i'd never try to imply that halloween is an american holiday, but even my irish friends tell me that it's not celebrated there to quite the extent that it is here. halloween isn't just celebrated on halloween. there's halloweekend which is the last thursday/friday/saturday/maybe even sunday in october. and like this year it'll be celebrated on tuesday as well. but there's parties the two weekends before as well/ someone with an active enough social life could end up going to 10 or 11 halloween parties in one year because we're so obsessed with it here.
also, i knew about that hot topic shirt. saw an ask on tumblr from someone saying they had a friend who works at hot topic and saw dnp merch in the back but i forgot where i saw it. it's ugly and i'll never buy anything with them/their names on it. the silhouettes is the only thing i'd ever go for.
stakhanov: that shirt is almost certainly deppy's design.hot topic only sells merch, they don't design it. as someone who has shopped at hot topic for 10+ years, i know that pretty much any shirt i find from a band i like at hot topic i can also find on their website. this is a hot topic exclusive but all that means is that's the only place they'll sell it. the design is basically the same as the shirts they sold at some conventions this year and the back to school merch they did so the double peace sign and lion claw...that's all them.
