For those guys who are part of the aboveground scene but may have their eye on a certain underground chick, I'm here to give some helpful hints on how to talk to that special someone.
1. Do not try and use pick-up lines. Pick-up lines are not impressive to any woman alive or dead, so leave them at the door. Goths and metalheads in particular hate overused and over-hyped things, so it stands to reason that using one is not going to serve you well at all.
2. If you aren't part of the scene, don't pretend to be. In other words guys, don't be posers. No mature goth is going to turn you away all because you might be an abovegrounder. My most recent boyfriend dressed like a gangsta and we were together for over two years. Not to mention you're probably going to wind up looking like an idiot when the girl asks what music you like and you can't think of a single metal band to save your life.
3. Don't be intimidated by her friends. Yes all the guys she hangs out with, not to mention the girls, look scary and strange but they'll be friendly too. Undergrounders like it when abovegrounders try to talk and have friendly conversations with us. We give a lot of respect to people who treat us like everyone else.
4. Do not be a player. This should go without saying for picking up any girl. But I give all you guys fair warning now. Goths and metalheads stick together and look out for each other. If you screw one of us over, you screw all of us over. If you're in it just to say you fucked a goth chick, then reconsider very, very carefully.
5. The best way to attract a goth girl in a club--DANCE. I'm not kidding. Even if you don't know how or if the music isn't your style, give it a shot anyway. There's plenty of ways to dance at goth clubs and they're all unique so no one's going to care if yours looks a bit different from everyone else. And one very important piece of advice... Goth dancing is usually a solo thing, so don't try to go and grind up on the girl. It's just going to piss her off.
Now that you're armed with all this fabulous advice, go out and get that little vampiress of your dreams.
Best advice for sure is #2. Or they could read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and see how Mikael picks up Lisbeth :)
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't really do much tho lol They're pretty platonic then all of a sudden its "Oh hello, you're naked on top of me."
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA a few things: 1. you said gangsta. that made my life. 2. i love that we're referred to as abovegrounders. it makes me feel like a bird or some form of tree-dwelling creature. 3. "go out and get that little vampiress of your dreams" = perfection. great post, rin!
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