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[coraa]

Five Thoughts on the Popularity of Steampunk:

A lot of kids in today’s steampunk music & style scene used to identify with the goth aesthetic — and are pleasantly surprised to discover that normal adults seem intrigued by this new thing rather than alarmed. Well, yeah. People think of goths as weirdoes who take vampires too seriously, and therefore they can’t help being worried on some level that a crazy goth might, you know, want to make them bleed. Whereas steampunks are — what? Weirdoes who take pocket-watches too seriously? What are they gonna do, vehemently tell you what time it is?

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[porfinn.livejournal.com]

If they like Anthony Burgess, they might possibly clock you one.

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[donaithnen.livejournal.com]

Yay steampunk! Yay icon!

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Well, cute fuzzy animals are harmless, and furries still have a bad rep.

...So just don't publicly hit on anyone dressed like a pocket-watch.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

That's true, although I think when something has acquired an association with sex/sexual fetish (fairly or unfairly), the rules change a bit.

In fact, that steampunk doesn't have any publicly-popular associations with kink (unlike, say, goth and BDSM culture -- not the same, but heavy crossover, and some similar terminology) is part of what makes it less 'scary.'