Pre-Goth Phases: Babybat and Emo Goth Phases

Hello Everyone!

It's me May again. I am so sorry I left this blog abandoned for so long. I just didn't have any time at all to get on this site. I didn't even have time to get on Tumblr, if that means anything. I had way too much homework assigned. College is rough, it sure is not like high school, where I didn't have any homework at all. Unlike high school, college leaves me with excess homework every day. But, enough of my excuses. I should be getting with today's topic. That's right, today's topic is going to be about the dreaded Babybat and Emo Goth phases *shudders*. I know none of us want to remember these times in our lifes but, it is something I would have to get through sometime in this blog. Personally, I have went through a mix of both of these phases. Not all the way, but somehow kind of like a crossover. I had a bit of both phases I guess...

I think it would be proper if I would talk about my experience in these phases first so that you all have a clue of what it was like for me when I went throught these phases. This was of course back in high school of course, back when I didn't really have a clue of what the Gothic subculture was really about. Back then for me Goth was about heavy metal and dressing all in black, all the time. Back in high school I would listen to bands like Korn, Evanescence, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom, 30 Seconds to Mars, Slayer, Metallica, Blink 182, Avril Lavigne, H.I.M, Avenged Sevenfold, Eyes Set to Kill, and Paramore. As for the fashion part, well I didn't really dress "Goth" because well, I couldn't afford the clothing. Let's face it Gothic clothing is expensive, whatever style it is. Victorian, Cyber, Lolita, Pin-Up, Ethreal, Cabaret, Fetish, Corporate, Steampunk, etc. All of it is expensive to at least have one perfectly coordinated outfit. As how I see it, I think I dressed Emo instead. Skinny jeans, Scene hair, Converse shoes, striped tees, and studded belts were pretty much the staples of my wardrobe back in 2008- and early 2011. Pathetic isn't it?

But here is the odd part during my phase in high school, while I did all of that stuff to embrace my alternative side. I never said I was a Goth, instead I just said I was a rocker chick. I think the reason was because well, like I said earlier of the perception I had of Goth back then. I didn't dress like a Goth, more like an Emo kid. But back then, I also had the perception of Goth the styles of: Victorian, Gothic Lolita, and Romantic Goth, and Vampire Goth.



Me in late 2010...


Now that I shared with you all my personal experience of being in those phases for a few years. If you noticed my phases started quite late I was 14 or 15. Usually the Babybat phases take place in teenagers with the ages of 11 or 12. I somehow feel like a late bloomer of some sorts lol. Now time to get on with what these phases I am talking are all about.

What is a Babybat?
Spooky kids, Kindergoths, Mansonites, Mallgoths...these pre-teen or early-teen types are known by many names, most of which are derogatory. They are often regarded with scorn and contempt by older members of the Goth community. Their crimes? Generally, not being old enough to remember the 80s, not being rich enough to afford a “proper Goth” wardrobe, and not being wise enough to know the “right” music to listen to or the “right” amount of make-up to wear.                
It is true that, while Baby Bats often consider themselves “Goth,” they show quite a number of differences from members of the original scene; they tend to show a preference for metal (Marylin Manson and HIM being typical “Baby Bat” music), wear clothes that reflect metal/skater fashion and tend to go for a “shocking” rather than “aesthetic” appearance.
Information from www.blackwaterfall.com

What is an Emo Goth?

Although the term “Emo” has been around for over a decade or so to describe a particular genre of Punk, it has recently become a buzzword of the 21st century to describe the features of the contemporary youth fashion movement. Visually a hodgepodge of many different styles including Punk, Retro, a touch of urban Japanese and Goth, it was inevitable that Emo would start demonstrating crossovers with Goth at some point.

Those Emos who cross over more than most into the Goth spectrum can be identified by their dyed black hair, black nail varnish, black eyeliner and a love of skulls and piercings. They will blend all these elements with other “typical” emo elements, such as Converses, horn-rimmed glasses, stripe and star patterns, and accents of bright colour (very often pink).

Emos, like Goths, enjoy their music, and Emo Goths (or Gothy Emos) may listen to My Chemical Romance, The Rasmus or Funeral for a Friend (great Gothy name after all).

Emos have a reputation for being rather moody, as do Goths, so one would expect an Emo Goth to be ultra-moody. This may be true of some, but many are too fond of children’s cartoons, old computer games, cute accessories and Tim Burton films to really be considered uber-dark.

