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Specificity vs Near-Fantasy (Patreon)

Published:
2024-03-14 14:07:14
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

Specificity vs Near-Fantasy

  • Specificity, more realism even if fictional 10
  • Keep things cozy and more vague as you've been doing. 41
  • Other (Explain in the comments) 5
  • 2024-03-14
  • 56 votes
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Content

As you may have noticed, some details about the world in which Harem House takes place have been intentionally vague. My idea was to keep it close to reality while making it vague enough to be relatable. The University, while fictional, is never explicitly named. The same is true of the town, the city, etc. 

The idea at the time was to let it be any town, any school, etc. 

As the series progresses more details are  filling in, and as I work on the wiki for this world, I've come to a decision point.

Should I maintain the vague nearly fantasy style of calling it The Town, The University, The City, etc. Or, should I make a choice as to where expressly these things are in our real world and make fictional versions of them.

Let me know your thoughts.

Comments

Joseph Snyder

You can name things if you want but still keep it fantasy. It does not need to be set in the real world. If anything it shouldn't be.

David (Dobie) Gillis

Yeah, I agree. Things that are not important to the main plot don't really need to be defined, though I know in sections, like the first date with Mindy, "Where did you grow up" was a little confusing, but if you give the local city and the university a name then it may be easier to refer to it.

BreakerMouse

As you continue, a complete lack of details is going to get increasingly weird and lead to a lack of description. If they jog thru a forest, is it palm trees or pines? Is the library modern steel and glass or weathered stone named after a union general? Is the new house on the edge of a mountain lake or walking distance from a nude beach? These add potential for plot, enhance immersion and character. But real world specifics have issues as well: it ends up with a vampire novel set in Forks that somehow never mentions logging. It requires a lot of work to understand the local area, buildings, travel times etc even if you live nearby - it’s a time sink. I voted Other, and would suggest a balance. Narrow your location to a specific region, if not state, and then create a fictional town, university etc with names, school colors and mascot, a couple local features and neighborhoods.

John Henry

I don't think any specific real place needs to be named, then sticking to it can be hard but have a region in mind to keep consistent. Mondel on something? Is it driving , is there public, when you talk about October what does that really mean like FL v Ohio will there be snow, are the leaves going to change. As the story grows details are going to need to grow too

Andross

I agree with most of the other commenters. Additionally, I think any advantage gained by specifying a setting is probably offset by the extra time and energy needed to retroactively add it in (at some point, I assume).