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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus
That's true, because most people, especially among those found at goth clubs, are idiots who romanticize the Victorian aristocracy and neglect to acknowledge it as the sexist, classist, racist institution that it was. A good number of educated people, however, will look on a black dude in full Victorian regalia as a sad irony.
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Not that it will alter your view of individuals who enjoy Victorian fashion, but I would like to point out that Okami has stated that he is not interested in going the route of 'full Victorian regalia' so much as incorporating aspects of it into his appearance. I also feel that it is somewhat ignorant of you to continue using him as a whipping boy for your views regarding that time period.
It almost seems like your intent is to instill such a sense of ethnic guilt and obligation in him as to force him to repress a look that he seems naturally drawn to. While I feel that in some instances this may be justified, such as a the child of a Holocaust survivor strutting a full SS uniform in public, I would venture to say that Okami's attraction to Victorian style is tangential at worst.
Let the man, and all those 'goth club ... idiots' dress in their own way, and leave your whole intellectual superiority complex out of the equation. I fail to see why you insist on letting your apparently educated perspective spoil the harmless enjoyment that others derive out of dressing the way they like to.
God forbid someone wear a formal tailcoat or a taffeta bustle gown because Gothicusmaximus declares such affectation to be socially irresponsible.