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Aswad -> RE: Branding (9/2/2012 8:22:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SiegFaust
The Dom believes his 10 years of cattle branding will be sufficient but I have my doubts.
Unless she is prone to lowing ("moo!"), I would say this is evidence that he is less qualified to do this safely than the average Joe off the street, who will at least be skeptical of their own ignorance, whereas he is secure in his ignorance, which tells me three important things: (a) they're going to do it anyway, (b) they're going to regret it anyway, and (c) unless they get some suggestions that cater to their idiocy, this will turn out very badly.
Hence:
The ass cheeks.
Nothing but fat and connective tissue to destroy when he bungles the job. It will heal more slowly, but the damage will be less and it will be easier to cover up. The ideal location actually depends on weight. Overweight people usually have less circulation in their extremities. But with this brand of idiot (pun intentional), you're going to want to go for the ass cheeks, unless you see very serious evidence that he has bothered to improve and also bothered to learn about this from professionals. It's about reducing the scope of the damage he does. Under no circumstance can he be allowed to put the mark anywhere near the spine.
Use a series of thin, short lines in several strokes to form the brand. Keep the design simple and allow for swelling and diffusion of the lines, meaning no fine details or closely spaced lines. Use a design that is generic, if possible, such as a futhark rune or even the kajira symbol. "S" is better than "Slave" which is much better than "Dick Uniquename the 4th", but you'll want to couch this in terms of conveying some sort of symbolism, rather than in terms of her eventually not being with the guy anymore, even though that is a likely outcome. If you have trouble selling this, try selling the idea of how the name etc. will look better as a tattoo that can be centered on the brand or something like that. Whatever makes it less of a permanent embarassment.
I would suggest talking to a professional body modification artist, as I am in no way qualified to give advice on the procedure, but if he's too stupid to do so, and you're not comfortable with putting him down and shipping him out with his livestock, then you may want to read up on the procedure yourself to provide some decent advice on it. If he isn't married to the idea of a hot brand, it will be worthwhile to consider something else, like a cold brand, electrocautery or laser branding. Let me be clear that if he intends to use the same brand and technique as he uses for his cows, then you should be equally clear with them both that this will end in the hospital and that you will at that point report it to the police, who will look unkindly on it.
Make sure she has an idea of how much she scars before they do it. If she is the sort that gets heavy keloids, this will become a huge and discolored blob that may be raised by half an inch, easily. Get a piercing or a temp piercing in a susceptible location (an arm, for instance) and you will have a good idea. If it leaves a significant scar, she shouldn't attempt branding at all. Try to sell it as "this is about your body having a problem with its skin healing, not his skills", despite both being the case. The lower arm is most susceptible. If you want to see what a keloid scar looks like, I can send you a picture of why I can't sleep on my back...
Anyway, you get the idea. They're both doing the idiot thing, and he's going to fuck her up.
Just do what you can to limit the crazy.
IWYW,
— Aswad.
P.S.: It's okay to send her collect to me. Just remember the air holes. [:D]
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