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Suzanne asked this question about Station Eleven:
It seemed as if it had become a tradition that if you killed someone, you tattooed a mark on your arm. Why would that have happened? Why would it be something you would want people to know about you?
Kumari de Silva Well the story didn't exist in a vacuum, it was supposed to pick up right where our world left off. in our world pretty much all of Kirsten's adults w…mǰWell the story didn't exist in a vacuum, it was supposed to pick up right where our world left off. in our world pretty much all of Kirsten's adults would have tattoos, so why wouldn't she want one? In marking her kills she's making a personal decision, we don't know if that is a common thing anywhere outside of her social circle. Lastly, ancient Hawaiians and Native Americans tattooed themselves apparently without dying from infection. I don't know anything about tattoos on the mainland USA but in the South Pacific traditional tribal tattoos would often cover the whole body. So it must be possible to do without a modern needle kit(less)
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by Emily St. John Mandel (ŷ Author)
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