Recreating The Fashion Of My Immortal 

“Draco was consumed with lust” Gf is absolutely losing her shit laughing

Not owning red eyeshadow and just smudging some lipstick sounds extremely period accurate

18:30 "are you gonna sparkle?" I just realized that this seminal piece of work came out in the Pre-Twilight Era. I imagine Ebony would have found the Cullen Clan to be insanely preppy.

"I have never felt so 'cringe culture is dead' in this chile's tonight as I do now, dressed as Ebony Darkness Dementia Ravenway, eating my Count Chocula cereal with blood" - i think that might be my favorite quote

"ebony and draco but they're lesbians" is not something I knew I wanted, but also what better way is there to celebrate the first day of halloween

People watching this suddenly realisisng Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way was and still is their desired fashion aesthetic. It's me, I'm people.

The overly pale foundation but tanned arms and shoulders is literally me as a middle and highschool goth kid growing up in Florida and I feel seen.

at the ripe age of 20 years old, i've found the strength to dress the way 13 year old me always wanted cause i was also repressed from my overprotective mother ;; its so fun being the mall goth i have always wanted to be. you're never too old ♡

"next we're gonna use black eyeliner to symbolize the coal mines her father was crushed in"

This video is art. Kristen looks like Draco. Bingus being the house elf. The work you put in. the fact you describe the outfits as historically accurate

okay but why are these outfits overall really cute. they sound so absurd on paper but seeing them on an actual person makes them look something i'd 100% wear

I love how Ebony goes to school in England, but shops at Hot Topic which... we don't have over here! 10/10 research skills.

"I don't know, you're dressed a little bit preppy today there Antichrist" Dare I say iconic

Tea: "My skin is naturally acne prone." Also Tea: _mixes two different foundations, uses lipstick as an eye shadow..._

Okay, confession time. In my senior year of high school my then bff and I were obsessed with My Immortal and would do dramatic readings of it for our friends in the park at night. I never got to have an emo phase due to Christian school dress codes so said bff had the brilliant idea to use our cosplay and acting skills (theater kids amirite) to dress up and do these little video diaries/vlogs as the characters. We spent a whole sleepover filming various scenes with her as Ebony and myself as Draco and Vampire Potter respectively. I still remember how powerful I felt in that purple Linkin Park t-shirt, those tight black skinny jeans, rubber emo band bracelets, and shitty plastic blonde wig. Unfortunately I had no idea how to bind properly (lemme tell u that ace bandage cinched tight did NOT feel good) and I also had zero idea what a trans person was, let alone that I WAS one, so I'm sure you can imagine the gender euphoria high alone was enough to coast on for the rest of the year. We filmed at 3am in a few different locations around our neighborhood and it was easily the best night of my teenage life. Needless to say of course, I am now goth and non-binary and have on two separate occasions forced and/or tricked my coworkers into starting a My Immortal read-aloud during our work meeting calls. They secretly liked it. AN: Fangs for da rlly kewl vid, if u lik my stroy plz leav goood revows xDD!!!! IF UR A PREP DNT FUKINGG FLAM!!!!!

Bingus the house elf really completes the cosplay.

I realise fact-checking My Immortal is utter foolishness, but Hot Topic doesn't have branches in England.

There is something about this video that has a distinctly Jenna Marbles-esque chaotic energy to it and I’m loving it

I love that her whole mood is "is it cringy? yes. is it fun? HELL yes." Actually inspirational. I want the long dress now.

I'm pretty sure vampires don't produce body heat, so they can wear leather whenever they want without overheating.

I know nothing about makeup she was just “this looks terrible, perfect.” And I was just sitting here thinking she looks absolutely like a girl I’d have a crush on in middle school

'i don't have any boobs, but I am an artist, and a historian ' I'm putting that on business cards

"She is a ratty, DIY, pre-makeup tutorials, pre-instagram emo Queen" *Me, screaming at my monitor *

I love how ebony's constantly described as a goth but then every single band she mentions is the most 2007 emo thing you've ever heard. 10/10 quality reading

this looks like something my 14-year-old self would sell her soul to wear

I cannot believe you actually told the Starbucks barista your name was Ebony. I will die not knowing what the barista's reaction was and that truly upsets me.

I’m so late to this but when she says “corset stuff” she may be trying to describe the dress having boning in the waist to give more definition, She’s not the greatest at communicating by a long shot but that’s what I imagined when I heard that phrase

OBSESSED with it being referred to as "the primary text" not only for the irony but for the very serious acknowledgement that My Immortal is really truly an influential part of (alternative) culture and will likely continue to be for decades

Also with band merch that doesn’t exist, maybe Ebony was doing the punk thing and DIYing her own band merch?

