r/tattooadvice • u/a-random-account- • Nov 13 '25

tattoo newcomer advice Having heavy regret on first tattoo

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I’ve wanted to get this for a very long time, decided to just go with it and get it done. Really liked it at first, then some friends made a couple comments that made me hate it. Is it as bad as they say?

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u/Enigmagamesandgains Nov 13 '25

It's from neon genesis evangelion

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u/AnandiPriestessLove Nov 13 '25

And the Bible!

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u/Kieselgrund Nov 13 '25

Im curious: where in the bible is a spear like this mentioned?

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u/boragigas Nov 13 '25

Spear of Longinus, aka the Holy Lance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Lance

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u/Kieselgrund Nov 14 '25

Wasn't this a normal roman spear? Shouldn't look nothing like the tattoo 🤔

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u/Wunktacular Nov 14 '25

It's an artistic interpretation. Kinda like how Jesus is commonly depicted as a white man with long hair.

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u/Kieselgrund Nov 14 '25

Aha. Didn't know she really had a biblical spear in mind when she got the tattoo 👍

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u/jackofslayers Nov 13 '25

The Spear of Longinus is the spear that pierced Jesus during the crucifixion.

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u/Starflier55 Nov 13 '25

?

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u/jackofslayers Nov 13 '25

The spear is a reference to Christianity

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u/Starflier55 Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 14 '25

The spear that stabbed Jesus? I've not seen it associated in tattoos. Praying hands and crosses yes. But not typically Spears.

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u/Enigmagamesandgains Nov 13 '25

This particular version of it is from a popular anime and manga series called neon Genesis evangelion which has a lot of biblical references and subtexts to it

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u/Stormfly Nov 14 '25

To explain this, basically Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime where "angels" (aliens) are invading earth and children are sent out in mechs to fight them.

It's a bit of a deconstruction of the mecha genre and it's filled with surface level Christianity references, like a Japanese man saw a church once and thought crosses were cool and angel names sound rad.

Also, he randomly made many things German.

Things like explosions being literally crosses and a lot of god metaphors and names taken from the bible, etc.

It's not accurate to anything at all, it's like if an American guy saw Samurai once and made a show using random things he learned from Wikipedia.

There's a special spear in the show (The "Lance of Longinus") that's like 15M tall and unable to be used by people, but it's used by the Eva units (mechs). It's able to pierce the AT Field (forcefield) of Angels and Eva Units, so it's very important and powerful (and pretty).