Proposed Punk-Punk subgenres

I've proposed a bunch of these once, but one I have is:

Heliopunk: The pre-war 1900's where electric power stayed dominant over oil and coal, where giant solar farms dot the countryside and cover buildings while electric cars are all the rage. However, corporations have built them at the expense of the working class, and many of the rural solar farms are raided and disrupted by disgruntled rural workers-turned luddite bandit clans, while coal and oil barons fianance them to try and regain their power. Meanwhile down below, an illegal battery trade thrives in the underworld below the solar panel roofs.

Basically its if Solar Punk went bad and the dirty part of Steampunk was its enabler.

Also, I've heard some describe Dishonored as Whalepunk. That makes me think of a work where west coast Native Americans and Inuit developed a more highly advanced culture baed around domestivating whales as old traditions struggle to eek out a living among the new.

Is Mathpunk an existing sub-genre?

Edited by TitanJump on Mar 5th 2022 at 2:25:14 PM

Siampunk:Punk Punk Genre based on Various Period of Thailand from Pre-Tai Migration Thailand to Modern Thailand but with Thai Mythology Twist.

Imperialismpunk: Set during the Steampunk~Dieselpunk era, but in the much more crapsack world of the colonies of the imperial powers (e.g. India/Hong Kong under the British Empire, Korea/Manchuria under Imperial Japan, etc)

SE Apunk: Punk Punk Genre which is based on the History & Mythology of Southeast Asian Countries from Mainland Southeast Asia like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam & Insular Southeast Asia like Malaysia, Philippines or Indonesia

Transformpunk:Punk Punk Genre where Transformation is popular and part of life and have megacorps that specified around one or multi-type of transformation from Crossdressing, Surgery,Magic or Technology type of Transformation Transportpunk:Punk Punk Genre where everything revolves around Transportation companies. everything in this universe can use for transportation from Rollerblade to Future Car. Everyone that uses Public Transport is elite while people who own their own vehicle are mostly low-class

i’ve actually made some works along the lines of siampunk! i generally call it thai-fi, though if it’s dvaravati-inspired, i call it dvapunk. it also includes indigenous cultures, so i guess there’s some of like… the other SEA nations in there as well?

Edited by noodlesnook on Sep 27th 2023 at 7:26:27 PM

This is tangential, but let me say that I do like your genre-names there! (Especially "Thai-fi", but also "Dvapunk".) ^_^

I think SE Asian architecture but with the technology and scale of Blade Runner or Metropolis would be really cool. If I go through with making something like that, I’d absolutely call it “Thai-Fi” because that’s too good of a name to pass up.

I for one would love to see "Dark Deco" be a thing outside Skullgirls and NTAS. Merge the glamour of Art Deco with the themes of Cyberpunk and you're good to go. Hell Cyberpunk already takes a lot from Noir, so things are halfway there!