As a 25 year old, I am embarrassed that her "bad" eyeliner is my going out makeup lol

I have the strangest feeling that Teya is secretly the author of My Immortal. Her look and style is exactly how I would imagine an older, more mature version of the author to look. And, of course, if I was the kid who wrote My Immortal, I would 100% still be active online and force all my friends to ironically enjoy My Immortal with me while secretly being the author. And then I would jokingly say that I wrote the thing in a fugue state. I see through you, Teya. I. See. Through. You. No one can convince me that Teya is not the author.

Seeing Strange Aeons without her glasses made me realize how no one could tell Clark Kent was really Superman

It is so fucking weird seeing people without glasses when you’ve only ever seen them with glasses. It’s like you shape shifted into another person before you even did the makeup lol.

The cat saying "ae" at 5:28 is the best part of this video.

Speaking of Amy Lee, for the album “Fallen” my uncle shot the album cover! His photos are apart of alternative history 🖤

the gods have answered my prayers, strange is doing my immortal and the bingus is in it. my crops are watered and my skin is cleaner

I went to a drag show recently and someone dressed up as Eboby and read the first several chapters of my immortal on stage and that was their whole act and I lost my fucking mind

Obsessed with the image of Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way shopping for laundry detergent

You should get together with a bunch of fellow gays and make a low budget live action adaptation of My Immortal. the shittier the better

Just a tip: if you're ever looking to dye plastic hair, mix acrylic paint with water, leave it, wash out, blow dry. Works very well on furbies 👀 speaking from experience

strange is really doing community service for all of us who were middle school emo children, but who were too shy/insecure/young/had strict parents to wear the style

now i understand what a book fan feels like when they see their beloved character cast perfectly.

gotta say the extensions being plastic adds to the authenticity

I am thoroughly enjoying the fact that you're too good at makeup to make it look bad. You and Draco are THE power couple. Also...I hate and love that some of these outfits are kinda cute.

talking about the 'Internet Historian version of My Immortal' is our equivalent medieval scholars talking about different versions of the Bible

I can tell that my fashion sense hasn't changed since 2009 because I look at these outfits, and I'm like, "yeah that's normal."

I know she's described as imcredibly bootiful, so this is accurate to the primary text, but I'm still somehow left with the sense that you're too pretty to be a believable Enoby. Maybe it's the absence of teenage gawkwardness, sullenness and badly-makeupped-over acne. Either way, fantastic feats and how to wear them. 666/10.

"I'm an artist and a historian and I will make do" - Carved into some long haired guy's leather wallet, propably

I always interpreted the "corset thingy" as criss-cross ribons That aside, this is such a FANTASY

Kristen’s brief appearances ALWAYS give me gender envy

Dude I get how the people in superman didn't notice they were the same person because you took off your glasses and looked completely unrecognizable

"That coffin is a pressure cooker, and you are a chicken." - Strange 2021 Also, "Good job, Son. You're helping." ♥

Imagine encountering a grown couple just casually cosplaying My Immortal out in the world GOD

Well, this has been illuminating Apparently my taste in women's aesthetic, while it has matured and expanded over the years, has not actually meaningfully changed since I was 12

As someone *very* into that subculture's look when it was around, despite not being able to dress THAT extreme, you absolutely nailed it. Except that the skirts would be like, flashing everyone levels of short. Which I can understand you wouldn't want to do. Your makeup is actually TOO polished, though. I have pics of me in that era and it was fucking MESSY and also cheap. You had to go with the cheapest shit possible - even if it was bad for your skin. The MCR shirt would have been shorter - and tucking your shirt in was social SIN back then! It would have been that the skirt would be at hip-level, way uncomfortable but whatever, that was the fashion, and then the fishnet shirt would have covered the bellybutton for you in a terrible way.

You know that scene in Batman returns where Michelle Pfeiffer is tearing apart her apartment and old life to create her Catwoman suit in a manic rush? That, but with Strange Aeons face pasted over hers and a glorious my immortal outfit at the end of it. Don't forget the neon Hello There smashed to now read Hell Here.

If my immortal becomes a movie STRANGE ÆONS has to be in it. Having her as Ebony Darkness Dementia Ravenway would be ideal but having her be in place of any other random goth would be cool too

This whole video is so up my alley I cannot describe it with words. Kristen making an appearance as Draco is the icing on the cake that makes the whole thing 100 times better

14:59 "This is the skin of a killer, Bella"

“You’re dressed a bit preppy there today, Antichrist.” Is my quote of the year.

Say what you want about Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, but you have to admire the surprising minimalism and sustainability of her curated capsule wardrobe

No one: Not a single soul on earth: Strange Aeons: "yer so I'm going to dress like a 12 year old goth chick from 2005 in 2021. You know for research." Video was great. I will never doubt your genius again.

solely based on the hacked chapter of ebony going to hell, i need to read my immortal now. update: i’m 10 chapters in (listening to someone read on yt) and i’ve been cry laughing through the entire thing omfg- update: i finished it. like…. forever ago… the pain that this book has caused me is unspeakable and my year is ruined. 2022 edit: OKAY BUT THE FUCKING AZERBAIJAN BIT HAUNTS ME TO THIS DAY WHAT THW FUCK DO YOU MEAN AZERBAIJAN ITS AZKABAN?!?!!!!!😭😭

This whole video is absolute gold but I LOST it at the Starbucks cup with “Ebony” on it 😂

Recently “My Immortal” was translated into Russian. Now I know what it is. It’s a masterpiece ✨

This is insane. This is literary research. This is multi-modal art.

