Daphne's Thoughts and Insights

So, I know the title of this entry might seem contradictory if you've looked at my profile before (I've listed 2000s as one of my interests). I like 2000s music, clothing, and yes, the scene and emo subcultures, but I've noticed something.

Despite me liking the scene and emo aesthetics since I was a child and didn't even know what emo or scene even meant yet, if we're gonna talk about the actual subculture, like, community, and also bands.. they all felt forced to me. Like, I've felt like I've forced myself to like those things, sorta from day one.. except for Paramore, I guess.

I say "sorta" from day one because there was a period of time where I loved scene and emo girls when I was in primary school, but then I had a phase in 2020 where I was obsessed with scemo aesthetics and made some new online friends who were also into that. I was 14 back in 2020. I did finally know what emo and scene meant then, and I really did enjoy the aesthetics, fashion, hair, but there was a feeling of.. distaste, since, I don't know, the first few months of me having this phase? Like it's always been there. And that feeling kept reappearing in sentences in my head like: "This subculture is only for straight people."

I know what you're thinking - No it's not, there's always been gay and lesbian emos/scene kids,