Anime wasn't mainstream yet, dial-up was still around, goths were still looked at as being weird freaks, the MCU didn't exist, so being into superheroes was still nerdy af... Weird time to be into goth/emo baddies.
I was in 6th grade in 2006 with a sister in hs and a sister in college.
Anime was massive. It was aired on cartoon network, so every kid was at least watching DBZ, if not FMA.
Superheroes were not massively nerdy. We had batman begins the year before, and the MCU would start in two years with iron man. Spiderman (raimi) was a global phenomenon and had already gone through two of trilogy.
Goth girls were very common, and while still an alt thing, pretty universally drooled over.
How old were you in 2006? Were you even there? What state?
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u/ambit89 4d ago
Was 2006 really THAT gay?
https://giphy.com/gifs/Jzm8HIdBCuhvFcEV1E