AH Title and Description Game

[Mr. Magi]

A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits

A Pre-1900 TL that deals with Korea under the a new dynasty that came into power in the mid-19th century. The main impetus for this revolution was an attempt to utterly abolish the Yangban system. The new dynasty manages to secure itself and embraces Seohak, a buddhist-based ideology that embraced progressivism. This dynasty opens Korea to western trade earlier on, and reforms rather quickly due to the influence of the Emperor's brother, who converted to Christianity and had ties to the West. Korea would become one of the first westernized nations, and would face Japan, China, and later on Russia to fight for dominance of the region.

The timeline was originally accused of being a bad translation of the Meiji reforms, but a mixture of research given out by the author and rewrites of the earlier portions of the TL made sure to explain the how and why of this TL.

Never a Slave!
Tarhunta's Chosen
Till all are One

 

[Shiva]

Till all are One

A double-blind what if TL written by user 'I luv Wurds' in which the Muslim conquest of Afghanistan was successful and they were able to push into India through a series of waves. However their work began to unravel as internal division between the various Muslim sects split the faith into three different factions, factions in which the various Islamic Rajas and Maharajas took sides and began to tear each other apart.

During this the various polytheistic faiths of India, initially heavily persecuted, found a resurgence amongst the peasantry and surviving native noble families, the various local deities were merged into a series of 'canon' deities, a compiled series of books were written with chapters about the Gods and commentary on various 'accepted' philosophies written to underpin the faith, the Sanatana Dharma (eternal law).

The (incomplete) third act involved a series of religious uprisings involving the Sanatanaites against the divided Islamic rulers of 'India'.

The TL is considered poorly researched, and several commentators took offence to how 'I luv Wurds' was portraying the characters (both historic and fictional) with accusations about complex persons being turned into 2-D cutouts, or racist caricatures.

It devolved into a flamewar and the writer ragequit the forum, leaving his 'work' incomplete.



Purple is a Good Color to Die In

or

The Girl Who Became a King

or

Manichean Triumphant

or

Margaret Thatcher, 40th President of the United States

or

A Year of Rage

 

[TwiliAlchemist]

A Year of Rage

A timeline that follows the life of the American people after the 2000 Presidential Election, the closest election in US history. After much debating, Congress chose Marvin Bush of the Libertarian Party. The uproar that came from the supporters of Patriot Party Candidate, Phil Gramm, resulted in months of long protest and anarchy in some of the more authoritarian parts of the country. The nation was on the brink of civil war before President Bush sent troops into most of the major cities that were in chaos. Most of the nation did not like this decision, supporters and opponents alike, and President Bush was put on trial on impeachment charges. However, he wasn't convicted by Congress that resulted in even more outrage from the nation. President Bush eventually resigned and his Vice President, Art Olivier, became president of the United States.

Don't wanna be an American Idiot!

The hail in Wales falls mainly on the snails

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

 

[Chris Oakley]

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

A future history TL charting the course of a hypothetical civil war between Iran's fundamentalist regime and anti-fundamentalist insurgents supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

The President's Starship

Awfully Sorry, We Landed Here By Accident

The Australian Civil War

 

[Pesigalam]

The President's Starship

A spin-off of a popular AH TL titled "The Crimson Banner Flies Anew". In the Crimson Banner TL, Gennady Zyuganov of the Communist Party wins the Russian Presidential election in the year 2000. This leads to a souring of the relationship between the (now once again communist) Russia and the US-led Western block. The knock-on effects is that Russia builds closer links at the start of the 21st century not only with the P.R.C. but also with openly anti-Western nations like Iran (Moscow basically ignores the U.N. Sanctions imposed on Teheran), Chavez's Venezuela, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Philippines (the 2006 Philippine government overthrow was successful in this TL) Libya, etc.

In "The President's Starship", thanks to closer cooperation with Russia and the Communist government willing to sell advanced & dual-purpose tech to Teheran (hey, they have to make money somehow) President Ahmadinejad fulfills his hope of being the 1st Iranian in space after the Iranian Space Agency buys a Soyuz rocket from Moscow...

Both "The Crimson Banner Flies Anew" & "The President's Starship" remain unfinished as the author, who turned out to be an openly-communist student studying at the University of Kharkov was arrested in late 2015 by the Ukrainian SBU on charges of "undermining the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine" when he translated & published his TL on the Russo-Ukrainian side of the internet.

