I like this; it's a bit more unexpected than the goth stuff, and it also allows him to be one of those kids where people (adults) don't necessarily intervene because, on the surface, he looks functional. Flunking, maybe, but in pursuit of a musical dream, and his appearance is low-key and does not confront those around him. Basically, he doesn't give much away outwardly, from what you're saying, and that makes sense to me.
Yes, that's similar to what I was thinking, about him not looking "confrontational" yet. I used to have a hard time imagining him passing Lily in the hall and not being noticed. lol I know this isn't the same as Goth, but there was a small group of Korn fanatics (who dressed accordingly) at my school that were impossible to miss. It just doesn't work if I'm trying to design someone she may have even interacted with once but she never remembered. Also, she is supposed to be a catalyst for him to go the direction he goes -- he was already having power struggles and other problems inwardly and with his family... the hair dye and the dramatic clothes are more like a statement of full rebellion or abandonment of who he was. Plus those clothes just look so much better on him once he works out! He needs the weight he put on to fill out a suit like that and make it elegant, I would say
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I dunno; there's a lot of variety in its subgenres - neoclassical darkwave could've got him into classical music, like how Dead Can Dance helped get me into medieval music. But I guess it's also possible that he was one of those kids who grew up with a piano in the house and classically-minded parents, for whom it was always part of the cultural soup...
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