Recent content by Draco

Realistically for something like this to happen you'd need repeat the circumstances of Louis the Pious' inheritance multiple times over where for whatever reason only one son outlives his father. Follow this up with an Emperor dying with only one adult son but at least one or two others who...

Having a “union” which to me suggests you want the Netherlands to at least somewhat willing join Germany in the 1850’s or later is pretty hard. Maybe pushing the POD slightly back and have the British not return any of the Dutch colonies at the end of the Napoleonic Wars especially the Dutch...

I agree with this 100% I actually rooted for Ted and Robin in the begging but eventually fell off the ship after awhile. The comparsion that will always be made is Ross and Rachel who seemed to be the couple meant to be together but one thing or another kept them apart. In comparison while Ted...

Knowing the ending I doubt many fans would put up with the same finale season which looks rather pointless when the two main drives of the season Barney & Robin's wedding and meeting the Mother are both given a swift kick in the teeth with the finale. Unless the producers come out and say they...

Both Bahram Chobin and Shahrbaraz had an outside chance of having the house of Mihran replace the Sasanian Dynasty but it would likely be just that a dynastic change not the second coming of the Parthian Empire.

How big a victory do the Persians win? Does Rostam manage to stay alive? What condition are the Persian and Arab armies following the battle? Depending on the answers to these question among others makes a huge difference. A Pyrrhic victory for the Persians in which Rostam still dies and the...

That makes no sense what so ever. Hell a greater understanding of genetics if anything might well provide a boost for Eugenics without it being tainted by the Nazis.

Well assuming he lives through the war and still writes ASOIAF I would say the tone will almost certainly change either it becomes a bit lighter or it becomes full on grim dark. Beyond that honestly who knows.

Another huge butterfly is without Mitt you probably won't see Massachusetts' healthcare law come about which provided much of the inspiration for the Affordable Care Act so if a national healthcare law is passed ITL it will likely differ significantly from OTL's Obama Care which is a pretty...

Do keep in mind like the Alawites in Syria the Sunnis are a minority in Iraq meaning they’ll lose power if Saddam falls. Plus add in the knowledge that the Shiites and Kurds will want their pound of flesh and fear of what Iran might do with such an opportunity there is very little chance that...

While I'll concede that a McCain centeric PoD in 2000 is unlikely to have enough of an impact to hand him the nomination I still say something could be done. For instance have a recording of Bush and Rove planning the smear campaign that tried to paint McCain's adopted daughter as his...

Really the easiest way for McCain to win the nomination is for Bush to go down in flames late enough in the primary season leaving McCain as the front runner and the GOP too wary of rocking the boat after one scandal to try and bring in a dark horse at that point. Once he gets past the primary I...

The difference here is that in OTL Bush and Co went looking for an excuse to invade Iraq and while McCain is not one to run from a fight "even if he should!" I don't see him pushing to find the flimsiest excuse to go in if he's running the show especially when Afghanistan will likely be a much...

Hmm I don’t see the highlighted part happening. Unless I’m mistaken he didn’t get along with Rumsfeld particularly well and there’s no way in hell he’d get behind the "Rumsfeld Doctrine". As for Cheney if he’s brought on board which I don’t necessarily see as a given he almost certainly won’t be...

It's wasn't quite a corpse yet you could say it was on life support because while it was certainly in a bad place after losing a nearly 30 year war, suffering constant dynastic instability, and a plague it could have recovered from that its just that timing wasn't on its side. Even after all...