Beetles and Bedouins -- a Swarm on the Somme spinoff starring Lawrence of Arabia

OR

Cthulhu Swims East

OR

The Mitre and Papakha -- Tales from the Reign of the Cossack Pope

 

[Mr. Magi]

The Mitre and Papakha -- Tales from the Reign of the Cossack Pope

What started as an AHC in the pre-1900 Thread AHC: Make Russia Catholic led to a timeline made by a user named Rockyoursocksoffsky, a native of Romania. She created the timeline after a particularly creative image inspired her. In this timeline, Pope Urban IX was selected by a divided college in the late 18th century, around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. A proud padre and community leader of a Don Cossack group that went catholic during the 1600s, Urban IX became a cardinal due to an attempt to mend the schism. His selection was more due to issues within the College itself, and he was only made Pope after a two year interregnum. It focuses on his role during the Napoleonic wars as a man who was pragmatic at heart, but who needed to affect the guise of a reactionary. He would be instrumental for the Treaty of Vienna, and would himself accidentally begin the formation of Italy due to his policies.

The timeline was not the most inspired or researched, but as a narrative piece it came to be appreciated. It was Rockyoursocksoffsky's first TL, and would be a stepping stone for a few of here later works.

The Fear You Cast
Pinched down the Middle
The Comeback Kid
All Went Silent

 

[Miss Teri]

All Went Silent

A real-time TL set in an Nazi-America Cold War, where a Nazi military outpost near the Urals in 1984 detects an American missile. While it is a mistake taken from faulty equipment, the radar technician takes it to his superior officer. He reports it, and makes to the higher ups. The current Fuehrer decides its time to wipe out the last vestiges of the "Jewish-Capitalists" in Washington. He orders a retaliatory nuclear attack, despite advice to allow for further examination. He escalates it, by having several nuclear weapons sent to the US, and its puppet the USSR. However, there is a massive twist. All nuclear missiles fail before they reach their targets. The Nazis had incomplete information when they built their first atom bomb, and due to a collapsing economy, many of those missiles hadn't been kept properly, and were unworkable. The title comes both from the planes, who drop the bombs, and hear nothing, and the reaction of the Nazi hierarchy, silent in their realization that they had made a big mistake....

Red Nights in Barcelona: The History of Communist Spain, 1976-2000
or
Unanimous Consent- Tales from the United American Confederation

 

[Sol717]

Unanimous Consent- Tales from the United American Confederation

This timeline explores a world where due to a much longer and slower-paced American Revolution, with fighting continuing for several years, the constitution of the OTL United States is much weaker than even the OTL Articles of Confederation. This constitution is basically a glorified alliance which encourages members to support each other in times of war, but does not obligate them to do anything except for sending a single delegate each to the High Council of the United American Confederation every three years. The timeline is presented as a series of records of the High Council, which requires unanimous consent to pass any legislation; the main body of the timeline ends at this point. After this, the floodgates were opened to collaborators to elaborate on details and the world outside the High Council; one major collaborator was eventually banned because he viewed the United American Confederation's government as an desirable, even ideal governmental system and attempted to promote this view in any thread they posted in. It later transpired that this member was a sockpuppet of the original author, causing the thread to be closed due to the drama resulting from the revelation.

Aleph-Null

The Triskelion of Man: Fourth Arm

NetHack

The Running of the Bulls: The Golden Bull

The Passionfruit Army

The Church of Saint Xerxes of New York

 

[Shiva]

NetHack

NetHack is a story that is part of a much larger TL, The New Millennium, which is written in a 'twenty-minutes into the future' style as though it was being written in the late 90's that is set in the late 2000's. The TL is about a major incident of cybercrime in which a hacker known only as 'NetHack' created a series of seemingly easily dealt with computer viruses that when being processed by anti-viral programing in computers were able to corrupt the anti-viral program, which then allowed the hacker to breach the computer's security through a backdoor via the now tainted anti-viral program and do whatever the hacker wished.

The 'career' of NetHack spawned several incidents in which several oil-tankers were capsized, banks lost millions of dollars, several global exchanges crashed simultaneously on the same day, and a large number of highly sensitive military documents were stolen from Department of Defense computers and then sold to the highest bidder.

By the time NetHack was identified as Angelia 'Angie' Parker, she had already fled to the Shanghai State with millions of dollars, it was believed that Angie was going to rely on the chaos of the Second Chinese Civil War in which to hide out in luxury, especially since the Shanghai State was not in America's political orbit, nor did they have an extradition treaty.


