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<blockquote data-quote="ProtoClone" data-source="post: 5324326" data-attributes="member: 35951">I love, and have loved for over 20years, the idea of steampunk.&nbsp; Sorry for the &quot;elitism&quot; but I feel it is necessary to note approximately what stage of this sub genre I come from.&nbsp; I really like the idea of humanity continuing the industrial era and expanding it.&nbsp; The idea that the Babbage engine was successful and deeply rooted in society so much that it brings a computer like era to the Victorian era.I have read books, most memorably &quot;The Difference Engine&quot;, that partake in the genre.&nbsp; I have also read some of the newer stuff out there or at least tried to read some of it.&nbsp; People are too eager to cash in on this new craze that they seem to lack something from what I feel is essential to capturing it correctly.I am always interested in the costumes and jewelery, as I am always interested in costumes and jewelery, but am often underwhelmed by the lack of creativity.&nbsp; Although, unlike punk or goth, steampunk does not really carry a certain set of ideals with it that help it define itself.&nbsp; For example, punk was about not caring, not participating in society and establishing a lifestyle that showed your disgust for &quot;The Dream&quot;.&nbsp; You didn't have to dress like a punk to be punk, but it helped <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.&nbsp; Steampunk doesn't seem to hold any set beliefs that really make it anything thing more then, as it has now grown to be, a cosplay fad that has hit big.I still hope for the future of steampunk.&nbsp; I have seen it in the infancy of its inception and watched it grow wildly out of hand.&nbsp; I hope that maybe amidst all of this we will see it actually mature in to something truly awesome eventually.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProtoClone, post: 5324326, member: 35951"] I love, and have loved for over 20years, the idea of steampunk. Sorry for the "elitism" but I feel it is necessary to note approximately what stage of this sub genre I come from. I really like the idea of humanity continuing the industrial era and expanding it. The idea that the Babbage engine was successful and deeply rooted in society so much that it brings a computer like era to the Victorian era. I have read books, most memorably "The Difference Engine", that partake in the genre. I have also read some of the newer stuff out there or at least tried to read some of it. People are too eager to cash in on this new craze that they seem to lack something from what I feel is essential to capturing it correctly. I am always interested in the costumes and jewelery, as I am always interested in costumes and jewelery, but am often underwhelmed by the lack of creativity. Although, unlike punk or goth, steampunk does not really carry a certain set of ideals with it that help it define itself. For example, punk was about not caring, not participating in society and establishing a lifestyle that showed your disgust for "The Dream". You didn't have to dress like a punk to be punk, but it helped ;). Steampunk doesn't seem to hold any set beliefs that really make it anything thing more then, as it has now grown to be, a cosplay fad that has hit big. I still hope for the future of steampunk. I have seen it in the infancy of its inception and watched it grow wildly out of hand. I hope that maybe amidst all of this we will see it actually mature in to something truly awesome eventually. [/QUOTE]

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