Amy, awesome writer of what was formerly the Ultimate Goth Guide, has written an article about something that will allow uncomfortable gothlings everywhere to rejoice with happiness!
Leave it to the Germans to come up with an all-encompassing term for dark culture. The Schwarze Szene is basically everything most goths like anyway, but it includes stuff that isn't necessarily "goth" on its own. Personally, I think we goths ought to get over ourselves and stop worrying about what fits in the scene and what doesn't. Sometimes I feel like giving people this litmus test: You like Siouxsie Sioux? You like wearing black? You like reading morbid poetry? Cool. You're goth.
Stop worrying. You're your own unique person and you're not going to be the "perfect goth," whatever that is. If you aren't a "real" goth, then who really cares? But worry not, not-real-goths! You have a scene name of your very own, now. You fit neatly into a subcultural box. Don't worry, it's human nature to want to fit under a label, and even the so-called counter-culture crowd wants one. Why would it cause so much debate in the goth scene if we honestly didn't care?
(BTW, I just noticed there is a spell-check feature on this thing. Hallelujah!)
So, the Schwarze Szene. What is it? In a nutshell, it's dark culture. It includes medieval, industrial, fetish, gothic, metal, and other lovely things of a delightfully dark and depressing nature. Booyah, you are now allowed to speak to metalheads! Thank goodness. My best friends are metalheads. I myself am a casual metalhead.
Glad that's all cleared up.
In the meantime, I will continue to make fun of posers and listen to Bauhaus. OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH BEEEELAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa....
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| Nobody does goth like the Germans. |
Stop worrying. You're your own unique person and you're not going to be the "perfect goth," whatever that is. If you aren't a "real" goth, then who really cares? But worry not, not-real-goths! You have a scene name of your very own, now. You fit neatly into a subcultural box. Don't worry, it's human nature to want to fit under a label, and even the so-called counter-culture crowd wants one. Why would it cause so much debate in the goth scene if we honestly didn't care?
(BTW, I just noticed there is a spell-check feature on this thing. Hallelujah!)
So, the Schwarze Szene. What is it? In a nutshell, it's dark culture. It includes medieval, industrial, fetish, gothic, metal, and other lovely things of a delightfully dark and depressing nature. Booyah, you are now allowed to speak to metalheads! Thank goodness. My best friends are metalheads. I myself am a casual metalhead.
Glad that's all cleared up.
In the meantime, I will continue to make fun of posers and listen to Bauhaus. OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH BEEEELAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa....
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