Frakking Hell!

[donnaimmaculata]

Does Archive of our Own cencor explicit language? Because I've just tried to read two fics and was thrown out of the story* by the repeated and highly inappropriate use of the word "frak". I feel dirty and violated.

*uh, "story"

Comments

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

They don't - I expect that's a reference to Battlestar Galactica, where 'frak' is used instead of 'fuck'.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

I guessed so right after I made the post. Regardless, it's annoying as hell. I literally can't read it, it makes me think of Vernon Dursley's "effing".

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I love BSG, but it annoys the hell out of when 'frak' is used for fuck in other fandoms.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched BSG yet, I can imagine it's less annoying after you've seen the show. But coming across it in a fic looks like a really bad attempt at censoring. Aaargh!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot in the show. It's a great solution to a military situation where they'd be cursing up a storm, but on network TV. But yep, elsewhere? Would look like that.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

It might be my European upbringing, but I'm not bothered by cursing. I think our attitude is different than the American one; there isn't as much cursing on TV as in the US, but if there is, it doesn't get censored.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty bad here. You'd never hear a 'fuck' on TV without there being weeks of fallout after it...