So guys I'm working on the next update and will hopefully post by the end of the day. Before I do that though I have two announcements on the future writing of this TL.
The first is the usage of historical characters and OC's in the future of this writing. On the site there's this divide between writers where people will either have everyone born after the POD be killed off and new individuals to take their place, or keep on using historical people to fill new roles despite the swarm of butterflies and the amount of time between the POD and their appearance. Personally I'm all in favor of the latter as I'm more invested in the fate of people I already know about and seeing as how they change in ideology, personality, and history due to the effect's of the POD. However as I'm writing forward I realize that I may not be able to keep them in power or find a reasonable excuse as for why they would still exist. This is mainly because of how immensely some nations will change in the future with the top 3 being Great Britain, China, India, Germany, and Russia; all of which will barely have histories that are the same as OTL and will have either bloody conflicts which kill millions or great political revolutions which kill of ideologies which would've succeeded in OTL and put new people in charge. So in the future I'm going to start adding OC's and stray away from the placement of prominent historical politicians in their OTL positions of power. There will still be many people who do follow similar paths, but these will mostly be in the United States and in Texas; especially Texas as I want to show how prominent Texans will shine in an independent Texas. Of all the characters I've mentioned up til this point that will appear in the future, they are all still canon with the exception of Texan Chiang Kai-Shek, who I will replace with a Texanized Wang Jingwei.
The second announcement is the future of the Democratic Party in the United States. Originally I was planning for them to veer in a more Populist direction, culminating in its modern state with both Jenning and Long, however with what I'm planning in the future I don't know if the Democrats will still be relevant and stay in power for them to actually reform in these directions. I have been taking Texas History classes this semester, and I've just finished the Reconstruction and Gilded Age eras in United States history. Comparing the sociological trends here and how the United States is after the Civil War ITTL, opposition to the Republican Party may shift in new directions to the rise of a Populist Party as the main secondary party instead of the Democratic Party. So my plan for the near future is either to have the Democrats enter into a schism with a temporary three or fourth party system until reorganization, or for them to just gradually change as time goes on and the Progressive Era begins. I'll come up with a final decision for the story direction in the next month or so. What do you guys think as a possible future of American politics in this alternate Gilded Era?
Also guys I must once again apologize incredibly for the lack of updates. The main reason is due to college with this semester being slightly more difficult than the last one and me having to spend more time on preparing papers and tests than updates. School must always be a priority so I must put this on the side. Also with what free time I've had, I've started to spend it more on Gihren's Glory with how much attention it had with the story growing incredibly in popularity. I haven't at all forgotten this story or you guys, but for the next month at least I must keep it on hold. After the first week of May I'll be done with my finals and once that happens I'll try to pump out as much as I can to make up for the lost time. The only guaranteed update I can promise is the Paraguay War which will be posted today. After that is maybe a post on the third Seguin administration. On the bright side with my Texas History class I now know a HUGE amount of Texan history than I did before the start of the year so I will be able to go into unexplored ares or go into greater depth than I could last year.
Thanks guys for sticking around so long, it means the world to me. Long live the Republic!
