David S Poepoe
Banned
So tell me what are your thoughts on TLs that run on handwavium?
After the POD I think the author pretty much has free reign over the TL that he/she creates. We shouldn't ask people to write dissertations or to have read a particular book. The TLs that run on 'handwavium' can usually be the more entertaining. We aren't seeking to educate, we are all engaging in writing fiction.
We don't need debates, since without TLs posted we aren't having alternative history. We are just having debates. Events five years after a POD should be different, in varying degrees, than OTL and progressively getting more variable depending upon the application of the butterfly effect.
The first recommendation to a new poster should be to use the search engine and see if they can locate any similar threads and read those and then post. There will always be reoccurring POD threads popping up.