Under-Skin Tattoo

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A friend sent me this link to a site about tattoos. I’m not a tattoo kind of guy (much to my mother’s relief), but I can appreciate skin art — especially when the art is comic book super heroes.

This tattoo, though . . . part of me says, “way cool,” but another part of me says, “yuck, disgusting.” I like the Spider-Man aspect of it, and the ripped flesh looks realistic. But unless you’re going for an intimidation factor with the tattoo (like if you’re a Hell’s Angel, or something — and I don’t think they’d let a Spider-Man geek into the club), I wouldn’t think a guy would want to get a tattoo that could turn off a woman seeing his bare skin. I mean, most guys would like for a woman to want to see his bare skin (so he could claim a fair turn to see her bare skin, yes?). But flesh peeling off your chest doesn’t exactly whisper, “Come lay your boobs on my body.”

But then maybe the guy with this tattoo is looking for a specific kind of woman: one who likes ripped flesh and Spider-Man — a rare combination, I would think. Personally, I’d be wary of exposing my skin (especially any particularly tender parts) to a woman who liked ripped flesh.

Now, the liking Spider-Man woman, I could love. Cowgrit likes Spidey — she used to read my SM comics when we were dating and I was collecting them. Spider-Man 1, 2, and 3 are the only super hero movies she’s gone to see with me. If I were getting a tattoo, I could see getting a Spidey small logo or mask on my arm. (No, Mom, I’m not thinking about getting one.)

Bullgrit
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