Having returned to do some lurking on the boards after a long absence, I noticed another round of British involvement in the ACW Threads and as someone interested in such things I prepared myself to view them with a mix of excitement and trepidation. What wonders would they contain? Would they follow in the Illustrious steps of Turtledove, Harrison, Tsouras and Conroy? Would the forces of good represented by the Square Jawed, Heroic American's and their god like General's once again march to victory?
Would the forces of Evil represented by the bug eyed, hunchbacked , gap toothed British and their Generals filled with equal amounts of arrogance and incompetence be foiled once again? Would the Americans use their superior intellects and military genius to easily guess even to most nefarious schemes of the British? Would British Ships sink at the mere sight of an American Rowboat and their bullets bounce from the manly chests of their adversaries as if no more than a gentle rain?
Okay I may be slightly exaggerating (Except when it comes to Harrison where I expected a steam powered Death Star to appear any second) but like a fool time and time again I have hoped for something even slightly different to the British being bested with ease. Is their some kind rule written into the Universe that means when this subject comes up the British must always lose and lose badly?
I have skimmed through the latest batch of stories on the board but so far it seems the plucky Brits are destined for the result in the end, please someone tell me this isn't so! Or if so why? why? why?