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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

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ORIGINAL: Icarys

I have four myself. If you don't mind sharing. What do they mean? It's hard to make them out as well. I'm an old man of 40, bad vision and all.

What my tats mean:

Right Lower Back: an Aran Cross. It's a variety of Celtic cross where the vertical bar stands for the spiritual world, the horizontal stands for the earthly world, and the circle where the bars cross is the world we live in, a mix of the two. I got it because I'm very Irish and that part of my heritage resonates deeply with me.

2nd one is my dragons on my mid-back. The two serpents entwine around the phrase Here Be Dragons. It's from medieval Welsh cartography. Welsh cartographers were considered the best in the world, and where ships were going off into the Unknown, they would put on of the dragons there with that phrase. I got that one after I uprooted myself from all my extended family and first adult friends and moved back down here from Philadelphia to run my own business. It was a scary ass time.

3rd one is on my upper back between my shoulder blades. It says Siempre Y Siempre which is Spanish for Always and Forever...a sign of my permanence. I have manic-depression and this past New Years/Xmas was horrific, I attempted suicide for the 3rd time - it's the last, I assure everyone, I busted ass this winter to get and stay better, no mood swings in nearly a year now - and it reminds me not to quit/give up on myself.

4th and 5th compose my chestpiece. The right side is a tongue of flame, representing the fiery/passionate aspect of my personality and the left side is an icicle, representing the cooler and more rational side of me. I purposely left the middle empty as my heart always resides between these two extremes. The colors come from PET scans of people during manic episodes - bright oranges, reds and yellows, like a lit Christmas tree, and during depressive episodes - dark blues, greens and purples. Again, I live my life somewhere in the middle.

I thought long and hard before getting these done, and all of them were free-hand designed by the artist I've been going to for years. I give him a general idea of the design and what I want it to represent and he does the rest. He's fantastic, runs a great studio downtown and I'd be happy to recommend local FL people to him!

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

My tattoos came about as a form of military stripes. Any time I went through a rough period in my life, and survived, I got a tattoo that had bearing on the situation. Now, any time I am feeling like "I can't do this" or "I can't make it", I strip, look in the mirror, and realize I've fought longer, harder, and rougher battles and made it just fine. So not only does each piece have specific meaning, but my work as a whole reminds me of my inner strength and courage. Does it make me any less submissive? No. It takes a strong woman to submit and it actually makes me more in tune with myself, my purpose in life and my place. 

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Corellian blood stripe

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ORIGINAL: Igot99Problems

Your version of a Corellian blood stripe, and if you get that refference, i'll pin the offical nerd medal on your chest myself.  I've told you before, but i'll say it again, I think your tats are stunning.  You clearly didn't stumble into a shop drunk one night in Ybor and walked out with fire & ice on your chest.

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

My tattoos came about as a form of military stripes. Any time I went through a rough period in my life, and survived, I got a tattoo that had bearing on the situation. Now, any time I am feeling like "I can't do this" or "I can't make it", I strip, look in the mirror, and realize I've fought longer, harder, and rougher battles and made it just fine. So not only does each piece have specific meaning, but my work as a whole reminds me of my inner strength and courage. Does it make me any less submissive? No. It takes a strong woman to submit and it actually makes me more in tune with myself, my purpose in life and my place. 

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

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Corellian blood stripe

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ORIGINAL: Igot99Problems

Your version of a Corellian blood stripe, and if you get that refference, i'll pin the offical nerd medal on your chest myself.  I've told you before, but i'll say it again, I think your tats are stunning.  You clearly didn't stumble into a shop drunk one night in Ybor and walked out with fire & ice on your chest.

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

My tattoos came about as a form of military stripes. Any time I went through a rough period in my life, and survived, I got a tattoo that had bearing on the situation. Now, any time I am feeling like "I can't do this" or "I can't make it", I strip, look in the mirror, and realize I've fought longer, harder, and rougher battles and made it just fine. So not only does each piece have specific meaning, but my work as a whole reminds me of my inner strength and courage. Does it make me any less submissive? No. It takes a strong woman to submit and it actually makes me more in tune with myself, my purpose in life and my place. 

LOL...Han Solo would be proud of that reference to his home system! You know, they don't just give those out for perfect attendance!

And thanks very much for the compliments - and welcome to the boards!

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ORIGINAL: ApathyRomance

Tattoos are hot . . . unless it's some other guy's name.  ;)

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

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ORIGINAL: ApathyRomance

Tattoos are hot . . . unless it's some other guy's name.  ;)

Yes, but there is why I follow the good old PSA about avoiding the names of SOs when getting a tattoo. It always spells relationship doom.

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

Greetings Masters from a little one.

I received a cmail earlier today from a self-proclaimed Dom who insisted that due to the location of my body art - 3 tats on my back and a full chestpiece - no "quality Dom" would ever take me seriously.

Personally, I feel this is untrue. This art is not for giggles and means much to this girl and the placement of such was very carefully thought out. I feel a "quality Dom" would take the time to understand his sub/slave and the reasons for such work.

I am interested to hear what other Masters have to say about it and this sub would be very appreciative of the input.

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ORIGINAL: MidMichCowboy

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

Greetings Masters from a little one.

I received a cmail earlier today from a self-proclaimed Dom who insisted that due to the location of my body art - 3 tats on my back and a full chestpiece - no "quality Dom" would ever take me seriously.

Personally, I feel this is untrue. This art is not for giggles and means much to this girl and the placement of such was very carefully thought out. I feel a "quality Dom" would take the time to understand his sub/slave and the reasons for such work.

I am interested to hear what other Masters have to say about it and this sub would be very appreciative of the input.

Well, I must not be a quality Dom, because I think you are gorgoues, intelligent, witty and brave. Nope, no ink myself (yet) but my dear ... he is full of sh*t!

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ORIGINAL: VivaciousSub

Greetings Masters from a little one.

I received a cmail earlier today from a self-proclaimed Dom who insisted that due to the location of my body art - 3 tats on my back and a full chestpiece - no "quality Dom" would ever take me seriously.

Personally, I feel this is untrue. This art is not for giggles and means much to this girl and the placement of such was very carefully thought out. I feel a "quality Dom" would take the time to understand his sub/slave and the reasons for such work.

I am interested to hear what other Masters have to say about it and this sub would be very appreciative of the input.