Megan Fox: We Will All Laugh At Gilded Butterflies

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What's the meaning of Megan Fox's Tattoo? We Will All Laugh At Gilded Butterflies appears to be a reference to line from Shakespeare's King Lear:

Come, let's away to prison:
We too alone will sing like birds I' the cage;
When thou dost ask me blessing I'll kneel down
And ask of thee forgiveness; so we'll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies...

-- King Lear to daughter Cordelia

Cordelia was the good daughter by the way. Maybe Megan Fox has daddy issues.

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  • Sorta wordy for a Tatoo. Is she trying to seem all deep? Having a tat sort of cancels that out. Guilded Butterflies my butt.
    anonymous anonymous 6/4/07 Reply
     
    • So....having a tattoo (which, as exemplified here, has two t's, dimwit) automatically renders one incapable of having deep thoughts?
      anonymous anonymous 6/1/09
       
    • You're an idiot.
      anonymous anonymous 6/16/09
       
  • I don't care if she has quotes from Dr. Suess tattoed on her butt, she's uber-hot.
    anonymous anonymous 6/7/07 Reply
     
    • hahaha ya definitely
      anonymous anonymous 5/28/09
       
  • I hope that we can all take that advice and laugh like children again.
    anonymous anonymous 7/3/07 Reply
     
  • She was on one of the late night talk shows discussing it. Apparently she got it to remind herself that in Hollywood too often celebrities are put on up on pillars just to be knocked down and laughed at later. Take Britney Spears for instance, once at the top of her game and now she is a joke. Megan wanted to make sure she never allowed her head too become too inflated that she would ended being pulled down by the press.
    anonymous anonymous 7/5/07 Reply
     
  • Whatever she's hot... The tattoo obviously has a meaning to her, why else would anyone (not drunk) get a tattoo.
    C
    anonymous anonymous 7/9/07 Reply
     
  • if you think that is a wordy tattoo look at the one she has on her ribs.

    "there once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her HEART"
    anonymous anonymous 7/13/07 Reply
     
  • hmmm ... it'd be nice reading her!
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/07 Reply
     
  • I like the tattoo. The other interpretation would be "we will all laugh at two-faced/fake people" two-faced/fake would be the other interpretation of gilded butterflies.
    anonymous anonymous 8/6/07 Reply
     
  • whatever. she's 21 yrs old....hahaha. that will be real cool when she is married and has kids and they are all wondering what the hell their mom was thinking.
    anonymous anonymous 8/19/07 Reply
     
  • i don't understand why you're all ripping that quote apart.
    its Shakespeare for gods sake.
    you don't get a tattoo any classier or insightful than that.
    anonymous anonymous 8/25/07 Reply
     
  • having a tattoo means you're not a deep person? what??
    anonymous anonymous 9/12/07 Reply
     
  • Nice tatoo. :) and of course, very nice girl ;)
    anonymous anonymous 9/22/07 Reply
     
  • what's wrong with you plebs? the quote's about Lear realizing that his question to his three daughters and his wealth meant nothing to him. There are no gilded butterflies that can replace a daughter's loyalty and love. You'll need to understand the play to understand the quote. To her, I assume it's about the deceptive nature of hollywood and maintaining integrity. It's good to know that at least a few celebrities have some brains.
    anonymous anonymous 10/18/07 Reply
     
  • As a quote, these words mean so much, refering to Shakespeare's King Lear. But as a tattoo they become ridiculous and self mocking. Megan might have had the tattoo created to remind her how hollywood icons can be put on a pedalstool and then taken down, but it takes on a secondary meanining when inked on her back.
    As was mentioned, Shakespeare was referring to the royal court and how they pumped up their own existance with fancy trappings, etc. But their is a second, more important meaning people are missing regarding 'Gilded Butterflies.'
    Have you ever really looked at a butterfly up close. How gorgeous; beautiful; delicate; perfect.
    To 'gild' a thing is to cover it in a thin layer of gold. To cheaply 'whore up' something under a thin facade. For ugly, things, it may be an improvement, at least superficially. Like painting an old scratched up lamp with a new gold coat of paint. But a butterfly?? Its already perfect. All you can do is ruin it. And secondly, if you cover a butterfly in gold, its useless. It will never fly, and die of course. It's as if the act of gilding a butterfly is a crime against nature and beauty. Now, when Shakespeare talks about the people in King Lear, he is saying that yes, they are self absorbed, bloated idiots who live in a world of false beauty they have created themselves. But he is also saying they they as humans, are already beautiful creatures. That people don't need to cover themselves in expensive clothes, or jewels. Their beauty is inherent, from God, or nature, or whatever you like.
    Now, regarding Megan Fox. I am sure we can all agree she is absolutely beautiful. So why does she need to go and spoil such a remarkable creation with a tattoo? And I know some of you will say a tattoo only enhances the beauty. Ok, fine, even if I give you that, why pick a quote that is mocked with the very act of making it into a tattoo? Instead of making her look 'deep' or humble, it just makes her look silly. Sorry Megan, but I don't think you really thought that one out to the finish line.
    If you read this one all the way through, good for you.

