(11-20-2015, 09:06 PM)Oli! Wrote:(11-20-2015, 08:55 PM)Nero Wrote: Using modern swears in what is ostensibly a high fantasy setting is, to me, as wildly out of place as speaking early modern English in Star Wars. It's not that I mind profanity--anyone who's spoken to me on voice is probably aware that I swear more than most--but it's anachronistic and immersion breaking to me.
I'm certain that there are at least a few reasons with which to justify the usage, but it feels wrong and jarring to me.
I think we've already established that age is not the issue, considering that "modern" swear words have been around just as long as most of the rest of the language.
Personal Flavoring may be an issue, but age is not.
^ This. I really wish people would stop saying that "modern" profanity doesn't fit the time period. It does. Most really aren't that "modern." If you still don't like it as personal preference, that's fine, but I wish people would stop using that argument, because it's wholly inaccurate.
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