Emos, where the heck do they come from?
No really. and I'm not looking for a "they reproduce" kind of answer either. actually, I'm not really looking for any answer, I'm just musing.
I suppose Emos have been around for a long time, but suddenly cosmetic Emos started mushrooming everywhere. There's a difference between actual personas and those who are cosmetic ones. I think (don't quote me on this one) that I'm an actual Goth. I one day took a look at my rolemodels/idols, my clothing and the genres my music tastes were listed as and said holy crap, I fit the bill of Goth. before that sudden revealing moment, I didn't realise I was anything in particular besides freak. It's also a mindset. THere are people with the actual mindset, through and through something or other. Then there are others who wear the clothes, imitate common behaviours and then waltz on to whatever's next in fashion.
I walked down the street in a town in New Zealand today and suddenly, I realized something. Roughly 80% of the people between 13 and 18 were looking the picture of emo. This had not been so the last time I was here a year ago. It seems Emos have become the modern equivalent of the 60's hippies. A few will remain, the true believers, the ones who ARE what they stood for instead of people catching on to what's fashionable. Most of them will move on to other things.
My friend, who is a bonafide emo and has been for two years or so now, remarked that on a trip home to the Philippines, she noted that all the kids who have been previously swaggering around all gangsta' were now shuffling around watching the ground from behind thick rimmed glasses. Emo had become a new fashion, to the relief of her mother (her daughter no longer looked weird)and to the immense annoyance of my friend, since she had grown into her style long ago, was an individual, and then was suddenly swamped by churned out masses of people who dressed just like her.
Funny that.
I suppose Emos have been around for a long time, but suddenly cosmetic Emos started mushrooming everywhere. There's a difference between actual personas and those who are cosmetic ones. I think (don't quote me on this one) that I'm an actual Goth. I one day took a look at my rolemodels/idols, my clothing and the genres my music tastes were listed as and said holy crap, I fit the bill of Goth. before that sudden revealing moment, I didn't realise I was anything in particular besides freak. It's also a mindset. THere are people with the actual mindset, through and through something or other. Then there are others who wear the clothes, imitate common behaviours and then waltz on to whatever's next in fashion.
I walked down the street in a town in New Zealand today and suddenly, I realized something. Roughly 80% of the people between 13 and 18 were looking the picture of emo. This had not been so the last time I was here a year ago. It seems Emos have become the modern equivalent of the 60's hippies. A few will remain, the true believers, the ones who ARE what they stood for instead of people catching on to what's fashionable. Most of them will move on to other things.
My friend, who is a bonafide emo and has been for two years or so now, remarked that on a trip home to the Philippines, she noted that all the kids who have been previously swaggering around all gangsta' were now shuffling around watching the ground from behind thick rimmed glasses. Emo had become a new fashion, to the relief of her mother (her daughter no longer looked weird)and to the immense annoyance of my friend, since she had grown into her style long ago, was an individual, and then was suddenly swamped by churned out masses of people who dressed just like her.
Funny that.