Punks, Goths, Emos, Screamos, Metalheads, Scene Queens/kings, Grunge Rockers, Cyberpunks, Folk Punks,

Punks, goths, emos, screamos, metalheads, scene queens/kings, grunge rockers, cyberpunks, folk punks, gothic lolitas etc:

If you were gonna throw a party to celebrate your subculture (think realistic) what are some ideas you have? Decorations, DIYs, activities, playlist, all of that.

Give me your thoughts in the comments!

I'll go first. For context, I'm a straight female.

There's nothing more attractive to me than a straight man with features, style, etc that are more typically associated with women. Corsets, slender arms, curvy figures, skirts, makeup, piercings, long hair, slender hands, soft shaved skin, painted nails, short frame, fishnets, timid personality, gentleness, softness... there's nothing like it. Femboys are some of the sexiest mother truckers God put on this green Earth.

One of the most attractive things about it is the confidence in and knowledge of oneself. The ability to go out in public wearing what you feel best in, fully knowing people are gonna think all kinds of wild and untrue things about you... and not changing. Refusing to adjust for society. Not selling out. Remaining true to yourself and making a stand for your individuality. Now THAT is hot.

What's some unconventional things that you find attractive? Things that don't fit the typical beauty standards: hourglass figure for women and muscular/tall build for men. Clear skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, small waist, etc. Or things that don't fit the standard for that particular sex, for example, finding a woman with broad shoulders attractive or a man in makeup.

I think it would be good for people with those traits, things they may have been shamed for, to have a reminder that people out there think they're sexy.

Random dump of art while I was away

Me too. Got em from her. It's apparently transferred through biting, so y'know, it was bound to happen eventually.

YOU HAVE RABIES?!????!!??!??

Emotionally yes.

You know a folk punk song is about to go hard if there’s a little nerd at the start going “one, two, three, four” on the worst mic known to man

So, I know that people misrepresenting my subculture isn’t the biggest deal. But it really hurts to see Emo/scene completely dumbed down to this nothing caricature featuring machine gun Kelly, monster energy drinks, raver kandi Jewelry, and baggy pants. I’m not sure where anyone got the idea that those were Emo/ scene.

As someone who was a kid/ teen in the early to mid to late 2000s , that was part of the subculture, that went to the shows, read alternative press, was on MySpace and Xanga, I assure everyone that I know what I’m talking about.

I never drank Monster despite the company being a sponsor of the warped tour. It was too expensive to drink Monster; I drank Arizona green tea because it was 99¢ per can. I ate tons of specifically Jack in the Box tacos because they were 2 for 99¢. I also drank water out of a lot of questionable water fountains because it was free and it’s important to stay hydrated when you go to shows. I tried to keep my food budget to a minimum so that I could afford merch at the shows.

No one would have dared to consider mgk Emo back in the day. And there’s even tons of music that they played in Hollister at the time that is now being called Emo almost 20 years later. That was music for “preps” that wanted to be cool, like the hot guy from the OC that had decent taste in music and nerd culture but was kind of an antisocial dick. No one considered the hollister music Emo back then, and it shouldn’t be played at Emo nite.

I will admit that there was a tiny bit of overlap between rave and scene, but those were specific people in specific areas. It was mainly ravers that got into Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, botdf, Millionaires, I Set My Friends on Fire, and Attack Attack. Those kids sometimes wore kandi, but it wasn’t as huge of a group of scene kids as people nowadays would lead you to believe.

We also weren’t wearing jewelry made of Monster can tabs. That’s literally made up by tiktok because I never saw anyone do that. Another thing made up by tiktok is baggy pants on emo/scene people. We wore the tightest pants that we could get our hands on. We started with flare leg jeans, but they were still as tight as possible where they were tight. Obviously, it progressed on to skinny jeans. Girls also wore leggings with micro mini skirts, or booty shorts. No self respecting Emo or scene kid would be caught dead in pants that weren’t skin tight.

I do think the one thing that people currently kind of get right is lumping Emo and scene together. I listened to tons of music and there were some bands that were considered more Emo (like from first to last and chiodos and Aiden) and ones that were considered more scene (like hellogoodbye and brokencyde and Breathe Carolina). I was definitely considered both Emo and scene, but also enjoyed a vast variety of other music, so I avoided labeling myself. I also listened to older Emo, or what people 10 years older than me would consider real Emo (Cap’n Jazz, Texas is the Reason, Rites of Spring, Mineral, etc). I listened to punk and pop punk, nu rave, post punk, dark wave, metal, metalcore, and all kinds of stuff.

Again, I know that this is all completely unimportant. The Emo/scene subculture was the best part of my teenage years, and I hate seeing something so dear to me be completely misrepresented. Feeling like I had somewhere I belonged and like there were other people who understood what I was going through, even though I was only experiencing this through music, was so important to my literal survival. I had a rough life and this one tiny thing was my solace, and I just want it to be left alone.