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    Dyed hair much more popular

    What divergences would have to be introduced to make dyed hair, in non-standard colors such as blue, green, purple, etc. much more popular? The goal of the scenario is to have at least half of population have dyed hair by modern day.
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    Marvel's Agents of SHIELD a Netflix series

    Imagine that for one reason or another different deals and arrangements are made at Marvel and a decision is made to let Netflix handle all MCU television series. This of course means Agents of Shield would be a Netflix series. Assume that Joss Whedon is still involved like in OTL, and that...
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    What if the Star Wars Prequels were never made?

    As the thread title says, what if the prequel trilogy was never made and Return of the Jedi remained the last Star Wars movie. Would the series eventually fade into obscurity and be mostly forgotten?
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    Better Alien/Predator franchise in the 90s

    I was looking at the critical ratings for the Alien and the Predator movies on RottenTomatoes. They are: Alien (1979) - 97% Aliens (1986) - 98% Alien 3 (1992) - 46% Predator (1987) - 78% Predator 2 (1990) - 25% As you can see, Alien 3 and Predator 2 were disappointments. And of course, the...
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    Pro-LGBT Nazi Germany

    I realize the premise alone may sound ridiculous, but hear me out. Is it possible to make the Nazis supportive of LGBT rights and be progressive on sexuality, while still having them be extremist on race/ethnicity? This is because to my horror I've often seen some LGBT people who have...
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    Comic Books significantly less popular?

    With a POD no earlier than 1970, what would have to happen to make comic books become less and less popular than they already are in OTL?
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    What if James Cameron's Titanic is a failure?

    As the thread title says, what if James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic was a financial failure? How would that change Hollywood in the upcoming decades?
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    AHC: Powerful and Influential Anonymous?

    What POD would have to be introduced to make Anonymous actually very powerful and influential? We will be working under the assumption that they have the same views and goals as in OTL. So pro-freedom of speech, anti-censorship, against Scientology, against animal abuse, capturing paedophiles...
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    WI: Lovecraft more popular than Tolkien?

    What would have to happen to make the works of H.P. Lovecraft more popular than the works of J.R.R. Tolkien? I of course mean the Cthulhu Mythos and the Middle Earth series respectively. We will be assuming that the POD does not involve actually changing said works, they have to be the...
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    WI: Tom Cruise never becomes involved with Scientology

    As it says on the tin. Wikipedia says that Cruise became involved with Scientology in 1990 through his first wife, Mimi Rogers. What if that never happens? The POD could be that he simply marries a different woman.
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    Britney Spears - Punk Rock singer?

    Britney Spears has been active in pop music since 1998, creating many successful albums/songs. While people may have differing opinions on her music and her as a person, one cannot deny her success and influence in the pop music genre. What if however, in 2002 at the height of her popularity...
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    AH Challenge: Kurt Cobain and Princess Diana a couple

    Just the other day I was speaking with a friend about famous people who left us too early. Eventually the topic turned to Kurt Cobain and Princess Diana. We said: "Hey, I wonder if it was possible to make them a couple in a world where they both didn't die." Well, is it?
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    What if Marvel split the X-Men into a separate 'verse?

    What if when the X-Men were first developed, it was decide that a whole new race of super-powered mutants doesn't really fit with the rest of Marvel universe? What if instead the X-Men was launched as a separate world, a sort of parallel earth to the main marvel universe? How would the...
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    What is the easiest POD to have a more technologically advanced timeline?

    As the thread title says, what in your opinion is the easiest and perhaps the quickest POD to result in the present world be more technologically advanced by at least 20 years?
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    1913 - A Most Unusual Explosion in Vienna

    Say that in Vienna, in the year 1913, a Post Office is blown up by a single madman who wanted to get revenge for some imagined slight. This man used dynamite to destroy the building and did so during business hours. Unfortunately, many clients and post office workers died in the resulting...
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    What if Sony sold the rights to Spider-Man to Marvel?

    What if, instead of creating the Amazing Spider-Man movies, Sony sold back the rights to Spider-Man to Marvel around the year 2009? Would this affect the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a significant way? How would the Spider-Man movies made by Marvel Studios look like...
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    How can the fall of communism be sped up?

    I was wondering if it was possible for these things to happen 5-10 years earlier than they originally happened: - Fall of the Berlin Wall - Rise of Solidarity in Poland - End of Soviet influence in Poland and other European countries - Other factors connected to the ones above, like NATO...
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    What if H.P. Lovecraft lived longer?

    What if Howard Phillips Lovecraft lived longer and instead of dying in 1937 died in let's say 1977, living 40 years longer? How the events of World War II and the years following it would have impacted his work? How would he be remembered today?
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    WI: Longer "Roaring Twenties"

    Basically, this is a challenge. Have the Roaring Twenties last much longer, as long as realistically possible. This may include: 1. Economic prosperity. 2. Social, artistic, and cultural dynamism. 3. New technologies and the belief that everything is feasible through them. 4. Women's...
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    Challenge: Japan fully adopts the Roman Alphabet?

    Exactly what it says on the tin. With a POD no earlier than 1853, have Japan adopt the Roman Alphabet and replace Kanji/Katakana with it. They still keep their language, mind you, it's just that the actual letters change :)
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