tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post208039048350303418..comments2024-02-26T08:43:47.488-08:00Comments on Domesticated: Scene DramaThe HouseCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-9216461229729727432015-07-19T13:19:03.698-07:002015-07-19T13:19:03.698-07:00If others write something I feel is helpful, I wil...If others write something I feel is helpful, I will try and link to it; my blog is here to educate and there's a lot of other very helpful and sensible Goths giving out on the internet :) The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-57724049674969808982015-07-19T13:18:13.741-07:002015-07-19T13:18:13.741-07:00I think people who "can't be wrong" ...I think people who "can't be wrong" are generally very insecure; it strikes me that if proving their supposedness 'rightness' is so important that they are willing to try and shout it over the facts when they are wrong, then they haven't learnt how to deal with being wrong in both how to cope with it themselves and how to politely concede error to others. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-54785140913204770302015-07-19T11:56:48.027-07:002015-07-19T11:56:48.027-07:00Great article and adding to the post of the Every ...Great article and adding to the post of the Every Day Goth that I read to! Good advice too, thanks!<br />Bye bye, Mirjam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-24637083167038926152015-07-19T10:31:53.580-07:002015-07-19T10:31:53.580-07:00I think you and I see it about the same way when i...I think you and I see it about the same way when it comes to music. The word "Gothic" for me creates imagery in my mind. It has a different meaning than Goth rock. But, it was the rudeness and insistence that I couldn't possibly be right that bothers me. As you said, maturity is key.Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-71774618339743199372015-07-18T08:37:12.273-07:002015-07-18T08:37:12.273-07:00I think "Gothic" to describe certain for...I think "Gothic" to describe certain forms of symphonic metal, especially the sorts that draw on a lot of the imagery of Gothic horror and similar atmospherics, would be an appropriate term to use. I tend to draw a destinction between what is "Goth" and what is "Gothic" - I would never call that music "Goth metal" because it has nothing to do with Goth which is a whole separate genre. Personally, I think you're probably in the right, and they are being pedantic. I understand where they are coming from to a degree because there are a lot of people who will insist that Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, etc. are Goth, but you clearly weren't trying to make that argument. I personally quite like Nightwish (I think I've mentioned that before) and I think there's quite a few of Goths who like that genre too. You can like more than one genre without being a poseur! Next they're going to complain about pointed arches being Gothic, surely *eye roll*. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-22780685504203073752015-07-18T08:06:06.220-07:002015-07-18T08:06:06.220-07:00Just a few days ago I was scolded on a Facebook Go...Just a few days ago I was scolded on a Facebook Gothic group simply because I used the word "Gothic" to refer to certain types of metal music. First came the usual lecture about the origins of our subculture and then came a refusal to acknowledge that my using the word in a descriptive sense had any validity. They concluded the conversation by deciding that I'm a poser. I thought that these people were incredibly rude and closed minded. They were right and I was simply using the English language in the wrong way. Sheesh!<br /><br />Sadly, a lot of goths seem to be like this; and it's not very mature of them.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.com