He’s only seen tattoos on his victims before, never really looked at them since he’s more preoccupied.
If it’s your first tattoo, he’ll be very intrigued at how it stands out against your skin even when it isn’t fully healed. He kind of likes the redness that surrounds it, but he’ll be just as interested when it’s healed
Even the smallest minimalistic tattoo makes him lean down and swipe at it, when it’s healed, like he’s testing if he can wipe it off or if it feels different
If it’s one of many tattoos, he’s more used to seeing them on you but still likes seeing you add to the canvas of your body.
If you’re getting a tattoo that takes time and multiple appointments to finish, he’ll happily keep track of the progress and delight in seeing how it evolves and grows
Any tattoos in intimate places make him a little flustered when you show it, regardless of how many times you’ve slept together
If you tell him you got a tattoo that represents him, or his name, he’ll be totally lovestruck in seconds and will cuddle and nuzzle you.
He doesn’t really know how it works at first, he thinks it’s just drawn on with a pen or something, so when you tell him it’s a needle stabbing into you, he’s a little worried
Reassure him that it didn’t hurt that much, even if it's a lie, and he’ll feel a little better about it.
Tiffany Valentine
The second that you show off your new tattoo, Tiffany is gushing over it
Whether it has a deep meaning or you just got it because you thought it looked cool, she’ll love it anyway.
If it’s your first, she probably comes with you for support, to hold your hand or calm you down if you start worrying
If you’ve got a couple of tattoos before, she’ll still love it just as much and say you’re pretty as a picture and getting prettier with every new addition
If you get a more intricate tattoo that needs more appointments, she’ll still come with you when she can to watch how it progresses and to compliment it at every turn.
If it’s in an intimate spot, when it’s healed, she’ll always make sure to kiss it even in non-sexual situations
If you suggest a couple’s tattoo or you’d want to get one for her specifically, she’ll be delighted of course but would make sure you really want it, not wanting you to regret it.
Norman Bates
His mother was very against people with tattoos, saying it’s a symbol of promiscuity and, while he’s managed to unlearn some of his mother’s toxic influence, he’s still a little shocked when he sees a tattoo on you
Secretly, he’s kind of into the sight, as evident by how much you catch him looking and how much attention he pays to the ink.
If you’ve got any before he meets you, he’ll probably be a bit more used to it and even compliment you eagerly on any new ones
But if it’s your first one, he might be slightly offensive and say that you shouldn’t have gotten it. You can bring him around eventually, just have a talk about what sort of stuff his mother told him
If it’s a little tattoo, he’ll think it’s cute and will trace it with his thumb every so often, to the point it eventually becomes sort of a comfort to do
A more detailed tattoo, especially anything like a sleeve, will catch his attention very easily. He’ll want to see every addition to it and may even come with you to watch you get it done, eyes very focused on the needle on your skin
If you get a tattoo for him, he’ll love it. Knowing you care enough about him to put a mark on yourself hits the possessive switch in his mind
If the tattoo you’re showing off to him is in an intimate spot, he’ll go bright red and stutter, but he will definitely give you the attention you deserve in bed later on.
At one time, Valdeaulin was as good with a longbow as he was with black magic. He used the physical weapon primarily for hunting game, not for fighting. After his confrontation with the Empire as a member of the Gridanian forces, however, his brain injury greatly cut back on his fine motor skills.
His hands shake nigh consistently, and it proves to make readying an arrow almost impossible - and as he angers, his trembling becomes worse.
Unfortunately, this also impacted his ability to tattoo, an heirloom skill passed down among his Duskwight tribe. If he were to relax and not become tense, the tremors would lessen: but with a blasting temper and too much self-hatred, Valdeaulin hasn't found a hint of peace in years.
Gaius's black rose tattoo is muddled. Despite only being a handful of years old, Valdeaulin's uneven technique left parts of the artwork blurry. He very well could go abroad and have the tattoo touched up - just as he had to do in order to get his memorial piece on the back of his calf.
But Valdeaulin wouldn't permit it, and neither would he. It is what it was meant to be, Gaius thinks. To have it cleaned up almost felt as if it were sacrilegious.
