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I've been thinking this!! goblincore has a lot of overlap with punk, with the diy and overal disregard for social expectations of appearance and conduct! (fuck the grind, I'm gonna eat dirt!)

It seems fueled more by an appreciation for nature, than how punk is fueled by anti-capitalism, but a love for nature and sustainability goes hand in hand with anticapitalism! And i totally see the goth influences too, especially in the overlap between goblincore and vulture culture and momento mori. It's kind of like a little lovechild with extra dirt.

Sure, goblincore is largely about appreciation for nature, but we can't forget our trinkets! our shinies! I think the things we regard as our precious treasures: bones, sticks, dead bugs, scrap metal, Actual Trash, also feels very un-capitalist because none of these things have any monetary value, and very little social value. Perhaps this and the fashion also speaks to a reamergence of maximalism, which seems to be a huge trend at the moment in response to the late stage capitalist hellhole we're living in, but that's another post.

Going back to goblincore's lack of regard for social expectations, there are plenty of things like diy, dressing "badly", collecting bugs, going outside and getting mucky, that are also deemed childish, things we're supposed to stop doing when we grow up. You're supposed to neaten up, become proper (which also feels like an idea rooted in capitalism).

Idk I've also been doing shit like this since i was a kid, I'll never forget the day i found a rabbit skull under my wendyhouse and took it into school in a ziplock bag for show and tell. I'm also neurodivergent, so i extra don't vibe with silly societal expectations, and really do embrace any alternative space that shares that. Actually I'd love to know how many autistics are alt for similar reasons. that's also another post. Anyway these are my observations and interpretations of goblincore. Fuck capitalism and long live the Humongous Fungus.

something I've been thinking about is how interesting it would be to see the goblincore/gremlincore/corvidcore type aesthetic to evolve into an actual subculture. obviously for starters we should change the name bc anything ending in -core just doesn't sit right with me? unless of course it becomes that "placeholder name turns true name" sorta deal but ANYWAY.

main three key elements I've noticed that tend to make up a subculture is: style/outfit presentation (the optional part), belief system, and music genre(s).

style and presentation: (like what you wear), that part is already obvious if you ever followed the aesthetic at any point. (it was trendy for a time I think, is it still trendy? bc idk if it is but that's not stopping me from loving it.) basically wearing majority earth colors like browns and greens, stuff like hobbit-esque cloths or sweaters and stuff. definitely LOTS of nature based themes or just wearing weird trinkets. gotta go for that "creature directly out of the chronicles of spider wick" type look you know?

with the clothes (and often interior design I've noticed, which my entire bedroom would probably fit the aesthetic actually) one thing I've noticed for most who are into the aesthetic is there is a LOT of DIY. also going out and collecting things you find (anything from mystery trinkets to dead bugs and sticks and rocks, which I grew up doing and would call myself a tinker bc I made stuff out of what I found very often).

belief system: I feel like, above all else, beliefs commonly held among people in this aesthetic is to respect and be in nature, as well as do not waste, reduce and reuse. a lot of environmentalist like stuff, as well as seeing and respecting the beauty of nature, from butterflies and flowers to dirt and corpses. I don't have a solid concrete answer for belief system, but hopefully that sums up my view on it.

music genre: folk/folk punk, fantasy DND type genres, and nature based lyrics and vibes. from my experience and digging around, there's less artists who catch the vibe of this aesthetic all around (bc that's not what they're trying to do), and moreso having a couple or handful of songs that fit so very well. unless of course it's a genre of music that is enheritly matching to this aesthetic.

anyway, I'm not great at explaining the music aspect of it, but I feel like if it's magical and yet sorta punk-like that can work. no limits here yet, I have a playlist on my youtube that definitely pushes the boarders but who cares? the thing has celtic woman and httyd score on it. I just think if this evolved into having music for the genre (idk if we could call it a music based genre since it didn't start that way but I mean overall having a genre of music dedicated to this aesthetic-turned-subculture) it would be really interesting to hear what comes of it.

circling back for a minute, I feel like punk comes hand-and-hand with a couple of things here, but specifically mainly eco-punk. like diy, reduce and reuse, etc. as well as the music, while not deeply punk still feels like it would have a punk undercurrent.

I also think this could parallel well with goth, with the dark romantic sorta stuff. the music and belief system having love and adoration for the strangest and darkest aspects of nature, similar to goths seeing beauty in the darkness and creepiness of the world.

if anyone actually read this I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on my little rant (suggestions for bands/musicians and similar subcultures/subculture parallels are very encouraged) bc I grew up doing pretty much everything within this aesthetic long before I knew it was a thing or maybe even before it was a thing. that isn't meant to be gate keepy. I mean that when I found out just how many other people liked and did the same things as me, it was just so cool. so I just really wanna talk to people about this and I think something like this aesthetic could easily become a subculture one day.

darling, will you saturate?

lov u ants. several are embroidered onto a hoodie of mine.

Please don't forget the ants!

STOP STOP STOP Stop, making festive "bug print" fabrics, quilt patterns, children's books and drawings that include "mix of bugs" but don't contain a single ANT.

I know how you artists are. You never skip the butterfly because of the colors. You never skip the beetle because of the ... shape. You never skip a centipede or millipede because of the legs. You never skip the spider because of the LORE. But ants are "boring" --right? NO WRONG

Ants are everything. Ants are the most successful members of the most successful group of land animals on the planet!

A nature drawing without ants is like a forest without leaves. Like night sky... without any stars. Do not forget the ants. Know the ants have not forgotten you!

“It feels like we've been apart for a lifetime. . .”

*me, getting ready to hit you with a sick-ass keyboard smash*:

The clones in Star Wars absolutely astound me, especially in the clone wars like,

501st: Our general is a war criminal maniac with a teenager at his heel learning to do the same things by example. And we love them.

212th: Our general is in love with a Duchess and we’re actively in feud with a four armed lightsaber wielding cyborg with lung cancer. One time we fucking punched him and lived.

104th: I would give my entire right arm to see the General Plo never comes to harm or anything ever happens to him. Wolffe: I gave my eye but still, same sentiment.

327th: Our commander and general are fucking. Like. Legitimately. Bly: Yeah dude. Ayala Secura: Yeah dude.

The Bad Batch: This hologram thing keeps telling us that we should stop right now and follow protocol instead of commuting more war crimes. If anyone but Tech knows what war crimes are they simply do not care enough to stop.

Long live the fucking republic man. How the hell they won battles is a mystery.

chubby women i love u chubby women i lvoe you oh my gosh oh my goodness evolution fucking cooked with you guys evolution fucking aced it fantast ic perfect whoever convinced society that fat is not one of the most beautiful things on a woman should be shot

Clone Wars playing the imperial march every time Anakin is mildly inconvenienced will never not make me laugh.

hello this is my silly little personal blog for funsies no aesthetic no goal no aim just fun times. place to enjoy things that aren't relevant to my Big Accounts.

maybe a place to be feral about art and music i like and other such things.