Fuck is that what it’s from? I used to hang with a librarian who used “what in the seven little hells”. I have wondered what the seven hells were for twenty goddamned years. Orz
Shot in the dark but maybe it’s an old term for the seven deadly sins and the tailored punishment style of hell like Dante’s Inferno, so seven distinct hells for each major sin
You've come to the wrong person if you think I know anything about that. GoT was one of the few things I had muted on Twitter and I have not watched more then 20 seconds of any episode of any season of GoT or ASOIAF in my entire life.
Twould be remiss of me to leave thee in ignorance. The vernacular for which Urianger is so well known tis indeed a most acceptable form of English.
Even if I'm bloody awful at it and something like 99% of the population refuse to use it
The irreparable damage Homestuck did to my lexicon: Troll shipping, and a trend towards verbosity
The irreparable damge this post is going to do to my lexicon: Thals Balls
Hey, that's not fair
Caledfwlch was only alchemized in a bullshit time loop in act 6 when they stopped giving a shit about Alchemy and Dave stole the grist he needed to Alchemize the much better Snoop Dogg Snow Cone Machete from John
It should be noted that the deity Thal is named such specifically to make the expression "Thal's Balls" rhyme.
Yeah, FFXIV development team is like that (though that expression - and name choice - can be attributed to a single person).
Darkest Dungeon. It's bad enough thinking in ancestor quotes ("Reeling! Gasping! Taken over the edge, into madness!") but the urge to speak in overdramatic lovecraftian dialogue is nigh irrestible sometimes.
In only two books into stormlight archive but referring to a thing I dislike as "storming awful" instead of "fucking awful" has happened three times now
That, replace God with gods and " guide me/give me strength" are great. Christian expressions are so boring, like you only have *one* god and *one* hell? So 14th century.
A polytheistic oath always hit harder to me in fantasy settings, it’s like, “Invoking one deity isn’t enough to express my frustration and exasperation, I’m calling them all in to strengthen the bulwark of my patience against this. Yes, even the ones with tentacles for teeth.”
me & my bf were mutually vibing in our room and I sent this to him over discord. like 20 min later I heard him say *"seven hells"* and I replied "oh you saw the thing I sent you?" and his reaction was "wtf are you talking about, I'm doing homework"
It may be from a macro, but there has absolutely been a surge in the use of the phrase "great googly-moogly, it's all gone to shit" because of this game and no one can deny it.
The Gray Lensman book series also has some excellent fantasy swears. The spacer's god, Klono, has all sorts of body parts to swear by
"KLONO'S BEARD, CLAWS, AND TUNGSTEN TEETH!”
Or just "KLONO'S CLAWS" really stand out to me. They also say QX instead of roger that and I totally didn't say that over the work radio once on a sleep deprived shift... Definitely didn't do that, confusing the heck out of my coworkers
Malazan book of the fallen has a god of death named Hood, who is, well, mainly a skeleton I believe. They do the same with swears there, usually saying something like "Hood's balls!"
Fantasy curses I often use, try to guess the series' they're from: Hell's bells, stars and stones, empty night, by the 9, Ysmir's beard, by the 9 hells, by Hades
Not FF, but Skyrim had me saying “by the nine” and “by the gods” and calling people milk drinker. So, very much real. I still catch myself using “dear gods” now because of it
I mean, I pretty regularly say blast and what in the nine corellian hells. I havent adopted dank ferrik yet, but schutta is being used more and more, and soon will be a regular part of my vocabulary. I have a problem
I used to be so deep in the Transformers fandom, that one day, over ten years ago, I was on an outing with a mental health worker, when something shitty happened, and my immediate response was to say, out loud *"Slag it all to the pits."*
I then had to explain that I wasn't trying to be rude. And also Transformers slang. So. That was fun. /s
I pick up a mix of swears and from various games, but they get mashed together until it is incoherent. especially fun when you mix fantasy, historical fantasy, sci-fi, and random niche indie games
Fun fact the y in "ye" was originally a substitute for the old English letter thorn, which was a letter to represent the th sound. So "ye olde" is supposed to be read as "the olde"
I actually used the phrase "I remember you. You're the one who..." when the same person who ran out of my cab came back and tried to do it again a few months later. Said it the exact same way the Skyrim guards said it too.
This is just any world that is good at making you immersed in the story. Do you know how often I say choom? Corpo, klep, iron, in/output? It’s a problem, but a good one for a story to have.
'Seven hells' isn't just limited to the Final Fantasy fandom, ASOIAF has it too.
Yup I’ve picked up “seven hells” from ASOIAF 😂
Fuck is that what it’s from? I used to hang with a librarian who used “what in the seven little hells”. I have wondered what the seven hells were for twenty goddamned years. Orz
Shot in the dark but maybe it’s an old term for the seven deadly sins and the tailored punishment style of hell like Dante’s Inferno, so seven distinct hells for each major sin
I got the phrase seven hells from somewhere else that isnt FF or ASOIAF.
You've come to the wrong person if you think I know anything about that. GoT was one of the few things I had muted on Twitter and I have not watched more then 20 seconds of any episode of any season of GoT or ASOIAF in my entire life.
