The sexy goth look

I'm meeting my goal of making sizable progress on writing Sea Hags and Other Modern Women this week, so I wanted to check in and make a few remarks on my poll-in-progress. I thank other sites for linking to my discussion about why we're so attracted to vampires, the most recent one being Amberkatze's Book Blog.

It's interesting to note that visitors are happily airing their opinions on the poll, but, so far, the only person who's responded to my original post, Why are we so attracted to vampires, discussed things he doesn't enjoy about vampires. Perhaps explaining one's own attraction to these undead creatures is a little too personal--too closely tied to revealing the inner workings of one's subconscious. Either that, or it's just much faster to respond to a poll.

"The goth look is so damn sexy" is the current leading choice of visitors, but it looks like that could quickly change. Personally, I'm indeed a bit drawn to the goth look. I dislike how modern novels frequently portray male vampires as rugged guys with long black hair--the goth look intermingled with Fabio's look does nothing for me. But, in general, there's something about the overall goth appearance that appeals to me, as attested by my college days of hanging up Cure posters featuring pasty-white Robert Smith and his wild Tim Burton-esque hair. Why it appeals? I have no idea. You'd have to ask my subconscious--which only pipes up in my fiction.