Sergio

“goth” means different things to different people. sorry, I’d write more but I’m comin down with a cold or something.

Just trying to understand how the world looks like for a goth.

ok how about this:

Cybergoth is one style outta many, most larger festivals have many different styles represented, so it’s not all like that.

heavily concentrated around major cities

Right, but when a goth band wants to make a video on the cheap, what do they do? Take a camera out into the forest!

You might be hard pressed to find any cybergoths in the wild,

There are still meetups at festivals like Amphi and WGT, see here for various links: https://piefed.social/search?q=cybergoths+Amphi&community=1277&language=0&search_for=posts

tho yeah, I don’t think people dress cybergoth on the daily unless they’re an influencer or something.

@pudutr0n@lemmy.world

Funny you should ask that, I was just trawling around looking for memes to post on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world and came across this classic image:

It’s from like 2007 but still got a lot of truth. See here for a breakdown of the various “stereotypes” of goth types by the same artist, many of which do not involve monochrome: https://www.deviantart.com/trellia/gallery/25271332/goth-stereo-types

If you check out pics from last summer’s Wave Gotik Treffen, you’ll notice that yeah, black is the baseline but it’s not exclusive: https://piefed.social/post/883617

As for your question “why?” idk but wikipedia says:

The anchor that holds all elements of dark culture together can be viewed as the color black with all its associated symbolism. It is seen as an expression of seriousness, darkness and mysticism, but also of hopelessness and emptiness, melancholy, as well as its association with mourning and death.[2][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_culture

But a lot of tradgoths will say you don’t have to dress or act any certain way to be “goth”, you just gotta enjoy the music. idk tho, I’m more into industrial!

@fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world, are you an expert in this kind of line too?