Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32250026-20180109043630/@comment-2236231-20180109211754

Indeed; one should try to be as accurate as possible and such gets harder as a time line progresses but one also should acknowledge that as abranch of speculative fiction one- speculates. As such content creators have some 'wiggle room'. I love seeing Alternate Histories that have good roots (events with outcomes that seem possible and are supported by existing documentation), and also ones that have creativity. An Example of a timeline I'm not very pleased with here is Central Victory as, perhaps for lack of imagination, Hitler still rises to power and of all things the Kaiser appoints him Chancellor. To me the timeline ignores the bitter defeat that motivated the movements and events that lead to the Greater German Reich; instead- lacking imagination regarding how German technology would develop with out the Nazis- well- I suppose the creators just decide to use Nazis because they couldn't imagine how technology would develop in such alternate history. The Greater German Riech was after all the most advanced nation in the world for a time; thus one would have to imagine a Germany that was technologically akin to it's neighbors after World War One- and would also have to determine how the movement for a parliament progresses after German Victory. I've spoken with others who seem to feel that Germany would have become a Republic regardless of victory or defeat. All events have potential; for example- Hitler identified himself as Socialist and could have still beeninvolved in politics, and thus rose to power though with pride in victory and a love of his adopted nation (having been Austrian born) rather then anger at the chaotic condition of Germany and bitterness in defeat. Additionally the timeline, if Hitler is deemd too controversial a topic, could involve one where Hitler doesn't survive the war but Germany still wins.

I realize that I've been wordy- to summarize, all alternate historys have various paths they can branch into; for example; Heiroshima and Nagasaki where not the only target options for the A-Bombs that ended World War II- Roosevelt could have chosen different cities. Each different set of choices is it's own alternate history but all connected to the same choice of dropping the bombs.

Which is why I support the idea of say; Central Victory II or Napoleon's World II - spin off alternate histories as each alternate event has in it's self different paths- the wiggle room one enjoys as a writer of Alternate History.

PS: Though I do agree that more land wouldn't prevent the American Civil War as part of thep problem was admiting new states into the union (Slave or Free States). I do however disagree that it wasn't avoidable; if conditions in the era where different- someone else president or Fort Sumpter abandoned when it was asked to; perhaps Lincolns letter ordering the troops to stay in the fort no matter what didn't reach Fort Sumpter and the commander, like other fort commanders left the fort to the local militia. Now, Abe wasn't one for seccession (despite Texas having secceded from Mexico, been a free republic, and then admited into the Union)- so Abe in such a scenario would be a problem. Thus why a scenario with another president would be one's best hope of avoiding the war. Still, since you like myself have a desire for accuracy I'd like to work with you on a project sometime. I can see your rather new to the Wiki, and very observant as even I've noticed some factors; like the more land stopping the American Civil War in Napoleon's World, that doesn't make sense. If your interested leave a message for me on what era(s) of history you are interested in and we can discuss a project to collaborate on :D I've stated on this site before; the opinion of one person is narrow but the opinion of many is broad. I wouldn't consider an alternate history to be well rounded with out the input of more then one person.