#No regerts baby

[creepyscritches]

AUGH. All excited to do my neuroendocrine cancer education today so I took a "wake up" shower and got too hot and now I'm 🤢 30 min before I need to speak for an hour 🤡

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[maria-crossover]

Shhh!! They're sleeping!... 😴

Original:

[pickleviv]

XOXO, Dude 💋

Super excited to finally get to share this! This was one of the pieces I made for a postal fan zine that’s now finally out!

You can get a free download of it here!

[mynahx3]

You ever just look at something and wanna squeeze it?? Just SQUEEZE 👹👹

That’s me with my dogs, I love them so fuckin much 🥺💗

Big one is technically my brothers but I pretty much take care of him

[mayorwhisper]

This is going great so far 😂

[an-indigo-moose]

No Regerts

I thought about getting my son a baby bib that said “No Regerts” on it. But, then I realized that he was a baby. He had so many regurts.

[turtlebros4u]

Counterculture Terrapins (1/4)

I was thinking about doing something short but then I kept adding detail so here we are. Inspired by someone mentioning that Donnie does Raph's tattoos (I forgot when and who I saw that from or else I would link it cuz it was so cute). Also I have a rudimentary knowledge of how tattoos work I haven't gotten my first one yet so I've done my best to Google some things.

Also in case anyone is upset at the mention of needles, like me, I have avoided using that word when talking about tattooing.

Donnie

You're sitting next to Raph on the couch with one of his favorite soap operas on the TV. It's a bit boring, you know the cliché it's going for now. You look to the big guy but can barely see his invested glare over his massive delts. You gaze down in your boredom along his partial sleeve tattoo. It's so delicately done.

"Who does your tattoo?" You ask.

"Hm?" Raph says peeling himself from the drama as it hit a commercial break to look down at you over his shoulder, "Oh Donnie. He's got a real steady hand from making all those tiny 'lectronics and stuff. Why? Y' want one?"

"Uh well I was thinking about it..."

"I think you could rock one. You'd look even hotter." He drops that sentence so nonchalantly it makes you blush.

You don't say anything for a bit, letting Raph get back to the show after the commercials. You calm down as the Secret Twin trope gets revealed on screen. God it's such a cheesy show but maybe that's why he likes it.

You wait until the next break to ask, "How did you choose what to get?"

He thinks for a moment, "Uh, I wanted something that reminded me of the strength of my family and also looked cool as hell I guess."

Mikey sauntered into the room at this time whistling a tune.

"So a tattoo should be inspiring and cool?" You ask Big Red.

Mikey spins on his heels and lands his elbows onto the couch, "Angeeeelcaaaaakes! You thinking about getting a tattoo like Raph's?"

You laugh, "Ahh well not really. I'm not sure. I have been wanting one but I'm not sure what I even want yet. Do you think I should get a sleeve?"

"No one can tell you what you want except for you, sweet cheeks. Buuuut if you ask me I think you should get some bold text, like NO REGERTS or PIZZA TIME!"

He smiles widely, "Totally show me what you decide to get, pumpkin spice, Donnie's like a serious guru with that. You'd look so dope with a tat." And with that Mikey also left you blushing as he continued with whatever he was going to do.

The episode ended and Raph rambled a bit about how he wants to know who the real father of the baby was going to be and if it will be the secret twin of the dad or not. You smile softly, amused that he's invested in such goofy drama. Raph headed to his weight rack to do a couple of sets and left you scrolling on your phone on the sofa.

You sit there looking through tattoo ideas. The idea of asking Donnie is kind of growing on you. You weren't sure how to find a good artists anyways and talking to new people made you anxious.

How much would it hurt? Even if it did, to sit there under Donatello's gaze would counteract everything. You wonder how he would react to you asking.

"Hey Princess," Leo sashays towards you, a towel around his neck dabbing sweat. He must have just finished a training session with Splinter, "Mikey says you're going to ask Donnie for a tat."

"Uh well I really was just curious where Raph got his and I was looking for an artist I trusted anyways but I don't really know what I'm going to get yet." You say somewhat surprised that word is going around faster than pizza.

"Ah I see, Mikey was telling us about it while we sparred. He got very excited about tattoos and ended up going off about trying get a whole pizza pie tatted to his shell. Fun fact, you can't tattoo a carapace. Anyways, Splinter suggests doing something symbolic and simple. And if you want my opinion—"

"I do want your opinion, " you say knowing he was going to say it anyways.

