Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
The following takes place shortly after the event, around the transition from May to June.
Sunset held a hand to her forehead as she entered Carousel Boutique. "Rarity? Everything okay?"
Rarity looked up from the checkout counter, where she'd been glowering over a notebook. It took a much larger fraction of a second than normal for her to slip on a pleasant facade. "Whyever do you ask?"
"I could feel your frustration and resentment while walking by the Boutique."
Rarity blushed. "Oh. Well. It's nothing, really."
Sunset winced has her headache intensified. "Definitely doesn't feel like nothing."
"Oh dear. I certainly didn't mean to cause you any pain, darling. It's just..." Rarity sighed. "I assume when you did what you did, you kept the physical changes to a minimum."
Sunset nodded. "It was the best compromise I could get between survival and mutation. Hooves were on the table."
"And I'm very glad you took them off of it. But..." Rarity drummed her fingers against the counter as she thought. "Do you remember how this all started?"
"Lots of things start. You're going to need to be more specific."
"The concern that made you realize what was happening to the world."
Sunset nodded. "Sure, visible cu— I mean, icons."
"Indeed." Rarity narrowed her eyes. "And they're still there. Most of the population has a deeply personal symbol adorning their hips."
"And? Nudity taboos are still a thing. And keeping you in business."
"I like to think it's more than just obligation doing that, but it isn't my point." Rarity's headgem lit up, and a few swimsuits floated off of their racks. "Do you see the problem?"
Sunset studied them for a while. A single-piece, a bikini, something that she didn't think anyone in town was brave enough to wear. All women's suits, but what else did they have in— "Oh. Oh."
"Indeed. Discussing icons may no longer be all but impossible, but people have still been raised to feel uncomfortable about doing so, to say nothing about social views about tattoos." Rarity scowled as she put the swimsuits back. "I don't want to say you've killed women's swimwear, Sunset, but you've dealt it quite the terrible blow."
After a moment, Sunset said, "Won't this just mean you'll make a killing in skirts and sarongs?"
"With any luck, yes, but I certainly didn't plan on wearing one this summer."
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i was always wondering about this.
You know, given that everyone prominently displays their icons on their clothing, I would have thought it being prominently displayed on their bodies wouldn't be too much of a paradigm shift.
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Displayed on clothing still has plausible deniability to say it is just a pretty picture. Displayed on skin makes it inarguably their icon.
New tactic!
If you got it, baby, flaunt it!
In all seriousness, I wonder if this will result in a change in fashion... Or a shift in cultural taboos regarding a prominent religion.
Sunset Schism.
7835710 This.
I wonder how many counterculture types will add additional tattoos to their cutie marks, to draw greater attention to them.
I believe that Cheese Sandwich had a song about that.
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Pretty much what 7835771 said. There's a big difference between a personal symbol you choose to wear and a personal symbol indelibly emblazoned on your skin. Especially if you never planned on getting a tattoo.
(And now I find myself wondering if human Luna has birthmarks similar to the darker patches on pony Luna's hindquarters...)
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It wouldn't be the first time she accidentally caused a theological crisis.
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Was it this one or this one?
(Note to self: Determine nature of Cheese Sandwich in this universe.)
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Same here.
Sure it would be overshadowed at first, but almost everybody suddenly having a tattoo on their hips is something to take notice of.
I'm all set, I've already got a meaningful personal icon tattooed on my hip.
7836301
Rarity, you're not marketing it right...
Swimming suits with cut-outs positioned over the "icon" area! With little Velcro-affixed patches for those moments when you feel shy!
For the adventurous types, the patch is semi-transparent, to attract the gaze of curious eyes!
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There’s also the fact that you manifest an icon tattoo even if you’re not a Harmonist, and you can’t take it off the way you could an icon pin. Being branded with a symbol that your religion insists is personal and private is embarrassing enough, being branded with the symbol of a different religion has to be infuriating.
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See Wallflower Blush in User Not Recognized as an example. Not only is it frustrating and embarassing, she's not even sure what the darn thing means.