Bad Magical Tattoos

When bad magic leaves its mark on you. Do you want a "magical" tattoo? Are you absolutely sure? (About/FAQ, tags, asks, &tc.)

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Anok Yai at Ralph Lauren FW25

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Magic isn't real and this is all very silly.

My my, what a profound idea. How long did it take you to whip that little gem up? Whole seconds in between a microdose? Or was this a whole-day affair? In any case I'm so glad that you decided to share this completely original, piping lukewarm take.

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Alcoholic Butterbeer

Follow for recipes

Is this how you roll?

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Now, for some slightly older ashe

Outfit based on Jungah Lee's original concept art of her

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What is do you mean by "anatomy live it, learn it, love it"?

It’s our sarcastic way of saying “this has shit anatomy”.

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So it’s been a while, but I appreciate getting a chance to tag something with our bad anatomy tags again!

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So, since Passover is coming up, I think it’s time we all remember the matzah tattoo guy.

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חג פסח שמח

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I'm writing a story about an Indian nonbinary witch and I have a few questions! I've noticed a lot of Indian women tend to keep their hair long, is there a cultural significance to it? They're American born so I'm not sure how that changes things. Do you know anywhere I can find info on any Hindu witchcraft-like practices? Should they even be a witch or is that culturally insensitive? I really love this character and want to write them as best as I can! Thank you so much this blog is a big help!

Indian Witch and Hinduism

There isn’t really an analogue for “witchcraft” in the western sense in Hinduism.  Many of the Sanskrit words that could be translated as “witchcraft” just refer to the practice of yoga (the spiritual/religious kind, not the fitness kind) or could be translated as “illusion,” “psychic powers” or simply “creation.”  One of these “witchcraft” words evolved into a generic term for “magic,” so that could be close (in the sense that it’s used in the Hindi translations of Harry Potter novels), but that’s also in modern Hindi and so rather detached from Hinduism specifically (because Hindi is spoken by much more than just Hindus and not all Hindus speak Hindi).  The closest thing to western “witchcraft” might actually certain types of “folk Hinduism” which could be viewed as a kind of sympathetic magic in a religious context, but I would be careful of claiming that those practices are somehow the Hindu equivalent of witchcraft, because then you’re dealing with marginalized groups inside marginalized groups, which is fraught.

Since the character is American-born, it could change things, depending on the nature of witchcraft in your universe. Check out this old answer here about the Patil twins in Harry Potter for an example of what I mean: Hinduism and Magic: offensive?

Just take that with the caveat that, just because I couldn’t recall any Hindu groups getting twisted up over it then, doesn’t mean that no one would.  There seem to be Hindu groups that will get hot and bothered over anything these days, but I (and others) believe that they’re missing the point of what it means to be an inherently pluralistic religion.

I’ve noticed a lot of Indian women tend to keep their hair long, is there a cultural significance to it? They’re American born so I’m not sure how that changes things.

We open that portion of your question to Indian followers.

–Mod Nikhil

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Mod G2 has very little to add beyond the fact that while there are plenty of mystic traditions within Hinduism (Hinduism being a very varied and VAST religion because of how it came to be), they’re pretty much all “folk Hinduism,” as mentioned above. There is, of course, no dearth of legend about supernatural power imbued into mortals or avatars, but ultimately, there’s not a whole lot like “witchcraft.” I can’t even remember the word used to describe Manthara in the Ramayana right now, and she’s the only “witch” I can think of...

So, be extremely cautious in your usage, but be respectful. As for the hair? There are taboos in some sects and in some castes about cutting your hair. It can be regional, and it can be a sign of “feminism,” both.

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Found on a Facebook group for general paganism. Included text because of the ohm.

Oy vey.

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"Greenman" tattoo - showing the completed design: with the Greenman, representing the Divine in nature and the deer skull which represents the pagan Horned God  (Design:   snakesentwined, tattoo: Ian of Reading and Jo Harrison)

I love about three quarters of this tattoo... and then there’s the FACE.

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The Goddess Project:  Persephone

Great magic means terrible fonts.

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This is my version of the spiral goddess! The "god" symbol on her chest is to represent my eternal love!

I am hoping Sergio will jazz this one up a bit for me!

Located in the upper middle of my back.

It’s  Taurus symbol on your ghost’s saggy boobs. Also, why is she holding up an oatmeal cookie?

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My new tattoo. It's a custom designed Celtic tree of life done by Seán Tracy at Pagan Tattoo in Edmonton

It’s ugly is what it is.

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I know that’s Sir Gawain’s glyph and those are the Latin names of the elements, but... HUMMUS.

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@its-me-vixen

That face

This looks like the sort of anodyne and anatomically questionable art my grandmother would have.

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@punk-asch-witch

ooph apparently these were all self done

I have no proof, but I’m going to assume this person is a white supremacist because no one else is that stupid.

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I just found this blog and oh my sweet crispy jesus. This is amazing. Cringey but amazing. (And by cringey I mean the tattoo owners, not the awesome mods)

Awww, thank you very much. We do what we can, even though our posting has dropped off of late. We try to balance out our bitchy judgmentalism with actual helpful information too, but sometimes there’s just nothing helpful you can say beyond “just....no.”

Welcome, and so glad you like it!

-Mod G2