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That's a sobering thing hanging over pop culture AH's, "what if this was made? Some of YOUR FAVOURITE STUFF wouldn't be (or at least be massively different)"
I've often found that with many of the pop culture AH timelines we used to see in the Old Country, because they're reflective and geared toward the tastes of the author it can feel jarring when your favourite stuff is just sort of handwaved away because it just doesn't interest them.That's a sobering thing hanging over pop culture AH's, "what if this was made? Some of YOUR FAVOURITE STUFF wouldn't be (or at least be massively different)"
I remember when @Brainbin got more stick for the early death of Robin Williams than most people would for nuking an orphanage in a conventional TL.I've often found that with many of the pop culture AH timelines we used to see in the Old Country, because they're reflective and geared toward the tastes of the author it can feel jarring when your favourite stuff is just sort of handwaved away because it just doesn't interest them.
Related to the subject of this article since Williams visited Belushi the day of his death, and it's very easy to imagine a TL where Williams died but Belushi lived. Or, just as easily, that neither lived past the early 80s.I remember when @Brainbin got more stick for the early death of Robin Williams than most people would for nuking an orphanage in a conventional TL.
Indeed, I was just agreeing with your point that AH changes to - or simply not covering - popculture phenomena can feel more 'visceral' to us in a TL than grand political/economic changes.Related to the subject of this article since Williams visited Belushi the day of his death, and it's very easy to imagine a TL where Williams died but Belushi lived. Or, just as easily, that neither lived past the early 80s.
That was a bit of a gut punch in TWR, but it didn't strike me as gratuitous given Williams's well documented history of substance abuse. There might be an element of it getting a bit heavy for a TL not focused on the more weighty subjects of politics and/or war. That's different to what I was driving at though, which is more akin to (for a theoretical example) a TL on 80s pop culture in the US which doesn't touch upon pro wrestling because it doesn't interest the author despite it being at the height of its mainstream popularity.
Ah I see, agreed on that certainly.Indeed, I was just agreeing with your point that AH changes to - or simply not covering - popculture phenomena can feel more 'visceral' to us in a TL than grand political/economic changes.
One of the reasons I was motivated to write about his early death from substance abuse in TWR was because he had emerged so triumphant from those struggles that I thought it would be intriguing to remind everyone how close he came to meeting an early end, once upon a time. I mean, the possibility of Robin Williams having a shocking and sudden early death was definitely a thing of the past by that point, so why not explore it?I remember when @Brainbin got more stick for the early death of Robin Williams than most people would for nuking an orphanage in a conventional TL.