JuZ wrote:That's all fair and reasonable and in the end we're all entitled to do (almost!) what we want with our bodies provided it doesn't bring harm to anyone else.
On the other hand, the owner of the likeness has the right to feel weird about it too, if that's how they feel. Dev may be completely cool with it, but I know I would find it very odd!
Yeah, that's a great point. However, I think there are degrees of weirdness in these kinds of homages, and that could apply to either the type of image that is tattooed or the body part that it goes on. What this guy has done is reasonably common in terms of metal-fan tattoes of their heroes, as far as what I've seen. So I don't know if it's cause for alarm yet. But if that picture covered his entire torso, for example, that might be worrying. LOL. Or better yet, on his face, with Dev's eyes on his eyelids! I'd be very scared of that, but also in awe
But yeah, your point about the subject of the tattoo having the right to feel weird about it is totally valid, man. I guess it's hard to imagine what it would feel like to have someone do that (most of us not being rock-stars, of course), but for rock-stars I suppose it just has to be understood as part of the weirdness that goes with the territory of having devoted fans.