Body Modification

Body modification in fanworks...
==Types==
* Tattoos
* Piercings
* Scarification
==Some Brief Canon Examples==
These canon tattoos are often incorporated into fanworks:
* Angel's tattoo on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Ray Kowalski's tattoo in Due South
* Gabrielle's magical dragon tattoo in the series finale of Xena 
* The Death Eaters' tattoos in Harry Potter
* Derek Hale's triskelion tattoo in Teen Wolf
* The ANBU tattoos in Naruto
* The protective tattoos on Sam and Dean Winchester in Supernatural. Also, the hand-print mark left on Dean by Castiel, which may count as decorative scarification.
* Dwalin's tattoos in the Peter Jackson film of The Hobbit
* Crowley’s tattoo of a snake, beside his right ear, from Good Omens
==Fanon Modifications==
* Teen Wolf: Romantic interests of Derek Hale often get a triskelion tattoo to match the one of Derek's back.
* The Sentinel: Blair Sandburg has a nipple ring in a lot of fanfic, based on a brief reference in the first season episode "Cypher." Blair talks about getting something tattooed. Jim says, "Above the nipple ring?" and Blair says, "How did you know about that?"
* Welcome to Night Vale: Despite being a spoken-word-based fandom, depictions of Cecil are often easily identifiable partially due to the character's tattoos. Oddly enough, the show itself never mentions him having tattoos.
*The Hobbit Jackson films: the dwarves are often depicted as having tattoos and body piercings, which are not a feature of hobbit culture.
==As a Symbol of Transformation==
==Done Without Consent==
* as humiliation
==Examples in Fanfiction==
* The Flower Shop and Tattoo Parlor AU is a trope across many fandoms. 
* Bound to the Law series by Dawnwind, there is modification in this (BDSM) Starsky and Hutch story (2003?)
* Inmates by Cynatnite, Hutch gets a tattoo in prison, something that turns Starsky on
*The Teeth of the Hydra by Resonant, a Due South slash story that includes a non-consensual tattooing crime spree and a backstory for Ray Kowalski's canonical tattoo. In the sequel, Fraser gets a tattoo. (2002)
* Percy Weasley and the Gay Vampire Cult of Oliver Wood by December's Falling. Percy Weasley has a mental breakdown and tries to become a rebel by, among other things, acquiring multiple piercings. "But LOOK, I am clearly anti-Establishment," Percy said, his new mesh shirt pulled halfway up his chest to show a pretty silver ring in his navel. "The Man hates piercings, I read about this in a magazine." (2003)
* An Exercise in 'Worthless' by beastofthesky, a Supernatural AU where Dean is a tattoo artist, and has several tattoos and piercings. See extended author's notes for sketches of the tattoos and jewelry.
*A Halo On Your Body by freakylemurcat. The Hobbit Jackson films one shot in which Bilbo observes dwarven body piercings while the company is bathing; typical of many similar stories. (2013)
==Examples in Fanart==
File:Th wold tribalfetters.png|Closeup of Dean Winchester's tattoo in the AU fanfic Berserker Series, drawn by leonidaslion
File:Punklouis.jpg|Punk!Direction meme example: A One Direction bandmember's head photoshopped onto the body of a tattooed t-shirt model
File:Tattooed Sam.png|Tattooed Sam manip by clex_monkie89 created for SPN ReverseBang 2012 and inspired the fic Ink Kink 
File:Tattoo Series 6 - Tonks by Odella.jpg|Tattoo Series #6 - Tonks by Odella, and part of the artist's Tattoo Series
==Resources==
*Tattoos, Piercings, and Body Modification tags on the Archive of Our Own
* painless_j's themed list for tattoo and piercing for Harry Potter fanfic