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The attitudes towards tattoos has during the past decades softened, and many old pirate and prisoner tattoos have been adopted into the general lexicon of tattoos, prime example being the spider web, which depending on the bearer might have meant drug addiction, incarceration or killing a minority, but is now a fashion accessory. |
The attitudes towards tattoos has during the past decades softened, and many old pirate and prisoner tattoos have been adopted into the general lexicon of tattoos, prime example being the spider web, which depending on the bearer might have meant drug addiction, incarceration or killing a minority, but is now a fashion accessory. |
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Still the stigma with the past backgrounds makes tattoos also popular with rebel types. Even the [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]] |
Still the stigma with the past backgrounds makes tattoos also popular with rebel types. Even the [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]]—or [[Especially Zoidberg|especially]] the [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]], since it does not actually require commiting illegal acts to look rebellious. There is still extreme stigma related to tattoos in Japan, as they are still closely associated with Yakuza to this day. A tattoo is still a common visual cue in Japanese media for a character of dubious morals or simply a [[Delinquent]]. |
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May be [[Embarrassing Tattoo]] when a crook goes straight. In futuristic settings, a [[Bar Code Tattoo]] may be an Orwellian variety. |
May be [[Embarrassing Tattoo]] when a crook goes straight. In futuristic settings, a [[Bar Code Tattoo]] may be an Orwellian variety. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Many characters in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]''. Put to use in [[Bar Brawl |
* Many characters in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]''. Put to use in [[Bar Brawl]]s, an organised sport in Ankh Morpork, where contestants tattoo their names to all their limbs so [[The Igor]] knows to reattach them later. |
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** [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls being living rock]], their equivalent is gang grafitti, or carvings if they're ''really'' tough. |
** [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls being living rock]], their equivalent is gang grafitti, or carvings if they're ''really'' tough. |
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* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel, the Ghosts have tattoos. [[Blue Blood|Aristocratic]] Guardsmen [[Moral Myopia|regard]] them as visual proof of the Ghosts' general uncouthness, along with their [[Wild Hair]]. But new Vergast Ghosts desperately want tattoos to show they are part of the regiment. |
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel, the Ghosts have tattoos. [[Blue Blood|Aristocratic]] Guardsmen [[Moral Myopia|regard]] them as visual proof of the Ghosts' general uncouthness, along with their [[Wild Hair]]. But new Vergast Ghosts desperately want tattoos to show they are part of the regiment. |
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