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  1. AHQ: Fate of Russia in a surviving Byzantine TL

    Copy, not perfect analogy, I get it. What is Constantinople to Russia iTTL, then? Simply another city? Thanks, appreciate the information. I feel like you're talking down to be, though. I'm asking questions because this is an area where I personally lack information. If I already knew this...

  2. Polish Lithuanian Russian Swedish Commonwealth

    Well, you'd better have serious religious tolerance (the PLC model is a good start) and a way to balance the many ethnic concerns if this behemoth has any hope of long term survival. I think from the start you've given yourself a serious Slavic Orthodox majority here with Minsk, Kiev, and Moscow...

  3. AHQ: Fate of Russia in a surviving Byzantine TL

    Thanks all for the replies. I realize I cast a wide net here. That was somewhat on purpose to drive a wide conversation rather than focus on a single PoD or scenario. So running consensus is, irrespective of PoD, Russia still emerges as the regional power, but C-town retains the Spiritual...

  4. AHQ: Fate of Russia in a surviving Byzantine TL

    So, assuming that for whatever reason the Byzantine/East Roman Empire survives in relatively good shape into the modern era (pick any PoD: no Manzikert, no 4th Crusade, better leadership, Turk-screw, whatever), what is the ultimate fate of the Rus peoples? Do we ever get a unified Russian...

  5. Nobunaga’s Ambition Realized: Dawn of a New Rising Sun

    So they just brutally repressed Calvinists and desecrated and rechristened their houses of worship. What could possibly go wrong?

  6. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    Thinking more about the fate of Islam and the Islamic States. Presumably the fall of Baghdad to the Mongols still happens, possibly even earlier, but where is a Caliph to go? The Seljuks are the enemy and rather "Mongoled" themselves at the moment. Even if the Khwarazmians weren't likewise...

  7. TLIAW: Beijing Blues - China without Tiananmen

    So in this case TLIAW = "Timeline In About Whenever I can get to it." :winkytongue: ;) No worries, mate, in your own time. Creativity comes and goes. Relax, take a walk, it'll come.

  8. How Isolated Would Vinland be in the Little Ice Age?

    Presumably mostly just a small herding village and resupply station, then? With Vinland as a large and successful colony, I presume there's only so much the Danish crown could do to enforce such a ban. Presumably Greenland is pulled de facto into the orbit of the Jarl of Vinland, or whomever...

  9. How Isolated Would Vinland be in the Little Ice Age?

    ...the Beothuk regularly took down moose, so I doubt a cow or even warhorse is going to scare them). Farming will really take off when they reach *Prince Edward Island, which could be a real bread basket for Greater Vinland. Greenland likely doesn't survive the end of the sea ivory trade...

  10. Hensonverse Speculation and Commentary

    Then you and @nick_crenshaw82 need to coordinate your ideas. For what its worth, recall that Hartigay played Scully in TTL's X Files. This may affect things either way...

  11. Hensonverse Speculation and Commentary

    Did it appear in any threadmarked guest posts, or is this a work in progress?

  12. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    That late? Agreed, not necessary. That dramatic? Oh, definitely necessary! There must be shocking and dramatic defenestrations or it just isn't Medieval/Early Modern Germany! And with knowledge "a mile wide and an inch deep" big-picture is my contribution here, as I see it. Copy, flip a coin...

  13. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    ...up in a tributary arrangement with the Horde, who could care less which of those pesky Abrahamic Faiths rules a fucking rock. Both Roman Emperors* shower the city with wealth and vie for influence. As the Mongols Islamify, however, things Get Interesting. Seeds of a new Caliphate? *...

  14. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    Oh, fully agree, actually. I see a unified Angevin as what we now call a "near peer" rather than a "true peer". AE wouldn't often go toe-to-toe in total war with the HRE, but more compete obliquely and angle for cheap gains when the HRE is distracted, or try to build coalitions to check the...

  15. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    Wrt France & England, I guess you have three choices: 1) France repels the Angevins per OTL, 2) the Angevins absorb/merge with the French (one-state), or 3) they remain divided (multi-state). 1) and especially 2) lead to a notable rival to the HRE, one which could hypothetically rally (or at...

  16. WI Frederick Barbarossa doesn’t drown (2023 ed)

    Agree France remains divided for the near term. The question is how long does that last? How long could a divided France persist? Would one side or the other eventually triumph? Would we eventually get a unified France that is either in union with England or a separate nation like OTL? Would a...

  17. AHC: Make Bridgerton realistic. Africans intermix with European nobility.

    The idea was that this half-Indian prince would have to fight for his legitimacy, probably by the sword, so after securing his crown he sets out to break cultural taboos with the help of the church, thus setting into motion a slow change to cultural norms opening the door to non-white nobility...

  18. Carpenter's Hammer: When Karen went Punk. A Hensonverse TLIAW

    I've got a lot on my plate, but PM me your ideas.

  19. Carpenter's Hammer: When Karen went Punk. A Hensonverse TLIAW

    Thank you, @eliamartin65. Glad you enjoyed it.

  20. Would a Hybrid Heli-Carrier style Airship be practical?

    Awesome but Impractical, to say the least. As others have noted, Airships are costly, fragile, have limited carriage capability, limited ceiling, and are vulnerable to bad weather, which limits military applicability, as recent attempts to resurrect the Airship as a mobile command and recon post...
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