>>37618984https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.2022Here it is! I vaguely remember reading mentions of maple sap’s sugar content being lower when grown in colder climates but I can’t find where I saw it so it might just be in my head or I mixed it up with birch sap. I think the final sugar level of syrup is determined by the production process so the main effects of the lower sugar content in sap would be the syrup taking more sap to make and it might have more non-sugar stuff in it (which applies to birch sap and might be related to my confusion)
>>37631138Good question! I think in practice it actually varies quite a bit! Let me explain
I would say the general attitude of /vnug/ culture towards sex would be something like “get a room”. What you do with consenting people in your own place isn’t something others can intrude upon but public display of intimacy is usually frowned upon. Given most of /vnug/ is below freezing half of the year you probably won’t want to show too much skin in public anyway. That said /vnug/ doesn’t really see sex (and nudity) itself in a negative way and traditional sauna isn’t gender-segregated. Sauna rooms are still considered public spaces though so you’ll be told to get a room (some saunas have small rooms that can be used for that) or take a cold bath if you try to get intimacy in public sauna rooms. The jury’s still out on visible arousal in sauna but probably ranges from “it can’t be helped” to “go take a shower”.
The main exception to this reserved attitude in public would be during the summer solstice. The festival usually lasts between a long weekend to a whole week and is about the only country-wide celebration where most of the usual social norms are suspended. It’s based on ancient festivals like Saturnalia and Dionysia but you can think of it as something between what people think Mardi Gras is like and what Mardi Gras is actually like. During that time you can push a lot of boundaries in terms of public display of affection and intimacy although you still probably can’t strip naked or do the actual deed outside or in proper shrines
As for actually getting laid it’s probably more complicated than in /risu/ although there are places where you can pay for that, but you’ll need to know where to look for those because of the reserved attitude mentioned above. As a rule of thumb elves are more selective in partner than humans and humans are more selective than palkyries, and the north’s more selective than the south. Obviously it depends on individuals but I imagine getting laid with a Penelite (northern and are often elves) would require the most effort in “setting the mood” while Palherjar (southern and primarily palkyries) are more straight-forward even though some degree of finesse and savviness would still be required in most cases. That said premarital intimacy, even extramarital ones are not condemned (as long as everyone involved is okay with it) but usually only involves people who have stuck around for at least a while to mitigate the risk of tourists trying the pump-and-dump trick, especially in rural communities where an extra mouth to feed would be a significant burden to the whole settlement