Isn't that all "bad words" really are, though?

What about fan videos? by Tawaki on 2021-01-12 14:25:31 UTC Badfic report Reply

The original video is gone, and the original synopsis with it. So: Rainbow Dash drinks a potion Twilight has been working on for years and years, and takes it into her head to do a "double rainboom". This wrecks Ponyville worse than the Parasprites did, and a crossover with PPG ensues.

My comment: Dashie acts more like Lightning Dust, and while I'm not that familiar with PPG I've been given to understand that they are OOC as well.

"Naruto's tourette revealed" by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-01-30 16:47:08 UTC Edited Reply

It's exactly as weird as it sounds. When the fic's summary reads "Naruto was born with tourettes syndrome but has been taking medication to suppress his tics what happens when naruto forgets his medication? How will his team react?", you know you're in for a hella lotta weirdness. Paragraph breaks are nonexistent, there is exactly one full stop in the first chapter, SPaG is murdered to heaven and hell. Here's a sample:
Naruto and team 7 were taking a break from training when out of no where naruto whistled "what was that?" Sakura asked him, naruto laughed nervously "im not really sure to be honest it just kinda slipped out" he replied before he did it again "seriously its kind of annoying stop it" sakura said naruto whistled and clicked his tongue "sorry sakura-Chan i can't-" he stopped mid sentence to whistle "I have been forgetting to take my meds lately" he trying to calm his tics down, sasuke looked to naruto "meds for what dobe?" Sasuke asked, naruto looked st him and whistled snapping his fingers "oh yeah thats right you don't tongue click know, well i have tourettes it kinda makes me say and do certain things i don't want to say or do at times I can't control, I takes medication to suppress them but I haven't been remembering to take them lately"
Also, how do characters from an alternate universe know who Tourette is?

At least they're realistic tics? by Neshomeh on 2021-01-30 18:15:50 UTC Reply

... Hm. I was going to give the author props for not using Tourette syndrome as a bad excuse to make a character shout swearwords or smack people for "comedy," but then I actually looked at the thing, and oh look, all-caps swearwords. It seems like they're playing it straight, though, and the third "chapter" is a note saying they're not sure they're going to continue because they don't know if they're portraying the syndrome right, so IDK. I'd give this one the benefit of the doubt.

Not that it makes the SPaG any less awful, but, y'know, gotta pick your battles. >.>

~Neshomeh

Everybody gangsta until you realize Japanese doesn't have swear words by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-01-31 02:17:23 UTC Edited Reply

Or at least, whatever shinobiverse equivalent of Japanese anyway, since they still have Japanese names and use Japanese writing.

That sure is a high horse you're riding. by Neshomeh on 2021-01-31 06:41:43 UTC Reply

You're telling me the Japanese language has no words that could be considered shocking or offensive if blurted out the wrong way at the wrong time? Really? In a society famously concerned about using the precise language corresponding to your social class and seniority relative to those around you in order to be polite?

Look, I'll buy that swearing/profanity/rude language is different in Japanese—maybe there aren't exact equivalents of the Seven Words You Can't Say On [Ridiculously Uptight, American] TV—but not that it doesn't exist at all.

Plus, this is the Internet, and I can look up things I'm not familiar with.

So, come on.

Really?

Even the results that lead with "there are no swear words in Japanese" go on to explain where and when certain words are rude in Japanese. And there are about 41,400,000 results.

Forgive me if I'm extremely skeptical.

~Neshomeh

Actually, by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-01-31 08:56:45 UTC Reply

We hear child characters in Japanese media say words that literally translate to "shit" all the time; the closest thing we have to "swearing" in Japanese is actually very mild words, way milder than, say, "fuck". The Japanese language doesn't really have a concept for profanity, what makes saying something truly rude would be to speak in the wrong politeness level, which I believe isn't what the badfic is going for.

Isn't that all "bad words" really are, though? by Neshomeh on 2021-01-31 16:22:09 UTC Reply

I grant that English swear words have a lot of baggage connected to Puritanical social values that wouldn't translate well to a different culture, but in most cases their literal meaning is barely relevant to how they're used. Like, if I call someone a bastard, I don't mean they're literally a child born out of wedlock; if I tell someone to f*** off, I don't mean they should literally go fornicate; I mean they've ticked me off so much that I no longer have any respect for them, not even enough to warrant politeness.

Either that or I'm with friends who normally talk in an extremely relaxed, casual way with each other.

English has different levels of discourse, too. Swear words occupy the most informal level. To people who are comfortable engaging each other in the most informal way, they're not offensive—unless the tone of the conversation changes to anger, in which case they are. That matches what I read about Japanese words one should be careful about using: whether they're offensive or not depends on context and tone. So, in the wrong context and tone, a word that would normally be acceptable becomes an indication that you have no respect for the listener(s), and therefore offensive. Ergo, swearing.

~Neshomeh

Got any Haikyū fans in here? Boy have I got a baaad crossover for you by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-01-21 11:23:24 UTC Edited Reply
Only the first three chapters are out, but hoo boy is it badly written. I don't know how much it messes up Haikyū canon, but the bullcrap it commits to TouRabu canon I do (and the fact it crosses these continua together alone is already more than a little sus):
- Ōkurikara (TouRabu canon) is the older half-brother of Shōyō Hinata (Haikyū canon). Let that sink in for a moment. Ōkurikara is a sword. How can a sword have any degree of biological relation to a human? That's not to mention said sword exists in real life as well! Before you ask, no, this fic is not AU on TouRabu's side, they still have a Citadel, still have a saniwa, and are still commanded into battle.
- TouRabu is canonically set in 2205, Haikyū is probably set contemporary to its publication year. The continua are 2 centuries apart!
- The touken danshi forces are called a "military" even though it clearly isn't, and post-war Japan doesn't have a military.
- Ōkurikara changes his name to "Yuki" for no reason, while all other swords keep their names.
- The Citadel is called an "HQ" and a "base".
- Tsurumaru calls Kuri "Kara-Boya". This doesn't make sense, and the actual address in canon is Kara-bō.
Aside from that, the usual: bad SPaG, bad dialogue, bad idea, bad plot. The upside is that it's actually funny in its badness, rather than infuriating like that Harry Potter crossover.
I dunno, it didn't seem that bad to me. by Neshomeh on 2021-01-13 06:02:20 UTC Reply

Yeah, the characters felt a bit off and there were pacing issues for sure, but not in the sort of hilaribad way that makes a good mission, IMO. The animation seemed good, so it's not the video equivalent of horrible writing. I just don't think it would be worth the effort to spork it.

Not to say that sporking a fan video could never be done—still frames and/or short clips could be utilized as "quotations" within the usual mission format. But, y'know, pick something really bad.

~Neshomeh
Well, the comm's sporked fan comics by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-01-12 21:57:42 UTC Reply

So it's okay I guess?