    Scott
    anonymous anonymous 10/23/07 Reply
     
    • Wow, thank you for writing that. :) It was insightful and I found it extremely intriguing.
      anonymous anonymous 9/18/08
       
    • I didn't know what the tatoo meant, but now that I know I agree with every word you said.
      anonymous anonymous 10/29/08
       
    • WTF is a "Pedalstool"??
      anonymous anonymous 11/5/08
       
    • I bet a person who makes that comment is not deep enough to have a tattoo because probably the art they would come up with won't have any depth to it or maybe they just can't handle a little pain. Anyways nobody should judge anybody. For the record, though, a solid black tattoo is in no way flashy or "guilded". Silly fool.
      anonymous anonymous 3/23/09
       
    • dude u r a smart guy,u helped me understand something ... may u have a really nice day.
      anonymous anonymous 4/5/09
       
    • Nice to see there are some "Well Read" and insightful people out there still. Great write up!
      anonymous anonymous 5/7/09
       
    • I read all that too, and wow. I understand it alot more now.
      anonymous anonymous 5/27/09
       
    • Dear Scott,
      That is such an interesting way of looking at this. You are right. It is a contradiction having that tattoo on her back. Seal
      anonymous anonymous 6/14/09
       
    • Um, what? By the way, you need to brush up on your spelling skills in a serious way!! I totally don't get what you're driving at. It's a contradiction because it's on her back? Where should it be . . . her face? I think it's a silly tattoo. I think she's trying to make a pretense of being smart and well read. But your interpretation of her tattoo seems just as pretentious, and meaningless.
      anonymous anonymous 6/18/09
       
    • How does getting that quote as a tattoo mock the quote?? Tattooed is not the same as "guilded" . . . especially not in the context that Shakespeare used the word. She is beautiful, and tattoos are beautiful . . . so WHERE'S the mocking?
      anonymous anonymous 6/18/09
       
    • The incongruity of the statement, as a tatoo, is kinda the point methinks.

      For someone so "well read" you lack creativity.
      anonymous anonymous 6/26/09
       
    • Love it!
      anonymous anonymous 7/1/09
       
    • why even comment on this? the girl wanted the tattoo. let it go. whether she though it out or not, or whether it was right or wrong, thats up to her. she doesnt look any worse because of a tattoo. shes a naturally gorgeous girl, dont people have anything more important to do than blog on websites about whether or not another human being made the right decision regarding a tattoo?
      anonymous anonymous 7/1/09
       
    • i did read it all the way through. fair point, but a tatoo is not like plastic surgery.
      anonymous anonymous 20 hours ago
       
  • What font is her tattoo???
    anonymous anonymous 11/12/07 Reply
     
  • Old English. Get it?! Shakespeare! HAHA!!!
    anonymous anonymous 11/14/07 Reply
     
    • shakespeare is elizabethan you IMBECILE
      anonymous anonymous 1/16/09
       
    • bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! i love anonymous' 1/16/09 comment!!! hahahahahaha imbecile i havent heard that word in 4ever and it just made me burst after not hearing it for so long!
      anonymous anonymous 4/11/09
       
  • what really is the font?
    i like it.
    oh, i get the old english thing now. haha
    anonymous anonymous 11/16/07 Reply
     
  • I'll admit that she's an attractive person, but she looks a MESS here...see more
    anonymous anonymous 11/20/07 Reply
     
  • It's not a font. Its calligraphy.
    jscape 10k+ jscape 11/20/07 Reply
     
  • I don't care what ne of u say, deep or whatever. Life is multiple phases, merge into ONE BIG A$$ Phase!!!!! Mabey she is deep and all, or not. When shes 40 and the tat's r all black and blurred, MABEY She'll regret it, or NOT. All I know is she if F'ing HOT! You only live once. To Be, Or Not To Be!!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 12/19/07 Reply
     
    • That has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read. I mean, wow. You are the reason they want to raise the driving age from 16 to 18. Also, "mabey" you can learn to spell.
      anonymous anonymous 10/3/08
       
  • I don't care what ne of u say, deep or whatever. Life is multiple phases, merge into ONE BIG A$$ Phase!!!!! Mabey she is deep and all, or not. When shes 40 and the tat's r all black and blurred, MABEY She'll regret it, or NOT. All I know is she if F'ing HOT! You only live once. To Be, Or Not To Be!!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 12/19/07 Reply
     
  • i've got the first three lines of an e.e. cummings quote on my back. i think both our tattoos are pretty ing sweet.
    anonymous anonymous 1/7/08 Reply
     
    • it's e e cummings
      he uses no punctuation or capitalization in his name. and LMFAO "mabey"????? wow, THIS is what the world is coming to. i hope your not my age (older teen aged), because i'd HATE to be grouped with you.
      anonymous anonymous 3/6/09
       
    • it's you're not your... if we're just criticizing peoples' grammer and punctuation here...
      anonymous anonymous 6/2/09
       
    • and yes, I know it's grammar... just being annoying...
      anonymous anonymous 6/2/09
       
  • Megan's Fox's decision to type such a large and silly tattoo on her back evidences the naivety of vanity. Ms. Fox's wealth, career, fame, and lifestyle are entirely dependant on her physical beauty. So great is her beauty, she assumes, that she can afford to scribe large words onto her skin that may or may not appeal to others. “What others think matters not”, she naively assumes. Little does she understand how fleeting is beauty and how fickle is fame.

