Together in Dreams of Hope and Change.

Well folks, this is and I've wanted to do for a while, but couldn't get the motivation to write it down until SergeantHeretic posted her 'White Supremacist 9/11' thread; a story with a POD during the Cold War.

This story will, of course, start with a really small POD. Here it is:
In April of 1982, a semi-spontaneous peace gathering occurred in the city of San Francisco, promoting a message of peace, love, and brotherhood. While it was a small event, it was notable for one thing; it somehow inspired a number of similar gatherings across the world.
You might think this is a pretty trivial POD, but butterflies can be quite fickle; sometimes, one little event can help contribute a lot to world history.
They slowly begin to accumulate: The Petrov incident doesn't happen and there is no Able Archer crisis. Larry McDonald doesn't die over the Kamchatka peninsula, and Alan Berg never gets shot. And Justin Bieber is never born........

So, there you have it. First post may come up soon as perhaps just a few hours. =)
 
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Well folks, this is and I've wanted to do for a while, but couldn't get the motivation to write it down until SergeantHeretic posted her 'White Supremacist 9/11' thread; a story with a POD during the Cold War.

This story will, of course, start with a really small POD. Here it is:
In April of 1982, a semi-spontaneous peace gathering occurred in the city of San Francisco, promoting a message of peace, love, and brotherhood. While it was a small event, it was notable for one thing; it somehow inspired a number of similar gatherings across the world.
You might think this is a pretty trivial POD, but butterflies can be quite fickle; sometimes, one little event can help contribute a lot to world history.
They slowly begin to accumulate, however.
So you are proposing a mirror image of SergeantHeretics POD ? This could be interesting It is too late for the hippys, they have all been subsumed into the corporate world by 1982.
What is needed here is a cross between the 'occupy' movement and communism a general, multinational idea that has an ethos that is instantly understandable and attractive to the majority.
I think this is a good idea and I'm in favour of small PODS,the only thing I would take issue with is the idea of a a semi-spontaneous peace gathering .
I think you need a bit more of a planned event with prior orginisation by a group. Other than that ..go for it
 
So you are proposing a mirror image of SergeantHeretics POD ? This could be interesting It is too late for the hippys, they have all been subsumed into the corporate world by 1982.
What is needed here is a cross between the 'occupy' movement and communism a general, multinational idea that has an ethos that is instantly understandable and attractive to the majority.
I think this is a good idea and I'm in favour of small PODS,the only thing I would take issue with is the idea of a a semi-spontaneous peace gathering .
I think you need a bit more of a planned event with prior orginisation by a group. Other than that ..go for it

No problem, man, and thanks for the interest in this thread. I will certainly refine the POD as needed. I'll try to post the first chapter tonight. :)
 
I apologize for not getting anything done but I've done some thinking and this TL may need to be rebooted. I'd also like to let you know that that little thread spawned a second TL idea......so maybe I can work on both at the same time. :D
 
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