i think there's a difference between music that's "culturally emo" and music that's part of a "real emo genre". like there's stuff that musically fits into a far more narrow genre but then there's other stuff that has had an impact on the emo subculture or is associated with it heavily, like mcr - my emo playlist is full of music that would make gatekeepers foam at the mouth XD but yeah, i think that mcr fit into the emo subculture but musically they aren't whatever ppl think "real emo" is, whether that's the uhh dc 80s hardcore scene? or whatever it is