And so by my personal understanding and of course may purely be my opinion, to be Gothic is to be a Warrior of light, who willingly plunges their heart and soul into darkness to protect the real things that matter. Love and beauty.. And the free speaking and understand of love and beauty may sound gay but its the truth. We all need love in ours lives. Even if we reject and forfeit it. As far as looking gothic, if someone wants to conform to it and desecrate their bodies with piercings and tattoos

Note what i said about evil trying to take and destroy beauty? It's an obvious an*logy. In general people get tattoos and piercings to make them feel better about themselves for various social or personal reasons. Its that kinda evil that condemns beauty. But as i said also. To be plunged into darkness you need to know what its like... Though you need to acknowledge what you do to learn from it. And i guess all can be redeemed. Though im just preaching now xD feedback or whatever's welcome.

If you ask me, them being Goth is about two things. First and foremost, you need a dark mindset. Generally, this means some form (and there are many) of melancholy. Secondly, it is about music. There is a broad range of dark styles that don't easily fit in one box - if people genuinely like one of more of them (I'm into dark electro mainly, with a bit of European industrial and gothic rock on the side), then chances are they are Goth. And then there's the dresscode. I don't want to pontificate on that one, but no self-respecting Goth should wear any colours. You don't need to wear make-up or dress outrageously, but black is not optional, in my opinion.