They draw illustrations in the margins of their schoolbooks/ work notes of mushrooms & leaves & will often spend hours in the local library with their potential love interest, « Victorian Explorer », poring over mycology textbooks. This academic is obsessed with nature, but prefers to live in urban areas. ![]() ~THE INQUISITIVE MYCOLOGIST~ (Cottagecore X Dark Academia) Their favourite wardrobe piece is their trademark, a pair of antique boots, perfect for exploring various types of terrain. People say this person & «Mad Writer » had a mysterious past, but neither of them ever mention it. Perhaps they have tan lines on their arms from when they were out searching for islands in Micronesia. Now picture the person who inhabits this room. There are maps pinned on every wall, & old atlases in foreign languages amongst yellowed illustrations of the English coastlines. Things like old gramophones, flashlights, clocks, globes & magnifying glasses. Picture a vast room, its surfaces clad with antique brass artefacts. (Rachel Maksy has a great Victorian Treehouse vidéo which is a perfect example of this aesthetic) Their wardrobe colours are black, blood red, cold white & the occasional navy blue. They are brutally cold & sarcastic, but people can't stop falling for them. They hate most people, especially crying babies on the train. Is that a receipt or an important writer's note lying beside the antique camera? We might just never know. They seem to fixate on the prospect of murder, which their secret lover, «Gentle Florist», finds slightly suspicious. They stumble out of bed late after an intense night of scribbling out ideas for plots and characters. Their wardrobe colours are dark greens, browns, tans & creamy whites.Ī strong black coffee always helps to wake this academic up in the morning. ![]() They like to have lunch with their friend «Gothic Poet» although their re-enactments of Romeo & Juliet can get tiresome after a while. If they are not, they happily volunteer wherever they are needed on weekends. If they are religious, they like to help out with charity events at their place of worship. They spend their evenings with a light read, accompanied by their cat & the warm glow of their vintage floor lamp. While their friend, «1940s Academic» happily taps their foot along to The Andrews Sisters, they prefer to stare at themselves dramatically in their looking glass, blasting Mozart until their stained glass windows begin to tremble.Ī typical «Gentle Florist» will wake on rainy spring mornings & peacefully pour themselves a steaming cup of mint tea. ![]() They are confident, flamboyant, & a sucker for Pre-Raphelite paintings. True to their name, they spend hours writing elaborate lines of poetry, usually not bothering to change out of their lacy night gown, with ruffled cuffs and puffy sleeves. This person has as many candles as they do hairs on their head. Cigars are their best friends, just like their idol, the newly elected prime minister, Winston Churchill. Their go-to wardrobe colour is either a rich brown or an army green. If you look around their home, you may find a collection of portable typewriters, or perhaps an envelope filled with old photographs of their parents or forgotton acquaintances. They wear brick red lipstick no matter the occasion. ![]() These folks don't necessarily have a passion for ancient history or the classics… instead, they spend their time researching The Great War as thoroughly as possible. (& perhaps you might find the sub genre of DA that best suits you) A lot come to mind, right? In this post I've tried to narrow some down. Let's all think of as many sub genres of DA as we can.
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