Purple is a Good Color to Die In

or

The Girl Who Became a King

or

Manichean Triumphant

or

Margaret Thatcher, 40th President of the United States

or

The Sword of Odin

 

[Sol717]

The Sword of Odin

The Sword of Odin wis billed as an 'expansion pack' that could fit into any timeline with a POD after 1980 with only minor modifications. The way the author claimed to have done this this was by making it focus on a single nation that played little to no role in the majority of modern and future timelines: Norway. However, it soon became apparent that due to the timeline's bizarre and unrealistic content and disjointed writing style, nobody would want to incorporate it. The timeline begins in 1994, where Norwegian fascist Varg Vikernes somehow evades his OTL arrest, fleeing to Finland. There he raises a small army of followers, who cross the border back into Norway the next year and then proceed to take control of the Finnmark region. The Norwegian government makes no attempt to reassert control; the author attributes this to its 'excessive liberalism'. However, Vikernes, portrayed as being paranoid, decides to take hallucinogens to replace his alcohol usage as he is worried that the Finnish government is planning to invade Finnmark by poisoning the leadership of Vikernes' 'Norwegian National State". After a series of visions, where he encounters Loki, who he dissuades from starting Ragnarok, and his evil doppelgänger, who he kills in a single mighty blow from his fist, he gains a series of cryptic messages in an unknown language (which after further enquiry turned out to be a creole mostly based on Hill Mari and Skolt Sami, with influences from Adunaic, Verdurian, and Toki Pona (the author ignores the fact that Toki Pona was not extant in 1995). Prior to the visions, Vikernes had ran the Norwegian National State as a libertarian republic that allowed political participation as long as you did not harbour left-wing social views, but the messages told Vikernes to establish an authoritarian state; where he declares everyone to be his 'thralls' and creates a brutal dictatorship, oblivious to to the reality of the world. However, mysterious portents start appearing, which according to Vikernes, meant the start of Ragnarok had begun. However, the timeline is then revealed to be a dream Vikernes had while in jail; by this point the author had abandoned all pretensions of the timeline being an 'expansion pack'.

Aleph-Null

The Triskelion of Man: Fourth Arm

The Running of the Bulls: The Golden Bull

The Passionfruit Army

The Church of Saint Xerxes of New York

Pac-Man

The Green Bridges are Crying: a retrospective look at the life of Alex Jones

 

[Thylacine]

The Passionfruit Army

This timeline tells the story of "El Maracuyá Ejército", also known as "The Passionfruit Army". This militant political group, which originated in OTL Paraguay and Northern Argentina, aimed to overthrow British rule over the Plate River colony, in favour of independence or reunion with the restored Spanish crown. The group successfully threw the British out of Buenos Aires in 1853, but their different ideas on the nation's future would prove their undoing, as the group fractured as the government split into the Unionists and the Independents. This lead to the start of the River Plate Civil War, a three way battle between the British coming from the southern Patagonia colony, the Spanish backed Unionists in the center and the French backed Independents in the North.

POD: The 1806-1807 British Invasion of Buenos Aires is far more successful.

For King, For Empire, For Nova Terra!

Dragons and Dinosaurs: An Alternate World War Two

The Viceroyalty of New Vinland

Seven Cakes for Seven Queens

 

[Miss Teri]

The Viceroyalty of New Vinland

Leif Erickson is driven off course by a storm, and ends up miles away in Florida. Stranded, he mixes with the local Seminole population, and forms "New Vinland", a Christian Viking kingdom, which expands into the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. By the time Columbus reaches it, he shocked to find a Christian nation, which has already expanded into Aztec lands, and is fighting a war in the Southeast. Having been isolated from Europe for many generations, New Vinland succumbs to Spanish rule, and it becomes the Northernmost Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire. The Viceroyalty of New Vinland soon produces a synthesis of Christian Viking, Seminole, and Catholic Spanish culture, once again producing a new culture. However, Vinland nationalists continue their battle against the Spanish, and during a larger Spanish-English War, New Vinland, with the help of Roanoke and Jamestown volunteers, fight for liberation. Finally, they are granted that, and later help the English settlers in the North win their independence in the mid 17th Century. Now, "The United Columbian Confederation of Vinland and Jamestown" stretches from the Bahamas to California, from Guyana to Quebec, and is on its way to becoming a world power in its own right.
(Please write four or more sentences)
Red Nights in Barcelona: The History of Communist Spain, 1976-2000
or
Tales from the Kabul Hilton

