Body Art

[brainofck]

Imagine Daniel were to draw body art onto Jack, without consulting Jack in advance.

Think freehand, no great ability to draw detail. In fact, much detail would be trouble.

What would he draw?

I was thinking of protective symbols, but I think most of the ones I could find Jack would find stupid and annoying if they were on his body. Possibly Thor's Hammer. Possibly the rune Eiwaz - as most people would not know what it was anyway. Or possibly an attempt at an outline of a bare tree to represent a yew.

Obviously the Taur'i symbol is a possibility.

There are a couple of Egyptian mythology symbols, but I would think Daniel would leave those off, all things considered.

Thoughts?

Comments

[sid]

Jack O'Neill coat of arms: two crossed hockey sticks and a bottle of beer. ;-D

[brainofck]

I am now imagining Daniel explaining the symbolism to the aliens...

[sid]

This is one case where everyone would be better off if Jack did the 'splainin'.

[kayim]

*waves* Hi, nice to meet you :)

But I reckon he'd write, rather than draw. In something like cuneiform.

[brainofck]

I agree there should be writing. Quarryquest helpfully found teh cuneiform for me over on the LJ side (great minds think alike!)! Also some runes, I think.

[zats_clear]

the combination of the runic symbols of algiz and sowilo

I can only imagine the dire straits they would be in that Daniel would resort to such measures of protection.

Algiz (or Elhaz) – “Al-jiz” – Literally: “Elk” – Esoteric: Protection, Higher Self
Rune of the essential link or connection with the patterns of divine or archetypal consciousness, such as the Valkyrie. Rune of the possible danger of realizing this link when unprepared.

Sowilo – “So-iölo” – Literally: “Sun” (Sol) – Esoteric: wholeness, success
Rune of guidance, goal setting and success.

Now,this being said - and you know how I love a good angst-fest sprinkled with darkness - sid's idea is great, too. So I think you should do both eventually because the difference in the stories would be pretty huge :) Plus, I see some good pr0n potential in her idea!

[brainofck]

Over on the LJ side, CJ sent me to a Hello Kitty link. So we're covering all the bases here...

I am thinking there will definitely be runes. For one thing, if we avoid obvious Christian symbols, Thor is their buddy, so Norse runes are more Jack's thing. Plus they are quite simple to draw, and have linguistic meaning for Daniel.

[green_grrl]

Possibly a line of poetry, like a paean to the warrior prowess of Hector or Odysseus in the original Greek.

[brainofck]

I like that idea. *hunts up some quotes*