My husband's into steampunk, but my other husband isn't. Oh wait, that's not what the question meant, is it?

OK, serious answer. Yes, we're both interested in steampunk (and yes, he posts here too, and says it's all my fault he's got a new time-draining hobby, because I discovered steampunk first), although I suspect we're more interested in different aspects of it. He's more of the hands-on tinkerer type than I am, although I appreciate looking at a good build. I'm more of the "Ooh, that would make a cool costume!" type (which is ironic since I hate to sew...

), and captivated more by the aesthetics than anything else. Plus I'm a sucker for earlier historical periods in general, and the Victorian age had a certain...sincere, if occasionally naive, optimism?...to it.