what if

There is some evidence for dynastic Ancient Egypt existing even before Narmer if I remember correctly, but what if it never became one nation and remained seperate, distibct ones? What would be its impact on the Bronze Age and beyond?

FDR suffers a Wilson-type paralyzing stroke in 1939, leaving him unable to run for the Presidency in 1940. Hull dies early due to ill health or is unavailable to run for some other reason. As a result, the Democrats nominate a much weaker candidate, e.g. the Catholic Farley, or even worse, the...

On July 2, 1881 while waiting for his train President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, he would die 79 days later. But what if he hadn't been assassinated, what would he have done in his term as president and would he have won re-election in 1884?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Cantasano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Zangara Cantasano kills Churchill and Zangara shoots FDR dead? Now, in a world where Churchill/FDR are never PM/President, we have different people involved in 1938/1939, although even this is still by no...

I'm sure that we all know Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Known for it's glitches, long loading times and a romantic relationship between a hedgehog and a human princess, Sonic '06 caused significant damage to the franchise's reputation, and has painted Sonic as a laughing stock in the eyes of game...

As you may know, Nintendo made a deal with Sony in 1988 to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES, as well as a SNES-compatible CD-based console called the PlayStation. However, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi began to grow wary of Sony and deemed the deal unacceptable upon realising that it...

Like the title says, if Theodore Roosevelt won in 1912 (and 1916 if you want) would FDR ever become president later on or is that butterflied away?

While reading through the book "Goering: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader" I came upon this part. This was the last meeting between Galland and Goring on April the 10th, 1944. He seemed deeply depressed, and when they parted he said, “I envy you, Galland, for going into action. I...

The East-West switch is a very common trope in the alternate history genre. Oftentimes people who dabble in this scenario switch the fates of Han Dynasty China and the Roman Empire. Having a fractured China take place of Europe while Having an united but Stagnant Roman Empire take place of...

I am planning a Time line and would love to see some discussion on the scenario below. The premise is that the Spanish under the direction of prime Minister Manuel Godoy is able to start a war with Portugal a decade earlier then OTL. In 1797, a year after the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso with...

Let's say events early in the American Civil War happen differently, resulting in Joseph E. Johnston staying out east. Let's also say that Robert E. Lee gets sent to a post in the west, instead of assuming command of the Army of Northern Virginia. How might the course of the Civil War have...

I don't think I've seen this asked so here I go, what if William Howard Taft didn't run for president in 1908? What if for some reason, he refuses Theodore Roosevelt? Who does Teddy choose to back or does he run for a third term? Who would've been the nominee come the election and would they...

Point of Divergence: Battle of Waterloo and the second and last exile of Napoleon Bonaparte when it seems the King will return again and continue the bourbon restoration a group of female peasants rise up and kill the king leading a new revolution resembling the one of the original French...

Exactly what the title says. What do you think would happen if America got discovered by the Europeans in the middle ages? Or if you want a more specific date, around the 11th or 13th Century. Who would find America? How would they react? What happens next? How is history affected going onward?

Twilight Zone: The Movie is one of those films that has a heavy pall hanging over it. When the first segment was being filmed, John Landis made a number of decisions that came together in the worst possible way. First, he hired two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, without the...

I’ve seen plenty of Nintendo-Sony team-up TLs, some Sega-Microsoft TLs and a couple of Nintendo-Microsoft TLs, but not a single Sony-Microsoft TL. It’s known that before the public announcement of the PlayStation 2, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates approached Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei about wanting Sony...

As the title says, which of these now-defunct nations would survive the longest? The most obvious answer would be the CSA, which is exactly why it isn't on the list...

For those who are living under a rock, the SNES-CD was originally going to be developed by Nintendo and Sony. However, Nintendo dropped Sony in order to work on the add-on with Philips instead, with Nintendo announcing their partnership with Philips at the Summer CES 1991, just one day after...

Hello everyone. My name is Zero_to_Hero. And today I am here to talk about a ‘what if’ scenario. What if Gravity Falls and The Owl House debuted as video game franchises in 1999 and 2000? I made those fanfics on both AO3 and Tapas. In those, I explain the full details on what those had been like...

Tommy Dreamer, no joke, admitted he planned to do this. This wasn't a joke by him, he genuinely could've done it. The reason I kept this out of the fandom thread was that, well, not only is this a WI but it also would've definitely affected how the country would see sports entertainment.