I've always felt that I made the decision to get my body art done as a result of what I would consider a major transition in my life. Recently I have definitely considered a new piece of body art under the transition of covid. Considering that it has definitely change me and I believe I would not be the same post covid. I told a friend about the covid prompting of new artwork and she suggested that of a mask. However not my idea of art I would consider, I definitely got a kick out the thought. I've always been emotionally driven considering I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. Ironically I have multiple hearts that collectively make up my sleeve. Some broken hearts, lock and key heart, even a love potion heart as an elbow piece. The original theme; how I would describe my sleeve is different emotions that love sends you through. Along with being emotionally driven, I am also big on energy as well as astrology. I tend to look for signs and meaning in everything; as the Cosmos are attempting to send me a message in all I do. I dated a guy named Hammer when I lived in texas; I'm originally from California. While we dated he would call me Wap, doesn't sound like the sweetest name initially and when I asked him what it meant I suppose the name did grow on me. Hammer said that Wap happened to be an acronym that stood for Wild African Princess or when he was in a good mood Wild Ass Princess. I loved Hammer so this nickname he had grown on me. However saying the word Wap never sounded enduring. Hammer was a radical very unique in every way, our relationship, unfortunately, did not last and I decided to move back home to California. After a few years Hammer remained one of my best friends and very supportive of me no matter what. So when he passed away I was devastated. It was a very hard transition for me so naturally I easily decide to get a few pieces of art work in his memory. One being the nick name he gave me W.A.P. with a crown on top of the W. I loved it and when people would inquire about it I would be able to share a bit of my life with them. I've never met anyone with the same nick name let alone those exact letters as body art. Considering how I'm looking for signs or meaning from the cosmos; I actually thought the universe was trying to play a joke on me recently. I literally thought I was being punked when I logged onto Instagram and to my surprise I seen a post with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion with the caption WAP. I honestly thought it was a joke like someone I know hacked me and playing a weird mind game. Who posted this on my timeline and playing this rule game with my mind. It was hard for me to believe more so because I’ve never seen anyone just put those letters together for any reason outside of Hammer. To just wake up one day and see the exact letters of a sentimental piece of art work I have which is rare and unique as the man who gave it to me as the caption of two famous people just confused me. What did it mean? What was the universe really trying to tell me? What was the sign? I finally searched on Google For the meaning their WAP. when I finally discovered the meaning I was not surprised if I thought about it I didn’t have to Google it at all I just had to use my mind and put it two and two together. Still in disbelief of their meaning and the odds that I might be the only person with it actually as body art somehow settled as a joke Hammer was playing on me. Knowing Hammer’s sense of humor and the radical he once was it suddenly became clear to me that perhaps his WAP had the same meaning that he decided to tell me meant something he believed I would be able to accept at the time. The more I thought about this the more it made perfect sense. With this realization, I laughed at the fact that I decided to get this as a piece of artwork and astonished that Hammer was still able to make me laugh years later from the other side. In the end though I felt like the joke is on me; though I do not regret anything it will always hold sentiment to me. Since this regulation I have newly declares that I'm the original WAP in all it's meaning.
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Arsen
There weren't always dragons in the valley; in fact, valleys didn't always exist. However, there were always dragons, and despite appearances, mortals didn't always dread them. The dragons were always ember burning fire-breathing giants though, they weren't always called Dragons. Originally known as Agons, they were assigned to protect and help mortals find their own light by using their firebreath, Mechero. When a mortal acquired Mechero, it kindled an exclusive individual spark within them that only the mortal and the Agon who unleashed the Mechero could see. The mortal would have to do something special with a pure heart in order for this spark to grow into a brilliant light for others to see. When a mortal's light could be seen by all, they then became Luminos. The Luminos gained immortality because they were pure of heart. Many mortals, of course, could not complete the goal of being pure of heart. Mortals were notorious for their lust for power and envy by nature. The mortals were divided; those who had not given up hope of attaining the light were the Luz. Those that allowed their jealousy and envy to become an obsession filled with rage were the Luzers. The majority of mortals were Luzers, since it required little to no effort to hate, it was easy to find things to be mad about. Both the Luminos and the Luz were outnumbered by the Luzers. The Luzers were angered and felt like losers when they seen the power of the light, this allowed their rage to take over. Knowing they always had to see the light made them enraged knowing this was the way to gain immortality. Realizing their chances of gaining the powerful light were dwindling, infuriating them that much more making the odds very slim. However the Luzers were fully aware that they outnumbered the Luminos and Luz combined. In order to catch and confine the Agons, in hopes of stealing the mechero they devised a scheme to enslave the few Luminos and all of the Luz. The Agons would have to defend them because they were put here to protect and help them ignite their light. With a pure hearts, the Luminos had no desire to defend themselves, immortals possessed no iota of hatred or violence. Despite the fact that they were outmanned, the Luz refused to fight since they knew it would jeopardize their chances of one day having the light. So the Luzers enslaved them and went about carrying out their plan. Completely unaware of what was about to unfold; when they heard of this the Agons with their spitfire tongues poised for battle, wasting no time in rescuing the slaves. Flying out they reached the Luzers where they declared war on the Agons. The Agons accepted their fate in a trap. Every time any Agon would breath fire the Luzers would shoot an aquatic arrow that would electrocute the Agons sending them into electric shock. They would then drag them to imprison them. This war lasted over hundreds of year and was named “The Ongoing War”. Over the years because the Agons were dragged to the prisons they became known as what we call Dragons. The prison was inside many caves of mountains through out the land. The Dragons continued to fight until the youngest and wisest of Dragons, named Arsen came up w a plan to set them free. He suggested that they use their mechero to burn down the caves of the mountains. It took years for the Dragons to agree to this because merchero was extremely sacred. Eventually exhausted from being dragged the Dragons burned every prison cave and mountain utilized by the Luzers. Where those mountains and caves once stood became the valleys we see today. The Dragons captured all the Luzers and incinerated them. They then freeded all the Luminos and Luz, for the first time in a long time light was the majority and shined over all including the valleys and Dragons.
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