#p.p.p.s twenty one pilots xxxtentacion and melanie martinez are not emo theyve been excommunicated

[michaelmilkers]

ok since people are all about scene revival now i want to remind everyone that scene and emo are NOT the same thing and are NOT interchangeable

emo is short for emotional, because there is an emphasis on emotional expression. depression and misanthropy and all that edgy shit. its essentially punk but more angsty, sort of a counterculture to the idea of a perfect happy nuclear family you see on christmas cards. at a glance emos can be confused with punks because there is a lot of overlap and someone might even be both, it depends on what the person calls themselves.

scene developed from emo subculture and is more closely associated with deathcore music. the main difference between scene and emo is the presence of a lot of bright colors in scene fashion. emo fashion features mostly black white and red, while scene fashion is usually black paired with neon colors such as pink, green, purple, and orange. scene is more about loudness and vibrancy than emo is, and doesnt have as much of an emotional/angst-based origin.

obviously both subcultures and fashions have evolved with the times and are not identical to what an emo or scene kid in 2008 would look like.

some examples of modern emo/scene!

emo! (oh shit thats me lol he/him sorry for the lq selfie)

emo! (tumblr user @jasminnows)

emo! (tumblr user @ozusai, she/her)

scene! (tumblr user @fakedsuicide)

scene! (tumblr user @nescafes)

scene! (tumblr user @0opsy)

as you can see theres lots of variation of both but they are two different things and shouldnt be used interchangeably! but theyre both really fun and cool and im not saying by any means that you need to have certain clothes or hair in order to be one or the other or both bc i know not everyone has access to stuff the important thing is you have fun! this is just so the uninitiated know the distinction bc scene and emo tags on tumblr are a fucking mess of just literally anything alternative

p.s. i thought it would be fun to give shout outs to some cool looking people here on tumblr but if anyone wants their pic removed from this post hmu

p.p.s if anyone says that this is stupid or doesnt matter or this is a dumb hill to die on i will literally cry just let me blab

#p.p.p.s twenty one pilots xxxtentacion and melanie martinez are not emo theyve been excommunicated #top for bastardizing what emo is supposed to be and making it pretentious and the other two for obvious reasons #emo #scene #nu scene #emo kid #scene revival #scenecore #emocore #alternative #irl people #scopophobia #selfies #btw i put pronouns when they had them in the bios #not trying to single anyone out #its 1 am