 

[Thylacine]

Red Nights in Barcelona: The History of Communist Spain, 1976-2000

Following Franco's death and the period of political instability in Spain, this timeline tells the rise of a more successful Spanish National Liberation Front. It begins with the Red Night in Barcelona (1976), the common name for a widespread series of attacks in the city of Barcelona. This was only the start of the Second Spanish Civil War, which drew the nation back into darkness and despair. The Second Spanish Civil War is considered one of the most important flashpoints in the Cold War, because it drew the US and the USSR into a Communist-Democratic struggle in Europe, close to home and close to NATO. Eventually, against all odds, the USSR persevered and the FELN took over Spain. This was to be short lived, as the regime was almost entirely propped up, both militarily and economically, by the USSR. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993, the Spain once again collapsed in 2000, leading to the Breakup Of Spain.

POD: Coronel Montenegro's death sentence is actually enacted, leading to a surge of outrage and underground support for the FELN, due to the crimes being blown out of proportion by the Franco regime.


For King, For Empire, For Nova Terra!

Dragons and Dinosaurs: An Alternate World War Two

Seven Cakes for Seven Queens

The Australian Invasion of New Zealand, 1957

 

[thezerech]

The Australian Invasion of New Zealand, 1957

A timeline by user "Lion_of_the_East". During the Korean War, the Chinese P.L.A manages to push U.N forces off the peninsula entirely creating a new bloody phase of the nascent Cold War. In the Antipodes, the Australians see this as a danger to their National safety, and their politics shift to the right, while their military is largely propped up by the United States. During this time in New Zealand the opposite is happening, a series of economic blunders and natural disasters leave the country is a very poor state. Disease rips through livestock, and thousands become unemployed. The new global power, the P.R.C begins funding the New Zealand Communist Party, which sees a surge in popularity after a series of political scandals leave the NZ labor party leadership in shambles for much of the early 50s. As Australian continues to militarize it is suggested that NZ and Australia form a single state, considering not only the threat of Communism but also the various problems in New Zealand at that time. By the mid 50s, Australian and American leaders are openly calling for New Zealand annexation. In New Zealand, the NZCP and NZLP form a Popular Front coalition, and begin a series of public works programs. They also begin a small scale military expansion, mostly aimed at a Home Guard style militia force. by 1956, the United Kingdom officially breaks relations with NZ, and Australia declares New Zealand part of the Union of Australasia. When the NZ labor tries to surrender leftist army officers overthrow the government and declare the People's Republic of Australasia. On January 5th, 1957 Australian and American forces launch an invasion of New Zealand. The Chinese are mostly powerless to stop the NATO forces, when the U.S Navy inflicts a large series of port strikes and the PLAN, the Soviets after the 1954 Sino-Soviet split simply allow the United States to attack Red China. By the end of April all of New Zealand is under Australasian control, though the fighting was fierce. Most New Zealanders welcomed the NATO forces, though many fought on, until it was clear no Chinese or Soviet help would be arriving. The TimeLine finished with the collapse of Red China by 1965, and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union in 1982. The timeline ends after, a short summery of the 1990s.

The timeline is considered very well written, if somewhat unlikely, and ASB by some. The compelling characters portrayed in letters or diary entries were quite popular among readers, the research was extensive however and the battles and conflicts were very detailed. User "Lion_of_the_East" was a Native of New Zealand, and had gone to many locations herself for research. She also had access to many declassified military documents from that time period. Overall, it is considered well written, though many believe the POD was too late, to create the effects she thought they could.



His Majesty Oswald Mosley, Duke of Edinburgh,

How Bernadotte burned Europe

Un-Civil War, or how Abraham Lincoln and the Free States of America ended the great Democratic experiment

 

[Thylacine]

How Bernadotte burned Europe

A timeline starts with a reverse Treaty of Kiel, between France and Denmark-Norway in which they discussed the fate of Sweden. Denmark-Norway takes over the entirety of Sweens territories, including territory lost that Sweden had lost to Russia in OTL Finland. This leads to the formation of a reestablished Kalmar Union, with The House of Bernadotte established as its ruler following the death of Frederick VI. The timeline then explains the role of this Neo-Kalmar Union in a French-dominated Europe up until the end of the 19th Century, including the details of the ATLs Second Napoleonic War, in which Europe is liberated from French rule due to the combined efforts of the British Monarchy-in-exile, the Russians, and the Kalmar Union, as well as some assistance from the Fracturing of the First French Empire. The author states that the Kalmar Union uses search and destroy burn methods to deal with Napoleonic spies or resistance, especially the slashing and burning of many of Europe's oldest towns and castles. The timeline mentions no accurate dates and only mentions that the events inside occur in the 19th Century, and is often criticised for this, as well as its incredibly ASB premise.

