(11-17-2015, 01:52 PM)ChaosMAJORA Wrote:As I said, and from what I am assuming from my understanding of your statement, you would have continued to see it as "out of place" if it was not for the presence of it in-game. Yes? I am sure many others would say the same thing.(11-17-2015, 01:28 PM)Kage Wrote: [youtube]CS--izSnbNk[/youtube]
"Thal's Bloody Balls"
Would you agree that for some people 'bloody' would have been seen as something that is a colloquial term (RL inserted into Eorzea) and probably would have continued to see it as that way until it was seen by a player in-game or at FanFest?
Having seen the phrase - and derivations of the phrase - used by NPCs in-game, I'd wholeheartedly agree with its use IC.
That said, as stated above, I acknowledge that language IC evolving in a real-time way is something that I believe is natural progression in any constructed reality. Ergo: I agree with you on two counts - why wouldn't it have come into use? You can surely explain it away ICly, after all.
So then my question is, what is actually considered to be "real world" slurs that break immersion? Is it retard?
Is fuck actually one or is it just in our minds? There are ones like "oh shite" or "bugger off!" that can take its place but could the absence of fuck be explained by the TEEN RATING? If ESRB rating is anything similar to the ratings of movies, you can only keep the PG-13 rating with only a certain number of usages of the word and especially as long as they are not 'sexual' in nature...
This thread is not the only time we've talked about it. Either common uses or which ones people use. Some people do say it breaks immersion but then, again, my question is exactly what words are breaking your immersion and why? Is it because we use them often -now-?
And at what 'point' will certain slurs be deemed acceptable to not break immersion. Are we only restricted to the ones in game?
