#the word 'het' underneath my knee as a fucking dutch joke

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because @vettelracing​ said I could always make a post, and I’m not immune to peer pressure : tattoo tour! I immediately made an appointment when I turned 18, and my first tattoo was a koi fish in watercolour style wrapping around my lower left leg (ankle to a few cm below my knee.) the artist was amazing and overall a great experience for a first tattoo. I also have a little tulip right above my ankle, which I got done right before moving to Canada. Gotta rep the Dutch aesthetic, I guess? On my lower right leg I have a two headed snake with violets and forget-me-not flowers as a memorial piece to my twin (violets being the February birth flower.) A bee (an inside joke) a kingfisher bird, a peony flower, and a mushroom. The mushroom is an homage to my paternal family, seeing as they used to be mushroom farmers back in the day! There’s a fox on my right ribs (don’t recommend that as a placement. And this is the only tattoo of mine I’m very meh about. I forget it’s there half the time.) My lower left arm has a branch on it, and a maple seed right above my elbow facing back (for my paternal grandfather, who used to walk me up to the castle in my hometown when I was a kid so we could toss them down and watch them spin)

My right arm has two acorn (for my maternal grandfather, who took me to pick acorns in fall and taught me how to whistle with the caps) with the same placement as the maple seed. For my lower right arm I have the wand of my favourite HP character (Gilderoy Lockhart, if you’re wondering.) But since no one knows what his wand looks like it’s generally assumed it’s a sword. Also yes I’m aware JKR is disgusting and I do not support her, I just have my reasons, okay.

Then, on my right collarbone, I have a little ladybug. My best friend has the same one on her left. I also have a fat baby bird on my left shoulder, which is also dedicated to her.