Steampunk was the weirdest moment in fashion/nerd culture because it was like everyone just suddenly decided that “Victorian Britain but with wildly anachronistic steam machinery” was the coolest concept ever and it lasted like two full years. It was so specific. It was so, so specific. Usually fashion trends that come in are “florals” or “high waisted jeans” not “entire alternate history timeline,” like what was up with that… can we make a new fashion trend based on some weird alternate history concept like “the 1920s but everyone is a mage?”
Shut the FUCK up about Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts is a shitty, boring, unimaginative series restricted by its source material. I’m talking about COOL MAGIC. I’m talking about rum runners getting into a magical car chase, throwing fireballs over their shoulder at the cops. I’m talking about the fae holding court in a lavish underground speakeasy. I’m talking about a lycanthrope mafia. I’m talking about detectives using a spell to make the fingerprints on a weapon glow for further inspection. Stop dwelling on past terrible franchises and start opening your minds