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I recently just joined the forum just so I could reply to this thread. 
YES! I am a darksider. Have been since childhood. I love anything dark, spooky, weird and odd. I'm not just into the traditional goth stuff, either as I find dark, sexual, meaningful things in other places that most would consider 'non goth'. I love monsters, the supernatural, paganism, the occult... @.@ The list goes on. >w<
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30 Dec 2014, 3:22 am
My dark preoccupations began as a child. I intended to dye my fair hair black as soon as I was old enough and wear velvet; in the 70's before there was a Goth scene. I would parade around in my magician cape and hat which I had made myself or run around wearing my vampire teeth. I loved monsters and considered humans bad. I was fascinated as a child by military bands, machine noises and Kraftwerk which was to lead to an interest in Industrial music as an adult. I am in my 30's and I am still heavily into the Gothic subculture(although I still find being part of a subculture socially challenging). I have no intentions of growing up.
My psychologist told me that a lot of her Aspie clients wear mainly black. Secondly several Goths in my local scene have told me they have Aspergers Syndrome and thought I had it too. Do you think 'Gothickness" could be genetic and/or Aspie trait?
Grrrr!
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I have considered myself a metalhead for quite some time, and of course a lot of metal is rather dark which I enjoy. I do like some goth rock though, also like post punk like stuff simular to Joy Division and then there is the death rock...lol I am much better at metal categorizations as that is mostly what I listen to that and pychedelic rock. I do like black, it is a good color and looks good on me....however I like colors too so sometimes I may be wearing no black aside from my shoes I typically only have black shoes. But I like plaid and weird vintage psychedelic patterns or whatever and throwing in some bright colors here and there. As for movies I certainly tend to prefer dark sort of themes though I do like comedy, but especially dark comedy. I have been called a goth before but I more listen to metal and psychedelic rock than goth music, though I do enjoy that as well.
I dress like this a lot of times:
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The only problem I have is the whole stigma behind 'Emo' and what it means. People associate it with a really bad stereotype... but to me, it simply means embracing emotions, something upon which society seems hyper about 'getting rid of' by forcing males to be these 'emotionless rocks' and women to be 'tough', like emotions are bad. People associate emotions with depression, sadness and angsty... but people forget that emotions include love, happiness, peace, tranquil etc. And often, Emo and Goth sort of 'combined' a lot. I mean, the dark colours, the morbid hearts, the skulls, the darker music... it's like we're just long distance cousins, really. I don't honestly understand why we fight so much. Just be who you want to be and don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise. As an Aspie who is more on the weird side of life, I accept anyone be it in scene, emo, goth, tattoos, fetish, or anything else. You treat me with respect, I treat you back the same way.
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