Examples of goth rock bands include Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim, and The Cure. Listening to goth rock is a basic requirement for participation within the subculture.
Woe betide the person who gets these cultures confused in real life.Īlthough there is a sort of goth template, this template is built upon and changed dramatically to suit the individual's tastes. (Teenagers sometimes think they invented it.) And just to keep things clear, goths are markedly different from emo people.
Please note: Goth as a subculture dates to the late '70s. While, like BDSM, there is some overlap between the two subcultures, and the post- Victorian vampire can be considered a goth icon, equating the two in the presence of a goth can be hazardous to your health. There is also a tendency to equate goths with vampire wannabes and the vampire-obsessed. Of course, thanks to Hot Topic and its ilk, goth has been hijacked by a large number of people who think it's nothing but a fashion statement, making for a sort of Truth in Television that utterly infuriates (or nihilistically amuses, see above) "true" goths, though extending a hand to "baby bats" who may genuinely be interested in digging deeper is generally viewed as a necessary duty (that fifteen-year-old kid in a Blackcraft shirt and ripped black skinny jeans with a fake grill who mostly listens to Soundcloud rap and Billie Eilish very well could become a good friend of yours in five years, after all), and gatekeeping behavior is heavily frowned upon (though it does unfortunately happen).
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It's worth noting that goth is neither a skin tone nor a fashion statement, so most media tend to treat goth characters almost as if it were a fashion or fad for a darker Cutie to go after. Most goths in fiction will be presented as a Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette who wear only black, leather getups, suntan at night and listen to loud depressing music. They usually grow out of their "existential depression" with the flip of a switch, unless their being a goth is the entire premise of the show. In this case, they're generally "cosmetic" goths who are in it just to rebel against their parents, or as "poseurs" who only want in on the fashion statement.
Unless, of course, it's Played for Laughs by making him the black sheep in a The Brady Bunch-style family with no real psychological beef. Almost guaranteed in either case to have some kind of family-related drama, usually used as a " justification" for their personality - you will never see a fictional goth who just happens to be the way they are without some tragic reasoning behind it. They may have trace personality traits of the Wangsty type or the more dedicated Nihilist, though they often don't go far enough to be the Straw Nihilist. Sometimes, this character is a Deadpan Snarker and/or the sympathetic version of The Snark Knight.
They are usually pale skinned with some Vague and Grave Affliction (or, even more often, act lethargic and look unwell even though nothing is actually wrong with them). Gloomy Goth: We see these most often in fiction.Perky Goths: At the exact opposite of the spectrum from the Lone Psycho.It's worth pointing out that this formerly obscure stereotype was pounced upon and dragged into the spotlight after the Columbine tragedy, simply because the shooters wore black trenchcoats and were erroneously reported to have listened to Marilyn Manson (who is, contrary to popular misconceptions, not connected with goth culture at all). At worst, this character will be well off the deep end of Loners Are Freaks, a card-carrying Straw Nihilist, and may even be Ax-Crazy. The Lone Psycho Goth: At best, this character may have an obnoxious level of Wangst.There are, generally speaking, three major goth stereotypes: Hence this trope, which refers to stereotyped goths in popular culture. It can't be emphasized enough that Hollywood really does not understand the myriad and various subcultures of young people (or these days, aging former young people) and the many subtleties to be found within. Goth Kid, South Park: " Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers"
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