i dunno man there’s just something so contently satisfying to me about “hostile” aesthetics like goth and punk tinged with unabashed, unashamed positivity
maybe it’s bc i liked the addams family too much as a kid but give me conventionally creepy gross stuff like frogs and bones and rats and dyed hair and lots of black clothes but this time overlay it with just. flagrant positivity. dye your hair and if a kid asks why it’s purple tell them you’re secretly a fairy. adopt a black cat and make kissy noises at it. wear all-black outfits bc they make you feel good and confident. collect animal skulls or halloween decorations or own some frogs or bugs or snakes because that’s what you love. goth and punk are about not caring what people think but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about people. be kind and giving and loving; save your anger and fight for the people who aren’t.
“Shh, it’s alright,” the villain said. “You’re doing beautifully and I’m so proud of you. But that’s enough now. It was cruel of them to make you fight me – you could never have won. It’s not your fault.”
The ancient and powerful villain may have had a calm and gentle face as he spoke, but he was furious, not at the hero, but the gods for continually sending kids and teenagers to fight their battles.
my Safe Space 