    The tattooed woman of today marks her age with this fashion trend just as surely as if she were to wear yesterday’s clothes for eternity. The post tattoo generation is sure to use tattooes to describe the “older generation” and use it as a source of painful humor fodder in times soon coming.
    anonymous anonymous 1/29/08 Reply
     
    • Maybe what others think does not matter to her, nor do I think it should matter to other individuals such as yourself. Personally, I think tattoos are beautiful, and no I do not have any of my own. Perhaps you should look at how you perceive yourself instead of how others perceive you, because that is what I think Megan Fox is doing. :)
      anonymous anonymous 3/5/09
       
  • you guys are weird.....
    anonymous anonymous 2/14/08 Reply
     
    • whoever said this u r weird u dum azz she is hotter that u
      anonymous anonymous 2/5/09
       
  • i love this tatttoo and i'm getting the same one .. soo screw all of you who think its stupid
    anonymous anonymous 2/19/08 Reply
     
  • Scott: "pedalstool" vs. "pedestal"
    anonymous anonymous 2/23/08 Reply
     
  • there once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her HEART- and what does this tattoo mean????
    anonymous anonymous 2/29/08 Reply
     
    • Obviously you've never had your heart broken if you don't get that one.
      anonymous anonymous 11/30/08
       
    • its trying to say that ppl dont know love until they have lost it
      anonymous anonymous 4/11/09
       
  • The meaning of the tatoo really doesnt matter. Whether it was smart or stupid is simply a matter of opinion and thus again doesnt really matter. However, the fact that it is interesting and so many are willing to discuss it seems to be more to the point. I have no tatoos nor a desire to ever get one, but if I did, I would only hope to pick something which could be as discussed as hers. If sober I would probably choose some proverb from the Bible, if drunk ... hmmm "We're gonna need a bigger boat!"
    anonymous anonymous 4/24/08 Reply
     
  • For comment # 27 and your question "there was once a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her heart"..what does this mean? Simply states one will never know true love until they have it and lose it. Another way of saying...I never realized how much I loved him/her until they are gone. Those that wear that tattoo have been pained by " true love" or know someone who has had that experience.
    anonymous anonymous 4/24/08 Reply
     
    • it means what it says. there once was a girl, during her young years most likely highschool. who didn't know love. who has never felt, the Eros, of what it's like to be in love with someone. until a boy came and broke her heart. until a young boy came in who also didn't know love but was fortunate enough to have her heart, comes in wrongs her thus having her heart broken for the first time. kency 1 m3 3.
      anonymous anonymous 8/2/08
       
  • OMG! You people have got to be kidding me... Get a life... Tattoo's are very personal... I am not a tattoo hobbiest... I only have one! I never thought I would get a tattoo, nor ever thought to get a tattoo... When 4 of my friends died, I decided to get a tattoo with their initials... Tattoos are very personal and express deep emotions... And usually isn't understood by others... in fact, haven't you ever heard someone ask another person about their tattoo and what does it mean, etc? That's the whole point... you only share that knowledge with people you wish to share it with... others can just wonder and guess... Personally, you all sound like a bunch of haters.... for what? A freakin tattoo???? Get a life!
    anonymous anonymous 4/25/08 Reply
     
  • Scott (and everyone else who is old and dumb and therefore clings to the negative stigma of tattoos), you are the typical old automaton who doesn't put any thought into anything. Your head is so far up your ass you think the whole world is brown. There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a tattoo. It's a qualitative decision and any given reason you might quote as to why tattoos are bad can be voided by a simple statement: "I am aware of this and I don't care." Tattoos are art, and the preposterous, moronic, negative paradigm surrounding tattoos is coming to an end thanks to people like Megan Fox. This makes her even hotter.
    anonymous anonymous 4/25/08 Reply
     
  • Scott (and everyone else who is old and dim and therefore clings to the negative stigma of tattoos), you are the typical old automaton who doesn't put any thought into anything. Your head is so far up yourself you think the whole world is brown. There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a tattoo. It's a qualitative decision and any given reason you might quote as to why tattoos are bad can be voided by a simple statement: "I am aware of this and I don't care." Tattoos are art, and the absurd negative paradigm surrounding tattoos is coming to an end thanks to people like Megan Fox. This makes her even hotter.
    anonymous anonymous 4/25/08 Reply
     
    • Sorry, it might be art for some, but it is just tacky to so many others. Looking at the tattoo itself, why do you need a reminder on your back, she made it for attention, not a personal reminder, look at all the photos, it makes the tattoo hypocritical. Scott has a point, it goes against what it states ... like me getting a tattoo stating "Tattoos are tacky". Just a recap, no body stated tattoos where bad, but personal taste dictates I don't need the Mona Lisa etched on my arm or the Fred Flintstone on my cheeks. You're not open minded because you accept everything, your open minded because you try and tolerate new ideas and experiences and can still make up your own mind over your own personal tastes, otherwise your an automaton that agrees to everything that sounds rebellious and nonconforming ... hopefully your not a Hot Topic Beanie Baby .... that would be sad for your "cause" against the old automatons.
      anonymous anonymous 6/5/09
       
  • Scott (and everyone else who is old and dim and therefore clings to the negative stigma of tattoos), you are the typical old automaton who doesn't put any thought into anything. Your head is so far up yourself you think the whole world is brown. There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a tattoo. It's a qualitative decision and any given reason you might quote as to why tattoos are bad can be voided by a simple statement: "I am aware of this and I don't care." Tattoos are art, and the absurd negative paradigm surrounding tattoos is coming to an end thanks to people like Megan Fox. This makes her even hotter.
    anonymous anonymous 4/25/08 Reply
     
  • That quote is from Shakespeare's King Lear.I don't think Megan identified with this as it was meant but whatever....at least its not a tribal.

    First let me identify or define some of the symbolism.

    Butterflies: they symbolize both freedom and beauty.

    Gilded: the art of applying metal leaf (most commonly gold or silver leaf) to a surface. Usually the object being coated or plated is less valuable the metal being applied.

    The phrase "we will all laugh at gilded butterflies" symbolizes people originally being free and beautiful being weighed down or burdened by worldly possessions (i.e. money, gold, etc...)

