Napoleonic Victory At Waterloo

Because of course, misfortune never happens to the sexy side. NEVER.
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I'm not even sure what that's supposed to be, let alone how it's even an intelligible reply.

I'm pretty sure it was meant as one, but I know I don't get it.


In all earnestness though, while it would certainly be a possible POD, the idea that it only happened as it did OTL by perversity runs into a pet peeve of mine - that the sexy side only fails for reasons that can obviously be addressed, and that Napoleon or whoever might actually have been biting off too much to chew is left for people like me who cheer for the unsexy side (Austria in this case).

Although speaking of sexiness, Franz Joseph was more of a looker than Napoleon. Not really fair, but figured I'd say it as my contribution to the wtf factor of the thread.
 
I'm not even sure what that's supposed to be, let alone how it's even an intelligible reply.

I'm pretty sure it was meant as one, but I know I don't get it.

I was just looking for a reason to post that meme. :p


Anyway, that seems like the best Leipzig POD.
 
I was just looking for a reason to post that meme. :p

That's a meme?

Man, I'm even more clueless about internet culture than I thought.

Anyway, that seems like the best Leipzig POD.

Probably. Even at best it seriously messes with plans for the Coalition.

But I think expecting it to lead to ultimate triumph would require a wiser and less ambitious Napoleon.
 
edits and the like

I am going to majorly edit what happens post-battle w/ A.W. and then post a new update
HOWEVER, the POD of a decisive French victory at Leipzig is very intriguing, i will look into that on my good old friend Wikipedia
 
I am going to majorly edit what happens post-battle w/ A.W. and then post a new update
HOWEVER, the POD of a decisive French victory at Leipzig is very intriguing, i will look into that on my good old friend Wikipedia

The best POD for that is just have Russian Czar and the Prussian King, along with most of their senior staff, captured by the French cavalry before the battle. Good luck.
 
writing style

Also how is my writing style? Im no Shakespeare and dont believe myself to be particularly good at writing, but I did consider listing the events or maybe even telling the story from a soldier`s perspective. I eventually settled on a semi-omniscient view point. Should it be changed?
 
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Also how is my writing style? Im no Shakespear and dont believe myself to be particularly good a writing, but I did consider listing the events or maybe even telling the story from a soldier`s perspective. I eventually settled on a semi-omniscient view point. Should it be changed?

I like the way you wrote it to be honest. Though I'm no expert on writing techniques.
 

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Also how is my writing style?


Until you learn how to spell and punctuate, that is until you learn how to write, you'll have no writing style. Look at this sentence for example:

Im no Shakespear and dont believe myself to be particularly good a writing...

"Im" instead of "I'm", "Shakespear" instead of "Shakespeare", "dont" instead of "don't", and "good a writing" instead of "good at writing". There are even more examples in your earlier posts. Until you can write, until you take care to write, you'll have no writing style.

I understand that you're fourteen or fifteen years old and that you're very excited about this whole alternate history genre you've recently found. It's grand and wonderful thing to be young and exuberant. I envy you a great deal. You're going to see and learn so much in your lifetime. There's much to see and learn at this site too.

Before sharing your own time lines, why not examine some of the well received time lines posted here? That way you can get a feeling for the amount of research a good time requires. You can also look at the "nuts and bolts" of good writing like spelling, punctuation, and grammar that a good time line requires.

Check out time lines that are Turtledove winners, they're almost always good. Check out time lines from these members too; CalBear, Jared, Rogue Beaver, and Amerigo Vespucci. Their work is uniformly good.

Do some reading, ask a lot of questions, and have fun.
 
Until you learn how to spell and punctuate, that is until you learn how to write, you'll have no writing style. Look at this sentence for example:



"Im" instead of "I'm", "Shakespear" instead of "Shakespeare", "dont" instead of "don't", and "good a writing" instead of "good at writing". There are even more examples in your earlier posts. Until you can write, until you take care to write, you'll have no writing style.

I understand that you're fourteen or fifteen years old and that you're very excited about this whole alternate history genre you've recently found. It's grand and wonderful thing to be young and exuberant. I envy you a great deal. You're going to see and learn so much in your lifetime. There's much to see and learn at this site too.

Before sharing your own time lines, why not examine some of the well received time lines posted here? That way you can get a feeling for the amount of research a good time requires. You can also look at the "nuts and bolts" of good writing like spelling, punctuation, and grammar that a good time line requires.

Check out time lines that are Turtledove winners, they're almost always good. Check out time lines from these members too; CalBear, Jared, Rogue Beaver, and Amerigo Vespucci. Their work is uniformly good.

Do some reading, ask a lot of questions, and have fun.
while im not going to touch down on quick mistakes made while typing, and basic punctuation which was thoroughly ignored (both of which will be fixed in the TL, if it is continued)
I actually joined after reading 3 particular TLs, which were:
If God Were A Frenchman, Pax Napolleonica, and They Call It Civilization, I would like to look up turtledove winners so I can get a better grasp on how things are better communicated in the actual TLs
All three I read were written in different styles and I enjoyed all of them
Concerning my reference to a 'writing style' i was meaning how the story was told, i suppose i couldve phrased it better
 
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I propose a new rule.

Because hardly anyone can spell the correct medical name for piles or the runs or the clap they shall we henceforth referred to as piles, the runs or the clap.
 
Considering that the cavalry in Napoleon was equipped with the last horses avalible as cavalry in France then Napoleon would be hardpressed to have any cavalry after Waterloo at all.

Also, IIRC there was just one time Napoleon was in front of his forces and that was when the French took a bridge in the 1790ths.
 
Considering that the cavalry in Napoleon was equipped with the last horses avalible as cavalry in France then Napoleon would be hardpressed to have any cavalry after Waterloo at all.

Also, IIRC there was just one time Napoleon was in front of his forces and that was when the French took a bridge in the 1790ths.


This was one of the less-noted consequences of the Moscow campaign. In addition to the huge numbers of men, Napoleon lost nearly all his horses as well - and cavalry horses take longer to train than infantry "grunts".
 
This was one of the less-noted consequences of the Moscow campaign. In addition to the huge numbers of men, Napoleon lost nearly all his horses as well - and cavalry horses take longer to train than infantry "grunts".

Not to mention that the raw material is even less available. You can conscript a few hundred thousand men from a population the size of France without dire consequences. After a certain point, taking away horses means believing you need cavalry more than you need to avoid famine.
 
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