So I'm considering getting a Chrono tattoo. Here's my explanation for it.
First off, I think tattoos can be great, or a horrible idea. Most of the time, I think its a horrible idea. I'd say, at least around where I live, 90% of the ones that girls get are the stereotypical "Butterfly" or "roses and vines" pattern on their back right above their hip. Most of the guys have one of the stupid barbed wire patterns going around their biceps, or maybe a random dragon somewhere.
In this case, I think tattoos are a horrible idea. It doesn't mean anything, and its completly unoriginal.
Now, here's why I want my tattoo. First off, I've been playing the series, non-stop, since 7th grade (I'm currently a junior in college, so thats about 9 years). I've wanted some sort of Chrono tattoo for about 5 years or so. I've held off for a long time, thinking that I wouldn't wnat it a year or so down the road, but it hasn't changed yet. The tattoo to me doesn't necessarily represent the game, it represents the stories and the morals and lessons you learn while playing the game.
My original idea was to get the Chrono C on my right shoulder. I'm extremely well cut, so it would look pretty decent. To me, the C represents everythign you learned in the series. To me, it represents bonds between friends, sacrifice, and a bigger lesson. The lesson being that, while at times you'd love to go back and change things you've done, or maybe find out what's going to happen to you in the future, the whole point and fun of life is not being able to do either of those. (Once again, this is what it means to ME.)
I still think that would be a great idea, but I'm thinking that putting it on my right shoulder isn't the best idea. So, my options are, put it somewhere else, or, get my second idea:
This one would be smaller, and I'm thinking somewhere on my right side, right beneath the oblique muscle. I've always thought that the greates thing a human being could do is sacrifice their life for the sake of others. This is also why I think Jesus is so great, whether or not you believe he was the son of God.
The tattoo I'd get would be a combination of one of the two sprites on the right, with one of the two on the left. In case you didn't know, this was the pose Crono was in (from the side_ when he solo'ed Lavos and died, with the little.. spark thing. On top fo that, it always reminded me of Jesus, becaue to me, it looks like the pose he would be in on a cross.
So basically, I like the idea of this. Besides being original, it actually MEANS something to me, instead of being like "oh wow wouldn't it be sweet if I had a cloud tattoo!?! lolzerz!"
So, comments, suggestions on anything?
