Iām also a big fantasy lover! I got this last year! 
Iām so ready for more GoT books omg 
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That is so beautiful, love that it is in red!
Good to meet a fellow fantasy nerd and tattoo enthousiast!!
Got any more book inspired tattoos? I donāt have any more book tattoos but I have other tattoos.
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Iāve got so much black ink that red felt like the right choice!
Same! Always happy to chat about fantasy/scifi books, shows or films 
Iāve got 3 from Dune, one directly from the book and the other two are the Atreides and Harkonnen symbols from Villeneuveās adaptation! Iām always interested in hearing about or seeing other peopleās work!
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I need a new tattoo
Next mission is to tattoo my head
One half a hammerhead shark and the other half will be a traditional maori style Taniwha
Ta-knee-fa
It is a symbolic for ease of explanation water dragon of Maori lore. It is said one protects our river than runs through our land.
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Gotten a few in this past year, been like therapy lol.. I need so mamy more. My daughter drew all these and she is gonna pursue some apprenticeship. Love all the ink I seen here, keep getting colored on!
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I love the symbolism! I also really like hammerhead sharks! 
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I definitely agree about the therapy-esque quality that getting a tattoo can give off!
Iāve been a Berserk fan for years, I always appreciate seeing the brand of sacrifice in tattoo form! 
also, very cool that youāve got your daughters artwork on you, thatās gotta feel good!
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Hereās my thoughts now that I have gotten some tattoos.
Yes it feels the same as SH. Itās calming. It floods me with endorphins. It makes me want more.
But itās beautiful. Itās not something to hide or be ashamed of. Itās something that I can show others and feel proud of.
I just wish I wasnāt such a screwed up person. Cuz I always want to talk during my appointments, but Iām always worried Iāll make it weird and they wonāt want me to come back.
My tattoos definitely paint a picture, so they know Iām at least a little messed up 
Medusa, Phoenix, a broken chain and lock around my ankle, a flower covering scars, the words stand up, fight back, a blue awareness ribbon, a semicolonā¦.
Obviously Iām not mentally āwellā
And I did reset my counter for sh, but not because of my getting tattoosā¦ so
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Love this!
And I get the color thing. All my tattoos are black except one, which is neon pink (my only joke tattoo). But after 20 years it is almost gone because it faded so much.
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Im sorry to hear you had to reset your sh timer. Time to get back to basics and get thru cravings love
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@Scorpn Iām not familiar with the feeling of sh so I canāt say I know the similarities or differences, but I do agree that it is beautiful!
Something that might help is to think about how āscrewed upā the tattoo artist is as well, most tattoo artists I know have a lot of tattoos, a lot of them questionable and some downright surprising. Iām sure they have their own baggage, I wouldnāt be too worried about talking about yours.
Another thing, an artist that judges you so harshly about you talking about your honest self while getting tattooed that they choose not to do business with you again maybe isnāt the tattoo artist you want in your life to begin with. No need to deal with people like that, even for good ink. Find a tattoo artist you feel comfortable being āweirdā around! 
Sounds like a lot of beautiful imagery and symbolism to me! Reclaiming your body image and expression of identity/self are powerful 
Sorry to hear you had to reset your sh timer, but I am glad you are almost back to a week without, and that you being open and honest. I believe talking about our struggles and issues can lessen their power over us!
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Same! It was my first ouroboros as well, which is a symbol I plan on getting at least one more of!
I love me a joke tattoo! And a pink one at that, Iām definitely curious now!
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I always said that I am allowed one joke tattoo. So I donāt have any pictures of the pink one because itās on my hip but itās a neon pink Bambi. In a dark and long gone past I used to DJ under that name and the pink Bambi was my logo.
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Hell yeah! The black swordsman is eternal. My daughter draws some amazing stuff, really hope she gets into itā¦ I got her a starter pen and ink, material to practice on and stuff. She could make a nice living, on her own schedule, doing what she has always lovedā¦ snd I could get some sweet ink too 
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Love to hear youāre supporting her! Sounds like a win-win situation!
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Thatās so cool! Would you ever get another joke tattoo now that one is so faded??
Yeah I think so. I wanted to get a Nopon tattoo, from the Xenoblade games. But it will not match any of my other tattoos so I donāt know about the placement.
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Iām not familiar with those games, but I looked it up! Those are some cute creatures! 
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Those games got me through some dark times. I never thought I would enjoy j-rpgs (I was more a Diablo 3 girl) but the storytelling in the games is amazing.
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