Dauntless Faction News reblogged an awesome photoset from fourbiased of different factions and their symbols. With the one from Dauntless showing off a tattooing needle, I thought, might as well make this a post about literary tattoos!
Literary tattoos have become a lot more popular in recent years, and I think that they're awesome! For those comfortable with getting them, they're the ultimate devotion to books and stories.
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| From the Harry Potter series |
I've been reading through a lot of the background stories over at The Word Made Flesh, a Tumblr dedicated to literary quotes as tattoos, and to the people that have them they're everything from expression of a love of a certain passage or author, from a personal connection felt with a story or book, or even a way to help reach out to other fans of the series you're tattooed with.
My friends and I have talked about this, and I know several book-lovers who want tattoos of their favorite novels (including at least two who want the symbol for the deathly hallows on their shoulders).
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| From The Hunger Games series |
If you have a literary tattoo, or are thinking of getting one, feel free to leave a comment!
*Note: All pictures of tattoos originated at The Word Made Flesh, and the links below all photos go back to their respective posts. Get over there to share some love!
I love literary tattoos; they're just more interesting to me than other kinds of tatts. I have to say, though, that I wouldn't get a tattoo from a book as recent as The Hunger Games or Twilight. I think you should have loved something for years and years and *know* you're not going to change your mind about it before you get it permanently inked on your skin.
ReplyDeleteI agree, and it appears on The Word Made Flesh that a lot of the tattoos are from older works, or from books that one loved since they were a child. I think that's a good rule to have for any tattoo, literary or not, to have thought it over for a while.
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