VentureSpace (OT)
Nja, det är inte den exakta betydelsen, men jag är så smickrad över att nån snor min terminologi, så det duger.
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VentureSpace
"VentureSpace" is a strange sibling of XenaTime. In VentureSpace, all places and countries are somehow stuck in a period most suited for adventures. In VentureSpace, if you go to the American West, even if the heroes may rent a jeep and arrive by plane, most things are still as in the Wild West. In VentureSpace, if you go to India, it is the India of Kipling, where maharadjas with egg-siezed rubies in their turbans rule populations mostly made up of wise fakirs, raving cultists and snake charmers . In VentureSpace, Central Europe still has umpteen little principalities run by Grand Dukes or small-scale Kings with German names were the population wear lederhosen, practice preindustrial farming and regularily storm the local castle with pitchforks and torches.
VentureSpace usually has more discretion than XenaTime. Even if the Viking Age might be a more "interesting" time period if our heroes go to Scandinavia, a modern hero won't encounter Vikings, even if the story might somehow connect to the Viking Age (by being about an old treasure, for instance). VentureSpace should not be confused with similar phenomenon of treating "foreign" countries with less demands on realism than the heroes' own country, which can be attributed to the simple fact that the readers/viewers are less likely to lose their suspense of disbelief over erraneous details (as in the movie King Ralf, which gives the Republic of Finland a king and queen and invents a fictional royal dynasty for the United Kingdoms - if the movie had made the *USA* a monarchy, it would have been too absurd for most viewers).
Erik