Goth Challenge #4 - Good Cliches

#4: Name a stereotype or cliche you can relate to.

Tombstone at Holyrood House,
Edinburgh, Scotland

(Continuing the Goth Challenge questions -- follow the tag below to see all.)  Oh dear. Goth cliches, there's so many of 'em! Some I'm really tired of. But I must admit, some I am entirely guilty of and revel in, like...

• I dye my hair black (even tho' it's almost naturally black).
• I only wear dark, dark lipstick.
• I only wear black eyeliner.
• My favourite authors are the Bronte Sisters (original Gothic novels, yeah!).
• I love bats & skulls (but I hate spiders!).
• I love cemeteries & crumbling churches.
• I have been depressed a lot of my life.
• I buy Halloween merchandise most every year (best item this year: skull damask tablecloth from Target).
• I love old-school goth music like Sisters of Mercy, the Cure, and Siouxie and the Banshees.
• I sleep on dark sheets (black, purple, black & white stripe).
• I painted the walls inside our house dark colors.
• I love velvet (both wearing it & using it in home decor; we have a velvet-covered couch, velvet bedding, and velvet curtains).
• I prefer silver jewelry.
• I love cats (we have two).
• I enjoyed playing Vampire: the Masquerade -- in fact, my husband (then-boyfriend) & I used to run a live-action game.
• I don't wear pastels.

I'm sure there are others, but that hits some of the bigger cliches that qualify.

Now, for more fun, here are some ways I deviate from goth cliches!

• I'm not afraid of the sun, in fact, I regularly take tropical vacations.
• I really dislike industrial music.
• I kind of hate most goth clothing brands (I'm looking at you, Lip Service).
• I'm not into piercings.
• I enjoy wearing blue jeans.
• I still don't get elegant gothic lolita.
• I'm totally over goth clubs, seeing live goth bands, & most any goth music made after 1995.
• I absolutely despise tiny top hats (remember my rule: your hat must be bigger than my fist or I will punch you!).
• I mostly hang out with non-goths.

Hmm ... most of my non-cliches are more about me not liking specific parts of the subculture. Well, I tried :-)