r/DarklyInclined

What cheer? 🖤

I’m a young (15 y/o) goth trans girl who very recently (February) came out to my parents, family, and friends, and I wanted to finally introduce myself, as myself.

I love all things dark, morbid, and strange. Autumn is my favorite season, followed closely by Winter. Spring, I tolerate well enough. Summer, on the other hand, I endure as one does a plague.

My favorite book is The Scarlet Letter. My favorite movie is The Witch, because honestly, I too would like to wear a pretty dress and live deliciously. Accordingly, my chosen first and middle names are Hester and Thomasin.

I’ve always loved that stark, severe, modest, and austere Puritan aesthetic, and I think it pairs beautifully with goth fashion. If I had to name my personal style, it would be “Dark Puritan” or “New England Gothic.”

Goth, Ethereal Wave, Dark Folk, and American Gothic are my amongst my favorite musical genres. I adore murder ballads. Nick Cave & PJ Harvey’s Henry Lee is my current favorite song, and my mother is sick of hearing it, as well as a little weirded out that I have it on repeat. It’s fun being the spooky daughter. 👻

I am a child of two capes. My mother’s side of the family comes from New England, Massachusetts, Cape Ann specifically, and more generally the North Shore, which happens to include Salem. My father’s people hail from Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I like to imagine I have the blood of both pirates and Puritans running through my veins: witches and wenches, as it were. I claim as my spiritual sisters the likes of Anne Bonny and Bridget Bishop.

Besides my collection of “pretty little dead things,” my other hobbies include writing and living history: historical fashion, historical cooking (Townsends shout-out), and historical reenactment. I also enjoy dressmaking, embroidery, needlepoint, cross-stitch, and afternoon tea.

My biggest guilty pleasure: K-Pop. But if you confront me about it in public, I will deny it, vehemently. Then shalt I hex thee.

I have a dog. He’s a 215 pound Mastiff who thinks he’s a Chihuahua. His name is Burgermeister Meisterburger (the mayor of Somber Town) aka Burger. I did not name him, but yet find it oddly appropriate.

Good meeting. 🦇