    In King Lear, he spoke these words regarding his daughters or people in the court being just as imprisoned as him by their own possessions and fortunes.
    anonymous anonymous 5/3/08 Reply
     
  • well,4 what iv read,the tatoo has 2 meanings,n' thats even cooler.one is 4 the fake people in hollywood,n'the other is "come lets lay bak in life(prison)n' will laugh(enjoy)all about it...crazy!!!aint it? didnt think a beautiful YOUNG girl like her would have that type of brain...so all haters dont, hate participate!!!
    anonymous anonymous 5/6/08 Reply
     
  • Whatever to the one on the back, how about that stain on her right forearm. Thats the hideous one. Oh and psot 14, "Pedalstool?" What's that? Oh when you crap yourself and then ride a bike and mush the poo all around your drawers.
    anonymous anonymous 5/20/08 Reply
     
    • Hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahaha, "Pedalstool".
      anonymous anonymous 6/5/09
       
  • Why do we feel a need to judge this person through an interpretation of her tattoo? If it makes one teenager pick up King Lear and read it she has made a greater contribution to Gen Y than most of the celebs in US Weekly duct-taped together. Please go do something productive.
    anonymous anonymous 5/25/08 Reply
     
    • OMG THANK YOUUUUUUU!! as a seventeen-year-old, i find it INCREDIBLE that you would say something so helpful to this discussion. the truth is, all these stupid kids that think megan fox is totally hot check out her tats, then wonder what they mean, because it sounds "deep" or whatever, and when they find out about them, like this one, their reaction is "what's king lear?? who's shakespear?" dimwit, go read! i understand Scott's POV in that her getting the tat was actually paradoxical to the meaning, but at least she's doing SOMETHING better than the -ahem- OTHER "role models" of my generation. and a sad generation it is, if i may say so myself.
      anonymous anonymous 3/6/09
       
  • I don't understand people that judge those that get tats. If it's not something you would do, just say so but don't try to put someone else down for it. Some people get tattoos with no meaning at all, this one obviously does, to the point that most of you didn't even know what it meant or where it came from. So no she's not "trying" to be deep, she is.
    anonymous anonymous 6/10/08 Reply
     
    • If she had been any deeper, she would have been hit by a plane, sorry .... its fine to get a tattoo, but just don't write poetry from someone who is actually deep, especially a line which contradicts the action being taken. She would have been better off with a tattoo stating, "I am deep", now that would have been deep. Hahahaha, deep, deep, deep, deep ....
      anonymous anonymous 6/5/09
       
  • I don't think she asked for your oppinion first of all.
    Who cares its her body not yours, go hump the bible. Second, everyone has different interpretations. Why are you all so negative? Maybe try looking at the cup half full instead of half empty?
    anonymous anonymous 6/18/08 Reply
     
  • you guys are all pathetic.
    wtf do you care if someone else gets a tattoo, seriously.
    i'm sure you've all done stupider .
    anonymous anonymous 6/20/08 Reply
     
  • I do not approve or disapprove of the tattoo. She seems like a pretty cool gal and she is very pretty. I just want to correct so of the folks giving poor analysis of the shakespear quote. In the context of shakespears time the quote was a reference to King Lears two daughters that had betrayed him, he refers to their outward appearance as fancy ladies of noble birth while being of less work on the inside 'they betrayed their fathere the king' To translate it's meaning to Hollywood it means do not put too much stop in people who dress fancy and look good but are worthless on the inside. In other word It's what's on the inside that counts. That is the the modern day interpretation of the shakespear quote.
    anonymous anonymous 7/11/08 Reply
     
  • good coments from a lot of gilded butterflies with no life but to judge someon with a tatoo, are there any men looking at the picture she is hot can someon have her hit me up.
    anonymous anonymous 7/25/08 Reply
     
  • umm lol i have the exact same tattoo...i didnt know she had the same quote until after...i really like it and its better than getting a tattoo that means absolutely nothing..it has meaning for me so ha
    anonymous anonymous 8/9/08 Reply
     
  • Maybe megan fox knows the depth and profoundness to this quote...see more
    anonymous anonymous 9/11/08 Reply
     
  • The tattoo is interesting. It seems to me there is a deeper psychology at work here. Is she aware of her frail status, and mocking the possibility that no one will remember her in five years? In all reality, is she not herself a "guilded butterfly"? Or is she aware that the guilded life she chose is an inprisonment of invisible bars, hence coming to terms with the fact that her individuality is now descending into an abyss?

    As far as the other tattoo mentioned, "there was a little girl who didn't know love until a boy broke her heart"....it seems to me Miss Fox is externalizing some deeper pain by having this permanent mark. Not only does this express the fear she has of consciously dealing with the source of this pain, and facing her own issues regarding love, but it seems to me a little girl's plea for help. It is unfortunate that love in our society is based on affirmation of our lovability. It appears, then, that even uncommon physical beauty is not rewarded in and of itself. Maybe, just maybe, we have to love ourselves before we can be loved by others...

    I would hope that a community of people expressing their opinions could be respectful of each other. There are many remarks in this blog that use abusive language towards others, just because the person happens to disagree. Not only does that creative negative energy for yourself, it also lessens the credibility of any argument you are trying to make.

    Tattoos do seem to carry more negative stigma than they deserve, considering they are historically one of the oldest forms of art in existence. I personally think they are a beautiful form of self-expression...at other times they serve as a silent cry for attention, a unconscious attempt to recreate one's individuality, a bond between a family or community that can be traced back to the very roots of tribal civilization, and, at the very least, an interesting topic of conversation.

