently got introduced to her channel, and I adore it!
Sandman pulled me through some really awful times. Particularly this quote from A Game of You: i'm not saying i get sniffly every time i read it but maybe i do
Also, here is a look at my living room. Spoiler: Big mobile pic This is where we play d&d Most of this is the handiwork of my moirail and her fiancé, although the gargoyles way up top are from my collection. And we have more paintings hanging up now, too.
That is a great one - one of many from that series that really shaped my growth. I like to say that Sandman and Preacher are what got me through high school. (I got to tell Garth Ennis that, and he said he'd never heard anything like it before. I neglected to tell Neil Gaiman the one time I met him, but we chatted briefly about Hollywood and filmmaking and Barton Fink, so that was cool.)
