So, just what are we talking about?

[Drasca]

I like a lot of the gothic elements, but they do not create any desire in me to dress strangely for everyday life.  But probably that's just me being me.

while others dress more normally, focusing themselves on esoteric thought.

So you're not some youth going clubbing :P You don't have to dress freakishly, except in your own wardrobe--but you probably have better fashion sense than I. Strange and foreign clothing is only freakish until it is part of your own warddrobe--then you have nothing to wear. Though that certainly isn't a problem with uniform based societies, or nudist colonies. Probably. Broad tangent: Would it really be easier to decide 'what to wear?' when clothing is optional?

Hmm. I recall Classic Diablo being advertised as a Gothic-horror rpg. I may be wrong, but the Church and Catacombs levels & music sure do inspire the sense of impending doom element, also found in goth literature.