Leo stuttered for a moment, thrown off his rhythm that you were actually asking for it this time. "W-well I'd say an elegant asymmetric pattern of some sort on your shoulder or thigh would suit your style well. Like a spider web or lighting or wrinkled plaid. "

"Wrinkled plaid? "

"Okay maybe not plaid, but something like that, I feel it suits you." He shrugs off the awkward suggestion and escapes towards the showers before putting more of his foot in his mouth.

You consider plaid for a moment longer and then shake your head of the silly suggestion. Leo often had great ideas but was very bad at explaining why or offering any useful context when it came to personalized things. He could make a life or death decision in a split second but he couldn't explain to you why he liked tile over rugs.

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You've been mulling over it for a few days now. You have finally both decided what you want and also built up the courage to ask Donnie if he would do the honors.

You get to the lair and beeline for the lab. Leo and Mikey see that you hardly acknowledge their presence and they smirk at each other. They know you've finally decided.

You flip the plastic sheets away as you enter the lab.

"Donnie!" You say loud and proud.

Donnie perks up and spins on his stool to face you.

"What can I do for you, Sparkplug?" He asks setting down the tools in his hand and giving you his full undivided attention. A rarity.

"Would you be willing to give me a tattoo? I trust you and I want—"

"I thought you'd never ask." He says, a glint in his eye as he leaps up and goes to the industrial cabinet that holds all varieties of his tools and he opens the drawer for his tattoo work.

"Yesterday I finished prepping the attachment for human skin. I had initially made the pen for us, since we've got thicker skin—at least literally—than you. But this should work wonderfully. Are you ready for your consultation?"

"Yep, let's get started!" You say and plop down in another stool.

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After a day of prepping the design, Donnie let's you know he's ready.

You had asked for him to design it based on some key words. You are excited to see what he came up with but even more hyped to lay down and let him work his magic.

You get to the lab and see that Donnie's set out some sort of MacGuyvered massage table? Or was it a dentist's chair? You took a seat anyways.

"So, Tattoo Guru," you joke to the purple banded terrapin, "where shall we put it?"

He scoots toward you on his rolling stool and slides just between your knees.

"May I?" He asks gesturing to you that he would like to look you over for the perfect location. He had decided he would design it first and pick a location later.

You nod and he begins. He mumbles to himself as he analyzes your body from top to bottom for the prime location. You try to fight the blush in your face when he runs his fingers across your thighs and down your calves. It's no use.

He gently lifts your shirt up to check your stomach and sides. Your shoulders and collarbone. His face is so close to yours. You can feel his warm breath on your neck.

"Are you nervous?" He asks, "Your heart rate is increasing and your breaths are shorter."

"N-no," you stutter somewhat embarrassed that he was noticing, "not about the tattoo. I trust you entirely. It's just you were studying me so intently I'm starting to wonder if you can see any flaws from this close."

His brows raised, "Flaws? What flaws?"

"Oh y'know. The blemishes and cellulite and the few gray hairs I've been trying to keep plucked but somehow elude me." You say trying to play it cool.

"Oh, you think those are flaws?" His voice rose in astonishment. You remember that he doesn't have hardly any clue about human beauty standards, and while he knows that humans are judgemental, it's on a totally different scale for him.

"Well yeah, people think they aren't very flattering." You admit, not proud to admit humans weren't all great.

"That's ridiculous. The whole point of being human is to be unique and live unique. And as you age you get little representations of the life you've lived. Like nature's tattoos. You can almost read my brothers' shells and find a mark from every year from some stunt we pulled. I find it quite fascinating to read all the little love notes that life leaves."

You face flushed with heat. If you had managed to hide it before you certainly couldn't now.

"I've decided your shoulder blade is the best." He said changing the subject very matter-of-factly. "Would you remove your shirt, here's a towel if you want to cover your frontwhen you lay down." He shifted the seat to be horizontal and scooted away. You take the towel remove your shirt and lay on your chest. The table was quite comfortable.

Donnie scoots back with his template, wipes down your shoulder blade and begins his work. While he preps the stencil his every touch makes you tingle. The air is cool on your back and his hands warm.

You definitely would not have had this experience with any other artist in New York. This was special.

"I'm ready to start inking. You ready, Sparkplug?" He asks gently. You confirm and brace for the sting.

It hits you but less painfully than you expected. It still takes a moment to adjust to the regular zing in your shoulder as he begins.

Through the corner of your eye you can see he is zoned into his work. His tongue sticking out a bit as he is apt to do when in deep focus.

