hey, all. you may already know that my ASB ATL doesn't involve nukes
well, not anymore it doesn't due to previous butterflies, i decided that the discovery of nuclear power was inevitable given what was already achieved and that it's not much of a jump otherwise to figure out how to weaponize it. i ultimately decided that the first nuclear reactors come up in the mid-1960s (but the first few are extremely inefficient and dangerous compared to where they were IOTL at that time, leading to a few Chernobyl-like meltdowns) and the first detonation of an A-bomb takes place in 1991 (on the level of Fat Man and Little Boy). i have yet to decide if there are any nuclear bombings during the course of TTL
anyway, with this in mind, what does everyone think would be the effects of nuclear energy not coming up until the mid-60s and nuclear weapons not until the 90s? anyone who knows anything will be able to tell you that the very existence of nuclear weaponry had a huge influence on popular culture from then on; it may have subsided, but its no less present. there's other changes to the TL itself that would affect pop culture as well, but for now i'd like to focus on just the lack of nukes until the 90s.
perhaps the most obvious difference would be with the King of the Monsters himself, Godzilla. the whole film idea and Godzilla himself were inspired by the horror and destruction instilled by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, right down to him being created by the radiation from nuclear detonations. no nukes, not Godzilla, and likely no equivalent until the wartime detonation of nukes ITTL, if that ever even happens. there are some other examples, like the backstory of V for Vendetta (the original comic) having to be changed in some way since, even at the latest, the final OTL publication of that comic would be two years before the first nuclear detonation ITTL
anyone else?
well, not anymore it doesn't due to previous butterflies, i decided that the discovery of nuclear power was inevitable given what was already achieved and that it's not much of a jump otherwise to figure out how to weaponize it. i ultimately decided that the first nuclear reactors come up in the mid-1960s (but the first few are extremely inefficient and dangerous compared to where they were IOTL at that time, leading to a few Chernobyl-like meltdowns) and the first detonation of an A-bomb takes place in 1991 (on the level of Fat Man and Little Boy). i have yet to decide if there are any nuclear bombings during the course of TTL
anyway, with this in mind, what does everyone think would be the effects of nuclear energy not coming up until the mid-60s and nuclear weapons not until the 90s? anyone who knows anything will be able to tell you that the very existence of nuclear weaponry had a huge influence on popular culture from then on; it may have subsided, but its no less present. there's other changes to the TL itself that would affect pop culture as well, but for now i'd like to focus on just the lack of nukes until the 90s.
perhaps the most obvious difference would be with the King of the Monsters himself, Godzilla. the whole film idea and Godzilla himself were inspired by the horror and destruction instilled by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, right down to him being created by the radiation from nuclear detonations. no nukes, not Godzilla, and likely no equivalent until the wartime detonation of nukes ITTL, if that ever even happens. there are some other examples, like the backstory of V for Vendetta (the original comic) having to be changed in some way since, even at the latest, the final OTL publication of that comic would be two years before the first nuclear detonation ITTL
anyone else?