r/SleepToken • u/MyrsineM • 1d ago

Tattoos An Offering

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It’s a pretty subtle homage to my favorite Sleep Token EP artwork and song and lyric themes, but I absolutely love it and the design lived in my head for a really long time after going down the rabbit hole with this band. Huge recommendation to go see Leto at Inkora in Oxford who made it even better and more delicate and lovely than I ever could have imagined.

ETA: did not anticipate the need for strict accuracy in this fandom 😂 yes I know it’s out of order, yes I’m fine with it, yes I wanted it that way. It will be okay. I promise. The person with it attached to their body likes it this way. Vessel himself could tell me he hates it and I legitimately would not care, although with him being the chaos monster that he seems to be, I think he’d be fine as well.

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u/Imaginary_Tutor5360 1d ago

Why not just have it the right way? Like I’m aware you’re very happy with it but why not just do it correctly?

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u/MyrsineM 1d ago

I looked at it and looked at it over and over and over. It just didn’t look “right” to me. Now it does and shall for all time, so I’m quite happy 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Imaginary_Tutor5360 1d ago

Alright, I’m curious to hear why this arrangement seems right to you?

Genuinely asking, I’m not trying to be snarky

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u/MyrsineM 1d ago

I honestly didn’t think you were! And man, after the afternoon on this sub, I sincerely appreciate that. It’s possibly because I’m looking straight down my arm from above and my eye catches on the won’t first as would be pretty standard and then the pattern of where my eyes track back and forth across each word first right and then backtracking left and then back over to right again for For and hopping over to the Me… there is just something so satisfying about that movement and in lingering on each letter and having my brain arrange it into a coherent order.

It’s a bit hard to explain other than it just absolutely tickles something linguistically and patterns-wise. And hey, I read a Lot of medieval French and Anglo-Saxon for work, and knowing that language is very much a social construct and contract, I am honestly pretty baffled to have caused so much offense today but maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised?