@trooper6, @SinSisters: Oh don't get me wrong, know that in the US A LOT of young teens go around drinking and having sex, what I mean is that in that place it is considered legally WORNG, while in Denmark, no one really cares if 15 year-olds are running around doing that, parents are usually just like "Be safe sweetie! See you!" And they come home drunk as hell, maybe throw up a bit in the toilet in the monring, annd it will be regarded as something as simple as having a stomach ache (unless they seem to have alcohol poisoning of course). So I just thought that maybe players/readers might feel uncomfortable reading about something that is generally considered bad/illegal in their country (thinking generally the US here), that is completely acceptable and legal in Denmark.
I was actually the opposite of this in high school, I didn't start drinking alcohol until I was almost 19 in Denmark, which is kinda like someone not drinking in the US until they're 25-26-ish
And I'm still a virgin even today (and the only virgin I currently know in fact) But I was also the only one in the whole school in the years I was there, who didn't drink at all, and never had. I was actually kind of known as the girl who looked like Lady GaGa/Barbie who was very religious and didn't drink an wanted to stay a virgin until marriage (now I'm agnostic, and drink, but I'm still at least saving myself for someone I really love), but yeah, if you didn't drink, it would be very much pointed out and noticed.
But yeah, I agree that I'm being too judgementa on Denmark ^^'' I actually got to like the idea of making the VN take place in Denmark after a lot of thinking and brainstorming, so i think that's what I'll end up doing now
Thank you for your response!
@Zootower: Oh yes, the Danes themselves are pretty liberal people, I just meant (as stated in the above answer) that I was more thinking about how people from other countries, where it is actually illegal, but still happens, might react to a place where this is so normal, it's practically a big part of our culture AND completely legal and okay with everyone ^^''. And I actually haven't seen that much difference in people coming from the big city compared to out on the country (where I live). The only difference is the last thing you mentioned, such as accent, speech-patterns and also certain social rules (probably because a lot of people know each other in the country, and are therefore more relaxed towards how we talk to each other etc. etc.).
@trooper6: Oh yes, sexual drive has next to nothing to do with how you act on it. I think that japanese people have the same sex-drive as any other person might, they just react to it differently. But I've honestly only seen 1 pregnancy in my high school time at least 1 pregnancy that turned into a birth rather than adoption), people are pretty good at using protection etc. here as far as what I've seen. We keep getting hit on our head every year about the government complaining we're not producing enough children every year
@Tatty: Yeah, I think I was leaning away from writing about denmark, since to me it seemed kind of like: something familiar = boring. But I kinda changed my mind now, and instead thought of how this could be an opportunity to make other people experience something UNfamiliar
Danish folklore is pretty outdated nowadays though, not even religion seems to interest many people anymore (unless you grew up in an actively religious household). Or at the very least we just don't have anything to do with norse mythology anymore.
Hahah, thank you, let's see what it ends up as! XD
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I actually have another idea for a second VN, which also draws some inspiration from Denmark! Now, I don't know if this is common/how common it is other places than Scandinavia, but usually at christmas time, people will buy these sort of "countdown-christmas/advent calendars", and you can for example buy a chocolate version (example pictured here:
http://ninja4ever.files.wordpress.com/2 ... er-070.jpg ), and from the 1st of Deceember until the 24th of December every day you open a new window and get a piece you chocolate. And every year in Denmark, we also have "TV advent calendars", usually about Santa Claus and his elves (or as Danes say, "nisser", they're a very specific kind of elves, almost always portrayed wearing red and a Santa hat, in Danish called "nissehue", and being a mischevious adventurous species). It's usually always family-friendly, targeted towards kids and about saving the world/christmas.
And I've always thought how fun it could be if there was like a (otome?)VN that functioned as an advent calendar the same way those TV-calendars work, where it would portray a christmas story, and each day there was a new episode that came out ready to play. I don't know how this concept seems to others, as I'm pretty sure these kinds of advent calendars are only common in Scandinavia, but if anyone has thoughts on this idea (positive or negative), place do leave a comment!
Again, thanks for all your answers! Please excuse any typos etc.~