Although somewhat munade, every time he wipes away your shoulder, it feels so intimate. You close your eyes and just soak it in. The buzz of the pen, the warm hands and trained eyes.

May this will be one of those little love letters Donnie was talking about. You are glad your face is buried somewhat, your heart skips a little just thinking about how oddly poetic Donnie was when he said that.

Maybe that's the way Donnie sees the world. Every line of code, every chemical equation, every physics constant, every biological mutation was just poetic to him.

You were glad to have the opportunity to be one of the few who knew the brothers. You went through a wash of emotions.

First pride for almost having them to yourself, but then followed sorrow, that the brothers were limited in who they could trust and show themselves to without insighting the worst humanity had to offer.

Again you were grateful that you could be one of the people that didn't make them feel like they didn't belong here. You felt a twinge of resentment towards the outside world, because it took you this long to find a family this accepting and kind and optimistic about everything, you had felt your fair share of human cruelty both from people you once considered close as well as the system itself that felt so predatory.

When you were in this little pocket of sewers, turned into a cozy abode, under the city, you felt like you could step away from the rat race for once. Like it didn't really matter as much as everyone made it seem.

Overall you felt content. You loved the turtles and their fatherly rat, each with their quirks, but always trying to be better and never abandoning those they considered family.

"Aaaaand 100% completion. You may have outdone yourself Donnie," he said to himself, "I could compete with a RedSail laser cutter and win." His pride was bubbling up in the most adorably nerdy way.

"Let me just get you cleaned up and wrapped, let's keep it covered for a few days and then you can see, how's that?" He asks laying down the protective plastic over the fresh tattoo.

You nod trying to recover from being hopelessly lost in thought just moments ago.

He allows you to cover yourself again and you thank him for his work on your way out.

You send a text to Mikey to let him know that he can join you in the lab in two days to see your brand new tattoo.

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You show up a little early and Donnie is busy soldering away at something or another.

He hears you come in and looks up from his hunched position and smiles, "Early as usual."

You take a seat and pull off the button up blouse you were wearing. Underneath was a tank top that revealed your entire tattoo. You were honest and hadn't looked at it yet, avoiding the chance to peak at it through the mirror in your apartment.

Donnie washed up and rolled over to you in his signature wheeled stool. He peeled the plastic off and took a damp towel to wipe it down.

He just finished when Mikey flung open the plastic sheets to the entrance of the lab announcing in one of his many comical voices, "And here were have the perfect human specimen, recently upgraded and equipped with the finest work our generation has to offer!"

You look at him in confusion at who he is talking to and see Leo and Splinter walking in behind him.

"Splinter?" You ask in confusion.

"My child," he responds intentionally not answering your implied question of why he was there.

"Cmon Y/n, spin around so we can see it. Mikey's been hyping it ul for days and he doesn't even know what it looks like." Leo said obviously just as excited as Mikey but showing it differently.

Somewhat nervous with such a crowd you freeze for a moment.

"Here," Donnie hands you a small mirror and holds up another so you can see the back of your shoulder when you turn around.

The tattoo comes into your sight. It's amazing.

"Donnie that's perfect." Leo commends.

"Angelcakes! Whoooaaaa that's so rad! Omygosh Omygosh Raph's gotta see this!" Mikey makes a break to sprint down the tunnels hollering for Big Red.

Splinter nods, "You've managed to capture my impressive aura I see. Excellent work." You roll your eyes and chuckle at the vain rat's comment.

You can't stop looking at your shoulder in the reflection. It really is amazing. It had everything you wanted. A symbol of new York in the classic sewer cap, simple representations of the five people you cared most about with Splinter's silhouette donning the masks of his four sons on his tail, and bold inspiring text through the middle of the sewer plate that reads, "WE'RE NOT MONSTERS".

You couldn't have been more proud to reclaim one of Mikey's most impactful quotes. And he seemed ecstatic to see them worn proudly.

Raph thumped in, "Calm down little bro, I've seen tattoos before, I'm sure it's cool." He stalks up and inspects it closely and quietly for a minute.

Then a moment later Donnie is spinning out of control on his stool with Raph bellowing, "Who said ya could give someone else a cooler tattoo than what you gave me. I told you specifically to give me the most badass tattoo and obviously mine is second best now."

Leo and Mikey bust up laughing. Splinter chuckles heartily. You can't help but giggle as Donnie recovers, shaking his head of the dizziness and smiling like an idiot. He took Raph's reaction as a full blown compliment and it truly was.

You leap towards Donatello and wrap your arms around his neck. He catches you and pulls you close.

