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The Tai-Pan

Gentleman Johnny said:
Wow, this is really interesting.
I would love to know more about this TL if you have more. Breakaway socialist New England is a new one I haven't seen before in a scenario like this.

I've always been fascinated by independent New England TLs & this is certainly a unique one.​
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Thank you for your kind words. I don't have more for this TL , no. Just a one off. But since you like it, maybe I'll revisit it. I'm not a big fan of surviving CSAs, though. This one had a Confederacy because it is hard to imagine the USA selling the Keys.
 

AllthetTropesMan

King of the Uzbeks said:
Wikibending:
Seige of Ba Sing Se
The Five Wisdoms
Bumi
Metalbending
Hundred Year War
The Floral Crisis
The Clash of the Comet
Southern Water Tribe Constitutional Convention
Azula
Equalist Party
Hakoda
Ember Island Conference
Abbot-General
8 Wonders
Future Industries
Glorious Revolution

Rangi of Kyoshi: Memory and Myth-making is a biographical and historiographical work by Akari Hu published in 155 in the United Republic of Nations. It won the Taisho-Denali Prize for Best Historical Work of the year.

Hu opens with a light summary of the life of Rangi, first wife of the Avatar Kyoshi. Rangi was born in 312, a member of the Sei’naka Clan and a daughter of Hei-Ran, herself a famed firebending tutor and companion to Avatar Kuruk. She became a bodyguard at the false Avatar Yun’s residence, as well as a friend to the true Avatar Kyoshi, who was also present. Shortly after Kyoshi was revealed to be the true Avatar, the pair entered into a relationship. Rangi was thus an intimate companion for much of Kyoshi’s life. Whatever means Kyoshi used to extend her life, she shared with Rangi, who also enjoyed an extended lifetime. Rangi would support her wife throughout her life, emerging as a world figure in her own right, mediating disputes and facing crisis and disaster. It was this role that cost her her life in 156 BG, when she fell in battle against a criminal conspiracy in what is now the Saunik Valley in the Southern Water Tribe. Her death is largely considered the catalyst for Kyoshi's aging and eventual death.

However Hu’s focus is not truly on a strict retelling of Rangi’s life and times, the actual biography only taking up two chapters of the book. More focus is given to his Rangi has been remembered, both in conventional history and cultural heritage. Hu argues that differing perspectives of Rangi reveal something about how historical events, namely the Hundred Years War, impact the history of early events, producing differing perspectives across time and space.

Even during her own lifetime, official Royal Archives in Ba Sing Se worked to downplay Rangi’s relationship with Kyoshi. Northern Earth Kingdom cultural taboos against same-sex relationships are generally blamed for this erasure, which is replicated in Water Tribe. With a rise in Earth Kingdom patriotism late in Kyoshi's life, declining relations with the Fire Nation, this trend accelerated towards removing of Rangi entirely or simply not mentioning her origins. Hu posits that this is the origin of the name “Rangi of Kyoshi” which is anachronistic as Kyoshi Island was not named as such in Rangi’s lifetime.

Fire Nation perspectives from during her lifetime are also muddled. The Land of the Setting Sun always had frosty relations with Avatar Kyoshi. Official documents portray a government not sure if Rangi was a direct line to the Avatar or feeding intelligence on the Fire Nation to Kyoshi.

After Kyoshi's death the so called “Roku Renaissance” began, as it became possible to assess Kyoshi's time as Avatar without Kyoshi herself present looming over historians. In the Fire Nation this was an explosion of nationalism and a disdain for the “brutish” Kyoshi, with Rangi generally portrayed at the puppetmaster behind and success. In the Earth Kingdom, Kyoshi’s efforts were tested immediately after her death, and her absence left a political vacuum that took years to fill. Among historians in the Southern Earth Kingdom who actually acknowledged her existence Rangi was often seen as exposing Kyoshi to centralizing tendencies in Fire Nation thought that were ill suited for the Earth Kingdom. The more sensationalist approaches placed the blame on Rangi, while more rational accounts view her influence as only one of many on Kyoshi’s state building.

The Hundred Years War brought an increased appreciation for the state building of Kyoshi, but Rangi’s reputation remained suppressed. The role of “good Firebender” was filled by Roku, tying into the hopes for the Avatar’s return. Rangi, a soldier by deposition and already sidelined by the conservative North, was airbrushed out almost as an afterthought. As the Fire Nation took an increasingly hardline stance against both Avatardom and same sex coupling, Rangi was forced out of history to spare the nation embarrassment. Hu convincingly argues that, by default, Water Tribe Oral histories became the most reliable sources during the war.

After the war, Rangi became something of a poster child for Fire Nation-Earth Kingdom collaboration. As the Kyoshi Warriors slotted into a role as interim bodyguards for the Fire Lord, a renewed interest in Rangi herself followed. Research was aided by the fact that Fire Lady Mai was a Sei’naka Clan member as well and opened the family archives. Hu cautions against over mythologizing Rangi, however, noting that her connection was largely personal, not evidence of the Fire Nation being non chauvinistic or selfless before Sozin as some have posited.

