I agree with the OP. Regardless of how long the words have been around or used in history, they do stand out and kind of kill the some of the immersion, for me at least. Words like "whore", I can read and not be so drawn to it standing out, simply because I've seen it used quite a bit in the fantasy genre. Â But things like "cunt", "fuck", and even "shit" feel out of place for me.Â
I think that it's because I hear this language used so much in every day speech that I automatically associate those words with the real world. I also think it has a lot to do with the lingo we see commonly used in FFXIV as a whole. There is plenty of dialogue in which a person is clearly swearing, but it's used in a more...eloquent manner (I suppose would be the proper way of saying it) than anyone would use in the outside world.Â
Even if the use of "bad words" does break immersion for a moment, it doesn't necessarily kill the entire RP for me.
I think that it's because I hear this language used so much in every day speech that I automatically associate those words with the real world. I also think it has a lot to do with the lingo we see commonly used in FFXIV as a whole. There is plenty of dialogue in which a person is clearly swearing, but it's used in a more...eloquent manner (I suppose would be the proper way of saying it) than anyone would use in the outside world.Â
Even if the use of "bad words" does break immersion for a moment, it doesn't necessarily kill the entire RP for me.
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