Are you considered as part of a subculture if you listen to the music associated with the subculture, but look like an NPC?

[Xangsane]

Title. According to last.fm, these are my top artists for the past year:

1. Bauhaus
2. Clan of Xymox
3. Swirlies
4. Beherit
5. Swallow
6. Behexen
7. Agmen
8. Asgaroth
9. Negativland
10. Virgin Black
11. Deftones
12. Siouxsie and the Banshees
13. Eternal Elysium
14. The Danse Society
15. Eric B. & Rakim

Pretty gothy/metally right? I also like to read gothic literature and have an interest in gothic art. My girlfriend also likes this sort of stuff despite not looking goth either (she looks more like some indie arthoe girl with short hair and glasses) and we have endless convos about these topics.

However, I don't look goth or like a metalhead at all. Here's what I look like:

So if you like goth music, art and architecture but look normie, are you considered a goth?

 

[Xangsane]

I wouldn't classify myself as goth or a metalhead despite my interests.

 

[RODEBLUR]

Title. According to last.fm, these are my top artists for the past year:

1. Bauhaus
2. Clan of Xymox
3. Swirlies
4. Beherit
5. Swallow
6. Behexen
7. Agmen
8. Asgaroth
9. Negativland
10. Virgin Black
11. Deftones
12. Siouxsie and the Banshees
13. Eternal Elysium
14. The Danse Society
15. Eric B. & Rakim

Pretty gothy/metally right? I also like to read gothic literature and have an interest in gothic art. My girlfriend also likes this sort of stuff despite not looking goth either (she looks more like some indie arthoe girl with short hair and glasses) and we have endless convos about these topics.

However, I don't look goth or like a metal head at all. Here's what I look like:
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So if you like goth music, art and architecture but look normie, are you considered a goth?

mfs be like ''here's what i look like''

 

[Xangsane]

mfs be like ''here's what i look like''
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"No, this is me!"

 

[RODEBLUR]

"No, this is me!"

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i think i prefer the lines oh wait these are lines too

 

[Xangsane]

i think i prefer the lines oh wait these are lines too

But yeah seriously would I be considered goth

 

[RODEBLUR]

But yeah seriously would I be considered goth

Dgaf

 

[Xangsane]

Dgaf

Cope

 

[Edgar]

Is that really you Chad tbh

 

[ElTruecel]

Nigga how many scrobbles do you have

 

[LampPostPrime]

You look good and you look white lol

And yes you are goth. Its about interest not whether you dress it like its Halloween