Information from www.blackwaterfall.com

 

 

 

 

 

So, what do you think of this? Did you go through any phases of the ones that I mentioned in this post? Leave your responses below if you did, I would love to know how your experience was. Hopefully much better than mines!

 

See you soon,

May

What Are My Goth Influences?

Hello everyone!
Its me May again and I am writing this weeks weekly post. I decided to write about this topic because I thought it would be a fun topic to write about. Plus, I think it would be a great post so you can all know more about me as well. I don't think the introduction post was that informative. As for this weeks post will be about what are my Goth influences. Every single Goth is different. We all like different things. Just like "regular" people have different tastes and opinions about things. Were all humans, and we are all different people. Just like none of us look the same, we all have different features that makes us who we are.
Now, getting on with today's topic I actually have quite a few Goth influences from the Gothic subculture. In this post I am going to talk about my fashion inclined influences. Il'll write about my music inclined ones in another post. Please note that I am writing on these influences fashion wise and not music wise or subculture wise. Getting back on track, let's get started with the list now.
First up on my main fashion influence is Gothic Lolita. Why Gothic Lolita? Because its very cute and very girly, like me. And also probably the fact I look good in this clothing too, probably due to my Asian ancestry. It is the main style component in my clothing. Gothic Lolita clothing consists of detailed black dresses with a lot of lace and a whole bunch of ruffles. It has a type of a doll-like dress to it. Kind of like the dresses that you see that porcelain dolls wear, but with a dark twist added to it. Acessories consist of roses, lace gloves, lace chokers, top hats, chunky bracelets, silver jewelry, and chunky platform lace up boots. It also has a sort of Victorian styled influence to it as well.




Gothic Lolita

Gothic Lolita 

Another big influence to me is the Gothic Victorian/Victorian Goth. This fashion is beautiful in fashion, furniture, and architecture wise. I find this look beautiful and inspiring. The way this style looks just screams glamour to me. The thought of how people wore clothing like this on a daily basis is just amazing. Kind of makes me think "Why can't we dress like this to this day?" And I am meaning not just me, but everyone in the world. If you ask me, the Victorian era was the era with the best fashion. I mean have you taken a look today's outrageous fashion? The Victorian fashion's components consist of embroided laced corsets, long skirts, bustle skirts, petticoats to give those skirts an extra oomph. This style is now looked as a vintage look for anything classy and this style also has a romanticism look in it as well. The acessories consist of lace gloves either short or long, top hats, bonnets, vintage jewelry, pearls (I think pearls are somehow romantic inclined), lace up boots, small heeled shoes (I never see anyone wearing huge heels with this look), pretty much a look that consists of vintage glamour from back in the 19th century.

Victorian Goth

I think these two are the influences that I have on my fashion style. Since I dress in lace all the time. I don't really have any other style of dress. I do add other elements to my style. But for the most part these two styles are my main ones. What about you? What are your styles of dress? Goth or not? Share your style, I would love to know as well!


See you soon,
May

Remembering to What I Used to Listen to...

Hello everyone!
Its May again and it has been quite some time I have updated anything in here. I figured I should update and not keep this blog abandoned any longer. I just haven't had any time since school started again for me and I have been quite busy, getting used to my classes, and just out and about in town with friends. but, I will update every friday from now on to make weekly posts in here. So there will be weekly posts from now on.
Now getting to today's topic, its going to be about music as the title says it all. It was just a thought that came into my mind a while back, and I felt the need to post about it. I didn't post it earlier since I didn't have any time until now. I am going to admit being a Goth for a few years has changed me a whole lot, and for the better. But, now I am just remembering about my high school years and the type of music I used to listen to back then. Just the thought of it makes me freak out and never want to mention it to anyone but, at the same time it gives a nostalgic feeling and with a part of amuse added to the side as well. It also gives me a feeling that I grew up a whole lot these past few years that have passed by very fast.
Now getting to the part about sharing to you all about this teeny bit embarassing fact of what I actually listened to (Don't laugh!). This band list consists of: Evanescence(The one band on here that is not really that embarassing), Paramore, ACDC, 30 Seconds to Mars, Metallica, System of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold, The Offspring, Avril Lavigne, Children of Bodom, Atreyu, Cradle of Filth, Eyes set to Kill, Ozzy Osbourne, Slipknot, Breathe Carolina, Linkin Park, Slayer, The Fray, Kittie, Simple Plan, Korn, A Day to Remember, Pantera, Kill Hannah, Breaking Benjamin, Green Day, Three Days Grace, My Chemical Romance, Bullet For My Valentine, The Used, Suicide Silence, and the Japanese anime music that I used to like back when I was super into anime. You get the point, pretty much alternative music. This is just a short list, since my brain is fried and I cannot think about any other bands. :/

