Upvoteanthology
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Not the timeline, just the thread in general!
That'll only get it locked, sad to say.
"What Madness Is This?" - A Timeline
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That'll only get it locked, sad to say.
I finally got around to reading this and just finished. I must say that was a thoroughly enjoyable read (for a complete dystopian crapsack that is).
I do hope that the alternate ending gets a proper ending eventually. Now to go read the expanded universe thread.
By the way am I the only on who saw the creation of LASR and immediately thought of this:
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I do hope that the alternate ending gets a proper ending eventually. Now to go read the expanded universe thread.
By the way am I the only on who saw the creation of LASR and immediately thought of this:
Hands down best Dystopian althist ever, possibly more the 1984, as 1984 didn't say why the World happened in full detail
Redcoat
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Super old post, I know, BUT ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES DO NOT USE ENGRISH!Sorry I haven't had the new guest chapters up yet, but I have been working on them. Just a combo of schoolwork and slight writers block kept me from finishing them. Hopefully both of them will be done by early October.
Anyways, I made a Polandball comic for this timeline, because why not?
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SuperZtar64
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You know, this whole timeline stirs up memories of a lyric from the Broadway musical Hamilton.
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
- Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
- Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton
Deleted member 96212
I'm steadily making my way through this timeline, and boy, is it a good one. Nice job so far.
A minor quip I had right here though:
Since Custer adopted Joseph, saved him from certain death, and adores the hell out of him, doesn't this mean Custer isn't a true psychopath? A real psychopath would've let Joseph starved, no?
As I said, minor nitpick, and I'm happy to read the story.
A minor quip I had right here though:
It all comes together now, huh? Custer's ridiculously fake religious life (I dropped constant hints at that fact, as well as that almost no R.U. leader actually believes in the AFC, and use it as tool, like A. A. Lincoln did, and to "opiate the people"), how this universe's Joe Steele/Michael Custer would still wind up as a worse-than-OTL stone-cold heartless, mass-murderer, and just how Steele came into Custer's family. Seriously, this guy doesn't care his adopted father and leader of America murdered and raped his own mother, kidnapped him, and shot his father, all because he's become a spoiled, rich bourgeoisie little brat and has it made. He's willing to continue persecuting Slavs, his own kind, and promote AFCanity because it keeps him in power and he doesn't care what he has to do to stay there. He's a full-blown psychopath, just like George Custer has been revealed to be.
Since Custer adopted Joseph, saved him from certain death, and adores the hell out of him, doesn't this mean Custer isn't a true psychopath? A real psychopath would've let Joseph starved, no?
As I said, minor nitpick, and I'm happy to read the story.
I'm steadily making my way through this timeline, and boy, is it a good one. Nice job so far.
A minor quip I had right here though:
Since Custer adopted Joseph, saved him from certain death, and adores the hell out of him, doesn't this mean Custer isn't a true psychopath? A real psychopath would've let Joseph starved, no?
As I said, minor nitpick, and I'm happy to read the story.
He did need a successor. Likely saw Joseph as a means to an end.
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He could've adopted a "pure" American then. The fact that Custer decided to adopt a kid considered to be an inferior may signify that there's some humanity left in him.
If Custer is a pyschopath, he wouldn't give a damn about racial purity and "inferior" versus "Better of Society". All that is just political tools. So long as no one knew Joseph wasn't pure, it didn't matter.
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True, but the whole thing just strikes me as odd. But no matter. I continue on and hope that the TL will still be as amazing as what I've read so far.
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I've read this TL like three times, and I think its inspired me to make a TL similar to it. I'm not sure how to work it out yet though
Funny thing is, now that you mention it, I've considered doing something similar myself for a little while now.
And honestly, this TL being bumped also makes me want to read the whole thing all over again.....
In a similar manner I once considered doing an ATL map based on this line from Black Christmas:
Got some work done before abandoning it for other projects. Maybe I'll get back to it someday.
Got some work done before abandoning it for other projects. Maybe I'll get back to it someday.
Redcoat
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There's even been fanfics of this IIRC.Funny thing is, now that you mention it, I've considered doing something similar myself for a little while now.
And honestly, this TL being bumped also makes me want to read the whole thing all over again.....