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I think it kind of depends.

Like, you've got a character like Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph, who'd totally be fucking abusing profanity if she was from a different canon.

"All right, ladies! The kitten whispers and tickle fights stop now!"

"Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby and it is UGLY!"

"You wanna go pee-pee in your big boy slacks? Keep it to yourself."

And so forth and so on. Lots of family friendly cursing. And it would be really off if you plunk her down in...I don't know, Crux Fleet and then have her use shit and fuck and so on, because canon circumstances would imply, I'd argue, that they wouldn't necessarily think, "Oh! I would totally say damn, but I cannot for this game restrains my language. Now that I am free, I can swear like a sailor."

Then you've got other characters who're from Earth and would totally be cursing but can't because their show airs on some family friendly station at a family friendly time. Like Disney. But unlike the first example, they'd actually think, "I am in a really bad situation. Fuck."

Basically, it comes down to the characters but also the canon. Some canons? Shards and crackdust or grife would be their profanity. Even if they were transplanted into a jamjar they wouldn't jump to fuck, their minds would automatically go to crivens and cripes. Others would totally say fuck but don't just because of the rating constraints. I wouldn't overdo it with the latter but...sure, dropping the occasional fuck/damn/etc in appropriate situations (especially given how DW RP jamjars might be a little heavier on the grimdark horror torture than canon circumstances might be: even the most proper in their language might be brought to their breaking point under the right circumstances) is legit.

Thanks for the well-thought-out response! I'm probably gonna err on the side of caution and just not use it but I love reading all these responses. It's basically a "their show airs on some family friendly station at a family friendly time" situation, but if the writers could find ways to express the characters' personalities with those restrictions, then I should try to do the same.

And I know exactly what anons are talking about with family-friendly characters cursing every other line, I too have seen fuckshit-spitting Pokemon trainers

also remember that g-rated cursing can be fun as hell if you get creative. like that son of a submariner, or getting these monkey-fighting snakes off this Monday-to-Friday plane, or what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.

Yeah, I gotta admit that's probably the safest and the best option for the most part. That said, if you end up tossing them into some sort of grimdark jamjar and they're in a high stress situation seriously don't be afraid to have them explore language if the situation calls for it. Because yeah, canonically they don't curse, but canonically they also probably haven't ended up in a Sawesque trap which entailed sawing off their arm/their best friend's arm/watching a stranger get decapitated by a machine on the way out. Especially if they ended up befriending Karkat or someone else who curses a lot because yeah, characterization marches on.

is a pokemon trainer the character you wanna play? i've seen them swear. again, don't make them throw a swear any other word. but one "well, shit" put in the correct situation hasn't hurt anyone. of course this depends on the character. i don't see erika swearing, but most protags are just your avarege teenager.

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