For a moment she thinks she has to have misheard Cisco. Not because what he said came across as though he'd been gargling mouth-wash with his lips pressed together while he was underwater. No, rather than the Charlie Brown Teacher sound effects, every word is clear and sharp and absolutely his voice in her ears though he's a respectable distance ~the other side of the table~ from her. Such an unexpected question and heard in a way she's unused to manages to scrunch her face in confusion.
First, Cisco is never really comfortable talking about things like that. Idle discourse while they're working ranges the gamut of favourite video games, worst comic adaptations on streaming services, the nature of scientific advancement and the ethics they are bound in. Whenever she teases him about anything personal or untoward he tends to deflect with shyness and humour and in a lot of ways it feels like she's torturing him for no real reason.
Second, she can't begin to understand why exactly he was asking. Was he considering getting his own piercings? Is he seeing someone and he needs to get some advice about how to work his way around them? Which brings up a more important question which is why he hadn't mentioned he'd met someone? Since when had she been out of the loop and how had she missed something so huge?
"Uh."
Ah yes, the eloquence of her intellect. Any day now, they're going to come along and confiscate her S*T *A*R Lab ID card and send her packing. Exactly what the Admiral would expect and would use at his pleasure to flay her alive.
She keys in one more sequence before she slides out of her chair and comes around to Cisco's side of the table. This is a show-and-tell matter. She turns her head to the left so he can see her ear plain as day, and the four total she has there.
"Lobe, and upper lobe," she says, pointing to the two lowest and most natural looking ones. Today, there's a crescent moon with a jewelled star in the lobe, an actual diamond solitaire in the upper. "Tragus" This is the opal stud in the bit of the ear attached to her upper cheek. Then she touches the silver ring and ball on the upper outer rim of her ear. "Helix."
Then she shifts and offers him her right profile and the three there. The bar is the first one she points out. "Industrial." A matching solitaire diamond in the upper lobe, then a sort of tribal faux ruby in the lobe.
"Bu wait, dere's more," she winks.
She never takes her eyes off his face as she reaches down and unbuttons her jeans from first to last, and shimmies the denim down low enough that he gets a decent view of black lace against her skin. Three little aquamarine studs draw the eye to her narrow hip bone. "Sub-dermal implant. Dis one I got talked into when I was small kine tipsy."
John had told her it was for protection. He'd held her head and whispered into her ear until the very last thing she was thinking about was someone cutting into her flesh and implanting metal into her body. If she was honest with herself, she's pretty sure John could have talked her into anything that night, and all the ones that came after before he disappeared from her life. But Cisco doesn't need to know that.
To cover the sudden change in her expression, she turns around, back to him, and raises her shirt up a little. "An' I always keep small kine of home with me wherevah I go. Dis is symbolic of my aumakua, my islands, an' dere beauty."
She doesn't mention or show him the other tattoos. They haven't gotten quite that close.
"Now I'ma beatcha t' da punch an' say… no I don' got nipple piercings or ones…ah… down dere. I don' see da appeal, an' hand f' God, as a medical doctor, havin' dem can actually cause you to eventually lose sensitivity in dose places. So if ya considerin' piecings on ya… bits… my advice is…yeah, naw, brah."
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Would seeing someone or a pet with tattoos and piercings shock rudy and clyde? Or do they get out and about quite a bit with Mason?
They do get out quite a bit with Mason, and they regularly go to a groomer so they’re actually around a good amount of people and pets.
They wouldn’t question another person having them, but running into another pet with tattoos or piercings??? Rudy would be very curious, asking questions and wanting to touch the tattoo to see what it’s like.
Mason wouldn’t get them pierced, but I can see him getting some sort of tattoo that’s a barcode or QR Code if they get lost. Yeah they’re chipped but with if they end up somewhere that doesn’t have a chip reader? It would just make the process of getting them home faster.
I love everything about branding - how unexpected and permanent it is, how the whumpee can wallow in their fear as the whumper heats up the branding iron, how it’s more abrupt than, for example, a tattoo, and is over faster. And then, of course, the way the whumpee deals with the brand during recovery - usually meaning a sick tattoo!
