Not really. The people who refer to it as the "V mask" have it more or less right; this is about people who want to feel dark and edgy like a nineties anti-hero

Not really. The people who refer to it as the "V mask" have it more or less right; this is about people who want to feel dark and edgy like a nineties anti-hero. Most of the people who use this symbol nowadays have little if any clue what Guy Fawkes did, and would likely be so horrified if they knew that they'd find another mask.