And finally, let’s shut it down for the night with this offering by the Owl God-summoning Anji Marth, who tattooed this while at High Priestess Corvallis in Corvallis, Oregon. In addition to being some of the nicer, more original script we’ve seen in a while, this is also delightfully nerdy and, to top it off, there appears to be a kilt involved. Awesome? Awesome. The tattoo itself is the text of The Road Goes Ever On and On, written by none other than J.R.R. Tolkien and, while it was published in various forms throughout his novels, the one committed to skin up there is from The Hobbit. In case you can’t make it all out:
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains of the moon.Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.
We’ll see you tomorrow, folks.
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28 responses to “The Hidden Paths That Run”
😀 love it! love the hobbit!
😀 love it! love the hobbit!
This was super fun. Wish I’d gotten a better picture, without the curve of the leg interfering!
She was awesome too. We talked about sci-fi the whole damn time.
This was super fun. Wish I’d gotten a better picture, without the curve of the leg interfering!
She was awesome too. We talked about sci-fi the whole damn time.
tldr
tldr
Anji and I bonded over nerd things at a convention once. Then, she immediately tattooed a mustache to my…er..”box”.
kudos!
Anji and I bonded over nerd things at a convention once. Then, she immediately tattooed a mustache to my…er..”box”.
kudos!
did anyone else have trouble figuring out what body part this was?
did anyone else have trouble figuring out what body part this was?
anji could stab me any day.
anji could stab me any day.
#3 you beat me to it haha
#3 you beat me to it haha
@ 5…. i had to look again i thought it was right shoulder/back/ribs…. its not *feels stupid*
@ 5…. i had to look again i thought it was right shoulder/back/ribs…. its not *feels stupid*
Holy sweet zombie jebbus this just made my day.
I get home from a super long day at school, and holy crap I’m on modblog O.o
Super awesome happy time 😀
Also, not a kilt (Sadly, as utili-kilts are amazing), just a plaid skirt.
<3 Anji, again I LOVE it!
It’s healing wonderfully, and I’ll come in so you can get some better pics.
Holy sweet zombie jebbus this just made my day.
I get home from a super long day at school, and holy crap I’m on modblog O.o
Super awesome happy time 😀
Also, not a kilt (Sadly, as utili-kilts are amazing), just a plaid skirt.
<3 Anji, again I LOVE it!
It’s healing wonderfully, and I’ll come in so you can get some better pics.
beautiful! love the style of lettering!!
beautiful! love the style of lettering!!
it is not possible that this was fun to tattoo
it is not possible that this was fun to tattoo
I love the lettering, and the quote. I’m not usually a fan of quotes, especially long ones, but this looks really cute and I love the Hobbit!
I love the lettering, and the quote. I’m not usually a fan of quotes, especially long ones, but this looks really cute and I love the Hobbit!
As a die hard Tolkien fan, I am absolutely DELIGHTED at this. I got chills looking at it. <3
As a die hard Tolkien fan, I am absolutely DELIGHTED at this. I got chills looking at it. <3
It was fun because we talked about sci-fi the whole time….hahaha
It was fun because we talked about sci-fi the whole time….hahaha