    Peace, and I hope everyone has a beautiful day!
    anonymous anonymous 9/17/08 Reply
     
  • megan fox without any doubt is hot... however i think she is trying to be like angelina jolie instead of herself getting all these tat's what next adoption????
    anonymous anonymous 9/30/08 Reply
     
    • You read too many celeb mags - are you a student? If Megan is going down the adaption road, then i'm her man. Love the tatoo, understand the quote/meanings, and who cares what people think. It's personal, and as long as the girl is happy, then that's all that matters.
      anonymous 5 budapestbill 10/3/08
       
  • The tattoo only has to have meaning to the person getting it
    anonymous anonymous 10/1/08 Reply
     
  • The one on her side reads "there once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her HEART".
    anonymous anonymous 10/8/08 Reply
     
  • She's hella pretty, and just because it's a tattoo dosen't take away from the meaning or "deepness". I don't think she was trying to impress anyone or get it to seem "deep". I think it meant something to her, and that's whats important.
    -Hai.
    anonymous anonymous 10/12/08 Reply
     
  • in a reply to Scott, you make some good points but i think it is a wonderful idea for a tattoo. I like to think that the point behind a tattoo is to have something that means so much to a person that you are willing to wear it on you forever. And isnt this one of the most creative ways to remind yourself to stay true? It has a really strong meaning and is really a beautiful tattoo. I know a lot of people with really stupid tatoos and this one is thought provoking, and meaningful, it got all of you talking didnt it? i think its great.
    anonymous anonymous 10/23/08 Reply
     
  • It would be a waste of my precious time to bother trying to go through and copy and paste all of the ridiculous and intolerant views on tattoos that I saw in these comments...so I'm going to lump you all into one HUGE, collective group of morons, ok? :) Cool.
    Now...her tattoo has meaning. Just because you don't understand it or respect it or agree with it doesn't mean it was a bad idea for her to get it. Get over yourselves, you intolerant F*CKS. :)
    Her tattoo is not going to blur over time, you idiot...they don't DO that anymore, because the inks used are different than in the Dark Ages when you grew up.
    Those are the main offensive things I remember..so I'll leave you with this....
    Tattooed people are WAY more numerous than you realize...so be careful who you talk sh*t about when you're not hiding on the internet, you no-life jerkoffs. :)
    anonymous anonymous 11/12/08 Reply
     
    • something about the pot calling the kettle black comes to mind...see more
      anonymous anonymous 1/4/09
       
  • I want to read her body alright. Her butt is just freakin' lickable and I would love to stuff my wenis in her belly. And of course make her swallow my kids
    anonymous anonymous 11/12/08 Reply
     
    • Agreed. I'm not a fan of tatoos, especially big ones on pretty girls. But it does give me something to read when doing her "Monster's Ball-style".
      (For those that dont remember, Heath Ledger screws a hooker that just walks in, turns around, drops her lower clothes and leans over table and looks incredibly bored while taking it from behind. That's what I call 'The Monster's Ball") lol
      anonymous anonymous 1/27/09
       
  • It's simply a beautiful quote that would have different meanings to different people, and Im sure it had significant meaning to her if she decided to get it marked on her body for life.



    x.
    anonymous anonymous 12/9/08 Reply
     
    • i'm getting the same one!
      i think it's beautiful.
      anonymous anonymous 1/18/09
       
  • brains and looks, wow what more could you ask for?!?!
    anonymous anonymous 2/1/09 Reply
     
  • just leave the pretty girl alone ... jelous ppl
    anonymous anonymous 2/5/09 Reply
     
  • just leave the pretty girl alone ... jelous ppl
    anonymous anonymous 2/5/09 Reply
     
  • i wish i was her
    anonymous anonymous 2/5/09 Reply
     
  • "Glory is fleeting," was whispered to a Roman leader repeatedly as he came back to Rome in triumph at his command so as not to get too full of himself. Forgive my 'plebe' recollection of that moment in history-for I do not recall a name or date. I thought that myself as I read her tattoo and thought, Wow, she is so pretty that she thinks she can afford to humble herself (using the context of her profession- a tattoo is humbling yourself) in such a way. It's like how I wear basketball shorts to class instead of short shorts or a skirt (I live in Texas it gets 102F and humid) to avoid advances from boys on hot days. My 'gilded' girlfriends hate my basketball shorts, that no one can wear them-but at the end of the day I can and do remove them. There is a time and a place for everything.
    anonymous anonymous 2/17/09 Reply
     
  • tattooing has been around for thousands of years. those who get tattoos for a reason will always enjoy them and remember why they got them.

    only people who get meaningless ink to try and fit in with a perceived "fad" will ever regret what they did.

    Sure ink will fade in time but with modern ink and tattooing techniques, it will take decades and when we are old and all wrinkled up, who will care if there is some colors other than our liver spots on our skin?
    anonymous anonymous 2/19/09 Reply
     
  • Scott, good insight into Shakespeare's King Lear. I will admit I was ignorant of the true meaning.
    C
    anonymous anonymous 2/19/09 Reply
     
  • Poor William would be rolling in his grave to see the ways in which his art is being used as "art". His words were meant for books and paper, not on skin by someone who wants to try and show how "deep" they are. Oh, but that's obviously not the reason she has it right? That pose of hers is very common.
    anonymous anonymous 2/19/09 Reply
     
  • Judge not that ye be not judged!!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 2/19/09 Reply
     
  • beautiful tattoo, beautiful quote, beautiful WOMAN! end of the day its HER tattoo on HER body, wich wont change reguardless og what onlookers have to say weather it be positive or negative. she obviously sat through the pain of getting it and does not attempt to conceal it so its pretty safe to say it has meaning to her. we as fans do not know this woman nor do we know her life story we dont know her outside of hollywood therefore for us to judge her for getting words that have deep meaning to her tatted on her body without knowing where the meaning lies with her is unfair
    anonymous anonymous 2/22/09 Reply
     