Strange Aeons: „Oh this makeup looks so horrible. It’s terrible“ Me: …okay that’s literally better then everything I ever did but alright

With how unhinged this channel is, I'm not surprised that she went out in public in full Ebony Darkness Dementia Ravenway cosplay, but I just can't get over 22:28 because it implies she somehow worked up the nerve to tell a barista that her name is Ebony Darkness Dementia Ravenway. And then later on she literally just commits vandalism. Fuck dude I wish I was this confident

As someone who was goth in the early 2000s, I can guarantee the 'white foundation' is more on the clown side. We called it 'pancake makeup' at the time and people who wore it were known as wearing 'pancake face'.

Someone 100% walked by you while you were cutting the fishnets on the bus/train and i guarantee you that was a life changing experience for them lmao

You shouldn't call yourself goth if you didn't sack Rome in 410 AD with king Alaric.

i'm pretty sure when ebony wears "corset thingies" she means stuff with built in corsets. I love my immortal tbh. Little me laughed at the fic but secretly loved all her fits.

Lesbian Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and Draco is the only thing keeping me from despair rn

I hope the author is doing well, and sees this, and enjoys it as much as the rest of us did

Flashbacks to the time I painstakingly fully rendered all of Ebony's cannon outfits with the exception of the smut scenes

This was iconic and somehow the looks aren't as bad as I thought when i read my immortal. Kristen's as Draco with the hair also iconic. Living out the goffick dream

First Karolina Zabrowska did an emo-inspired look, and now this, we are truly blessed

I mean, I can totally see Ebony having a sphynx cat as a pet

Kind of hate to say it but the MCR tshirt and plaid skirt outfit is super cute and absolutely something I would wear today. And yes, I do buy most of my clothes at Hot Topic, why do you ask? 😆

“The coffin is a pressure cooker and you are the chicken.” I’m dying.

Strange(1): Refers to "primary sources". Me, a History Major(2): Yes, the method chapter is robust and convincing. This video has now passed Peer Review(3) and is official fashion history science. Footnotes: 1) Though some reserachers dispute this, his name is actually given as "strange" in the most reliable surviving source material. 2) I majored at Jack-ass Whisperer Uni and wrote my dissertation on "Shit nobody wanted to know". 3) I peered at the video, so it is peered. Then I watched it twice, so there's the review.

describing the outfits as being 'historically accurate' is.... jarring

As a woman who does not wear make up, I have to say I'm absolutely terrified everytime I see someone using the eye contour crayon thing like at 16:10. I saw someone use it in the bus once and I was convinced I would witness an eye-stabbing that day. Also, your girlfriend is a pretty darn amazing gothic Draco

Teya is so pretty my sapphic heart can't take it She can make a garbage bag look like high fashion, I love her

So... that means that Teya is now a honorary Costuber, right? I mean, her dedication to historical accuracy is incredible. Crossover video with Bernadette Banner when?

"That coffin is a pressure cooker and you are a chicken" I'm just going to leave that there.

The little bingus boy screech when you picked him up. You have a very good son boy

I read this book a month ago. And I COULDNT READ ANY BOOKS FOR 2 WEEKS, bc I would just keep thinking “where’s Ebony?” 🤡

"Theres like 5 minutes of me eating cereal that im going to have to cut out" #ReleaseTheCerealCut

I appreciate the secondary Draco cosplay to go along with the Ebony looks, it really completes the looks

I felt a weird pang shame and couldn’t figure out why until it dawned on me: Ebony is exactly the type of girl I would’ve had a crush on in middle school.

Tia: "Horrible, this is just horrible!" Me: "Who is this new hotness?!"

as a former emo, I think "corset stuff" probably means laces! If you image search "emo lace up dress" there's some great examples

I love how the cheat-sheet reflects the light to make it glow with HOLY radiance. Living proof that this is a good Christian channel

Twenty---two?! oh my god I thought Strange Aeons was my age all this time and now i feel old AF. This is a compliment in that she seems very worldly and mature.

I feel like I saw tia get younger before my eyes when she put on that make-up. She totally nailed the messy middle schooler look.

I'm unironically vibing with these looks in a nostalgic way. You're totally right, it's the dream 2000's goth-hearted teen girl uniform

Love the completely deadpan scholarly approach to this infamous piece of Internet _...culture?_

I just love that I live in a world where this video exists. Just. The mere fact of its existence.

As a recently out trans girl embracing my goth side, this is both HILARIOUS and a VERY helpful tutorial on makeup, how to and how not to xD