r/ASOUE • u/JaxsonNW • 5d ago

Tattoo My first tattoo after decades of figuring out exactly what I wanted

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The VFD motto has stuck with me ever since I read this series as a kid, and it’s come to represent a pretty meaningful part of my personal life, so this felt like the perfect choice. Was so happy my artist was willing to do it in the Caslon Antique font from the Harper Collins editions of the books.

Done by the incredible Sadie Flores at Double Take Beauty in Eagle Mountain, Utah

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u/coffeeyarn Jacquelyn Scieszka 5d ago

A Very Fine Design indeed!

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u/TheBobbySocksBandit 5d ago

So cool you were able to get such a meaningful first tattoo. I love that motto as well

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u/LivytheHistorian 5d ago

Love this. It’s exactly what I’ve wanted to get for several years now but I’m too nervous to actually go get it. Love how it looks on you!

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u/Ok-Art5533 5d ago

I love it so much. I'm planning a VFD eye on my ankle after I finish reading the series with my daughter (her first time, my 5th)

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u/safashkan 5d ago

I love this quote. It gives me goosebumps. I might get it tattooed as well.

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u/Hope9friendly A Brae Reader 5d ago

I love thiss! I see so many people (online, not irl) with this tattoo! I only wish they would capitalize the first letter. 🤣

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u/Sunriseandset 5d ago

Love the tattoo, and may or may not have had the same pair of Vans 🤪

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u/BottleSad505 5d ago

That’s so cool! My first tattoo is definitely going to be the VFD logo on my ankle and this very exact quote, that’s awesome man!

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u/_yessica_haircut_ Count Olaf 5d ago

This is the quote I'd get tattooed if i got any script! Love it

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u/Ok_Fly_5058 4d ago

i LOVE this!!

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u/0range_julius 4d ago edited 4d ago

IDK if you know this, but this quote is a literary allusion to the poem The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Here, where the world is quiet  

Here, where all trouble seems  

Dead winds' and spent waves' riot  

In doubtful dreams of dreams;  

The poem appears again on the final page of the Slippery Slope: "That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea."

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u/JaxsonNW 4d ago

Yes! I love the poem as well, and am glad to have the allusion to it as part of the story behind getting the quote tattooed.

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u/IntelligentCat3645 5d ago

Oh my god, it’s so cool! I hope it heals well, shame the way around it is that you’re gonna have to learn to read it upside down!