I just had another TL idea to share.

Well, folks, I didn't think I'd be doing yet another story idea but SergeantHeretic's 'White Supremacist 9/11' thread helped to revive an idea I've bounced around for a very long time.

Ever since I joined the AH.com community, I wanted to do a more modern TL(or two,) that isn't quite a full-fledged big-time project like Union and Liberty, or my own Stars & Stripes, but more of a casual project, like ArKhan's still fun to read '50 Years'.

I have yet to decide on the exact POD, but I can release a few spoilers for what I have in mind: It will start sometime in the '80s(most likely either 1982 or 1986 at this point), and it will likely involve Ross Perot winning the 1988 election.
And, TBH, this TL won't exactly totally revolve around white supremacist terrorism, but it'll probably play a significant role as the story develops, at least in America.

The main thing I need help on is, what could I call this new project of mine? I'm interested to hear your thoughts. :)
 
I gotta ask ,what is it with people and Ross Motor Farming Perot?

Thanks for your interest!

Truthfully, Mr. Perot has always been somewhat of an interesting character to me, particularly because of how popular he became in '92 IOTL, and the people he was sometimes associated with. :D
 
You haven't really given a lot of information for us to go on.

Maybe there's a song title or lyric from the POD year that might be apt?

Failing that, write a few installments under some generic title, then go back and read it. Maybe a particular phrase will jump out at you.
 
You haven't really given a lot of information for us to go on.

Maybe there's a song title or lyric from the POD year that might be apt?

Failing that, write a few installments under some generic title, then go back and read it. Maybe a particular phrase will jump out at you.

Well, that's an idea I can try. :) I'd have to figure out exactly how to go around implementing this strategy though.

"The First Kick I Took Was When I Hit The Ground"
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Thanks for your input, though it does kinda sound dystopic, and my TL wasn't really going to be a dystopia(apart from neo-Nazis and other far-righters wreaking a lot more havoc than they did IOTL). Any other ideas? :)
 
Thanks for your interest!

Truthfully, Mr. Perot has always been somewhat of an interesting character to me, particularly because of how popular he became in '92 IOTL, and the people he was sometimes associated with. :D
I just cannot wrap my head around how many people gravitated to Ross's "Smaller, meaner vision for AMerica".
 
I just cannot wrap my head around how many people gravitated to Ross's "Smaller, meaner vision for AMerica".

I don't blame you, really. Honestly, though, Perot is really going to only have one term in office and he isn't going to be very popular by the end of it. Exactly what causes this problem I have yet to figure out but he's not ever gonna want to be involved in any type of politics ever again, that is for sure.
 
"The First Kick I Took Was When I Hit The Ground"

This reminded me of a cool line from a different song (although useless for this TL, since it's from the 2000's lol) specifically "The boy kicked out at the world / and the world kicked back a lot fucking harder" from Can't Stand Me Now by The Libertines. There's a couple of usable TL titles in there, just not for a TL with an 80's POD, unless you don't mind an anachronistic title.
 
This reminded me of a cool line from a different song (although useless for this TL, since it's from the 2000's lol) specifically "The boy kicked out at the world / and the world kicked back a lot fucking harder" from Can't Stand Me Now by The Libertines. There's a couple of usable TL titles in there, just not for a TL with an 80's POD, unless you don't mind an anachronistic title.

It does sound pretty kickass, though. :D

In any case, I think I've decided I'll do either 1982 or 1986, mostly depending on what it might take to get Ross Perot in office(if 1982 is as far back as I have to go to make things work, I'll do it). The POD, however, is likely to be small; I like to start with small PODs and build up a story from there.

Any other ideas for names, btw? :D
 
One idea for a POD:

Iran-Contra blows up bigger and reaches the point of impeachment proceedings by 1987. If you REALLY want it to explode then have Reagan and Bush in the docket for impeachment charges. Odds are Reagan will get off but a double-impeachment for lying to and ignoring Congress would eclipse Watergate in terms of magnitude. With Nixon's resignation not even 13 years old that could give the disgust you need for a Perot candidacy to win in 1988.
 
It does sound pretty kickass, though. :D

In any case, I think I've decided I'll do either 1982 or 1986, mostly depending on what it might take to get Ross Perot in office(if 1982 is as far back as I have to go to make things work, I'll do it). The POD, however, is likely to be small; I like to start with small PODs and build up a story from there.

Any other ideas for names, btw? :D

For an '82 POD an obvious source of titles is the Human League album Dare. "Add your voice to the sound of the crowd" comes to mind as a cool title.

And the song in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_AAz8s3BSE

For an '86 POD, I think Together In Electric Dreams is a reasonable title.

(I'm a Human League fan, and also consider Together in Electric dreams to be them in all but name, especially since it was on their greatest hits album).
 
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One idea for a POD:

Iran-Contra blows up bigger and reaches the point of impeachment proceedings by 1987. If you REALLY want it to explode then have Reagan and Bush in the docket for impeachment charges. Odds are Reagan will get off but a double-impeachment for lying to and ignoring Congress would eclipse Watergate in terms of magnitude. With Nixon's resignation not even 13 years old that could give the disgust you need for a Perot candidacy to win in 1988.

I had thought of something like that, but the impeachment angle is something new indeed. Will definitely consider that. :D

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I gotta ask ,what is it with people and Ross Motor Farming Perot?

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