YOU DON'T NEED HENRY TO EXPLAIN

I do understand.

Thornton smiling at/about Margaret

David Tennant and Sarah Parish

“We’re like George and Mildred,” she hoots. “In 20 years’ time we’ll probably be doing a ropey old sitcom in a terraced house in Preston.”      - Sarah Parish on working with David Tennant a lot        (as quoted from The Guardian)

They’ve appeared together in:  Blackpool, Doctor Who, Recovery, Broadchurch, You Me & Him

*Looking down with a smile*

Photoshoots by Kaitlyn Mikayla (2021), An Le (2020), Victoria Will (2012), David Venni (2010), Sarah Dunn (2013)

Right forearm (on top):

Richard said re: Ray's tattoos that -

“I thought wouldn’t it be interesting that because of the lack of memory that he has, he was sort of putting pieces of the jigsaw physically on his body. We looked at some pictures of locations, maps and coordinates, and various things connected to his life and his past that we could decorate his arms with"

Ray basically catalogues his amnesia via. his tattoos and that's exactly what we have here. On the top of his right forearm are the roots of a tree surrounded by blank ink to form a heart or lung shape. I actually think the oval in the middle of the roots is an image of a scene - tips of trees/forest, then a body of water, then the night sky - e.g. the body of water where Ray dumped Stewart's body & the night it happened

-> the "root" of Ray's problems (both his memory loss from trauma & the thing causing a problem in his relationship with Cassie 17 years ago) is Stewart - and Stewart's burial place lies at the center of the roots

Right forearm (underside):

This one's easy: Cassie is the key to solving Ray's problems (or at least he thinks she is), ergo her name in the middle of a key (with a little heart in the keys handle itself)

Right bicep (underside - pictured above):

Quite simply a heart-shaped lock - there's a lot that could be read into this (e.g. does it actually look like Cassie's key would fit into the lock? 👀), but most simply- Ray has locked his heart away & refuses to move on after losing Cassie

Right shoulder:

A foresty-moon-lit scene e.g. the forest & night where Ray found Stewart's body & he lost sight of Cassie

Left shoulder:

An arched, vaulted area. Could be referencing the arch where Stewart's body was but it's clearly a kind of tunnel with lights on the ceiling - I think it's actually showing the underground vault where Lorraine stashed all her victims

Left bicep (underside):

A hand holding dog tags & key - the dog tags are clearly a reference to Ray's military past but I think you could also read into the key - this one looks like it would actually fit in Ray's locked heart tattoo, unlike Cassie's - read into that what you will 👀

Left forearm:

I saved the worst for last because honestly I have no clue what this is. It's sadly not shown often at all because Ray doesn't really show much of his left hand side to the camera in these jacket-less scenes. Some sort of building with arches? The room inside the head statue? No clue honestly.

Richard Armitage as Ray Levine in Stay Close (2021)