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Our patriots are clothed in passions, particularly that of revenge; it is necessary to contain it and ask God to banish it, because if not, this will never end and we will never see peace of mind.

- Manuel Belgrano, circa 1810

Welcome to Clothed in Passion, a world I've been working on for the last few months!
For a quick snapshot of the prem...

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The original Photos from Alternate Worlds, started by Tetsu in 2005, was one of the first major threads on AH.com to deal with "media from alternate worlds" as its premise. After more than 12 years (!), that thread reached the end of...

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The Battle of São Mamede (1128), which IOTL saw the forces led by Afonso Henriques, the future first king of Portugal, defeat those loyal to his mother Theresa, daughter of Alfonso VI of León, is typically mythologized as a struggle for Portuguese independence. The reality, however, is more complex.

Countess Theresa was an ambitious woman, and, believing herself to be a...

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“So how was your trip to Japan?”

“It was great. OH! By the way, apparently Nintendo has this hot new franchise called ‘Pocket Monsters’ that launched in ’96 and it is already one of their quickest growing franchises. They are planning on bringing the franchise here to the west under the localized name “Pokémon” and are looking for someone to have the anime dubbing right...

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No Heavens Too Exalted
"Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is a vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in fame, unlimited in space, and infinite in duration. In the performance of its sacred offices, it fears no danger, spares no expense, omits no exertion. It scales the mountains, looks into the volcano, dives into the ocean, per...

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