(With the Flemish nationalists split between those that want to join the Netherlands and those that want an independent Flanders, but the Netherlands and Germany willing to fund all of them)Dogged, mustachioed leader of a Belgian secret police squad fighting leftists and Flemish nationalists probs
(/s) but now I’m curious what a gritty Poirot reboot would look like haha
“We don’t care what you’re trying to accomplish, we just care why”(With the Flemish nationalists split between those that want to join the Netherlands and those that want an independent Flanders, but the Netherlands and Germany willing to fund all of them)
However Poirot actually spends most of his time in Britain, so you could have him deal with considerably more anti-Belgian feeling getting in the way of his cases.
Curtain (in which Poirot dies) is pretty dark. Arguably he commits murder there. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain_(novel))
Gritty Clouseau was a last minute thought but glad it worked hahaAs fun as OTL's Pink Panther series is I'm pretty sure I'd like this version a lot more. Nice update!
oh god oh fuck where was radioactive volgograd mentionedI'm not saying as part of the CEW, I'm saying as part of the "next war". (the one that ends with Volgograd radioactive)
Petain is like 110 in 1960s, so unless he is a vampire than no, he can't fit the role.Well it was going to be either Salan, Massu or Petain.
Oh...I once think that this is a Tsarist Russia wank TL, apparently I was wrong.I'm not saying as part of the CEW, I'm saying as part of the "next war". (the one that ends with Volgograd radioactive)
Petain is like 110 in 1960s, so unless he is a vampire than no, he can't fit the role.
Hasn’t been at all haha we’re all just spitballing hereoh god oh fuck where was radioactive volgograd mentioned
Sorry, just guessing as to what a war would look like that the Russians ended up without Vladivostok since that was mentioned as a possible Hong Kong Analogue...oh god oh fuck where was radioactive volgograd mentioned
Tbh, it could just be hosting it by itself so as to not make it Russia hosting, since Russia (European Russia) would want to host too.Sorry, just guessing as to what a war would look like that the Russians ended up without Vladivostok since that was mentioned as a possible Hong Kong Analogue...
I don't want to put words in your mouth so please correct me if I'm wrong but are we to assume that this thread is far less canon than the main CdM thread?Everyone I was giving a tongue in cheek answer about Korea being united or not united, Vladivostok is not getting nuked as far as I have planned haha
Way less haha. My musings here should be taken much less seriously than when I expound on long-term plans in CdM MainI don't want to put words in your mouth so please correct me if I'm wrong but are we to assume that this thread is far less canon than the main CdM thread?
You mean there is still a possibility that France may remain one of the top 10 powers of the world in the mid 20th century rather than being completely screwed?Way less haha. My musings here should be taken much less seriously than when I expound on long-term plans in CdM Main
Maybe, though probably towards the bottom of said 10You mean there is still a possibility that France may remain one of the top 10 powers of the world in the mid 20th century rather than being completely screwed?
It just feels from what you've shared here that someone in France from the 21st century looking back over French history would identify 1913 (+/-) as being when France was at its height in a way that OTL wouldn't.Maybe, though probably towards the bottom of said 10
That they definitely would. France in 1913 is easily a Top Five power alongside UK, Germany, the US, and [Insert your choice of number five here]. They had arguably the best 1870-90 stretch of any country on earth economically and geopolitically, and though the 1890s were a rough decade for them comparatively they remain a top five industrial producer and as a colonial/naval/financial great power probably second only to Britain, and as far as anyone in 1913 knows their army is very likely superior to Germany’s. A declining power in the midpoint of the century with its best days behind it spending most of its time punching down at rebels to keep Algeria because its all that’s left for them is a huge step down from thatIt just feels from what you've shared here that someone in France from the 21st century looking back over French history would identify 1913 (+/-) as being when France was at its height in a way that OTL wouldn't.
(choice in top 5 =Russia) Looking forward to France *begging* Russia to get involved in the CEW.That they definitely would. France in 1913 is easily a Top Five power alongside UK, Germany, the US, and [Insert your choice of number five here]. They had arguably the best 1870-90 stretch of any country on earth economically and geopolitically, and though the 1890s were a rough decade for them comparatively they remain a top five industrial producer and as a colonial/naval/financial great power probably second only to Britain, and as far as anyone in 1913 knows their army is very likely superior to Germany’s. A declining power in the midpoint of the century with its best days behind it spending most of its time punching down at rebels to keep Algeria because its all that’s left for them is a huge step down from that
To which Michael goes “shoulda maybe given us all those loans you tossed Austria, Alfie!!”(choice in top 5 =Russia) Looking forward to France *begging* Russia to get involved in the CEW.
Right. Forgot about where the French money went...To which Michael goes “shoulda maybe given us all those loans you tossed Austria, Alfie!!”
Obviously that has knock on effects on Russia’s industrial capacity, etc, which probably places them a decade or so behind OTL’s industrial/economic development levelsRight. Forgot about where the French money went...