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2010 Setyembre 24, John Naylor, “Re: [Steam-Scholars] Hello again and a query”, in steam-scholars mailing list‎:

It is extremely rare that you speak to someone who says "I want to be an ...." This would suggest that for the vast majority of steampunks their choice of outfit (at least intitially) is less a conscious attempt at portrayal and more of a spontaneous and potentially subconscious growth of an idea.