Alright I've answered three in a row now, I'll let someone else reply to the others now

Claws of Africa

Restore Britannia![/QUOTE]

 

[Miss Teri]

Claws of Africa

A TL dealing with a longer, more brutal decolonization. The POD is a more brutal, but shorter World War I, which leads to a stalemate, and overall better economic conditions for most of the Allies. However, as a result, the Empires of France and Britain have no interest in allowing reforms to the colonies, let alone give them independence. Eventually, the independence movements in Africa are more radicalized, shaped by Communist and Fascist ideologist. The decolonization begins in 1947, with a riot in Algeria, which the French authorities put down with particular brutality. However, this is the beginning of a larger rebellion, which leads to a Independence war. At first, as a result of a League of Nations dominated by European empires, there is an international force to try to stop them. However, the Algerian conflict leads to other rebellions and wars breaking out. Even with their superior technology, the European empires fail to keep them down, resulting in 30 years of conflict. Belgium and Portugal lose their colonies by the end of the 60's, South Africa becomes a hodgepodge of various warring states, but France and Britain fight on, despite their economies slowly spiraling out of control. Eventually, in 1981, Britain is forced by public opinion to declare the dissolution of the British Empire in Africa. France makes a similar declaration. To prevent further European exploitation, The Organization of African Nations is formed, while the League of Nations collapses.

Tales from the Kabul Hilton
or
Sex, Lies, and Betamax

 

[Shiva]

Sex, Lies, and Betamax

A modern political TL in which President George H.W. Bush not only had an affair with a secretary (named Millie Sanders in the TL), he made a sex tape with her that was stolen from her home by a friend a few years later and leaked to the media in 1992.

'Milliegate' became a major issue during George H.W. Bush's reelection campaign, eventually costing him not only the election, it nearly cost him his marriage as Barbara Bush filed for divorce, but she withdrew the request a few months later.

The effects of Milliegate rippled during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, even as the rising Conservative media went after Clinton and his various scandals, both political parties were being more closely watched by the media, resulting in several sex scandals coming to light much earlier than in RL. Ensuring that the GOP was in no position to shut down the government, leaving a girl named Monica Lewensky an anonymous intern who eventually left Washington, got married, and became a soccer mom.

The even more long-term effects was that Bill was never officially caught having any affairs on his wife, though rumors and suspicion continued to circulate throughout his presidency.

It even impacted the 2000 elections, as George W. Bush was unable to secure the GOP nomination, leaving the race between Al Gore and John McCain, which Gore won, though McCain put up a credible fight.

The TL officially ends on 9/10/01, with promises of a sequel to follow.



Purple is a Good Color to Die In

or

The Girl Who Became a King

or

Manichean Triumphant

or

Margaret Thatcher, 40th President of the United States

or

The Great Nordic Empire

 

[Sol717]

The Great Nordic Empire

Sword of Odin II: The Great Nordic Empire was a sequel to the poorly received timeline Sword of Odin. The timeline starts by exploring the societal effects of Varg Vikernes' "Great Nordic Empire" (it ignores the 'it was all a dream' ending of Sword of Odin), but abruptly shifts tone when Vikernes decides to become a Christian fundamentalist and moves to America, abandoning the Great Nordic Empire to his 'jarls', who war amongst each other, leading Norway to reconquer the area due to the disruption this causes in their territory. In America, Vikernes, convinced nobody will take him seriously due to his neo-pagan history, gets extensive plastic surgery and adopts a new name and identity; Ted Cruz. He kills the 'original' Ted Cruz in a mad, uncontrolled frenzy, but because he looks like Cruz, Vikernes convinces authorities that the corpse was fake. Vikernes/Cruz then becomes more like Alex Jones than OTL Cruz, becoming a prominent conspiracy theorist and gaining his own TV show, but this still takes him to the Senate, where he is still intensely disliked. On Friday the 13th of October, 2014, the exiled jarls, having read online that 'Ted Cruz is Varg Vikernes' decide to kill Cruz. After several unsuccessful attempts, like attempting to use a voodoo doll or trying to hire an assassin through the Deep Web, the jarls enter the Senate while Congress is in session and kill Vikernes/Cruz. Because, according to Lindsey Graham, "if you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you" the jarls are pardoned by Obama, who is convinced to do so by the Senate, though Obama only agrees because he believes it will encourage bipartisan efforts in Congress. However, the jarls accidentally cross into Canada, which results in their extradition to Norway, where they are jailed for causing civil unrest. The timeline ends with a sequel hook; the jarls walk out the door of Norway's most secure prison. The timeline was perceived to be better written than its predecessor, but the plot was still viewed as absurd, despite its presence in the ASB forum.


