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What's your favorite piece of alternative history? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dr. Who episode with the werewolves of Scotland. That the queen of England was a werewolf.

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Pretty much all of Doctor Who history is superior to what we actually got. Trust me, I'm an expert πŸ˜‰

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

The ones where all the burnt texts such as the Mayan codices and Manichaean scriptures are found stashed away somewhere and we get to see what everyone was actually afraid of.

[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I enjoyed Man In the High Castle but have heard the finale is horrible. Plot against America is also great.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I enjoyed the first season. After that I quickly lost interest.

[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I think the second season was the peak and the third was also good. Honestly the first season to me out of the three was the weakest as it dealt way too much with the love triangle.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It was truly disappointing.

[–] Nuklia@lemdro.id 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The black death is a cover story for everyone dying of fall damage after Newton invented gravity

[–] grandkaiser@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Doesn't sound like alt history. Sounds like a joke. Two totally different eras.

[–] potterpockets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.A.:_The_Confederate_States_of_America#:~:text=C.S.A.%3A%20The%20Confederate%20States%20of%20America%20is%20a%202004%20American,and%20directed%20by%20Kevin%20Willmott.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s on YouTube for free

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The commercials in the film were an excellent addition.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That the USA was a place where hard work and determination led to great lives. That was true for exactly one generation and they pulled the ladder up behind them.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

That's not what alternate history is..

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

one's i make since they match the world i want

[–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

Weltreich and TNO

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

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