alternate history
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For A Show About An Alt-America Run By Witches, Motherland: Fort Salem Is Surprisingly OK
When we first heard that Freeform was working on a Handmaid’s Tale-style alternative history show where witches had been drafted into the military to escape persecution, our first thought was: “That’s redonkulus.” In some ways, that’s still true, but Motherland: Fort Salem has managed to balance out the bizarre with great characters and an invented…
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The Game Of Thrones Showrunners’ Next Series Is An Alt-History Where The South Won The US Civil War
When David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wrap up Game of Thrones’ upcoming final season, there will still be a number of Westeros-related projects in development at HBO. But the pair’s focus will be elsewhere on the network — specifically on Confederate, a new series about an alternate history where the South successfully seceded, while a…