They both look pretty awesome to me.
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man, they would be accepted without any doubt.
I've been to a goth club in the past where people in plate armour showed up
much more appreciated than the dude in soviet military uniform
I said the same last time this was posted. Chainmail is a perfectly acceptable garb for a goth party.
Nobody said “Visigoths!*
So, someone said Ostrogoths?
Would cyber-goths or as we call them high-vis-a-goths be acceptable?
Well if I was an invisigoth, nobody would know I was there!
They can both pillage my lands
*tips helmet*
M'peasant
As if there were only a single “tribe” called “the Goth“ in the fourth century. It was a notable and distinct ethnicity (from the Greeks and Romans) that was historically relevant for nearly 1000 years.
Too late, it's only a matter of time before they research Anarchy and the club is flooded with huskarls.
So when did goth get usurped to be what we think now? And anyone know why it was “goth” chosen to be that?
Goths are Germans
"Gothic" comes to mean "Germanic, but in a poetic way"
"Gothic" comes to be applied to a certain strain of Medieval art and architecture, noted for its imposing asymmetry and in contrast to 'civilized' Romanesque art.
"Gothic" comes to mean "imposing and barbaric", and increasingly applied to 18th and 19th century styles which intentionally invoke older aesthetics and, increasingly, horror literature.
"Gothic Rock" is named for this 19th century association in the 1970s, and "Goths" come from there.
Uh, I totally meant 4th century Germanic tribe. GTFO with that emo-ass eyeliner and scalp a Roman.
Now I want to know what's the NSFW bonus.