The City of Spiders

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[manorofshepard]

By reading my works you are signing an agreement that if you put my works through AI or repost my works or anything like that, i get to hunt you for sport

[me----irl]

Reblog if you think the person you reblogged this from deserves to be happy.

[homunculus-argument]

There has to be a way to dress gothy and masc in a way that's also comfy. Like "clothes that could also double as pyjamas" level of comfy wear.

[gromqueer]

sweatpants?

[homunculus-argument]

Do you have tips on how to style sweatpants in a dressy, goth way?

[vinylcatlocket]

pick a pair of pants at the thrift store that you think are nice looking and comfy. then pair it with a t-shirt from the menswear section. make sure it calls to you. personalise it if you feel like changing anything about it. you have to dress like who you are authentically.

if your most authentic self is goth, and the way you sourced the clothes is more faithful to goth values, then it's going to be a super comfy goth outfit.

remember, goth is not a look, so much as it is a lifestyle. you have to have the values and practices and the aesthetic will follow

[homunculus-argument]

The problem is the first sentence: there is no known overlap between "looks good" and "comfy".

[caffeinatedpunk]

I have a few ideas but depends on how much effort you want to put on it. Diy is not only a punk feature, goths have always diy'd their clothes. I am more punk than goth but the two are not that far! They are like alt cousins :)

Quickest and easiest way to make a pair of sweatpants look goth is to bleach them. You could either dilute it and spray it on the pants or put a bit of bleach in a container, take a brush and just splash it on the pants. Leave them outside in the sun for a bit and wash them (do not put them with other clothes just to be sure you are not ruining anything). I'll say one hour and you have your personal pair of goth sweatpants.

Another thing you could do is to put holes in them. Take a pair of scissor, cut a small hole and then bush a razor on it to give it a more ripped look.

If you have more time, a bit of money and you want to try something more complicated, you can sew patches, paint them, add some metal eyelets (idk if that's how they are called in english. The metal things in the shoe where you put your laces in), chains, etc.

As for the top, band shirts!! Black shirts!! Black tank tops!! Halloween themed stuff!! You can also find them already goth enough or add patches, pins, laces, etc etc. Same goes for sweatshirts! Be creative! And also accessories!! Spike bracelets, necklaces, etc can change the look and make it more goth even if you are just wearing a pajamas.

Definitely look at old goths looks. They can be the source of great inspiration for diys. You do not need any fancy or expensive equipment or that much experience to make cool things. And remember that all of these subcultures are about breaking societal norms and expectations. So honestly going around in your pjs sounds very goth!!!

[homunculus-argument]

I think people misunderstood what I meant with the sweatpants: I do not want to be seen in public in sweatpants. I would rather just go with no pants at all than have to wear those in public, but unfortunately that attracts unwanted attention.

When I said "I don't want to look like I'm wearing sweatpants", I did not mean "if only there was a way for me to wear sweatpants", I meant "I do not want to be a person who wears sweatpants in public".

If I said "I hate lemons so much that I'd rather eat human shit than touch a lemon", that does not mean that I am looking for suggestions on how to safely consume feces. This is not directed at you personally, I always get misunderstood in ways like this and I don't know how to make it stop happening every time I open my mouth.

[nurmilintunen]

You could try being more specific from the beginning. People are not gonna be able to guess that "clothes that could also double as pyjamas" and "gothy and masc" also mean that you absolutely do not want to be seen wearing sweatpants in public, since you also asked for further tips to make sweatpants look less casual. They will assume you want something comfortable and casual (because you said pyjamas) and since you were curious about how to style sweatpants in a goth, dressy way they're going to go down that road. You did say dressy, but that one word will not communicate that sweatpants are off the list.

You said there's no way to make something comfy and look good, but people don't innately know "what looking good" to you means, and it can't be sweatpants at all and you would not want to even be seen in public in them. If you want to find tips to feel comfortable in dressy clothing you have to say that from the beginning as well.

It's like you're setting invisible tripwires for people by assuming there's more meaning to your words than you're actually communicating with them. Of course people are gonna trip.

And showing more appreciation when people take their time to give you advice, even if they misunderstand would be good. Now you're just rewarding them with a slap on the face by always emphasizing how little they understood you - that can make people feel dumb and embarassed for trying to help at all.

[homunculus-argument]

I definitely fucked the dog with the way I put myself in words again. I regret doing that and will unfortunately do it again, because if I knew how to stop doing that, I would. I should have been more clear at the start about trying to find something that FEELS COMFORTABLE but simultaneously DOES NOT LOOK CASUAL. No streetwear, no sportswear, no underwear, no camping gear. I had not really clarified the requirements to myself before posting.

