Cosy does characterization very well if he decided he wanted all the girls tatted up, I'm sure he'd write it well to fit the characters as already established. I don't think he will because there's like no alt girls in the cast as is, so I don't think it's something he's particularly into. I've known plenty of Lucy esque girls in my life who had tats usually it's cutesy or very fem usually small and demure.
The blanket statements about tattoos that frequently show up on this site are so out of touch with the reality of the art form it's.... Honestly completely expected when compared to the rampant ignorance about other stuff also prevalent on this site.
I will fully admit though that the available options for tattoos that I've seen in these games, gives me very little hope that any of the modeling programs have even remotely decent levels of tattooed skins available. It's all faux biker/tough guy shit, and there are sooooooooo many other styles.
Thankfully I haven't seen these tattoo arguments before, so my block list must be doing a good job or it's just on the threads of game I don't play.
I will admit I'm not a huge fan of tats, even though some can look really cool in and of themselves. In reality they can be a great expression of personality, with lots of tats being fandom related. In games on here, the tats more often than not suck and lack personality. Though the protagonist of a certain vampire game which I will not
list has really cool tats. All that said, if I got to chose between characters getting tats or not, 99 times out of 100 I'd chose for them to not get one. Not out of any moral judgement of anything, just personally preference.
As for what you said about girls like Lucy, I won't argue that, couldn't if I wanted to, I just don't see Lucy herself wanting one. But yea, if she got something small and cute one in an unobtrusive location I'd be ok with it. But her turning into a "tattoo girl" with lots of them in all sizes all over her I'd be really turned off by, but by the fact itself, and the drastic personality shift.