Punk wasn’t all about “being different” at first, it was about being yourself despite pressure to be what everyone else was and saying no to authority. The style was originally Moreno of a way of identifying each other at first. Only later did it become “fashion” because of the markets tendency to eat anything and everything, and because many people want to fit in to something.
I’m ok with popular, the problem is that many people change in order to stay popular once they get there. Some don’t even do it intentionally, it just kind of happens when Beyoncé asks them to write a song or something.
Staying true to yourself is hard because of our mode of interacting with each other and the economics of society, once you get outsid of that, it’s pretty easy. But getting outside of that can be tricky! I still find myself back in it from time to time, steemit has been that for me too, as much as I like it.
Anyways, it sounds like you are doing s good job. I love that you admit to loving titanic, that’s so uncool but who cares, just own it!