Gothness

Thirdly, they claim ordinariness by rationalising their general status as human being, and by, at the same time, 'radiating' their gothness.

Your gothness is then measured by your peers with a 'gothier-than-thou' approach, facing ridicule if you are falling short.

The weakest works persist in the shiny black gothness.

These channels allow participants to authenticate their gothness through emotional performances, but they also police the boundaries of goth darkness.