Hu closes with a reflection of the historical memory of Rangi on her longtime home, Kyoshi island. During the war she was downplayed to outsiders, but remained in most local narratives. There she is remembered as something between a mentor and a damsel. Her training is respected, as are Kyoshi and her exploits to save one another at various times, and her death is counted as one of Kyoshi’s great tragedies.

Critics were generally positive about the work. The Republic Daily called it “fascinating.” Ba Sing Se University Press called it “the foremost contribution to comparative historiography in years.” It is often used in introductory history courses to discuss the making of history.

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YES! More worldbuilding for the Avatarverse!
 
Višeslav

Višeslav

ThatAutisticGuy said:
I had to do a lower quality in order to make the map fit into the upload, but honestly a higher res one would be fantastic, thank you!
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Why not upload through imgur? I think that’s what I did for the original. If you still have the original in a higher res you could reupload that way.

If I’m gonna do it, unfortunately it’ll take a couple months because I won’t have access to photoshop until late august.
 
Višeslav

Višeslav

ThatAutisticGuy said:
Honestly I wasn’t entirely sure HOW to upload through Imgur but now that you mention it I’ll keep that in mind
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Because I’m not sure which aspect of the upload you’re confused by I’ll give a full step by step, it’s probably redundant and may come off as condescending so I want to be clear, it’s not meant that way.

Step 1: obviously go to the imgur website
Optional 2nd step: you don’t need to make an account to upload but it lets you have a convenient gallery of all your previous uploads for future use
Step 3: go to the upload page (either via a rectangular green button that on PC is on the top right though I’m not sure where on mobile, or via this link
Step 4: Drag and drop your image in or tap choose photo and navigate your device’s file system to find the image, pick it, press upload
Step 5: Once the image is uploaded, click the 3 dots at the top right of the image and select “get share links”, take the only one that starts with (without the spaces, I’m putting them here so the forum doesn’t treat it as an image upload)
[ i m g ]
Step 6: paste that share link into a post on the forum and boom, image is here
 
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ThatAutisticGuy

ThatAutisticGuy

Višeslav said:
Because I’m not sure which aspect of the upload you’re confused by I’ll give a full step by step, it’s probably redundant and may come off as condescending so I want to be clear, it’s not meant that way.
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No worries, it isn’t condescending at all, thank you! Honestly I’ve never really uploaded though Imgur so the tutorial helps me loads
 

Canadian Progressive

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MxCokoko

MxCokoko

The Tai-Pan said:
What aspect intrigues you?
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Just the entire thing, to be honest: a Danish front in WWI would be a huge blow to Germany, especially in 1916 when they're fighting in France and Russia mainly, with small forces on the Italian/Austrian border. And the concept that the relatively small leftist movements in Denmark, at least as I'm aware, getting a lot of power would kind of delegitimize the West's hatred of socialism when one of their major allies in the Great War was a socialist monarchy (those are the vibes I'm getting anyhow).
 

Canadian Progressive

Here's what I think the list of Presidents of the United States would look like in a scenario where Dukakis won the 1988 presidential election.
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Summary of elections (1988 - 2012)
1988 - Governor Michael Dukakis narrowly defeats Vice president George H.W. Bush.

1992 - President Michael Dukakis is defeated by Senator Bob Dole. Senator Al Gore replaces Vice president Lloyd Bentsen as Dukakis' running mate.

1996 - President Bob Dole is reelected, defeating Governor Mario Cuomo.

2000 - Senator Bill Clinton defeats Vice president Jack Kemp.

2004 - President Bill Clinton is reelected, defeating Senator John McCain.

2008 - Governor Mitt Romney defeats Vice president John Kerry.

2012 - President Mitt Romney is reelected, defeating Senator Hillary Clinton.
 
JCC the Alt Historian

JCC the Alt Historian

I got inspired to make these after seeing @prime-minister 's Rax infobox.

Note: These infoboxes probably should not be taken 100% seriously, it's just a fun idea.

Infobox #1: What if Rax was sold off to Hardee's?

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Back in 1994, Rax Restaurants Inc. merged with North Carolina-based Franchise Enterprises Inc, renaming the company Heartland Food Systems Inc., and as a result, becoming part of the Hardee's franchisee. Heartland originally planned on converting all remaining Rax restaurants into Hardee's by 1997. However, two years after the purchase in 1996, Heartland was having difficulty of converting Rax restaurants to Hardee's placed too much pressure on the company and kicked Rax out of the company to be on its own again with Rax continuing its decline.

Here, the conversion for Rax to Hardee's is slower, but most restaurants by the end of 1997 with the remaining Rax restaurants either renaming themselves or closing down altogether, making Rax follow the footsteps of Sandy's and Burger Chef with those chains being gobbled up by the larger Hardee's chain.

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Infobox #2: What if Rax was sold to Wendy's?

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In November 1996, Wendy's International made an offer to purchase 37 Rax restaurants, with the intent to converting most of them to Tim Hortons, which Wendy's owned at the time. This would cause a change in strategy of Rax Restaurants Inc, and they sought a buyer was for the remaining company-owned restaurants. Eight months later in July 1997, Rax was purchased by Cassady & Associates.

Here, Wendy's purchases Rax outright with most restaurants converting to either Tim Hortons or Wendy's (and a few co-branded restaurants along the way) by the end of the decade. Any remaining Rax Restaurants are either closed down or convert to independent names.
 
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