How Goblincore directly appeals to the Neurodiverse and Disabled
🍄 The focus on dark greens, browns and earthier colors helps prevent eye strain and sensory overload
🍄 The emphasis on getting dirty and not being super tidy all the time appeals to disabled people who may struggle with upkeep of themselves, their clothes and their environments
🍄 Collecting, especially of shiny things and those of sentimental value, is a great hobby for people with hyperfixations
🍄 Speaking of which, hyperfixations are actively encouraged in the Goblin community. Infodumping is a love language, and I’ve found that this community really respects that
🍄 Worn-out clothing is often very soft, which helps with sensory issues, and the emphasis on layering may provide a comfortable weight to those who enjoy pressure
🍄 Strange eating habits are often considered a staple of Goblincore culture. If you can’t see the appeal of this to a Neurodiverse person, I don’t know what to tell you
🍄 Goblincore is directly focused on Diversity. I’ve seen many Jewish people put forth the opinion that, as long as those who enjoy Goblincore steer clear of harmful stereotypes like greediness, money-hoarding and large noses, then being a Goblin is fine. If you disagree, that’s completely fine, but most Goblincore Enthusiasts have no intention of harming anyone (usually, there’s always someone in every community of course. Try to ignore them).
🍄 Goblincore directly banks off of imperfection. Unlike Cottagecore and Dark Academia, where there can be the pressure to do things in an aesthetically perfect way, Goblincore thrives off of instability and imperfection, a feat very few modern aesthetics achieve
🍄 A connection to nature is very appealing to Neurodiverse and Disabled folks, and the emphasis on decorating your room with nature can be very helpful to those who are bedbound and generally unable to leave home much
🍄 The fashion is simplistic yet stylish, which is very nice for someone who may struggle change clothes often or go with more complex beauty trends. There’s an emphasis on naturalness in Goblincore
🍄 Involves both indoor and outdoor hobbies, which is very good for all types of neurodiverse and disabled people, whether you can’t leave the house much, or can’t stand being cooped up inside
🍄 What Neurodiverse/Disabled person doesn’t want to be a frog resting on a dew-covered mushroom in the middle of autumn and finally achieving inner peace?
🍄 Many Traumatized, Disabled and Neurodiverse people gravitate towards things that untraumatized abled people may consider “creepy” or “weird”. By showing love to things like snails, rats, mushrooms and bugs, those with trauma reassert their own existence. We care for ugly and broken things because, on some level, it’s reaffirming that they deserve to exist and therefore so do we. When we care for a “creepy” rat or fill our comfort terrariums with bugs, it’s a way of affirming our healing and identity, and I think that’s really beautiful.
(Please take this with a grain of salt, I mean no offense by any of this. If you disagree, then disagree, but don't be a clown in the comments.)
