Discussion of settings and scenarios involving fictional universes (Cthulhu Mythos, Star Wars, Clancyverse, etc.). Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:19:05 +0000 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:19:05 +0000 What If Machine http://whatifmachine.org/forums/fictional-universes.43/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:33:32 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/the-rise-of-the-tri-state-world-order.102/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/the-rise-of-the-tri-state-world-order.102/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy The Rise of the Tri-State World Order, from the Second World War to 1984

In 1939, the year before the dawn of the Second World War, the Third Reich and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, both eagerly signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in Moscow, its name coming from the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov. The plan detailed the invasion of the Second Polish Republic under...

The Rise of the Tri-State World Order]]> 1 Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:27:49 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/the-prussian-incursion-of-1807.100/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/the-prussian-incursion-of-1807.100/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy Introduction:

I saw this commercial on the television recently and the first thing I thought of was this site. The commercial itself is AH-y, and I was bored, and so I decided to write a single-post timeline based on it.

I am no expert whatsoever in the actual history (Napoleonic Wars and early 19th century Ireland) in this work. It is meant satirically and hence should not be taken too seriously.

Without...

The Prussian Incursion of 1807]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:27:06 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/wheels-of-the-patriots.99/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/wheels-of-the-patriots.99/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy Preface:

I wrote this one-shot timeline after writing a previous one-shot, The Prussian Incursion of 1807, based off of an advertisement. This led me to recall another vaguely historical advertisement, this one for the Dodge Challenger, and thought that I could easily write something based on it.

Without further ado:

Wheels of the Patriots
A...

Wheels of the Patriots]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2017 04:34:13 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/this-is-the-petition-response-you-are-looking-for.53/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/this-is-the-petition-response-you-are-looking-for.53/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy Star Wars-related pieces of news.

THIS IS THE PETITION RESPONSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
BY SPANISHSPY


Petition Response from Whitehouse.gov, January 2013:

Official White House Response to Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016

This Is the Petition Response You're Looking For

By Paul Shawcross

The administration shares...

This is the Petition Response You Are Looking For]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2017 04:32:11 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/my-words-are-backed-by-nuclear-weapons.52/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/my-words-are-backed-by-nuclear-weapons.52/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy Civilization series of PC games.


MY WORDS ARE BACKED BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS
BY SPANISHSPY

On January 30th, 1948, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Quit India Movement and the foremost figure campaigning for Indian independence from the United Kingdom, was the subject of an assassination attempt by the Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse who felt that he was...

My Words Are Backed By Nuclear Weapons]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2017 04:30:13 +0000 http://whatifmachine.org/threads/in-the-wake-of-the-tripods-stride.51/ http://whatifmachine.org/threads/in-the-wake-of-the-tripods-stride.51/ invalid@example.com (SpanishSpy) SpanishSpy
Without further ado:

IN THE WAKE OF THE TRIPOD'S STRIDE


Shushenskoye, Russian Empire, 1900

Samuil Orlov peered out into the Siberian tundra within a blistering blizzard. The settlement he lived in, Shushenskoye, was desperately running out of...

In the Wake of the Tripod's Stride]]>