A lot of teenagers these days are changing, because they think they have to. They think society says they should dress a certain way, hot topic, while being a good store, is promoting this. It is changing with society. Now a days inside there it is brightly lit, bright neon clothes, many pop songs playing. This store has created new styles, one of them strongly shown is scene.
Back then Hot topic was a store people were afraid of, parents wouldn't dare follow you in, or sometimes even let you in, for fear of devil worshipers or other things. Hot Topic sold many many goth styles of clothing which, no longer do they sell.
Lets bring old school Hot Topic back, for the sake of society, and if not in stores, at least on the website.