[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Benn Roe

You're right that emo and goth aren't related, but everything else you said is wrong. The first emo bands formed in the mid-80s, and were very much an off-shoot of punk and hardcore. They had no associations with goth fashion, derivative or otherwise, and were "emo" because the music and lyrics and were emotional and introspective (for punk, anyway). In the early 2000s some pop-punk bands started screaming and imitating goth fashion, and erroneously adopted the term, and the general public has been confused about it ever since, apparently yourself included. Or at least that's a purist's take, but language evolves. Most people use the terms 'goth' and 'emo' more or less synonymously these days, so either they're right or I am. You just seem confused.

As the resident goth, I can tell you, that one, emo evolved from scene kids, and their music is mainly from the 00s bands like AFI, Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, etc. Just because the word are used interchangeably doesn't make it accurate or correct, most goths feel that the emo set are engaging in cultural appropriation