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  1. What is the greatest possible society that the Bounty Mutineers could build on Pitcairn?

    To be clear, I'm not asking for any version of a Pitcairn superpower but rather, what's the most impressive small society that they could make that would impress the British Empire upon rediscovery in 1814. How many of the mutineers could remain alive rather than just John Adams? Perhaps the...

  2. What if James Francis Edward Stuart/the Old Pretender had agreed to become Anglican?

    When Queen Anne was near death, Robert Harley and Henry Bolingbroke reached out to the man who would one day be called the Old Pretender and talked about his possible accession to the Throne if he converted. He refused stating, "I have chosen my own course, therefore it is for others to change...

  3. WI: Xander from Buffy had been gay instead of Willow

    On the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy has two friends: Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg. The latter would eventually be revealed to be gay and was a huge stepping stone for LGBTQIA representation in television. But before this, Whedon the show's creator had been deciding between Xander...

  4. DBWI: McDonalds was a national chain?

    McDonalds and In-n-Out have long competed for the title of most beloved regional Californian fast food chain. But I have to wonder if it could have ever become a national chain without sacrificing the high quality and flavor of the food? So what would McDonalds look like as a national - perhaps...

  5. DBWI: How could arranged marriages become uncommon and love matches the norm

    It's estimated that one in fifteen marriages nowadays are love matches - a huge increase from the nineteen-fifties where one in fifty marriages were love matches. What POD could cause arranged marriages to become uncommon and love matches to become the norm?

  6. What is the earliest point that there could have been a Female Doctor Who?

    We nowadays have Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor after years of the question. But historically speaking, the idea of a Female Doctor has been present for years. Famously, Tom Baker in a 1981 interview said that people were assuming the next Doctor was going to be a man and has even said...

  7. In the event of an American Monarch, is it possible for marriage from outside the nobility to begin?

    Nowadays, many royals outbreed (especially the Windsors). As we all know, this has been far from the case for most of human history. A well-favored TL idea that pops up is the tantalizing American Monarchy. In my opinion, this might be one of the best times for a practice of outbreeding to...

  8. DBWI: Iron Fist had been white

    Iron Fist was one of the first Asian superheroes. The son of Wing, a lost citizen of K'un-Lun and Heather Rand, an American woman, Iron Fist was a controversial hero not only for his non-stereotypical Asianness but also for being mixed-race. Despite this, he is an enduring and popular...

  9. DBWI: Marco Polo's stories are only tall tales?

    Marco Polo is a significant and controversial figure in both Eastern and Western histories. He was a close friend and advisor of Kublai Khan, taught the Mongols how to make the mangonel for the Siege of Xiangyang, a governor of Yangzhou for three years and maybe most famously brought pasta to...

  10. How would a longer-living Prince Edward, Duke of Kent affected Queen Victoria as future monarch?

    How would a longer-lived Prince Edward (let's say living until just about a year before Victoria becomes queen) affect Victoria's abilities and time as the Queen of Britain? First off, it can be pointed out that Edward might well have a son who would knock Victoria out of the succession so...

  11. What is the earliest possible time for something similar to the Siberia Fox Experiments to happen?

    For those who don't know, the Siberia Fox experiments is a long-running Russian science experiment to domesticate foxes. Each generation, the friendliest foxes were bred so that by several generations later, foxes were born wanting human companionship - several have now even been sold as pets...

  12. 50 years of American Doctor Who

    I saw this video about an American Doctor Who series a while ago and never paid it much mind. After having read several Doctor Who timelines, I wondered if anything approaching this list of American Doctors could be realistic. It is based off this buzzfeed listicle...

  13. Is There Any Way for Elisabeth Tudor and Robert Dudley to marry?

    In essence, is there any way for Elizabeth Tudor aka Elizabeth I aka the Virgin Queen to marry Robert Dudley while still ascending to the Throne of England and being well-regarded by most of England? Failing that, is there any way for Elizabeth to marry anyone while still being queen and...

  14. WI Edward VII and Abdul Karim (the Munshi) strike up a strong friendship?

    For those unaware, Abdul Karim was a close friend and confidant of Queen Victoria during the final fifteen years of her reign. She adored him and referred to him as "the Munshi" but was basically hated by everybody else, especially the future Edward VII, who had nearly all of their...
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