  • everyones just HATERSSSSS!
    anonymous anonymous 2/24/09 Reply
     
  • It means we will laugh at people In the same
    situation as us
    anonymous anonymous 2/25/09 Reply
     
    • Why would such a beautiful woman deface herself with these silly tattoos? The one of Marilyn on her arm is just ridiculous! She is still young enough to perhaps find herself a man, though I would advise her to cover or surgically remove the tattoos. Good luck to her. Scott B.
      anonymous anonymous 2/25/09
       
  • Of course gilded butterflies are to laughed at -- who would need to improve something so naturally beautiful? The Bible refers to lilies of the field in much the same way by asking in Matthew 6:29 "...yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these."
    anonymous anonymous 2/26/09 Reply
     
  • "it's e e cummings
    he uses no punctuation or capitalization in his name. and LMFAO "mabey"????? wow, THIS is what the world is coming to. i hope your not my age (older teen aged), because i'd HATE to be grouped with you."

    yeah and all the while you use "your" in the place where "you're" should be used.....check yourself before you criticize others so harshly
    anonymous anonymous 3/6/09 Reply
     
  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha this is the funniest conversation ever.

    i think her tattoo is absolutely beautiful in every way.
    anonymous anonymous 3/8/09 Reply
     
  • "Poor William would be rolling in his grave to see the ways in which his art is being used as "art". His words were meant for books and paper, not on skin by someone who wants to try and show how "deep" they are.
    ----are you kidding? Shakespeare wrote for the theatre not for books, and did so for money. Shakespeare constantly ripped off Marlowe and other writers....
    I'm pretty sure his quotes being plastered all over hollywood would make him proud, he wrote to entertain his Queen.
    anonymous anonymous 3/10/09 Reply
     
  • I just read all this. All I can think of is WOW. Although I didn't understand the multitude of meanings behind the quote either, which is probably attributed to the fact that we all see things in our own individual way. Thank you all for the laugh and insight. For the record I have four tattoos. Every single one of mine mean something to me. I have the Boondock Saint's prayer tatted on my side. It means something to me because I got it with my brother. The funny part is I know someone will comment about it. Even funnier is if you compare it to the 23rd Psalm they mean roughly the same. So what all this rambling boils down to is that, each statement, quote, or what-have-you has different meaning to different individuals. Is that not what we are, individuals? Enjoy.
    anonymous anonymous 3/26/09 Reply
     
  • Jeez. Whatever happened to just getting a bumper sticker?
    anonymous anonymous 4/1/09 Reply
     
  • OMG whats wrong with you. megan fox is an actress ok and a good one too so who gives a crap. her tatoo is cool and her decision. calm down. TAKE A BLOODY CHILL PILL =D
    anonymous anonymous 4/17/09 Reply
     
  • omg thankyou finally someone with more than half a brain cell. god most of these people have sticks shoved up their asses. =D
    anonymous anonymous 4/17/09 Reply
     
  • Shakespeare wrote in middle english
    anonymous anonymous 4/20/09 Reply
     
  • you dont know exactly how she has taken the meaning of her tattoo and in turn relates it to her life... think deeper. just because she's famous doesnt mean she's not human. so those that are being negative wont know exactly what was going through her mind at the time unless you could ask her. we all make mistakes but at that very moment it was what we wanted. maybe tattos are cool maybe not but that depends on personal opinion. i myself have considered it and shot it down immediately after that. just a few things to think about.
    anonymous anonymous 4/20/09 Reply
     
  • everyone keeps referring that her tattoo means something about being fake. it doesn't. a gilded butterfly is one that cannot fly, so therefore, it's talking about how we will not envy the ones who cannot be free, when we are free ourselves.
    don't get me wrong, but, Shakespeare wasn't all about "celebrities not getting put down by the press".
    anonymous anonymous 4/26/09 Reply
     
  • Who gives a crap what she has tattooed where? That doesn't change the fact that she is one of the most bangable women on the planet. Now, if only she'd dump Brian Austin Green and realize that she could do MUCH better.
    anonymous anonymous 4/27/09 Reply
     
  • i love the tattoo! its true and has alot of meaning.
    anonymous anonymous 5/18/09 Reply
     
  • ironic
    anonymous anonymous 5/22/09 Reply
     
  • Gilded butterflies: Gilded means covered in gold or to be something it's not. What this quote is saying is in Shakespeare's King Lear, he and his beloved daughter Cordelia are being led away to prison. By now he realized that his other two daughters have lied to him to get his money. Cordelia had been loyal to him, He is talking about life in the court and how they shall spend their days listening to gossip of the court and laughing at their extravagance - like gilded butterflies. It is Lear's hope to live a simple life and come to enjoy the company of his beautiful and loving daughter Cordelia. Basically saying turn away from the fake things.
    anonymous anonymous 5/26/09 Reply
     
  • We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage…/ …so we'll live,/ And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh/ At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues/ Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,/ Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out;/ And take upon 's the mystery of things,/ As if we were God's spies…" --King Lear, Act V, Scene 3

