cordjefferson:

I think the power of suggestion might be at the root of this scandal. Let’s first realize that the Daily Mail’s “beaten woman tattoo” headline leads into a story in which there’s not a single quote from anyone—not Chris Brown, not Chris Brown’s spokesperson—describing the tattoo as such. That’s just the Daily Mail editors saying what they perceive. Secondly, from this sketch, which the tattoo is based on, it looks like what we’re dealing with is a woman with half a normal face and half a face surrounded by flower petals or wearing a decorative Phantom of the Opera mask or something? It’s a crappy tattoo, but based on what I can see here, I don’t think it’s a battered woman. Then again, who knows! We’re attempting to decipher a fucking tattoo!

Definitely a shitty interpretation of a Day of the Dead type calavera. Like you know how every year you have one friend who puts on makeup to look like a flowery skull on Halloween?