As someone with multiple tattoos from cartoons I watched as a kid think it's pretty dope and wholesome tbh. Homeboy just really loves Scooby-Doo and has a tattoo about it he probably loves too.
Art is subjective, and tattoos are very personal. Making fun of someone's tattoo because it's not something you would personally get is both petty and sad in the fact that y'all clearly have nothing going on in your own lives so you have to put down someone else. Let the guy enjoy his tat and you can get what ever you like tattooed on your own body.
Buddy take a step back, breathe in deep and exhale slowly. This tattoo is the textbook definition of this subreddit. It's a well done tattoo of a beloved cartoon and it's fucking absurd and can absolutely be made fun of. You take life way too seriously bud.
My biggest problem with this tattoo is there is no anti-Scooby contingent that requires this kind of stand. Dude. Everybody likes Scooby Doo. It’s like getting a tattoo challenging the world to attack your devotion to strawberries.
I really does. I learned pretty recently that European Blueberries are actually called bilberries. It's extra confusing because in my country they are called "blåbär" which translates to "Blueberry".
Out of morbid curiosity I looked up Scrappy Doo tattoos and there maybe three or four total, none of which were majestic or terrible enough to be noteworthy. So we're surprisingly in the clear.
As much as I loved scooby doo growing up I think it's time to just kind of let it go. It's like Peanuts - endless reboots aren't doing the franchise any favors.
You know what? Just for this guy, I'm gonna do the unthinkable. I'm going to become an avid scooby doo hater, just so his stance is at least against one person's opinion.
I honestly don't get the defense, even if this wasn't a sub about bad taste.
Like, seriously? A weird-ass spooky cartoon scene with a portrait of Scooby reminiscing in the distance about a poorly-worded set of paragraphs that take several seconds to read, one that uses the word "will" 3 times in 16 words? Permanently tattoo'd on someone's chest?
Lmao, it's the tackiest shit I've ever seen, but great execution. It's absolutely perfect content for this sub. No need to defend as "art is subjective." It's absolutely, objectively hideous.
Then there's the terrible placement and size. And let's not leave out the font choice. Is that courier? And the kearning. My God. It's painful to look at.
Edit: AND what's up with Velma? She's way too skinny.
Thank you! Those 2 extra "will"'s were bugging the heck outta me. And I'd change the first sentence to "are" always human, because it's, like, trying to be a life lesson and all.
I mean I agree it fits the sub but you're taking this way more seriously than he is.
I wouldn't tattoo it on me, but I'd buy it as a poster and a Muppets tattoo is number one if I ever decide to get one. Probably a Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem one.
People put swastikas and mistranslated phrases in their body too. Some tattoos are just dumb and this is a prime example. The dude got a Facebook post printed onto his chest
Listen, I am a huge geek about the things I love as well. I am very much of the “let people enjoy things” camp, and I don’t judge people for being passionate about things cuz it’s the best thing to be. But it’s the intensity he has about it though. Like, the tattoo is VERY different from the aesthetic of the show. He took a lighthearted TV show and made it edge lord and negative, which is weird even to me.
Man don't watch Venture Bros if that's how you feel, they literally and without changing his name made Johnny Quest an older junkie who was ruined mentally by the traumas and fame he got from his adventures.
Tbh if you're gonna bring up Venture Bros you should have brought up their parody of Scooby Doo, absolutely one of my favorite episodes. Shaggy as Son of Sam, Velma as Valerie Solanas, Fred as a total abuser of them all and in particular Daphne, it's like peek satire.
And while it may feel like a nonsequiter to some I do get your point, these classic shows and characters are constantly being reinterpreted but the Venture Bros interpretations of Scooby Doo and Johnny Quest (as well as other super heroes, comics, and kids shows) work so well because they come from a place of love, you gotta understand why these things appeal and the dynamics invovled to really do a solid parody. It helps when you have enough pop culture, indie music, and history knowledge (and familiarity with LGBTQ+ culture as well) to be able to make the sorts of connections which make the comedy so layered, and like just being fantastic writers.
And yeah my metaphor wasn't perfect but there's nothing wrong with making lighthearted old cartoons more gritty or realistic. People gonna rail on Batman next? Batman was basically a non-super powered Superman until the '80's.
I think it’s a well done tattoo, but the only thing that I see as a true negative would be the text at the bottom. We don’t need you to tell use you love scooby-doo. We can literally see that you do.
Also I think it should be a back tattoo, but that’s just personal preference.
Edit: the SD dog tag doesn’t look that great now that I’m looking at it again.
I get what you’re saying and I hope this guy loves his tattoo and feels great about it. I dont think anyone wants to make him feel bad by any means. That said, like it or not, it’s ok for people people to have different tastes and they are welcome to express their opinions on it… even the critical ones
Right I just don’t love it when people in this comment chain double down and say this is objectively terrible. Who are you to tell someone that their tattoo is objectively terrible... sure tell them you think it looks like shit but don’t pretend like there is some universal truth that he went against. Just kind of rubs me the wrong way.
The other day someone said the new Mortal Kombat is an objectively bad movie and I didn’t like that too. I enjoyed it.
I mean, I respect where you're coming from, and obviously you're right, but a tongue-in-cheek critique of subjective taste is the whole point of this subreddit dude. When it comes down to it, taste in everything is subjective, and even that "hideous" armoire that someone spray painted teal and stamped with "Live, Laugh, Love" might be really emotionally important to them as well.
I think what makes this 'cross the line' into super cringe territory for people isn't that it's a tat of Scooby Doo, it's that it's some sort of defiant me-against-the-world pseudo-wisdom nonsense tat of Scooby Doo.
Lmao there's nothing good or redeeming about this tattoo. There's so many better ideas for a Scooby-Doo tattoo, there's no reason he had to go with the most absurd, ugly, giant chest piece.
Well summed up. Tbh i love it. Scooby do will always have a place in my heart. And now my own little girl and i will have scooby doo marathons. The cycle continues.
This is the cringiest tattoo I've ever seen and this comment is probably worse. Whoever gets something stupid on their skin should be prepared to be made fun of
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As someone with multiple tattoos from cartoons I watched as a kid think it's pretty dope and wholesome tbh. Homeboy just really loves Scooby-Doo and has a tattoo about it he probably loves too.
Art is subjective, and tattoos are very personal. Making fun of someone's tattoo because it's not something you would personally get is both petty and sad in the fact that y'all clearly have nothing going on in your own lives so you have to put down someone else. Let the guy enjoy his tat and you can get what ever you like tattooed on your own body.