Hello my friends, I have returned, since I did not receive any questions or comments that I could do anything with, I'm going to write about something that caught my attention here.
I have a friend at school, who's name I shall withhold, who told me once that her parents worry about her because she shows symptoms of having a gothic mindset, she hasn't affixed herself with that label, but her parents are afraid that she might hurt herself or some other stereotype crap that the media associates with goths. This message is for anyone who wants to explore the morbid and dark goth culture, and it is also for parents who don't understand why their kid's wardrobe has suddenly turned mono-chromatic or why they are suddenly coming home from the library with their arms full of vampire books.
The big picture is that goths are not cast in a good light. People see someone dressed all in black, with an enhanced pale appearance listening to edgy music and their brains go nuts trying to explain it, and most of the time, it will come up with something ridiculous and/or amusing. Just because someone dresses in a lot of black, gets snakebite piercings, dyes their hair purple, or paints their nails black, does not mean they worship Satan, do drugs, or practices witchcraft, even if they do any of those things, it probably has nothing to do with their subcultural standing, just what they choose to do. If your parents actually believe what people say about goths, tell them what I said and mention that I'm a comfirmed member of a Lutheran church. If you become goth, nowhere is it written that you can't be part of a church or whatever other thing your parents or friends are afraid you are going to rebel against. I'm a devout christian, and I would still accompany my friends to a stroll through the graveyard on Halloween. In my experience, goth is not a religious following, its a subculture of fantastic, creative, and eccentric people who have a gift of finding beauty in strange and dark places, and express themselves in a way that leaves people staring when you (you black-clad child of night) walk by.
-Signed
Darker Son
Friday, June 26, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
A (Dismal) Introduction
Welcome my friends, to my domain, I am The Darker Son. Since you were obviously interested enough to enter my blog, I expect you'll want to know a little about the scribe.
My name, my true name, is Miguel. I am a student, and amateur artist, musician, and author. My schedule during the school year does not allow for much free time, but when I do have free time, I will probably be playing guitar, reading (or writing) some horror story, or drawing the next grotesque thing that comes to mind, or I'll be spending time with my spooky friends, all with peculiar interests of their own, and, of course, soon I will be answering questions posted by my readers and writing new posts.
The object of this blog is for me to be able to reach out to my fellow goths, because I know few goths where I live. Most of the "peculiar" people I know are members of the emo following, don't get me wrong, they're a hell of a riot and real fun to hang out with, but there are differences between us that seperate us, as of course, they separate the subcultures. Please, to any emos reading this, please don't take any offense, I never meant to criticize you, I'm sure you're an awesome person. Anyway, I may not know everything, but please leave questions and comments about subjects you would like me to talk about, and I'll be happy to help you.
Until our next meeting, my fellow offspring of the dark, live dark, don't worry about standing out, and don't take crap from anyone. You chose to be goth, and they have no right to criticize you for that, don't be bothered by what they say, they're just trying to make themselves feel better by looking down on you, which is of course pointless, unless you let it bother you.
Signed,
-The Darker Son
My name, my true name, is Miguel. I am a student, and amateur artist, musician, and author. My schedule during the school year does not allow for much free time, but when I do have free time, I will probably be playing guitar, reading (or writing) some horror story, or drawing the next grotesque thing that comes to mind, or I'll be spending time with my spooky friends, all with peculiar interests of their own, and, of course, soon I will be answering questions posted by my readers and writing new posts.
The object of this blog is for me to be able to reach out to my fellow goths, because I know few goths where I live. Most of the "peculiar" people I know are members of the emo following, don't get me wrong, they're a hell of a riot and real fun to hang out with, but there are differences between us that seperate us, as of course, they separate the subcultures. Please, to any emos reading this, please don't take any offense, I never meant to criticize you, I'm sure you're an awesome person. Anyway, I may not know everything, but please leave questions and comments about subjects you would like me to talk about, and I'll be happy to help you.
Until our next meeting, my fellow offspring of the dark, live dark, don't worry about standing out, and don't take crap from anyone. You chose to be goth, and they have no right to criticize you for that, don't be bothered by what they say, they're just trying to make themselves feel better by looking down on you, which is of course pointless, unless you let it bother you.
Signed,
-The Darker Son
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