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{{quote| ''Save France, save the world.''}}
{{quote|''Save France, save the world.''}}


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Written by [[User:Analytical Engine]] Vive la Francewank is one of a series of [[Alternate History|alternate history]] timelines in the so-called "[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/timelines/the_strangerverse Strangerverse]", and hosted on ''[[Alternate History Dot Com]]''.
Written by [[User:Analytical Engine]] Vive la Francewank is one of a series of [[Alternate History]] timelines in the so-called "[[The Strangerverse|Strangerverse]]", and hosted on ''[[AlternateHistory.com]]''.


The basic premise is that a [[Time Travel|time traveller]] [[After the End|from the future]] has gone back in time to 1617, and gives king Louis XIII a mission : [[Take Over the World|Unite the world]] under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire French rule] [[Save This Person Save the World|to save it]] by preventing an [[Apocalypse How|apocalyptic]] [[World War III|war]] from happening in 2258.
The basic premise is that a [[Time Travel|time traveller]] [[After the End|from the future]] has gone back in time to 1617, and gives king Louis XIII a mission : [[Take Over the World|Unite the world]] under [[wikipedia:French colonial empire|French rule]] [[Save This Person Save the World|to save it]] by preventing an [[Apocalypse How|apocalyptic]] [[World War III|war]] from happening in 2258.


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=== Historical characters who appear or are referenced in the timeline: ===

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* Blase Pascal
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* [[The House of Stuart|Charles I of England and Scotland]]
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* Louis XIII of France
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* Marin Mersenne
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* Pierre de Fermat
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* René Descartes
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* Cardinal Richelieu

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** [[Loads and Loads of Characters|And a host of others...]]

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=== This [[Alternate History]] timelime provides examples of : ===

* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]/[[Regent for Life]]: Following the French victory in the Alt-War of the Spanish Succession, this is (mostly) the case in the Italian/Flemish domains.
* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]/[[Regent for Life]]: Following the French victory in the Alt-War of the Spanish Succession, this is (mostly) the case in the Italian/Flemish domains.
* [[Alien Space Bats]]
* [[Alien Space Bats]]
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: {{spoiler|King Louis XIII is cured of his madness before it even starts. Descartes discovers much of what Sir Isaac Newton did in OTL, but a generation earlier}}
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: {{spoiler|King Louis XIII is cured of his madness before it even starts. Descartes discovers much of what Sir Isaac Newton did in OTL, but a generation earlier}}
* [[Alternate History Wank]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]
* [[Alternate History Wank]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Cardinal Richelieu. Yes, that one...
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Cardinal Richelieu. Yes, that one...
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: {{spoiler|The various gifts the Stranger grants to the king}}
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: {{spoiler|The various gifts the Stranger grants to the king}}
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Russia. {{spoiler|Poor, poor Russia}}...
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Russia. {{spoiler|Poor, poor Russia}}...
* [[English Civil War]]: Rather shorter due to Charles I getting a cannonball to the chest.
* [[English Civil War]]: Rather shorter due to Charles I getting a cannonball to the chest.
* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: [[Arranged Marriage|Arranged Marriages]] were a common part of diplomacy during this period.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: [[Arranged Marriage|Arranged Marriages]] were a common part of diplomacy during this period.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Louis XIII being the main one.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]:
** Louis XIII being the main one.
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* [[Hundred Percent Adoration Rating]]: Lampshaded. France has had rather less civil unreast, though that was more due to charisma enhancement...
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** Blase Pascal
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** [[The House of Stuart|Charles I of England and Scotland]]
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** Louis XIII of France
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** Marin Mersenne
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** Pierre de Fermat
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** René Descartes
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** Cardinal Richelieu
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** [[Loads and Loads of Characters|And a host of others...]]
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* [[100% Adoration Rating]]: Lampshaded. France has had rather less civil unreast, though that was more due to charisma enhancement...
* {{spoiler|[[Hypno Trinket]]}}: {{spoiler|The rings.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hypno Trinket]]}}: {{spoiler|The rings.}}
* [[King Bob the Nth]]: Well, it is Bourbon France after all. [[Captain Obvious|They weren't big on originality when it came to names]]...
* [[King Bob the Nth]]: Well, it is Bourbon France after all. [[Captain Obvious|They weren't big on originality when it came to names]]...
* [[L Etat Cest Moi]]: Played with. {{spoiler|the alternatate Louis XIV is anything but the Sun King though}}
* [[L'État, c'est moi]]: Played with. {{spoiler|the alternatate Louis XIV is anything but the Sun King though}}
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]: Subverted, massively.
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]: Subverted, massively.
* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: {{spoiler|Federation of People's Republics}} and the {{spoiler|Italian People's Republic}}
* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: {{spoiler|Federation of People's Republics}} and the {{spoiler|Italian People's Republic}}
* [[Poles With Poleaxes]]: Poland is kicking some serious arse in TTL.
* [[Poles With Poleaxes]]: Poland is kicking some serious arse in TTL.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: The French kings at least try to be this.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: The French kings at least try to be this.
* [[Royally Screwed Up]]: With the alternate equivalent to Charles II of Spain, no less.
* [[Royally Screwed-Up]]: With the alternate equivalent to Charles II of Spain, no less.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: {{spoiler|The kings are head of the Order, not to mention the Absolute Monarchs of France}}
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: {{spoiler|The kings are head of the Order, not to mention the Absolute Monarchs of France}}
* [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|The Order of St. Denis}} are good guys, for a [[Moral Dissonance|given value of good]].
* [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|The Order of St. Denis}} are good guys, for a [[Moral Dissonance|given value of good]].
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 20 September 2022

Save France, save the world.

Read it here.

Written by User:Analytical Engine Vive la Francewank is one of a series of Alternate History timelines in the so-called "Strangerverse", and hosted on AlternateHistory.com.

The basic premise is that a time traveller from the future has gone back in time to 1617, and gives king Louis XIII a mission : Unite the world under French rule to save it by preventing an apocalyptic war from happening in 2258.

Tropes used in Vive La Francewank include:
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