Quick question

[gayalondiel_bak]

This evening Gok Wan on his new show had a goth SF&F fan in for a makeover. I switched off after it became clear that we were going to hear that she was using her fannish behaviour to keep people - notably nice attractive boys - repelled. However he did this ghastly thing where all her (female) friends and family talked about how much she was trying and failing to hide and repel everyone and that being dramatic and goth/alternative must be a shield she puts up to hide her nice normal personality.  She seemed to be unaware that they thought that way.

 

Which made me think, I'm unaware of my friends thinking I'm putting up a front but what if I'm wrong? my personal feeling is that I'm more honestly myself now than when I was trying to act normally and look normal. But I'd be interested to know if someone thought otherwise.

 

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Comments

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Gah. They sound like idiots. I'll wager that even if they do the makeover it won't stick, because it'll be like applying a layer of pink puffy paint to a shiny pleather catsuit.

In my experience, goths and fans ARE the nice people worth knowing, far more often than people who are busy wasting energy trying to pretend they're "normal" for the sake of appearances.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

In my experience, goths and fans ARE the nice people worth knowing

Hurrah!