[ SECRET POST #7029 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7029 ⌋

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

My flabber is well and truly gasted. I've just noped out of a fanfic because they were censoring brand names. As in "I bought him a Sw*tch 2 and a Minecr*ft sword for Christmas".

This is the second fic I've come across where this gas happened, but I genuinely thought it was just a typo the first time! I cannot think of a single reason why you would bother to censor brand names in a fanfic of all things.

Re: Transcript by OP

[pengilly]

I think that copyright laws are stricter in Japan or something, which is why you'll often see "Wcdonald's" as a parody of McDonald's in Japanese media. Not sure why they would do that in fic though. Maybe the author just read a lot of manga or something, and it's a stylistic choice?

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[(Anonymous)]

I think it was originally about copyright, but now it's more of a parody thing. Censoring brand names is like a normal part of Japanese humor. It happens with celebrity names too, which can't be copyrighted. Sometimes it's under the guise of "no celebrities were harmed" but it's really just because bleeps and empty circles (more common in Japanese than asterisks and serve the same purpose) are "funny," there's no legal obligation to do it.

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

You know, that doesn't bother me like Sw*tch does. Call it a Shift instead and that's fine, doesn't bother me. Call Brad Pit, Chad Trench. Whatever. That is kind of funny. But M*necraft irrationally annoys me for some reason.