On swearing

My supervillain origin story.

I fucking love a good swear. I always have, and always will. It’s probably why I took to working in hospitality so well. No one is censored.

Fuck this. Fuck that. Fuck you. Fuck yeah!

It will come as no surprise to you, but I started swearing as soon as I could speak English. Colloquial Cantonese isn’t exactly the most elegant, either. To me, I was just translating how I would normally speak for a different audience- they just didn’t expect it to come out of a child.

I don’t know why it shocked my parents so much, but the first time I swore, they were lost for words. My mother was embarrassed, and my dad laughed after he regained composure.

“Where did you learn to swear,” he asked.
“From you.”
"Impossible.”