• yuri@pawb.social
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    14 days ago

    using -punk as a suffix is almost always misleading. like steampunk was almost immediately diluted into mismatched victorian garb and random gears that couldn’t possibly serve any purpose. equally not punk.

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      13 days ago

      I once had a friend tell me that steampunk is what happens when goths discover the color brown and I’ve never been able to get over that.

    • Axolotl@feddit.it
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      13 days ago

      I swear, i can’t find good steampunk anymore, all the images i find when i search for inspiration when i draw are just bullshit with no-purpose gears glued on everthing 😭

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      13 days ago

      It had a good run on diy forums until reddit grabbed it after thinkgeek started selling “merch”