Goth: Difference between revisions

There are, generally speaking, three major Goth stereotypes:

* The [[Loners Are Freaks|Lone Psycho]] Goth: At best, this character may have an obnoxious level of [[Wangst]]. At worst, this character will be well off the deep end of [[Loners Are Freaks]], a card-carrying [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], and may even be [[Ax Crazy]].

* [[Perky Goth|Perky Goths]]: At the exact opposite of the spectrum from the Lone Psycho. They get their own entry.

* Gloomy Goth: We see these most often in fiction. They are usually [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette|pale skinned]] with some [[Victorian Novel Disease|Vague And Grave Affliction]]. Sometimes, this character is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] and/or the sympathetic version of [[The Snark Knight]]. S/he may have trace personality traits of the [[Wangst|Wangsty]] type or the [[Nietzsche Wannabe|more dedicated Nihilist]]. More often, s/he's [[The Eeyore]]. Almost guaranteed in either case to have some kind of [[Parental Abandonment|family-related drama]], usually used as a "justification" for their personality -- you will never see a fictional Goth who just happens to be the way they are without reasons.

 

== Comics ==

* [[Punny Name|Anne Gwish]] from ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'' is a (somewhat) [[Affectionate Parody]] of the "gother than thou" scene.

* The entire ''[[Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl]]'' comic would come across as gothic, if there wasn't so much [[Black Comedy]] and [[Parody]] in it.