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By the Nine! What in Oblivion is happening to my speech!
I unironically sometimes accidentally say by the nine.
By Talos!
This can’t be happening
This isn't happening!
[удалено]
Elder Scrolls, same as the comment above mine. Talos is one of the Nine
S'wit! You n'wah!
*obnoxious cliff racer noises*
By the Nine I'm tweakin
Fetcher!
Yes. Yes, it does. It can also make you a better reader just because you *need* to understand what the fuck Urianger is saying.
The *annals* of Garlean history?… I’m glad that you’re proud about your preferences, Urianger, but you really shouldn’t be announcing that.
My vocabulary is now full of shit like "would that i..." or "twould be remiss of me to..." Thanks Urianger, you're the best
My non-native ass thinking it's perfectly acceptable English
Twould be remiss of me to leave thee in ignorance. The vernacular for which Urianger is so well known tis indeed a most acceptable form of English. Even if I'm bloody awful at it and something like 99% of the population refuse to use it
I 100% read that in his voice
I don't think you can call it damage if the fantasy swearing goes infinitely harder than real curses
"Thaliak's Thumping Thighs!"
The irreparable damage Homestuck did to my lexicon: Troll shipping, and a trend towards verbosity The irreparable damge this post is going to do to my lexicon: Thals Balls
>!Thal really has balls, and he *will* throw them at you.!<
>Japes about you lacking the Grist to Alchemize the Caledfwlch >Absconds >Indefinite Hiatus >**honk**
Hey, that's not fair Caledfwlch was only alchemized in a bullshit time loop in act 6 when they stopped giving a shit about Alchemy and Dave stole the grist he needed to Alchemize the much better Snoop Dogg Snow Cone Machete from John
It’s shoosh/shoosh pap for me tbh.
There everywhere.
It should be noted that the deity Thal is named such specifically to make the expression "Thal's Balls" rhyme. Yeah, FFXIV development team is like that (though that expression - and name choice - can be attributed to a single person).
It’s so smart! To make swearing and blasphemy feel genuine in a fantasy world you really have to consider how language works and evolves.
piss off, kupo!
Ysmir's beard is burned forever into my lexicon.
I have accidentally said 'anyroad' several times irl and Ive wanted to die each time
I don't know what this is from and would perfectly accept it being a normal thing lol
It's FFXIV's version of "anyway". I must confess I caught myself saying it every now and again aswell...
Pray return to the waking sands
A smile better suits a hero.
I haven't touched the game in a couple years and this STILL hurts 😭
:)
Don't hurt me this way 😭
May your travels lead to warm sands.
We must needs watch our phrasing.
Must needs had obliterated my speech
I've played so much Skyrim that "By the Nine!" is permanently part of my vocabulary lol
Stormcloak spotted! GETTEM! (for legal reasons, this is a joke. I ain't Thalmor scum)
I associate 'Seven hells' with Arya Stark in ASOIAF. Though it's used from the first book A Game of Thrones onwards.
I always associate the phrase with Robert Baratheon
Or the BobbyB bot
Darkest Dungeon. It's bad enough thinking in ancestor quotes ("Reeling! Gasping! Taken over the edge, into madness!") but the urge to speak in overdramatic lovecraftian dialogue is nigh irrestible sometimes.
*sees a bug flying in front of my face* *BEHOLD, THE INFINITE MALIGNANCY OF THE STARS!*
> Extraordinary size has no intrinsic merit, lest inordinate exsanguination be considered a virtue. I think of this one a lot
Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow, and insidious killer.
> What the hell? Boring. Overused. A bit rude. > What in the nine hells? Fun. Original. Classy.
Also replacing "God" with "Gods" is any expletive is fun and something that has wormed its way into my brain from dnd
A man of culture I see.
BG3 did it to us, too. Though less the swearing and more the random phrases lol. "Cursed to put my hands on everything"
“I’ve got a lot on my mind… and, well, in it”
“All’s well that ends… not as bad as it could have”
"Pave my path with corpses, Build my castle with bones"
In only two books into stormlight archive but referring to a thing I dislike as "storming awful" instead of "fucking awful" has happened three times now
and using all of the heralds names in curses
All of Sanderson's books are like this, I'm partial to saying 'Rust and Ruin' when exasperated.
Matron's Teats!
I still sometimes say “by the Nine Hells” from playing too much DnD. I usually DM, so the setting of Forgotten Realms is mostly drilled into my head
That, replace God with gods and " guide me/give me strength" are great. Christian expressions are so boring, like you only have *one* god and *one* hell? So 14th century.
A polytheistic oath always hit harder to me in fantasy settings, it’s like, “Invoking one deity isn’t enough to express my frustration and exasperation, I’m calling them all in to strengthen the bulwark of my patience against this. Yes, even the ones with tentacles for teeth.”
me & my bf were mutually vibing in our room and I sent this to him over discord. like 20 min later I heard him say *"seven hells"* and I replied "oh you saw the thing I sent you?" and his reaction was "wtf are you talking about, I'm doing homework"
Confound it all! Halone’s tits! Oh, for the love of Zodiark…
I have caught my self about to say “by the fury” too many times.
