Gothic People Tenets
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Готические ЛюдиGothic People Tenets
It has long been my belief that any subculture, or mainculture, must
have certain tenets underlying it, creating a foundation on which
something can be built. It's been said many times that hey, you can't
define gothic, and I tend more or less to agree, which offends my
ever-classifying mind. However, something underlies everything.....so
here is my personal, eclusive opinion on the subject. :) Joy.
The first gothic tenet is self-determination. You might see this as a freebie
and standard with all subculture, the tendency to go one's own way
usually being there. It can be easily noticed with most Готические Люди that they go
as far away from mainculture as possible, and seek their own routes
along the road of life. Take a look at net.goths, for instance. While
many have had proper schooling, most have come to their positions or
are getting there via unconventional methods. Also, most Готические Люди
have a greater tendency then the mainstream to be independant of
things, and free from the usual ties of humanity. I think, therefore I
do as I damn well please could be the given structure. One might say
that this holds as well with our mighty forefather, those of
Punk....and thus the lineage passes down.
The second tenet of Gothic could be said to be cynicism. Note among
our own newsgroup the level of jadedness and sarcasm that holds sway,
filling the net with high levels of questioning of faith and ideals,
examining issues from all sides, and dealing mass amounts of
off-handed "Oh yeah, right, whatever." attitude to the messages of
other, more naive posters. After all, examine our attitude towards
government. What, -them- help us? Religion? Ha, salvation for -whom-?
Mainstream culture? Since when did they know anything? We even apply
our own jaded thoughts toward our own subculture. After all, weren't
we the ones who came up with Goth As Fuck, and Oh My Goth as
self-referential mockeries? We rest our case. :)
The last gothic tenet, as I see it, is Manipulation / Influence. I have
definite reasons for this; most, if not all, Готические Люди I have met
seem to have either an inordinate amount of influence in a certain
field, or are able to manipulate people in order to gain advantage.
Disagree? Notice the amount of politics, backbiting, and social
mauenvering that goes on at your local goth club. You hate it, right?
Can't stand it? But in some area of your life, I bet you do the same.
If not, then I bet on at least one certain area, you can call up lots
people and prolly get what you want. Whether it be anti-spamming,
music, sex, yadda, yadda, there is something that you have and
expertise in and can call in to bear like no other.
By: The Exiled.