Crawling_Chaos wrote...
I've NEVER seen any male figure intended to be "cool" be covered in a full body tattoo, piercings, and be skinheaded.
If I ever saw ANYBODY that looked like SuZe (male or female) IRL, I would avoid them.
That s*** doesn't make you look "strong" or "cool" it makes you look like you've gone through much disturbing things in life, and that you are confrontational and potentially violent.
That's a bit ignorant - don't you think you're tarring a lot of people with the same brush, mate? Tattooing/piercings have been around for thousands of years - the cultural connotations of which varies greatly depending on the time and place...
In response to the OP, it's a pretty interesting question... It really comes down to how strong you are compared to that person (in terms of experience, I would say). If you perceive them as stronger than you, then they might come across as intimidating. But the more you understand why they are the way they are, the less scary they become... In any case, having a heap of tattoos shouldn't make someone scary - meh, heaps of folk around here have them [where I live, in UK], and obviously they're not all the same.
Certainly, it's not surprising that a character like SuZe might naturally gravitate toward tattoo sub-culture in some fashion, but that's not to say that all people who are into tattoos are like Suze.
Modifié par AwesomeName, 21 janvier 2010 - 01:29 .