"Thank you," you mutter, "Raph is right this is the best tattoo. I'm so proud to have it. You guys aren't monsters, you are the best family I've ever had!"

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Totally forgot my taglist on these 😅

@turtle-babe83 @thelaundrybitch @geeksauruse

[ischleepzzz]

Just read your Kaishin one shot instead of getting ready for work dbjsshsga NO REGERTS IT WAS SO GOOD. I'm gonna read your Conspiracy one too next! I love how you write them, with their dynamic being so multifaceted. And each gets an opportunity to be a Cool Guy AND a woobie lil blorbo aND angsty 🥺🥺🥺

Thank youuuuuuuuu 💙🥺 so glad you enjoyed it. I hope you'll like the multichapter one too! I try to write them as equals in a lot of ways, and that includes making them take turns being a badass or lil baby 🤣 I believe in kaishin being switches in multiple contexts, you could say.

Thank you for taking time out of your day to let me know that you like my stuff 🫶 good luck with work!

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[syrupgirl]

saw barbie. cried like a baby. no regerts

[maria-crossover]

Postal dude: I could easily be Damian's father

Morticia: No.

Postal dude: But I am to him, right?

Morticia: Still I'm not getting married...

[kifu]

I started my own portrait of Baby Fannigan. It was *supposed* to be fast and I have slight regerts about winging it on layout.

[faint-kitten]

Sometimes you get a post, and you think "That'll be fun." Then you make the post and post it and leave, then you come back to tumblr or twitter or youtube and get to see it first hand, like you're someone else looking at yourself and you're like. Huh. From the outside this is kinda stupid. If someone knew nothing about me what would they take from this, and you're left with two choices, regert or double down baby!

[storytimewithnova]

miss forgettable + Cigarette duet

Hey hey hey author chan here  So before i start lets start with sibling Sho’s brothers are ennoshita and her twin yaku She has two step brothers twins konoha and Daishou Semi is her cousin i think that covers it lets begin this is a hurt/Comfort story

Haikyuu hoes GC

Tanaka removed sho from the GC

Tanaka:Hey guys i have an idea

Kags:What is it

Yaku:Where is sho

Tanaka:I’ll add her back in minute

Suga:God just tell us your idea

Tanaka:We ignore her

Ennoshita: ….

Konoha:....

Bokuto: .....

Akaashi: .....

Yaku: .....

Semi: .....

Daishou: .....

Shirabu:Yeah nope i’m out

Tanaka:You know what if you are in just join us i am deleting this chat and adding sho back

Tanaka deleted the chat and added sho

Sho:Why did you kick me senpai

Tanaka:Suga is everyone on for the movies

Sho:Oh can i come

suga: Yes Tanaka we are all going

Yaku’s Pov: i hate this i want to tell her what they are doing i can see her get more and more upset

Sho:Ken ken i got a new game want to play

Kenma:Atsumu can we hang out

Atsumu:Sure

Sho:💔

They carried on making plans and her siblings watch they wanted to call them out but couldn’t enno frowned and watched his sister become more and more heartbroken to the point she threw her phone it landed on the floor with a smash

Ennoshita:?!

Konoha:?!

Yaku:Sis-

Daishou stopped him they followed her and she ran to her room they called the GC at the same time Sho had grabbed her guitar and the siblings watched

Haikyuu hoes

Yams:Huh? Why is enno calling us

They all saw it was a video call and accepted it

Sho:🎶 I know that you're waiting for me like a dog But have some patience for the part of me that's lost🎶

Everyone had muted chat

Sho:🎶There's been a hundred times When I don't recognize Any of you that love me I try to memorize and identify But it's all getting foggy🎶

Ennoshita://oh sis//

Konoha://make them regert it sis//

Everyone- the siblings semi and bokuaka: ?!

Sho:🎶My head is in the clouds right now Just pray I come around, around Hello, hello, are you lonely? I'm sorry, it's just the chemicals Hello, hello, do you know me? I'm called Miss.Forgettable (oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Miss. Forgettable (oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Miss. Forgettable🎶

Yams://miss forgettable?//

Sho:🎶The old me hides While the new me fights Look in my eyes She’s still in there, right? Did the kitchen change What about your name? You used to be my heart And now you're just a face🎶

