Ngaphakathi kweendlela ze-retro enye yezona zinto zintle kwaye zihonjisiwe yi-Victorian, imbonakalo yokwenyani ye intshukumo ye-gothic kunye nombono owoyisayo ngekhulu leshumi elinesithoba ngolawulo lwaseVictoria. Nangona yayiyindlela yobugcisa eyayisoloko ifuna ubunjani bayo, isiseko esichazwe kakuhle nesibambekayo, inyani kukuba ifilosofi yayo yadideka kwaye kwabakho into ebaluleke kakhulu eclectic. Ukuba sinamathela kubonakaliso lobugcisa kwezona ndawo zibonakalayo, siza kubona ukuba kukho ubukho obuqinileyo bomzekeliso njengendlela yokumelwa.
Ukuthambekela kwimigca egobile, iarches kunye nokuchuma, kunye neefonti ezibhalwe ngesandla kunye nolwakhiwo oluhle zizinto eziphindaphindayo zokufaka uthotho lwemiyalezo ethetha ngefilosofi kunye nexabiso leemetaphysical ezihambelana nemiboniso yobomi bemihla ngemihla kwaye ibonakalisa ukugqibelela kwendlela ubomi boluntu lwexesha. Yenye yokwahluka endiyithandayo kwezona zitayile ze-retro kwaye ezinokuthi zisebenze kakuhle ukuseta imeko yezokwakha zembali, eziyintsomi okanye ezinolwazi. Apha ndibonisa ukhetho lwemifanekiso yolu hlobo simahla kwaye ikhutshwe kwiwebhu IiVectors zeRetro. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba umbandela okhutshelweyo kweli phepha ukhululekile nje ukuba wenzelwe ukusetyenziswa buqu okanye ukurhweba, kodwa ukuphinda usasaze okanye uthengise naziphi na izinto ekufuneka unazo kugunyaziso kwiwebhu.
Imihlobiso yeGothic kunye ne-steampunk