It's much less intentionally setting tripwires and more like forgetting to tell people that there's no floor in the kitchen. And neither side understands why we're not in the same room anymore.

[theonyxstate]

sounds like it might be an america-raised vs europe-raised thing? as an eastern european i instantly knew what op meant and maybe its just that "looking good" here is not something youd do by wearing sweatpants?

[homunculus-argument]

If you walk up to someone here who's wearing sweatpants and say "I like your outfit!" you're going to get a nose-breaking headbutt, because that can only be taken as sarcasm, and interpreted as you saying "I notice that you're in a bad place in your life right now, and I want you to know that it shows! :)"

[stagalactic]

Not sure if this still fits in the range of gothy, but would you consider things like these to be sweatpants? To me these look like normal pants but I don't know if a European would see this as too sweatpants-like.

The only other suggestion I would have would be like.. Tripp pants 🤷

[homunculus-argument]

Would I be able to sit like this in them?

[ally-to-person-pipeline]

Do you consider jeans as casual? If not, have you considered jeans with elastane added? There are some black models I’ve seen in stores that offer significant more flexibility than classic jeans. That might be a starting point for further modifications style wise, and if I am not mistaken you should be able to sit in the aforementioned positions. Growing cat fur might be an extra step needed for one of them, but the other seem plausible at least.

[homunculus-argument]

Unfortunately denim is so thick and stiff as a fabric that the bunched up folds hurt when you try to pretzel yourself.

[vinylcatlocket]

slacks. you want slacks.

get these (super super comfy and dressed up) and add whatever you feel like adding. world's your oyster.

[homunculus-argument]

I made the original post while suffering in my slacks. I have fat thighs.

[secondlina]

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[ieatratsyummy]

They could never make me hate you, complex female character whose reaction to trauma was not pretty and digestible like how people think it should be.

[chkq-deactivated20260531]

sometimes i see an opinion i disagree with, and from a combination of wanting to keep up appearances, avoid flak, and cut to the heart of the issue, i draft a series of increasingly abstract responses, eventually culminating in typing out "falsehoods aren't true", which, in a perfect act of autofellatio, deletes itself

[wetheurban]

Sending love to anyone who is just… tired.

Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, socially, financially.

Life is asking a lot right now.

Pause when you can. Breathe when you remember.

Give yourself space. Give yourself grace.

[mr-sardelli]

That one scene in Night Watch...

Young Sam watching him, Young Sam with his bright shiny badge and a face full of...strangeness.

'But we were on the hurry-up wagon, sarge!'

- 'We didn't know!'

- Not exactly. We didn't ask... We just shut our minds to it.

[inkpressedpetals]

[vashito]

KALA'TOA mermaid megafauna oc compilation post

[homunculus-argument]

Y'all know those print services that will make a custom jigsaw puzzle of whatever picture you send them?

I wonder who was the first person to figure out that they could use one of those to send nudes.

[homunculus-argument]

It would be the most high effort low-effort long distance sadistic domme activity. Making your sub use their brain when they are the least capable of it, in order to see a titty.

[segamascott]

[demilypyro]

"You just have a bias in favor of women" yeah duh? Yes I am biased in favor of women and female characters. I do this proudly and purposely, as a direct response to systemic misogyny. I keep in mind that anyone who is female is always treated worse than they deserve, and I purposely adjust my perceptions to compensate. It's called feminism. Keep up. Flicks you on the forehead

[prokopetz]

I recently saw a year-old post remarking that the opening bars of "Holding Out For a Hero" kind of sound like Touhou music, and it occurred to me that both the Touhou series and Jim Steinman's body of work are situated in liminal spaces characterised by a sort of perpetual adolescence, but, like, in diametrically opposite directions.

[prokopetz]

I was about to make a joke about a milieu swap AU that casts Marisa Kirisame as a thirtysomething dirtbag who peaked in high school trapped in a spiral of self-destructive nostalgia for a version of the 1980s that never happened, and also she has a really cool motorcycle, but then I realised that this would unironically work.

[prokopetz]

I recently saw a year-old post remarking that the opening bars of "Holding Out For a Hero" kind of sound like Touhou music, and it occurred to me that both the Touhou series and Jim Steinman's body of work are situated in liminal spaces characterised by a sort of perpetual adolescence, but, like, in diametrically opposite directions.

[prokopetz]

I was about to make a joke about a milieu swap AU that casts Marisa Kirisame as a thirtysomething dirtbag who peaked in high school trapped in a spiral of self-destructive nostalgia for a version of the 1980s that never happened, and also she has a really cool motorcycle, but then I realised that this would unironically work.

[waneella]

More art for Hull Rupture!

Playtest available here:

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[tidesandtwilight]

what is with the cop hate??

Oh sorry for the confusion. It’s because I hate cops