Your tattoos are amazing. The portraits of course, but the paws on the feet.. damn!
This is a beautiful tribute. I love your puppos <3 and I'm glad you are keeping their spirits alive. Raiden(my mostly-Rottie) and Bucki look like they would get along so well.
This was beautiful. You brought tears to my eyes :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to check this one out :). They all are so special, each single one of them, period. Have you posted sth about Raiden yet interesting name btw ;)?
Oh don't I know it. Growing up I drove my father crazy because I would tell him I identified more with dogs than humans and I didn't like humans. I think he thought I was a sociopath. My stance holds.
Raiden is peppered here and there throughout random posts but I've never done just a straight up post about him.. maybe back in the day on Steemit but honestly I don't remember. He's got enough personality to have his own account honestly haha, and I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought of it. Maybe I'll make a post about him soon. He's had quite a ride!
As for his name, after I rescued him(he had no name at the time) he was nameless for like 2-3 weeks. If my memory is correct I think I just called him "buddy", or something like that. I had a long list of names and it took forever to choose one. Raiden was suggested by my partner at the time due to their interest in Mortal Kombat. I didn't think much of it at first. Two weeks later I decided to look up the origin of the name for some reason, and found that it comes from Raijin, the Shinto god of thunder/lightning/storms. It started growing on me then. I almost went with "Raijin" to pay tribute but I figured it could be seen less as paying tribute and more of cultural appropriation; also it's a difficult name to be saying constantly when you're used to speaking in western dialect haha.
Sorry, I rant a lot
Ahh totally fine, thanks for sharing Raidens story with me 😊. I hear you on the people vs animals issue lol. All in all I like animals better too 😉 . I'll keep an open eye to spot Raiden. It took me a while to figure out Mollys name after I got her. She was named Gracie but that didn't fit her character. Molly Malone was my thinking, you know, the Irish hooker 😂
Hahahaha I like the name inspiration. I’ll do a post about raidens story someday! He definitely went from worst-case scenario to well... I was gonna say “best” but life hasn’t always been perfect for him with me haha.. but i try!
I think I understand with the "best" life. Had the same with Molly and sometimes I feel bad that she had to deal with me in a state like that. But they help us, and their love is unconditional, it's just hard to grasp sometimes.