Evanescence

 

 

Paramore

 

 

Eyes Set to Kill

 

 

Avril Lavigne

 

Like I said earlier this just makes me freak out and it makes me want to dig underground and never be seen ever again. But now that I think about it how much I have changed so much on my music tastes. It almost feels irrational to me. Once again time is a factor on how much people can change. And I am just an example to prove this. I am getting off topic here, getting back to the subject. I really don't know if I am the only one that feels this way when I think about the bands that I used to listen to when I first got into the alternative scene. But another thing is that I am also thankful for these first bands that I listened to, because they got me into the alternative scene. And then later in time I kind of strayed away from this and I was wondering in the different type of alternative scenes, seeing which one was more exciting to me. And overall when one gets into the alternative its mostly because its like something one has never experienced before and you just want more. But thinking about that now I like different music and the other day I gave a go to Paramore and Evanescence on my ipod, it just wasn't the same anymore. I didn't feel it anymore. That feeling when you listen to a song and you love it. I didn't get that feeling anymore, I don't know why if its one of the bands I loved back then like 4 years ago. Sure, I liked the song. But, the spark for alternative  rock music isn't there anymore. Am I the only one that is going through a nostalgic moment? I really hope not! What about you? Have you felt anything like this about music you have liked a few years back?

See you soon,
May

My First Look On the Gothic Fashion Aesthetic

Hello Everyone!
It's me May again and I wanted to make another post, this time its going to be about how I first took a peek in the Goth subculture. The first time I ever even made a look that wonderdul subculture we all know and love. Of course, I didn't have the knowledge of what Goth was back then, since this was 5 years ago when I was fourteen. I am nineteen now, and now I am looking back at that fateful day when I picked up a Vampire Kisses book in my classroom's library (Sure laugh at me now, but I know you read it too! Ha!). The book looked really neat in my opinion, since I am the type that reads books by how the covers look, or if they have interesting titles as well. The book I had picked up was the first one with the original cover, the one that shows Raven's hand with black nail polish of course, with the invitation leading to the mansion. And it says Vampire Kisses in the invitation paper.

They also have a manga series as well.

 Since in my school we had to read for 30 minutes during our first period class, so might as well get a good book to read right? So I started to read this book, once I read that first page I could not stop! It was so wonderful and fascinating, I had never ever read a book about a Goth girl. Hell I didn't even know what a Goth was back in that time when I was a freshman in high school, so everything was so new to me as well. I became intrigued by this book, and also the way that Ellen Schreiber describes Raven's outfits, I was like "Wow that is so cool!"

 

 

And also Raven became my idol during my high school years because I loved how she wore anything she wanted and did not give a damn about whatever people thought about her.

 It was a very admirable trait of her that I loved. While reading this book it was also my entrance into the Gothic Subculture, but the aesthetical fashion part, I didn't look up Post Punk bands until I was an 11th Grader in my junior year (Well I didn't look up Post Punk bands, more like I found them, but I will talk about that in another post). When I was fourteen I was also barely getting into the alternative subculture as well. It was when I was beggining to listen to bands like: 30 Seconds to Mars, Breaking Benjamin, Nirvana, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, The Offspring, etc. Back in my freshman year in high school, everything alternative sounded so fascinating and unique to me. It was like something new to me, kind of like when your a little kid and you get excited when you go to your first roadtrip. Its like a whole new experience that unfolds right in front of your eyes. And still to this day I am still learning more and more about the Gothic subculture. I am still so amazed at how one little book as this has changed my life. This was the thing that did it for me on the Gothic Fashion aesthetic. What about you? Where did you make your first peek at the Gothic subculture?

See you soon,
May

November Inspirational Images

Hello Everyone!
Its me May again, I just wanted to make this quick post about inspirational images I found while surfing on the web. When I had seen them I was filled with a sudden inspiration, which usally happens when I look at beautiful fashion, makeup, ect.

This makeup look is stunning. Its a fairy-esque makeup inspired look that has purple pigmentation on both the eyes and the lips. And I also liked the hair style as well. Plus, I love faeries as well! So of course I loved this picture!

