A brief history of goths - Dan Adams

"it's not a phase, mom" *Roman empire sweating*

True gothic fashion. Chainmail armour, iron helmet and a glorious axe on your belt

Can we all agree that there is just something so starkly elegant in gothic architecture? It’s stunning, the amount of strength such matchstick-like pillars and arches convey, and the intricate stonework and glass just adds to the overall feel. Elegance, grace, and the demand for respect just seeps from the walls!

So Goths have been edgy from the beginning

"If you're a Goth, where were you when we sacked Rome?"

so you mean, it's not a phase....?

Steampunk: When Goths discover the colour brown.

Goth is going to outlive everyone who says it's just a phase. Current streak: >1500 years

Man I love this art style, very Samurai Jack

this video is so visually pleasing

You forgot one very important kind of Goth: The Sims Goths.

When she says she’s goth but won’t execute the prime minister of Italy

Ancient barbarian goths: “Im sad we havent taken over the world yet” The cure: well im just sad

hmm, it ignores a bit of the outside forces and influences of Gothic fashion - specifically, the fashion movement based of Victorian era mourning attire, popularized by queen Victoria's famously drastic additions to mourning etiquette after the death of her husband. it's one of the first connections of fashion to the term Gothic, due like the video says to the churches and somewhat to the writing, but specifically connecting the clothing to death and funerals. it's also why every goth ever has to constantly hear the sarcastic questions 'who died?' and 'where is the funeral?'. for all these reasons Gothic subculture is both consciously and subconsciously hardwired to the ideas of death, doom and gloom in the minds of collective society no matter how lively it is in actuality. but hey. at least we can be counted on to put the Fun in Funeral.

Vandals then: "We'll break your stuff, we don't care." Vandals now: "We'll break your stuff, we don't care."

Don’t 👏say 👏you 👏want👏 a 👏goth 👏girlfriend 👏if 👏you👏freak 👏out 👏when 👏she 👏sacks 👏Rome.

Now I'm wanting them to do episodes about all music styles

Kudos for the beautiful animation!

It's ironic that Christians namely (/possibly others?) see Gothic as Demonic when in reality, Gothic came from when Christianity had a choke-hold on society/was most powerful

I remember when Gothic chicks spent most of their time tending cattle, piggies, wagons, horses, weaving, and babies.