I just found a word doc with 60 rules of Visual Kei on my HD. The original one is in German but because I loled so hard by reading it I had to share this and translated it. I would myself consider a Visu, but the Visual Kei scene in Germany became so.... ridiculous and laughable that I don't want to be associated with it. xD I have no idea if this stereotypes are also outside of Germany widely known by people who like J-Music, but I hope that you will have as much fun as I had by reading this! xD
(I don't know who the author of this is, so I can't give credit. >_< And if you find any mistakes 'cos English isn't my first language just point them out!)
Rules of Visual Kei
§1 Be evil.
§2 Be out of temper.
§3 Be evil while you're out of temper.
§4 Never laugh, absolutely NEVER.
§5 Just listen to evil, unknown bands.
§6 Major bands are making bad music.
§7 If you nevertheless wanna listen to a major band it'll be men dressed in female clothes.
§8 Put on white make-up (as well if you're black) even if you will look like a clown for other people, but you know you're looking like a vampire.
§9 Always choose a nickname with "666", "dead", "dark", "?", "Lord", "hell" or "shadow", because that's evil and Visus are evil. It will be even better and totally evil if you'll combine this with the name of an evil bandmember. For example "Shadow_Lord _Illuminati-Gackt_in_the dark_hell666?", this way you're showing how evil you are. (It is really way better than "Ranma_1989" or "Son_Goku13", isn't it?)
§10 As a real Visu you're of course not believing in God and you're strictly refusing religion!
§11 But of course you always have to wear a big cross, collect pictures of angels and you take pictures of yourself in front of churches.
§12 Hate mainstream.
§13 Define mainstream: anything but Visual Kei is mainstream.
§14 Often use the word "pseudo".
§15 Define pseudo: everyone who doesn't listen to Visual Kei is a pseudo.
§16 Always write sentences nobody understands and come up with new words.
§17 Use as often as possible "waiiii~" and "nyaaa~".
§18 Claudi666 is your idol. (note: that's Claudi666
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxn6l45vDNI, but it's in German, so non German speaking persons won't understand)
§19 Write on post-it notes japanese words like "konnichi wa", "kawaii", or "genki desu ka" and stick them onto your monitor, this way you can write everyone something in Japanese while you're chatting and show how visu you are!
§20 If someone is asking you what a Visu is, answer it's sort of like a satanist, only that you're also liking Japan, anime and men in female clothes.
§21 Never, absolutely NEVER, listen to non-japanese music and if you do after all then only to HIM and Marilyn Manson, 'cos they are evil.
§22 If it's rare it has to be good. Order it immediately!
§23 Hate Gackt.
§24 Hate Hyde, 'cos he is friends with Gackt.
§25 Malice Mizer hasn't disbanded by choice... Gackt is to blame for everything.
§26 Never listen to bands which aren't visu.
§27 Never let anybody know when you're liking non Visual Kei music (KinKi Kids and Ayumi Hamasaki are absolutely bad).
§28 Hate Germany (respectively the country you're from) because you like japanese music.
§29 Buy magazines for kids because a picture of a Visual Kei band is included.
§30 Write to bands they should perform on an Anime Con.
§31 Buy shirts at C&A on which is written in a pink glitter font "Gothic/Punk Girl", but usually only buy black clothes at H&M.
§32 Wear white shirts which you had painted with red color so that it looks like blood.
§33 Mill around with those shirts in the inner city to show how evil you are.
§34 If you're not just showing people how evil you are, you're with friends on the graveyard.
§35 Make plans with friends to found a sect.
§36 In this sect only Visus are allowed.
§37 Everything that isn't dressed everyday absolutely visu is Biedermann-fan and pseudo. (Note: Jeanette Biedermann is -or was?- a german popstar and soapstar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBcde-9X9Q)
§38 Don't go to concerts outside of Japan even if it's in your city.
§39 And if you nevertheless do: position yourself with crossed arms and don't show that you like it.
§40 Be against Visual Kei appearing in gothic magazines.
§41 Visual Kei only may appear in an anime magazine.
§42 At men: be gay otherwise you're not visu.
§43 Read and write a great number of fanfictions in which your favourite (actually not homosexual) band members have sex with each other.
§44 Only talk to people who are liking exactly the same bands as you.
§45 You also have to show in your room how evil you are! Place next to your Sailor Moon manga skulls and above your plush toys on your bed hang up posters of evil indie bands.
§46 It doesn't matter how somebody is singing, most important is the look of a band! You always have to remember that! It would be awul if they would only make good music but don't look good, wouldn't it?
§47 Always remember: Eve of Destiny, D'espairs Ray or Moi dix Mois have absolutely nothing to do with gothic.
§48 Found a band, even if y'all don't make music and give it a meaningful german name like "Saft" (eng: juice).
§49 Drive one of your band members into suicide and argue that to blame would be the mainstream which is infiltrating the "scene".
§50 When somebody is asking you if you like the new CD of a band you point out that you only like the old stuff, 'cos they aren't visu enough anymore.
§51 Don't have fun, that's not visu.
§52 If you're talking with someone about bands just bring up totally unknown indie bands about which nobody knows anything and had never listen to. Remember: the less songs they have the bigger is the chance nobody knows them!
§53 Tell everyone how much it annoys your parents that you're listening to such music, even if it isn't true.
§54 Give every anime and manga fan Visual Kei and J-Rock songs.
§55 Go to an Anime Con and complain that they have too less J-Rock.
§56 Place candels everywhere in your room.
§57 Always be depressive and contemplate about suicide.
§58 Light candles and think about how awully evil you are and be sad, depressive and angry all at once.
§59 Let your friends assume roles as wife/husband, child and all-important are the pet and slave parts.
§60 Never go against those rules and you are a real Visu.