tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post3867519133333943715..comments2015-09-14T15:58:44.834-07:00Comments on Etiquette and the Victorian Gothic Aesthetic: Non-Club Goths and the People Who Love ThemRaven Sextonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08377446319000178050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-20241425429153224052012-04-29T14:02:39.943-07:002012-04-29T14:02:39.943-07:00First let me say "YAY!!" Blogger is fina...First let me say "YAY!!" Blogger is finally allowing me the ability to respond to posts.<br />Now to business... many thanks everyone for the comments. You illustrate beautifully the very point of my post. While I really do enjoy Goth nights and events, life doesn't always allow for the nocturnal indulgences. Events can be a blast, and there is such a variety of different things to do, but I know it is definitely a challenge for many of us who don't live near these events. Too bad I don't have a travelling show. A bit like "Something Wicked This Way Comes" but with better outfits. =)Raven Sextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377446319000178050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-29725762005043552652012-04-09T11:03:25.180-07:002012-04-09T11:03:25.180-07:00I completely agree. I do not believe "the sce...I completely agree. I do not believe "the scene" is what defines a Goth. I've gotten the question, "So, how's the local scene?" far too many times. It's always done out of some place of judgment. Upon which I'm supposed to name drop local "important" people and complain about how the scene sucks. You know, same old pretentious rhetoric.<br /><br />I do like to go to events and such. But not out of some need to have my "goth card" validated. It's because I find them entertaining! I do encourage people to give some events a try simply because I want them to have fun too. Not because I want to make them a "true goth" or some nonsense..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12219321371680245009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-47423467243979594792012-04-09T05:20:22.159-07:002012-04-09T05:20:22.159-07:00Great post!So true. Although we still go to a few ...Great post!So true. Although we still go to a few club nights, Whitby and several other large gatherings of goths it does not define us. We have a social life that involves many things and many non-goths and have also brought up two lovely(non-goth) children. Being who you are shouldn't be measured by a gothometer and it drives me mad when I hear more and more people being judgemental and giving "goth" advice that is laughable. What I have loved about being part of the tribe known as "goth" is that it lets you be an individual and celebrates difference... and actually, in the early days of goth most of us were wearing a lot more colour...we bought things from charity shops or the high street and customised them. It was never about owning the right goth labels as there weren't really any and we couldn't have afforded them and gig tickets anyway. <br />I love the way the scene has evolved and encompassed the cybers, the steampunks, the gothabillies and many more and, I admit, I do love my corsets and bustle skirts and I'm still passionate about the music. But I think that goth is part of who you are not a set of rules that we shouldn't deviate from or we'd all be very dull shallow people and not much fun to be around and who'd want to be a part of a scene like that?Jurassic Gothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371952286567097860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-63481246127152089262012-03-26T22:09:59.215-07:002012-03-26T22:09:59.215-07:00LOVE the cookies comment! LOLLOVE the cookies comment! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com