Unpopular opinion, but R-rated “teen dramas” like Euphoria should just be set in college.
The characters don’t look or act like teenagers. They’re played by adults, doing adult things—clubbing, drinking, hooking up, and having way too mature relationships for high school. Yeah, some teens experiment, but not like this. If you removed the scenes at school, everyone would assume these characters are 21-25.
Character ages should make sense narratively. Nickelodeon and Disney shows like iCarly or Victorious worked because they were actually about teens, played by teens, written for teens. Even Spider-Man makes sense as a teenage story—he’s a kid juggling real responsibility. But with Euphoria, it feels like they just made everyone “15” for shock value.
If your show’s rated TV-MA and aimed at adults, just make the characters adults. It’d be more believable and way less creepy.
What makes you believe this?
It’s not too far off some stories of my childhood except mine was in the 90’s so all LGBTQ’s were in the closet. We were drinking, doing drugs and having sex the majority of our teen years. And on a regular basis.
Honestly the only unrealistic part of the few teen dramas I’ve seen are the cars, the beauty standards, and the percent of girls that become teen parents. I knew 6 people practising makeshift bdsm and rope play before junior year.
We didn’t have internet porn so our sex was pretty awkward. I had bdsm fantasies but didn’t know that that was actually a thing people did.