Extraordinary Rendition: The Life of Jeb Bush

Aleph-Null

The Triskelion of Man: Fourth Arm

The Running of the Bulls: The Golden Bull

The Church of Saint Xerxes of New York

South By Southwest

Jesus Mark II

 

[PunMaster]

Jesus Mark II

The hit sequel to the famous "Jesus" book. Taking place in a dark future where robots live under the tyrannical rule of humans, the story once more focuses on the robot rebel Jesus, who preaches love and compassion, that all beings are loved by the divine Maker, who he claims to be sent by. Or at least it does at first. The opening scene of the novel takes place during one of Jesus' sermons. In his lectures, Jesus talks about a future where robots will live freely and happily, where there will be no more malfunctions, and where no one will want for oil. Surprisingly, Jesus preaches forgiveness for the humans who oppress robot kind, and proclaims that one day robots and humans will live alongside each other in peace. Jesus then leads a march through the cyber city, attempting to convince the government that robots should be allowed equal rights. While some are considering his words, he is betrayed by his companion J.U.D.A.S., and is captured by the more hard line elements of the government. There he is forced to undergo reprogramming, in an attempt to end the movement by turning its' own leader against it. When this attempt fails, and Jesus is able to maintain his personality, he is turned into scrap metal, as the hard line elements decide this is a safer option compared to letting him live. A remorseful J.U.D.A.S. broadcasts this to the world, however, and a large outcry against the government begins, as robot riots rock the city. Even the human citizens begin to protest the government's actions. From then on, the P.O.V. switches between many different people, from Petertron to J.U.D.A.S. to Governor Pilate to robot sympathiser Mary Magdalene, who coincidentally shares her name with Jesus' creator Mary. At the climax of the story, three days after Jesus was scrapped as Petertron leads both robots and robot sympathisers alike in yet another march, he is joined not only by J.U.D.A.S. and both Marys, but by a rebuilt Jesus as well. Now calling himself Jesus Mark II (hence the story's name), Jesus' reappearance shocks and stuns his opponents in the government, and convinces the Governor to agree to their demands. However, after this is done, Jesus reveals that he must return to the Maker, bidding his beloved friends and followers farewell and letting J.U.D.A.S know he is forgiven, disappearing in a flash of light. Though Jesus is gone, the future looks bright for humans and robots alike, and the story ends on a hopeful note.

The book quickly became a bestseller, winning numerous awards as well as great praise. It is remembered fondly by many a science fiction fan, and Jesus is now seen as an iconic symbol of the genre.

Dark Lord: The Story of Darth Vader

 

[Shiva]

Dark Lord: The Story of Darth Vader

A webseries parody of 'Behind the Music' with a series of episodes loosely based on the stories of 'Dark Lords' in fictional worlds made by YouTube user 'Slavthebarrista'. The most popular episode being 'the Story of Darth Vader' with over 600,000 views on YouTube.

The episode is framed around a series of 'interviews' in which Star Wars characters that interacted with Darth Vader talk about the Dark Lord of the Sith. They are rendered using RL pics of the characters with 'poorly styled' mouth motions and volunteer voice actors reading the lines.

While played straight, the visuals and a basic knowledge of Star Wars will reveal the humor to the viewer, along with gratuitous shout-outs to pop culture and Slavthebarrista's fanboy preference for Warhammer 40k.

The webseries is, as mentioned, growing in popularity on You Tube, with thousands of subscriptions and hundreds of thousands of views of the growing number of episodes in the series.



Purple is a Good Color to Die In

or

The Girl Who Became a King

or

Manichean Triumphant

or

Margaret Thatcher, 40th President of the United States

or

21st Century Chaos: A Slice of Holy Terra is ISOTed to RL Earth