Gothic Role Models (They Do Exist!)

[Labradorescence]

Amy Lee was my role model when I was 12... other then that, no clue.  

[The War on Indifference]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Erik Destler. Gaston Leroux seemed to be convinced that there was a real "Opera ghost" and that he enjoyed causing mischief and general grief to whatever managers didn't make their payments.
Insane, without a doubt, but by the memoirs of the people Leroux sniffed out, we can say he was very resourceful.  

[GilAskan]

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

-Resurrected Writer-

G.I. Joe (hey, with some of the other nonsensical examples posted, why not them?)

xd

Following your lead, I'll say:

My dog.
Toki from Dethklok.
Buffy!
Charles de Gaulle.
Hamlet.

xd

HEY! Toki Wartooth is not a goth in anyway shape or form... you leave Toki out of your world of goth... now excuse me... me and Toki are gonna go make some model aeroplanes.

WE'S GOINGS TO MAKESES SOMES AIRPLANES ANDS MY GUITAR IS AWESOMES  

[Henneth Annun]

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

-Resurrected Writer-

G.I. Joe (hey, with some of the other nonsensical examples posted, why not them?)

xd

Following your lead, I'll say:

My dog.
Toki from Dethklok.
Buffy!
Charles de Gaulle.
Hamlet.

xd

HEY! Toki Wartooth is not a goth in anyway shape or form... you leave Toki out of your world of goth... now excuse me... me and Toki are gonna go make some model aeroplanes.

I was joking. If you had read the entire post then you would have realized that, Rellik. stare  

[Macabre_Cogitation]

XWraith_LordX

I'm a rolemodel.......if you're interested in dying early and ruining your life....

.....James Dead, YOU CAME BACK!?  

[Rellik San]

XWraith_LordX

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

-Resurrected Writer-

G.I. Joe (hey, with some of the other nonsensical examples posted, why not them?)

xd

Following your lead, I'll say:

My dog.
Toki from Dethklok.
Buffy!
Charles de Gaulle.
Hamlet.

xd

HEY! Toki Wartooth is not a goth in anyway shape or form... you leave Toki out of your world of goth... now excuse me... me and Toki are gonna go make some model aeroplanes.

I was joking. If you had read the entire post then you would have realized that, Rellik. stare

Hey don't say my name like that, everyone loves me. biggrin
And I know you're joking hence my absurdly over active reply.  

[Henneth Annun]

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

-Resurrected Writer-

G.I. Joe (hey, with some of the other nonsensical examples posted, why not them?)

xd

Following your lead, I'll say:

My dog.
Toki from Dethklok.
Buffy!
Charles de Gaulle.
Hamlet.

xd

HEY! Toki Wartooth is not a goth in anyway shape or form... you leave Toki out of your world of goth... now excuse me... me and Toki are gonna go make some model aeroplanes.

I was joking. If you had read the entire post then you would have realized that, Rellik. stare

Hey don't say my name like that, everyone loves me. biggrin
And I know you're joking hence my absurdly over active reply.

Oh okay. I thought you were trying to annoy me for some reason, Rellik.
you name's in bold now. smile  

[Henneth Annun]

Macabre_Cogitation

XWraith_LordX

I'm a rolemodel.......if you're interested in dying early and ruining your life....

.....James Dead, YOU CAME BACK!?

Shhhh! I'm undercover!  

[Awesome Akwardness]

XWraith_LordX

Macabre_Cogitation

XWraith_LordX

I'm a rolemodel.......if you're interested in dying early and ruining your life....

.....James Dead, YOU CAME BACK!?

Shhhh! I'm undercover!

But he knows too much, you'll have to eliminate him. ninja  

[Henneth Annun]

Blackrose Kaire

XWraith_LordX

Macabre_Cogitation

XWraith_LordX

I'm a rolemodel.......if you're interested in dying early and ruining your life....

.....James Dead, YOU CAME BACK!?

Shhhh! I'm undercover!

But he knows too much, you'll have to eliminate him. ninja

Sadly you may be right.

Send in the wyverns! scream  

[Rellik San]

XWraith_LordX

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

Rellik San

XWraith_LordX

-Resurrected Writer-

G.I. Joe (hey, with some of the other nonsensical examples posted, why not them?)

xd

Following your lead, I'll say:

My dog.
Toki from Dethklok.
Buffy!
Charles de Gaulle.
Hamlet.

xd

HEY! Toki Wartooth is not a goth in anyway shape or form... you leave Toki out of your world of goth... now excuse me... me and Toki are gonna go make some model aeroplanes.

I was joking. If you had read the entire post then you would have realized that, Rellik. stare

Hey don't say my name like that, everyone loves me. biggrin
And I know you're joking hence my absurdly over active reply.

Oh okay. I thought you were trying to annoy me for some reason, Rellik.
you name's in bold now. smile

See, I never try to annoy people on purpose... well not here anyway... and great job with my name, just add in a sexy 'oooh' and we're laughing.  

[GilAskan]

This thread needs some serious weeding, but it's too late for that now...

Okay, I'd start by saying that the man who jumps out in my mind is Voltaire. The musician, of course. Why?

1) He actually IS a goth.

2) He's a latino immigrant to America who is financially, artistically, and personally successful. In the past ten years-

- He's published two non-fiction humor books and two full-length graphic novels
- He's been the primary writing and performing force behind 6 full length studio albums (five via label, one self-released), a live album, and two EP's. He and his band are internationally known, and he has hundreds of thousands of fans. He tours five cities a month as a musician, on average, and typically plays to sold-out crowds. All of his albums have been well-reviewed in both goth publications and non-goth publications.
- He's a successful stop-motion animator (a hard field to get into) who has done work for some of the biggest media outlets of the past 20 years- MTV, Nickelodeon, The Super Bowl, and so on.
- He is a college graduate who maintains a frequent job as a professor at his Alma Mater.
- He has been successful in all of his brief dips into toy-design (all of which sell-out rapidly) and fashion design.
- He has a healthy relationship with his son, as far as I've heard.

Sounds like a pretty good role-model to me.  

[-Resurrected Writer-]

GilAskan

This thread needs some serious weeding, but it's too late for that now...

Okay, I'd start by saying that the man who jumps out in my mind is Voltaire. The musician, of course. Why?

1) He actually IS a goth.

2) He's a latino immigrant to America who is financially, artistically, and personally successful. In the past ten years-

- He's published two non-fiction humor books and two full-length graphic novels
- He's been the primary writing and performing force behind 6 full length studio albums (five via label, one self-released), a live album, and two EP's. He and his band are internationally known, and he has hundreds of thousands of fans. He tours five cities a month as a musician, on average, and typically plays to sold-out crowds. All of his albums have been well-reviewed in both goth publications and non-goth publications.
- He's a successful stop-motion animator (a hard field to get into) who has done work for some of the biggest media outlets of the past 20 years- MTV, Nickelodeon, The Super Bowl, and so on.
- He is a college graduate who maintains a frequent job as a professor at his Alma Mater.
- He has been successful in all of his brief dips into toy-design (all of which sell-out rapidly) and fashion design.
- He has a healthy relationship with his son, as far as I've heard.

Sounds like a pretty good role-model to me.

Then there's also the Fox News bit...  

[Gothic Muffin of Doom]

Wow, I never thought people other than me took Voltaire that seriously. I'm a happy person now.  

[sublime_necromancer]

I keep his "Got Black?" interior decorating tips sacred. Doth Black a Goth Make? HELLLS YA!