Revolutionary

Myriad Reality

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It's about the state of the heart, a different issue.

Technically, the command is to say nothing that won't encourage and lift up others.

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I always considered it to be a case of swearing leads to nobody taking them seriously.
I see. I can't say I agree with your choice of actions to any extent. At the same time, I'm not here to make choices for you.

@Etcetera

Just because I'm turning the idea over in my mind doesn't mean I've made any decisions myself. I probably won't even do it anyways.

Myriad Reality

Hi Tox, if you've looked here. Not sure if you have though.

Myriad Reality

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That is also a good question.

@Etcetera

People gather here in small groups until there is something to do, then file out, emptying the place until more people gather to repeat the process.

Myriad Reality

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You can write the lie someone says without lying, but you can't write the swear someone says without swearing. The way I have always seen it is through the fact that swearing doesn't seem intimidating or even intelligent. Villains can come up

@Etcetera

I feel like this post was cut off. Anyways, the whole point about having a villain who doesn't care at all is to show that they don't care at all. For them to use "replacement words" makes them seem contradictory. Plus, from time to time, when the need arises, I'll quote people and actually say the curse they used in whatever they said, since quoting isn't using your own words.

Myriad Reality

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That brings the question: What do you believe this facility is for in terms of congregating?

@Etcetera

Does it have a purpose?

Myriad Reality

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Ah. In the stage of consideration, I see.

@Etcetera

I am. And no one seems to stick around long enough for me to get a feel for anyone here.

Myriad Reality

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No, but there's a difference. One describes an action and another is doing it. Because words themselves are a part of language, you cannot go through the thought process of writing them without the actual "action" itself being a part of you. I can think about a murder without being a murderer. I can think about a liar without being a liar. I can't think of and reasonably portray someone who swears without swearing because of the fact that it utilizes language itself. If I have a character that would swear (Misty, really), I just put that as an action symbol with the word "Swears" as the action.

@Etcetera

Lying also fits there. But I do know what you're saying. I just feel like some of the effect of these characters that are supposed to be super sinister is lost in mere diction.

Myriad Reality

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I see. You have decided to remain?

@Etcetera

Not quite.

Myriad Reality

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I am 100% absolutely not saying that at all.

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Not swearing. Just an ugly word, really.

@Etcetera

Just asking, because we've all written characters who've killed before. I've written some that steal, we've all written liars, and I'm even writing an alcoholic right now. Having characters swear would be nothing in comparison to pretty much all of that, save lying, which can be argued.

Myriad Reality

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How are you connected?

@Etcetera

Your loose colleague Lucas. Depending on how you feel about Mr. Curtis, I work with him sometimes as well, as you saw before.