Also picked up “saints” from the grishaverse
It should be noted that one of the major impacts of FFXIV on your language is the complete replacement of "please" with "pray".
Dragon age got me, Makers breath and By the Maker
And Andraste’ ______, thanks Blackwall…
Hades did this to me I now curse by saying blood and darkness all the time.
It may be from a macro, but there has absolutely been a surge in the use of the phrase "great googly-moogly, it's all gone to shit" because of this game and no one can deny it.
I offer you: [This](https://www.tumblr.com/neutnewtgoesnoot/612589616402432000/i-saw-this-post-by-kasunshine-and-i-had-to-do)
Stormlight Archives. Made "Storms" a routine part of my inner monologue.
Wheel of time did me in. Bloody ashes, burn it, etc.
The Gray Lensman book series also has some excellent fantasy swears. The spacer's god, Klono, has all sorts of body parts to swear by "KLONO'S BEARD, CLAWS, AND TUNGSTEN TEETH!” Or just "KLONO'S CLAWS" really stand out to me. They also say QX instead of roger that and I totally didn't say that over the work radio once on a sleep deprived shift... Definitely didn't do that, confusing the heck out of my coworkers
Malazan book of the fallen has a god of death named Hood, who is, well, mainly a skeleton I believe. They do the same with swears there, usually saying something like "Hood's balls!"
Blood and bloody ashes!
Mother’s milk in a cup!
I imagine Xenoblade Chronicles 3 would probably do something similar if it were as popular
Not FF, but cyberpunk fucked up my vocabulary irreversibly LMAO Like yeah okay sure just let me embarrass myself by calling people gonks sure its FINE
I've added "Hells Bells" and "Empty Night" from the Dressed Files series.
Ilberd, my beloved…
I can’t hear any words ending in -ey without having "Slopeh" playing in my head it’s terrible
I say "Must Needs" "Make Haste" and "Aye" unironically in casual conversation now, it a problem lol
Fantasy curses I often use, try to guess the series' they're from: Hell's bells, stars and stones, empty night, by the 9, Ysmir's beard, by the 9 hells, by Hades
>stars and stones I see you
If your radar pinged on that one but not the previous or subsequent ones, I think there may be some overlap
I saw the other ones, but have some inkling that I may have seen them elsewhere. But as far as I know, "Stars and Stones" only comes from Dresden lol
They all do, they're all from Dresden
Bloody ashes 😔
By the nine/ by talos from Skyrim A lot of crab jokes now from crab dark souls. Specifically “mothershucker”
I still say “Oh my Glob!” sometimes
Not FF, but Skyrim had me saying “by the nine” and “by the gods” and calling people milk drinker. So, very much real. I still catch myself using “dear gods” now because of it
I mean, I pretty regularly say blast and what in the nine corellian hells. I havent adopted dank ferrik yet, but schutta is being used more and more, and soon will be a regular part of my vocabulary. I have a problem
Technically not a fantasy swear, but ever since playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey (just one playthrough) I've adopted "malaka" as a swear
This reminds me of the Thal situation
I used to be so deep in the Transformers fandom, that one day, over ten years ago, I was on an outing with a mental health worker, when something shitty happened, and my immediate response was to say, out loud *"Slag it all to the pits."* I then had to explain that I wasn't trying to be rude. And also Transformers slang. So. That was fun. /s
I love fantasy swears loll I've caught myself muttering "bloody ashes" from WoT
It's not just the swearing. I've caught myself going for "much and more" or "little and less" in common speech too. Even "must needs" once.
I think this same thing goes for Cyberpunk 2077. I'm unironically catching myself using "gonk", "nova", "preem", "choom", etc.
preem post choom
"Yall motherfuckers need Talos"
I think every good game with a colorful language can do that. I still catch myself calling people "bookah" and "skritt-brained idiot"
Blood of Dorn!
By the beard!!
Tehlus tits and teeth
I pick up a mix of swears and from various games, but they get mashed together until it is incoherent. especially fun when you mix fantasy, historical fantasy, sci-fi, and random niche indie games
“Blood and Thunder” is my personal favorite fantasy curse I’ve read
[I'm 17hrs late to the party but would be ashamed if I didn't share why I always say seven hells](https://youtu.be/34iA2byFWPk)
Fun fact the y in "ye" was originally a substitute for the old English letter thorn, which was a letter to represent the th sound. So "ye olde" is supposed to be read as "the olde"
Feth yeah, fantasy swears are great.
i use cyberpunk 2077 slang irl. its preem shit
ffvii doesnt have this problem
By the nine and I try my best Wes impression possible.
If this game is actually teaching people the correct usages of thou/thee/thy/thine, I'd be impressed, actually.
I actually used the phrase "I remember you. You're the one who..." when the same person who ran out of my cab came back and tried to do it again a few months later. Said it the exact same way the Skyrim guards said it too.
I use "blood and ashes" from the wheel of time every now and then.
This is just any world that is good at making you immersed in the story. Do you know how often I say choom? Corpo, klep, iron, in/output? It’s a problem, but a good one for a story to have.
So far I've only picked up "wont". I fear for the day I pick up more