Tanaka://Is she losing any feelings she had for us//

Kags://boke please//

Akaashi:// that is what you get//

Kags:// you ignored her too//

Bokuto;Actually no we didn’t me akaashi and her siblings are with her

Kags://Siblings//

Ennoshita://Me//

Yaku://Me//

Konoha://Me//

Daishou://Me//

Semi://cousin//

Sho:🎶 My head is in the clouds right now

Just pray I come around, around Hello, hello, are you lonely? I'm sorry, it's just the chemicals Hello, hello, do you know me?🎶

The siblings //yes sis we should know you//

Sho:🎶 I'm called Miss. Forgettable (oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Miss. Forgettable (oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Miss. Forgettable (oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Miss. Forgettable (Miss. Forgettable)🎶

Bokuto://no you are not//

Sho:🎶Hello, hello, are you lonely? I'm sorry, it's just the chemicals Hello, hello, do you know me? They call me Miss. Forgettable🎶

Sho takes out a Cigarette and lights it

Ennoshita://huh since when did sis smoke//

Sho:Guess i am always going to be karasuno’s punch bag fuck i hate my life they forget i am human

Konoha://?!//

Bokuto://i’m sorry did i hear that shit right//

Yaku:// sorry sis i have to do  this//

Yaku goes in to her room grabs the Cigarette and put it out and tosses it

Yaku:Why sis you are kiling youself

Sho:Good

Yaku:GOOD GOOD THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE TO FUCKING SAY TO ME ME YOUR TWIN

Sho:DON’T FUCKING START MORI I AM NOT ONE OF THE BRAT YOU MOTHER AT NEKOMA

Yaku:No you are my brat baby sister

Sho:Don’t play The you’re fucking older than me card You’re older than me two minutes by the way Mr I was born first out of the two of us

Yaku:Right that’s it Akaashi bokuto talk to your girl

Akaashi:Please darling your not only hurting yourself you are hurting me and Bo

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette and it cannot be that bad🎵

Akaashi:🎵 Honey, don't you love me and you know it makes me sad?🎵

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette like you always used to do🎵

Bokuto:Keiji how comes i didn’t know about this

Akaashi:🎵 I was different then, I don't need them to be cool🎵

Bokuto:🎵 It's just a cigarette and it harms your pretty lungs🎵

Sho:🎵 Well, it's only twice a week so there's not much of a chance🎵

Akaashi:🎵It's just a cigarette, it'll soon be only ten 🎵

Sho:🎵 Honey, can't you trust me? When I want to stop, I can🎵

Ennoshita:Then stop please sis

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette and it's just a Marlboro Light🎵

Bokuto:🎵 Maybe, but is it worth it if we fight🎵

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette that I got from Jamie-Lee🎵

Suna:My cuz she is a junkie

Akaashi:🎵 Oh, she's gonna get a smack and I'm gonna give you three🎵

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette and I only did it once🎵

Bokuto:🎵 it's just a cigarette, it'll soon be only ten🎵

Sho:🎵 It's only twice a week so there's not much of a chance 🎵

Akaashi:🎵 it'll make you sick girl there's not much of a chance🎵

Sho:🎵 It's just a cigarette and I'm sorry that I did it🎵

Bokuto:🎵 it's just a cigarette, you'll be sorry that you did it🎵

Sho:🎵 Honey, can't you trust me? When I want to stop, I can🎵

Sho suddenly broke down in akaashi’s arms

Sho:I’m sorry i’m sorry i can’t quit and it got to much when everyone ignored me for no reason

Bokuto:Its okay baby owl

Everyone else: …..

Semi:All happy with yourselves my cousin is having a melt down i am taking my cousin out of that school kasshi she is going to you school

Yaku:Does that mean she is coming back to tokyo Eita Ni

Semi:Yep we all are

Shirabu:I am coming to Eita

Semi:Jiro

Shirabu:Shut it sho is my bestie you are my bf i am coming with you that's final

Semi:Can’t argue with you

Those that ignored sho mainly karasuno are now silent

Ennoshita:Sis we are going to get you help okay

Sho nods

Time skips sho got the help she need she now goes to her bfs school and karasuno regert treating her bad and kenma atsumu and others regert going along with the “prank”  And she is happy again she is slowly cutting out the cigarettes and She will be graduting the same time as yaku bokuto akaashi and her siblings and cousin

[saywhatjessie]

Not just one, but TWO requests?! Oh we are popular today.

I've gotten at least one tattoo a year ever year since I turned 20, so starting in 2014. I took all of these pictures just now so the ones that look old it's because they are old lol.