    King Lear and his beloved daughter Cordelia are being led away to prison. By this time, he is blind and realizes his other two daughters Regan and Goneriel have lied to him and betrayed him for the sake of his fortune. Only Cordelia is loyal to him and only she was honest to him in the beginning - even though at the time her answer angered him. He is talking about life in the court and how they shall spend their days listening to gossip of the court and laughing at their extravagence - like gilded butterflies. It is Lear's hope to live a simple life and come to enjoy the company of his beautiful and loving daughter Cordelia.
    Remember, a gilded butterfly cannot fly - it is just as much a prisoner as he is. He realizes that in the beginning, his question to his three daughters and his wealth meant nothing to him - there are no gilded butterflies that can replace a daughter's loyalty and love. It is a beautiful and simple quote.
    anonymous anonymous 6/1/09 Reply
     
  • actually the correct reasoning behind her tattoo is that gilded butterflies are covered in gold so they look beautiful but can never fly so cordelia nad her father are off to prison and he says this because he means that even though the butterflies are beautiful they will never be free to fly. Why make a naturally beautiful thing so fakely beautiful?
    anonymous anonymous 6/1/09 Reply
     
  • I think your absolutly correct... with EVERYTHING you said. Your quotes were even good too. I also love the detail you put into the butterfly part. : )
    anonymous anonymous 6/1/09 Reply
     
  • Wow, you two can share and it might total to one. The tattoo is lame, uber lame. If you're gonna get a tattoo, at least make it symbolic so it feels somewhat artistic, all I see is plagiarism .... :D .... bahahahahahahahaha.
    anonymous anonymous 6/5/09 Reply
     
  • I must say I have found these comments entirely entertaining. I think it is very amusing that people have such strong opinions about some tattoo. More power to you. Thanks for making me laugh today. :)
    anonymous anonymous 6/5/09 Reply
     
    • For sure. I agree with the post above, extremely entertaining. But in the end who really cares what anyone thinks, just live, life is too short for regret, unless you are in prison I guess. This discussion has been going on since 2007, which is just crazy. Although, I do I believe it is the only site on the internet that offers the true insight and in-depth commentary on Megan Fox's tattoo.
      anonymous anonymous 6/5/09
       
  • She's absolutely beautiful
    anonymous anonymous 6/8/09 Reply
     
  • tattoos are an art and a way of expressing yourself. if your going to talk trash about her having tattoos, go check your high school aged children for them. im willing to bet a hefty sum of money that at least half of them do.
    anonymous anonymous 6/9/09 Reply
     
  • she is a crazy bitch but i like her im girl of 16 years old and am bog fun of her i saw her like an axemple for me i live in paris and im a huge fun u now
    anonymous anonymous 6/10/09 Reply
     
  • Give me a break. She's a 21-year-old ditz and having a tattoo makes her a deep person? Yeah, right.
    anonymous anonymous 6/10/09 Reply
     
    • Yeah, maybe she can get career counseling from that -slut- Madonna.
      anonymous anonymous 6/10/09
       
  • Scott has a good point. To be a Hollywood star is to be a gilded butterfly, because Hollywood air brushes people. However, if Megan is truly bright, perhaps it was her way of saying, I am here, but I do not buy the b.s., and the moment I buy my own press and actually perceive myself as larger than life and better than all the little people, that's the moment the game turns on me and I become a lughing stock...it is like putting a string on your finger to remember....it makes sense.
    anonymous anonymous 6/12/09 Reply
     
  • Scott has a good point. To be a Hollywood star is to be a gilded butterfly, because Hollywood air brushes people. However, if Megan is truly bright, perhaps it was her way of saying, I am here, but I do not buy the b.s., and the moment I buy my own press and actually perceive myself as larger than life and better than all the little people, that's the moment the game turns on me and I become a lughing stock...it is like putting a string on your finger to remember....it makes sense.
    anonymous anonymous 6/12/09 Reply
     
  • meant laughing.....PS...I think his mis-spelling the word pedalstool was poetic ... those Hollywood fat heads who really think their stool doesn't stink are just sitting so high on their stool they are used to the smell.
    anonymous anonymous 6/12/09 Reply
     
  • that guy up there who uses the term bangable....she could do much better...you mean someone like you? I would rather die a thousand deaths being bitten by a swarm of ants and lit on fire than have sex with someone who referred to me as bangable...if I were her....
    anonymous anonymous 6/12/09 Reply
     
    • She really is beautiful and it is apparently quite inspiring to all that have read this far. It is quite amazing to me that I read through half of them. Also that I found her second tattoo. I admit I am more intrigued by her now that I am beyond the beauty and on to her philosophies. I will be interested to see what the future brings in paint on her flesh.

      Go Megan!
      Keith
      anonymous anonymous 6/12/09
       
    • She really is beautiful and it is apparently quite inspiring to all that have read this far. It is quite amazing to me that I read through half of them. Also that I found her second tattoo. I admit I am more intrigued by her now that I am beyond the beauty and on to her philosophies. I will be interested to see what the future brings in paint on her flesh.

      Go Megan!
      Keith

      PS 8 tattoos!
      anonymous anonymous 6/12/09
       
  • whatever tattoos are beautiful no matter how old you are. i got most of mine when i was 20 and my daughter loves my tattoos.
    anonymous anonymous 6/15/09 Reply
     
  • I hate people that feel like if they don't understand something it's dumb. I don't understand why she got it on her back but I do understand ggetting a tattoo like that. I have a Bob marley song tattoo on my arm and i get so much hell for it. but , for the people giving hell... I think your dunb. maybe she likes it and maybe it means more to her then she lets on. get over it. And to the wordy tattoo comments, you are probably the people who have the same tattoo of a butterfly on your waist like everyone else... lame
    anonymous anonymous 6/15/09 Reply
     
  • Tats detract from such a beautiful woman. What a pity!! Why does anyone need a tattoo of what is already can be viewed on the printed page.
    anonymous anonymous 6/17/09 Reply
     
