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A silly point
Nov. 17th, 2013 04:22 amWhen reading stories and comics that are not based in the real world or are not based in Christian-centric countries
the phrase "God Damn It" is meaningless, silly, out of context, and stupid. And HUGELY overused.
If your world has no god, and the people have never developed a belief in a god, why would they invent such a phrase? (hint: They wouldn't.)
Worse yet, even in a world that has a god, the phrase still doesn't mean a whole lot unless it has a "hell" since "damn" means to consign to hell.
Worse yet more, in a Christian setting the phrase is a violation of "not use God's name in vain" as it is a command to God - not an appropriate thing to do (us normal peoples ask God, not command him). Particularly exacerbating the 'sin' is that it is used often to express frustration rather than an actual desire - there is no "it" that is intended to be consigned to hell, just expressing a rage at being injured, for example.
So there is no actual case where the phrase fits a fantasy or comic setting, yet it appears in almost every one I have read (and I read a LOT).
If you write - remember to check the etymology of your phrases or I might be writing a specific critique of your usage - and naming names!
and even if it fits, don't use it simply because it is trite. Just don't. Ever.
Bye for now.
the phrase "God Damn It" is meaningless, silly, out of context, and stupid. And HUGELY overused.
If your world has no god, and the people have never developed a belief in a god, why would they invent such a phrase? (hint: They wouldn't.)
Worse yet, even in a world that has a god, the phrase still doesn't mean a whole lot unless it has a "hell" since "damn" means to consign to hell.
Worse yet more, in a Christian setting the phrase is a violation of "not use God's name in vain" as it is a command to God - not an appropriate thing to do (us normal peoples ask God, not command him). Particularly exacerbating the 'sin' is that it is used often to express frustration rather than an actual desire - there is no "it" that is intended to be consigned to hell, just expressing a rage at being injured, for example.
So there is no actual case where the phrase fits a fantasy or comic setting, yet it appears in almost every one I have read (and I read a LOT).
If you write - remember to check the etymology of your phrases or I might be writing a specific critique of your usage - and naming names!
and even if it fits, don't use it simply because it is trite. Just don't. Ever.
Bye for now.
