All of these are strong plausible outcomes of Confederate culture having an influence on the rest of the world. In fact, they could probably be good examples of pop culture that is unique to TL-191 and not have an easily discernible parallelism in real-life.
It would be nice if someone could create a story out of these ideas.
@Allochronian @Historyman 14 @Tiro
I agree. In fact we can go further. Certain books and literature in this timeline would be either butter-flied away or drastically changed, allowing for the creation of alternate version of the stories we are familiar with in our timeline or, most intriguingly, stories in literature that are entirely unique to this timeline. This includes certain novels that were written by foreigners outside of North America. What I'm saying is that we would get entirely new stories from authors in Victorian or Edwardian Britain for example, with either slightly different or entirely unique stories as a butterfly effect.
Think about it too. I'll narrow down the time period of Victorian Era as an example --- This would mean that the
Second Mexican War (1881-1882) occurs during the Victorian Era. For a bit of historical context,
the Zulu War (1879), the
Mahdist War (1881-1899), and the
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880) were conflicts in which the British Empire was engaged in during this time, either occurring just before, just after, or were concurrently happening along side this conflict. Seeing as how those wars played a part in shaping the empire, it seems reasonable to me that, in a cultural and social context, that British authors would write something about the Second Mexican War - especially at least a novel or a memoir or two. And given the scale of the war itself, its hard not to forget.
I actually have two stories in mind that could be drastically changed up because of the differences in this timeline, possibly becoming entirely new stories ---
The Battle of Dorking written by George Chesney in 1871 and
The Four Feathers written by A.E.W. Mason in 1902 --- this includes its many movie adaptions that would be changed. I want to address those two stories in later posts, so keep an eye out for them if I ever get to them!
For "
The Four Feathers" --- My hunch is this - instead of the story taking place in Sudan during the Mahdist War, it can potentially take place in Eastern Montana, during the Second Mexican War around the time of the Battle of Teton River in 1881, either before it or after it occurred. While I can't give you the exact details of a story, I can provide potential visual references with notes. It would be an adventure story of course, in an entirely different setting with new characters and challenges --- the deserts of the Sudan, after all, are much different than the Great Plains of North America and the enemies are very different as well. The perspective would be from the British side this time of course, so we would get a very different look at the war through the mind of a British writer.
^^^ --- Alternate "Four Feathers" scene --- British lancers charge forward past a square of British infantry as they attack US Cavalry and infantry. The scene is of a battle in Eastern Montana in 1881.
^^^ --- Alternate "Four Feathers" --- US Cavalry in Eastern Montana charge a British square, sabers forward, led by Custer. US soldiers would come face to face with the British for the first time in generations. And like the Zulus before them and the Mahdists after them, they would know the devastating effect of British volleys.
^^^ --- Alternate "Four Feathers" --- British position is overwhelmed by US forces in Eastern Montana, 1881.
^^^ --- Alternate "Four Feathers" --- US cavalry scouting out a position in Eastern Montana in 1881, keeping watch over British movements in the territory.
