"Real Emo" only consists of the Deleware Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 2000's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like Paramore are not real emo, while saying that Pretty Girls Make Graves is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as Paramore (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Eldritch Anisette, The Lazarus Plot, Everyone Asked About You (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Nymb. Some examples of FAKE EMO are Flyleaf, Paramore and Picture Me Broken EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE