I find I don't need to swear a lot - just loudly, sometimes. :) Some nice Anglo-Saxon words with lots of hard consonants. I had a nice rant down the phone to someone, about all the little annoying things that had happened to me, and got it out of my system.

I tend to expect people not to be offended by my language, because it's pretty moderate, really - but I did get an anonymous comment on ff.net once, asking if I really must combine the classics (I mentioned Jane Eyre in the fic) with such flagrant use of bad language (it was from Wolverine's POV). I was annoyed, but amused. Because, yes, actually - I must. It was from Wolverine's POV. If I'd been writing, say, Spike from BTVS, he'd say "Bloody hell" a lot. If I'd been writing Daniel, he'd use a lot of big words and run-on sentences, and occasionally stammer if he was really over-excited. It depends what's appropriate.

:) Yes - and I don't mind if people want to object to the rating I've put something under - that's a legitimate objection, to me. But really... if someone doesn't like swearing, they're going to be very limited in what Wolverine fics they can read. Ach. Mostly I wish they hadn't gone anonymous, so I could have (politely!) replied. Then again, that would probably just provoke an argument. *shrugs*

And, heh. Venting is healthy. Also, funny, sometimes. :)