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All I can say is that I feel flattered and honored.
A great ending for a great TLIAD!
TLIAD: La Isla Blanca
- Thread starter Lord Roem
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All I can say is that I feel flattered and honored.
A great ending for a great TLIAD!
Absolutely brilliant end to the TL. And Azure Cyan? I feel honoured for this, really.
Superb. We all knew you'd end it like this, but this is by far the uncanniest set of impersonations I've ever seen. Adrian Sea was my favourite, though I was alarmed by how closely you caught my own posting style. I think it was Thande who said I post like I talk - so lots of '- yeah, I know that x, but come on, y... -.
Fear-God Gove was also a name that could either be one of your Puritan sillinesses again, or a name I'd actually give him IOTL
A lovely work of AH, Jack, and written exceptionally well. You have much to be proud of here - ignore the point-missing dullards.
Fear-God Gove was also a name that could either be one of your Puritan sillinesses again, or a name I'd actually give him IOTL
A lovely work of AH, Jack, and written exceptionally well. You have much to be proud of here - ignore the point-missing dullards.
This has been excellent from start to finish - I'm just sorry I haven't been able to keep up with each update. A delight, milord.
Thande
Donor
A fine conclusion, Roem. I like all the hints and glimpses of weird world things in the background.
I'm surprised you didn't have some sort of analogue to Ceuta and Melilla mentioned (English footholds in Ireland, perhaps?) come up in the alt-AH.com discussion (though I love the 'minitel' reference).
I think a lot of people who had those Puritan names in OTL went by some sort of abbreviated nickname most of the time, so it'd be interesting to speculate what some of the ones for the names you've mentioned are...
I'm surprised you didn't have some sort of analogue to Ceuta and Melilla mentioned (English footholds in Ireland, perhaps?) come up in the alt-AH.com discussion (though I love the 'minitel' reference).
I think a lot of people who had those Puritan names in OTL went by some sort of abbreviated nickname most of the time, so it'd be interesting to speculate what some of the ones for the names you've mentioned are...
Thande
Donor
Aha, I missed that because I wasn't expecting them to be German. I knew Roem wouldn't let us down!
Many thanks to all of you for your kind comments!
Yes, this was a lot of fun to write, although I am a little saddened that I couldn't do it all as 'lots of lots of pastiches' as I was originally intending to (I had a great mock-Gilbert and Sullivan planned but it just wasn't working out, so I replaced it with the 'First Commonwealth'/Canning prose scene instead.)
As many of you noted - the whole principle was that Spain and the UK would have somewhat of a job-swap going on. Obviously, the loss of a fairly minor island off the South Coast would struggle to turn England into literally Franco, but - then again - butterflies can always just be implied in the TLIAD.
I am really pleased that the last scene - whilst obvious from Part I - went down so well, it was a lot of fun to do and - as Meadow/Lawn pointed out - I think I 'got' you nutty bunch fairly down-pat.
I doubt that I'll be able to do much else over Christmas, as the office isn't nearly as quiet as I thought, but I may be able to get one or two things sorted...
Incidentally - I've got two Photoshop commissions to do tomorrow, so Thande, Iain, keep an eye on your inboxes.
Yes, this was a lot of fun to write, although I am a little saddened that I couldn't do it all as 'lots of lots of pastiches' as I was originally intending to (I had a great mock-Gilbert and Sullivan planned but it just wasn't working out, so I replaced it with the 'First Commonwealth'/Canning prose scene instead.)
As many of you noted - the whole principle was that Spain and the UK would have somewhat of a job-swap going on. Obviously, the loss of a fairly minor island off the South Coast would struggle to turn England into literally Franco, but - then again - butterflies can always just be implied in the TLIAD.
I am really pleased that the last scene - whilst obvious from Part I - went down so well, it was a lot of fun to do and - as Meadow/Lawn pointed out - I think I 'got' you nutty bunch fairly down-pat.
I doubt that I'll be able to do much else over Christmas, as the office isn't nearly as quiet as I thought, but I may be able to get one or two things sorted...
Incidentally - I've got two Photoshop commissions to do tomorrow, so Thande, Iain, keep an eye on your inboxes.
Loved the ending there. I see you restrained from adding a "Baron Parsi" or "Don Brelin" or someone
Thande
Donor
Well done, Roem, good concept and good execution. Tricky to cover so much time through TLIAD-sized highlights but you did pretty well.
As for the photoshop commissions, prioritise Iain's first because I don't think I'll get a chance to do my project now for a while.
By the way - if you enjoyed 'La Isla Blanca', you can now purchase it for Kindle via 'Sea Lion Press'.
Why not buy it as a gift (possibly for someone who you don't like very much)?
Featuring a snazzy new front cover, some minor tweaks and additional scenes, and a whole new 'Part Eight' detailing the rather topsy-turvy world.
Click the cover for more information - as well as links to the relevant Amazon page.
http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/la-isla-blanca/
Why not buy it as a gift (possibly for someone who you don't like very much)?
Featuring a snazzy new front cover, some minor tweaks and additional scenes, and a whole new 'Part Eight' detailing the rather topsy-turvy world.
Click the cover for more information - as well as links to the relevant Amazon page.
Emperor RyRy
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By the way - if you enjoyed 'La Isla Blanca', you can now purchase it for Kindle via 'Sea Lion Press'.
Why not buy it as a gift (possibly for someone who you don't like very much)?
Featuring a snazzy new front cover, some minor tweaks and additional scenes, and a whole new 'Part Eight' detailing the rather topsy-turvy world.
Click the cover for more information - as well as links to the relevant Amazon page.
http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/la-isla-blanca/
Oh damn it's a book now.