An alarm went off in my head when I heard that Casey had gotten the tattoo supposedly in honor of Caylee during the time she has been missing. My reason is very personal, so it does bias my opinion about it somewhat, but let me explain my experience.
I lost my beloved Mother 6 years ago to a very violent suicide and later found out that she had been harassed in a very bizarre manner that would take a forum of its own to explain. To summarize with as few words possible, she was mentally ill, the person harassing her knew this and exploited it to make her believe this insane second world had been going on behind her back for 20 years. I didn't find this out until after the fact. I am an only child and my Mother raised me alone, so we were very close and I felt EXTREMELY guilty for not knowing something this serious had been going on in her life. I spent years in therapy to come to grips with it all (as best as I can), but during my extreme guilt phase I decided to get a tattoo to honor her. In my mind it was both a tribute and my own personal "scarlet letter A". I chose a rising Phoenix so that every time I looked at myself I would remember her and cherish her memory, but also so that I would always remember the (in my mind at the time) unforgivable mistake I made by not knowing this was going on. I have healed enough that I have overcome the grief for the most part, but I am explaining my mindset at the time.
So it made me think of Casey's decision to get a tattoo representing Caylee during the time since she went "missing". I can't help but wonder if in her warped mind she was either making a show of her "love" for Caylee or actually went through a phase of feeling guilt in between her partying and wanted to mark herself with her own "scarlet letter A". I know it may sound crazy, but the mind can rationalize strange behavior during traumatic times. The only problem I have with my theory is that Casey doesn't seem capable of feeling guilt or experiencing trauma. But I couldn't help but be reminded of my own experience and just wanted to throw it out there for others to form opinions about. Then again, if gang affiliations come into play, the tattoo could also just be something she did in relation to that and have nothing directly to do with Caylee at all. I guess I'm grabbing at anything that makes a little sense after weeks of reading a bunch of BS that makes NO sense whatsoever!! As I asked in my first post, please go easy on me!