  • SHE IS A ANGELINA JOLIE WANNA BE BUT WITHOUT THE TALENT!
    anonymous anonymous 6/18/09 Reply
     
  • The funniest thing is the missed irony. Most of the people here are talking about the tattoo in negative terms. I think she has proven the point of her tattoo.
    anonymous anonymous 6/21/09 Reply
     
    • I love how all of you have no life, and have nothing better to do than talk about a celebrity's tattoo. I was researching shakespeare and this is what I get; loser who obsess over an actress
      anonymous anonymous 6/22/09
       
  • This girl might be pretty but has no class. She wishes and dislikes all middle America, Hillbilies, White Trash, Anti gay and Bible lovers? Are they not the fans that see her movies? What a stabb at your fan base. I won't see any more of her movies.
    anonymous anonymous 6/22/09 Reply
     
  • Why would anyone put ink on a body that beautiful?
    anonymous anonymous 6/23/09 Reply
     
  • Let's see...Someone of Fame and importance saying that "we will laugh at gilded butterflies" Broken and interpreted...She looks down on all those who inflate themselves beyond their place to have a higher place in society. Adding this with the MM tattoo would indicate she represents herself as a MM type figure. Beauty and appearance at the cost of the media. But is not MM a gilded Butterfly. Put on a precipice that was created by a frenzied media blitz. HMMM what a thought!!!! Are we, the ignorant readers, the gilded butterflies that want to put ourselves in their (the movie star’s) position…(15 minutes of fame as Andy Warhol once said.) Be careful what you seek, you may attain it and it may not be what you were looking for!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 6/23/09 Reply
     
  • whaaaat???? thats an explanation???
    anonymous anonymous 6/25/09 Reply
     
  • I think that is a beatiful meaning.
    Whomever has something negative to say about it or her is jelous.
    anonymous anonymous 6/25/09 Reply
     
  • beautiful tat.
    jelous people
    anonymous anonymous 6/25/09 Reply
     
  • "Every time I get a tattoo, it’s a little f’ck-you to anyone who tells me not to." ~ Megan Fox

    well put.
    anonymous anonymous 6/26/09 Reply
     
  • I agree with "sorta", these chicks are trying waaaaaayyyy too hard to be really esoteric, daring and even dangerous. Shouldn't the work give one that cred? Last time I checked throw backs like Brando, Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, even her brilliant contemporary Bryce Howard, who is certain to make lots of noise in the future, doesn't need to scream LOOK AT ME! All they had and have to do is, be. Stop trying so hard gurly...see more
    anonymous anonymous 6/26/09 Reply
     
  • I understand that Megan Fox's tatoo is from King Lear's quote but what is it's meaning to her?Is she referring to herself as the good daughter like Cordelia (and her older sister isn't)? Or does she just have daddy issues? And why would she have that tatoo put on her right shoulder?
    anonymous anonymous 6/26/09 Reply
     
  • If they are so personal, why the hell would you tattoo it on the OUTSIDE of your body, for everyone ELSE in the world to see, except for yourself. You completely diminish the "personal meaning" of the subject by trying to suck attention because of it, because that is why your doing it, for the "hey what does that mean?" questions, so you can act like you are the person you wish you were but don't have the balls to give things up and try to be a deep person, someone self-sacrificing, or someone who doesn't care about material things - and instead are actually morons who are absorbed by material things in life.

    It is a pretentious, vain decision to get a tattoo and speaks to a persons character, intentions, and desires in life.
    anonymous anonymous 6/26/09 Reply
     
  • ...I'll be her daddy !!!
    anonymous anonymous 6/26/09 Reply
     
  • This is probably the only thing that I like about megan fox.
    anonymous anonymous 6/27/09 Reply
     
  • thank you for that. for the first time on the internet someone wrote somethign intelligent and insightful and helped a group of people understand something better :)
    anonymous anonymous 6/27/09 Reply
     
  • thank you for that. for the first time on the internet someone wrote somethign intelligent and insightful and helped a group of people understand something better :)
    anonymous anonymous 6/27/09 Reply
     
  • Alright all of you need to just shut up! Leave her the hell alone and live your life. She has her own reasons as to why she got the tattoos she did so it obviously doesnt matter what you think of it. Oh and shes so damn hot. Woo. Id love to meet her... and im a girl. I dont dig chicks but that doesnt mean I cant think a woman is hot (to all of you who will comment on that I figured Id say it now hah)
    anonymous anonymous 6/28/09 Reply
     
  • Well put
    anonymous anonymous 6/28/09 Reply
     
  • ur a moron.
    how does having a tattoo make a person less deep?
    If anything it makes her even more interesting.

    Get past the old taboo and appreciate peoples thoughts feelings and art.
    anonymous anonymous 6/29/09 Reply
     
  • Do any of you morons talking about how it makes her less deep, or stupid, or her kids will wonder...blah blah...do any of you realize that it is a shakespear quote?
    knowing that now you all suddenly feel that it is amazing and she is sooo deep and YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF SHEEP.
    anonymous anonymous 6/29/09 Reply
     
    • Do YOU realize that you spelled "Shakespeare" AND "you're" incorrectyl?
      anonymous anonymous 6/30/09
       
  • hmmmmmm........
    anonymous anonymous 6/30/09 Reply
     
  • hmmmmmm........
    anonymous anonymous 6/30/09 Reply
     
  • hmmmmmm........
    anonymous anonymous 6/30/09 Reply
     
  • thats just full out wierd?
    anonymous anonymous 7/1/09 Reply
     
  • thats a dumb tatoo
    anonymous anonymous 7/1/09 Reply