This lip art on the lips is fantastic. I am seriously in love with the landscape art in this masterpiece. I especially love the fact that one was cery creative in making art in this specific area. Its just amazing, the dark midnight blue, the little ghost, plus the little RIP tombstone there too. It captivates perfectly the Halloween aspect that we all know and love.

Now I think all of us would want to get married in a place like this! This church is just beautiful. Everything about this is just perfect. The big window is lovely and the balcony like sculpture things look super cool. The architecture put into this place is just inspirational to me. since well, I would love to be an architect. And the girls dress is gorgeous, plus it doesn't hurt to add that they make a nice couple too. I hoped you all liked these images I thought were inspirational.

See you soon,
May  

Black Friday Haul!

Hello Everyone!

Its me May again. This quick post is mostly for the fact that I went to the mall yesterday and got some goodies and wanted to share them with you all. So you can see the stuff I got at good bargains! I am super happy I got this stuff, some I had been wanting for a while and now I finally have!
Ok, first up is this satin like black blouse I got at Burlingtons. Which I got at $15, I know that isn't exactly a bargain but its much better than paying $25 for one like this at other stores. Which I did see one for $22 in another store in the same mall, it just didnt have that cute black lace detailing on the back.

 It has a black lace detailing in the back.

I am going to remove the annoying belt that came with it. Its not really my thing. I asked my mom if she wanted the belt and she did. At least the belt isn't going to waste.
This is another blouse that I also got at Burlingtons. Its a nice deep burgundy color that is quite lovely in my opinion. This one was at $13.

I really love the collar this blouse has, it kind of gives it that vampy vibe to it. As for the belt I did like this one, since it is much thinner and its made out of that PVC looking material. It will go very nice with the Doc. Marten look alike boots I have.
The last item I got at Burlingtons were these super cute hair pins. These were $3

The next store I went to was Claire's. And they had a whole clearance section. Most of the clearance was on jewelry and Justin Bieber stuff. But, I bought two lovely necklaces from here. This first one has black chain, and black and blue stone for decoration. It is stunning, this one is the one necklace that I had been eyeing a while back and now I finally have it! Yay me!

As you can see what that originally costed. And the bargain I paid for this little gem was $2. The second necklace I also got from Claire's was also $2.

This one just looks so exquisite and was a definite eye catcher for me. This one is perfect for special events like Sweet 16's, Quinceaneras, and weddings. Since I do go out often to events such as those. I also loved this one because when one wears a nice black dress this jewelry piece goes lovely. Now that I mention it, this necklace has this sort of princess-y feel to it, which I adore. The last store I purchased stuff from was a store called Rainbow and in this store I pretty much stocked up on tights. I literally bought 3 packs of this regular fishnet pantyhose pattern.

These were 3 for $10. I literally cried when I saw this price! I usually have to buy them for like $5 to
$10 each at other stores. The next pair of tights are thin vertical stripes.

These are small vertical stripes, which are so lovely! Sorry the lighting is kind of bad in here, but I hope you can still see it. I had been wanting these types for a long time and finally there mine! The next ones are of thicker and bigger stripes.

I also really loved these too. Its good to have variety of stripes. I have also been wanting some of these for ages! And now I have these as well! The last pair of tights I bought were horizontal stripes. These are pretty thick and are also of solid/sheer coverage.

Now that I finished showing you all the tights I got. This was the last thing I bought at Rainbow, the same store I purchased my tights. Its this really cute wallet. It has hearts and star prints, and it has a shiny silvery glittery surface. And its not that type of wallets where the glitter falls off. I also loved that it has double zipper sides. This was for $6

On closer inspection.

I hope you liked the stuff I showed you. Because I am in love with my new stuff! I can't wait to wear those new tights to school! And not to mention those blouses too!
See you soon,
May

Introduction, Getting to know me



Me on New Years Eve

Hello Everyone!
My name is Mayra Celeste Robledo and I am just beginning to write my very own first blog! I am so excited to write in it!This is my very first post, its a bit complicated to use but I hope to get better at blogging real soon. I am not your not so average Goth girl. I am 19 years old and I graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 2011. I live in Houston, TX in the United States. But I plan to live in Paris, France in the upcoming future. Because I plan to live in Europe. ^-^









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For my career goals I plan to get a major in Architecture. Because I love Architecture. I love how everything is made and I love the historical side of it with a burning passion. I am a college student, and I attend a community college in my local area. I am currently attending Houston Community College. I also do plan to get a minor on Fashion Design because I love Fashion! I love everything to do with it! I love to put on cute and groovy clothing and I really love to give makeovers haha! What I also love about Fashion is that you are in control of how you want your outcome to look like. I'd say that is where the beauty of Fashion really is at. Unless you are paid to do a certain look, but you also taking control of what that person is wearing as well.   










