A gothtree is one of many trees in the evergreen family.
It is characterized by having a unique ability to play random 80s
goth tunes from it's trunk.
Also, you can usually pick out a gothtree by the Camels and the
people with madly teased hair who like to
camp beneath them.
The saplings are used as ammunition in a GTL1334
Gothtrees were first discovered by the
goths who frequent the EMS board on neopets.
Originally it spawned when the *xmastree* smiley was used by a
single user who is a member of the EMS
Goths as an accessory to liven up their topic titles. Since it was used often, other EMS Goths begin to use it in their topic titles as a way for other EMS Goths to easily find the board where their EMS
Goth counterparts would be chatting.
And thus it became an iconic symbol of the Goths of EMS.
It is still used on the EMS board by the Goths who chat there. Chances are that if you see a board with that smiley on that forum, there'll be Goths there.
Come, my friends, let us skip around the goth
tree.
What's this music I hear coming forth from the depths of this spruce?
Today, my goth
tree played an abnormal amount of Fields of the Nephilim.
Yeah, I got some of them new Blue Fir gothtrees, they're
pretty accurate on long distance shots!