How does /lit/ feel about italics? Is it unique only to the English

>>9191301
>i am a monolingual pleb

>>9191305
>he isnt fluent in, at least, 6 different languages

they have their place, although some people tend to <i>over-use</i> them. Frank Herbert, i'm looking at <i>you</i>.

Always feels pretentious and unnecessary.
If you have so little confidence in your writing to start decorating it with bells and whistles, you probably are a shitty writer.

>>9191301
They're not strictly necessary, but can be a helpful tool. I like to have a character's thoughts italicized, because it's always a bit awkward when the text suddenly jumps to first person present tense without warning.

>>9191301
Not needed, but they can be useful. I prefer to keep them limited to object/building names but they can also be useful for indicating a character's thoughts, assuming you don't go overboard.

>>9191427
YOURERIGHTWESHOULDALLTYPELIKETHIS

>>9191301
They're completely fine if you want to highlight a word. Just don't abuse them :)