On the things that I like to do is mainly go shopping to get new clothing as accessories. Because you can never have too much clothing and accessories! Mainly the things that I shop for have a Gothic inclined look and a Gothic Lolita flair. Or also something with a Victorian style to it as well. I am also a bit into the visual Kei look as well. I also love to hangout with my friends, but lately I feel as if I really don't have any friends at all. So if you live in the Houston area we so have to hangout! I also really want to get to lean how to play violin because I am in love with classical music. I absolutely adore how classical instruments sound when they are played. I also feel whenever I am hearing classical music is that you are in a great ambient whenever you listen to it play. So that is my drive to leaning how to play violin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for my style it varies from day to day because one day I can just wear regular "Goth" clothing and the other day I am wearing Gothic Lolita clothing. As for colors I wear a lot of diverse colors. One day I can wear all blue, the other day I can wear all purple, or the next I can wear all black. For me it just depends on the outfit that I wear actually. I like to go well matched everywhere I go haha.  But keep in mind that this is my personal style and that I do not go by the usual Goth stereotypes. Because where is the fun and creativity in looking like how you want to look! And trying out many fun and different things as well! =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for my music tastes well lets just say that I listen to so many different genres! I listen from the traditional Post Punk, New Wave, Synthpop, Deathrock, Darkwave, and to the many genres of  Industrial to the funky and groovy Trance, Pop, Electronic, KPop, and Japanese Visual Kei music. I do occasionally listen to some Rap and R&B music but most of that is pretty late 1990's and early 2000's. Pretty much the stuff that my friends go and say "wow that song is so old!" And I just give them the stare and say "I listen to much more older music than that!" lmao XD Some of the other music genres that I rarely (pretty much never) listen to nowadays is the music that I used to listen back in high school. Those genres include Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Trash Metal, and Death Metal. And a little bit of Emo Hardcore. To be quite honest I feel quite uncomfortable when I listen to that. So it sits untouched on my very much loved iPod.

 

 

 

 

 

So now getting on to the topic on what this blog is going to be about. This is an update for this post. My first post was quite lame. And it was sort of vague and didn't really talk much about myself. I am still having trouble with BlogSpot. Which kind of sucks actually. I thought I would take less time getting the hang of it. But the only problem that I have is the adding captions thing. And when I do add them the pictures all come out together on the same line and prevents me from moving them and that is so not cool! This picture was taken on 3/27/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From what I have actually have been doing in this blog is not much...Sorry everyone! But I do update every week with a different topic. I do have rambles in this blog. I haven't had any time to do haul posts because they are so time consuming. And because I buy too many things to actually put those many things in a blog haul. I think I should maybe make a YouTube channel to post those. Which I am planning to but until I get a good quality camera! So I have no idea if this is going to be a rambling blog of some sorts. But I will make an accessory post on what types of things that I wear with my outfits! Picture taken on 4/17/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did I forget to mention how much I love video games?! I pretty much love Nintendo games. I loved games since I was a little kid. I remember when the Nintendo 64 came out and I used to play games like Super Mario 64, Super Samsh Brothers I, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap, Donkey Kong 64, The Legend of Zelda games, and the Tony Hawk games. And lets not forget the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance with the Pokémon handheld games! Those are so much fun to play. I actually have Pokémon Yellow to play in my cellphone ^-^  And lets not also forget when the Nintendo Gamecube came out. I remember Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda the Windwaker, Luigi's Mansion, Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness, and Mario Kart Double Dash, and Super Smash Brothers Melee II! Picture taken on 4/18/2013

 

 

 

 

 

So that is my new introduction, I hope you all got to know more about me through this intro. And I hope it wasn't as vague as my first introduction. And I hope you all like what I mentioned in this introduction. I tried to write about the most basic things that you all should at least know. Like hobbies and things that I like to do. And what are my interests. Comment down below and tell me about yourself I would like to know about you as well! If you want to follow me on both Instagram and Tumblr its moonlitmidnightmay. I use this username for pretty much everything. Well I hope you like this revamped post of my introduction! ^-^ Picture taken on 4/18/2013