HERE WE GO

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Interrobang!? Baby's first tattoo. She started meaningful but not too meaningful. It's my favorite punctuation symbol on the inside of my left wrist. It only took twenty minutes and to this day it's the least amount of money I spent on a tattoo but I think that's because I got lightheaded and they had to give me a lollipop.

Squiggly line I went with my friends to get tattoos before a fan convention in 2015 don't worry about it we're moving on

Lake House Coordinates Matching tattoos I got with my sister for my college graduation showing the coordinates for the lake house we had as kids that we since had to sell. The most visible whenever I worked as a cashier and the one I have had to explain the most.

L'amore e l'arma (Pretend there's an accent on that e I don't feel like looking for special characters.) It means "Love is the weapon" in Italian. Love is the weapon is a NeverShoutNever song lol. This was a last minute tattoo for the last minute tattoo GISH item in 2017. It doesn't really mean a lot to me but it looks sexy when I wear tank tops so like. No regerts.

Tattoo of me getting a tattoo This is everyone's favorite. This was the 2018 GISH tattoo item. Some people tried to find clever ways to get around the wording but I'm like fuck no I'm committing put my fucking face on my leg. It's one of the funniest things I've ever done, it looks fucking sick, and I'm still mad to this day that it's not in the GISH hall of fame like lOOK AT IT IT RULES

Three of Wands This is a twofer! The second tatoo of 2018, it's my Forever Unfinished because the artist doesn't tattoo anymore and it's also the one I got done in someone's living room! Everyone needs at least one tattoo from someone with a tattoo machine that's done in someone's living room. Anyway, it healed like shit and there's supposed to be watercolor in the middle so I'm always seesawing between asking someone else to finish it or just getting the whole thing covered up. It's on the inside of my right forearm so that's like prime real estate. IDK, dude, it will look like this for the forseeable future.

Cat paw print Back to basiccs - and I mean the most basic - this is my cat's paw print on my ribs. Done by the same tattoo artist in the tattoo of me getting a tattoo, which is kinda neat. Yes, it's supposed to look like that: I took my cat's paw, inked it, and put it on paper and she just did an exact recreation. I think it's cute. He's not dead or anything, I just love him.

finger rings Yes, I SOMEHOW got a tattoo before everything shut down in 2020. I had no way of knowing things would shut down - I got this bitch in January - but I was SO RELIEVED when we started quarantine that I'd gotten my 2020 tattoo so early. It was extremely lucky. Anyway, each line represents one of my siblings. On my middle finger because it looks dope and also because they're my siblings so flipping them off is a standard greeting lol.

Destiel mixtape Ayyy lmao. This is the tattoo that's gotten the most internet attention for obvious reasons. Tattooed literally the day before the first Valentine's Day after November 5th. Like we were about to have a Destiel wedding and I walked into a tattoo shop like "Can you do this?" And they were like "I can do this right now." I regret nothing. I am mentally unwell lol. Just you wait, though: this baby's gonna extend out into an entire fandom sleeve. I have more than just SUPERNATURAL brainrot and I'm not afraid to show it.

Arachne: Goddess of Spiders I had one condition for this tattoo: I wanted her to be creepy as shit. I'm so sick of tattoo artists making monsters hot. Like if you wouldn't fuck a monster that looks like this, you're weak and your bloodline will not survive. The Arachne myth was the thing that first got me into Greek Mythology in third grade so I of course had to honor her. Also, I'm gonna get an Athena tattoo on the other side of my arm so like the ~dichotomy. This is the tattoo that all my tattoo people friends say is their favorite. It's techincally interesting and the first one that really fits on my body and also it's hilarious that I'm very sunshine and rainbows but I have this creepy bitch lurking on my arm. Everyone loves the Spitties (spider titties) but it's important to note that when my sleeve is down, all that peaks out is the Spidussy.

Sword and Olive Branch Finally we're all caught up! Yes, these are techinally two tattoos but they are a set and so I'm touring them together. I got so many guessed for the meaning behind this - war and peace, Athena theming, Things Gays Like - and while those are all good and in character for me, the most boring and true reality is that these are the two main elements on my family crest. My mom is Scottish, so a claymore. And my Dad is Italian and our family for generations owned an olive grove. It's literally just narcissim lol. The olive branch goes on my Greek mythology sleeve arm for obvious reasons and the claymore is on my fandom arm because it can double for a lot of swords in a lot of fandoms. I can multitask. They're still healing as you can tell from this pic but they look sick as hell. The olive branch is my first color tattoo so that's exciting :)

More tattoos will come in time and when I get more money but twelve tattoos at 28! I'm pretty pleased with that.