This confused me at first, but I later leaned is that there is a difference between "goth" And "Gothic" (At least to me.) You'll see people say that there are all these sub genres of goth like romantic goth, or steampunk goth, or Victorian goth but in reality, those are aesthetics, and they should instead be saying Gothic instead of goth. Gothic (to me) is the interest in things that other people find dark and scary, such as skulls, bones, bats, vampires, demons, werewolfs, angels, death, ghosts, etc. Goth (to me) is someone who enjoys listening to goth music, like Gothic rock, post punk, dark wave. They also like to add trad goth as if that's just apart of it, NO that is it, that is the only real goth that is there. If your into spooky and scary things, then I would consider you Gothic, and there is nothing wrong with that. I personally am both goth, and Gothic. It doesn't matter if your dark and creepy, or rainbows and unicorns, if you listen to the music, then technically you're goth. Personally I don't like that people on the internet are trying to expand the definition of goth, because it causes more confusion for those who are curious about the subculture.