In book 3 of my Young Adult paranormal romanceseries, my protagonists travel to an alternate universe that greatly resembles Edwardian England. They feel like they have gone back in time but I have to make it an alternate universe because I need some things to be different from the situation as it was then.
For instance, one of my heroines falls in love with the King of England's younger brother and he with her. their romance is at the heart of the story.
Plus, I want my heroine to shock that world by wearing modern fashions. Then they too start to adopt those fashions. Now that would never have happened in the real Edwardian England, which would have reacted badly to her and would not have eventually adopted her hairstyle and fashions. In reality women didn’t give up the clothes and fashions of Edwardian times until after WWI.
I also want to change some timelines by showing that Hitler was a growing threat at this time, and was planning to take over the world. So in my story he is already leader of Germany and making war plans.
So, given all the changes I want to make to the way history REALLY went, do you think I should say that it's an alternate universe that greatly resembles Edwardian England,
OR:
Should I change all the names, ie, give England, Germany, Hitler all fictional names?
And say that this fictional enemy was brutalizing some fictional race of people, not called Jews, but something else?
I think my own preference would be to keep some of the original names, changing only what I want for the story.
But would this irritate some readers? Would they object I've tampered too much with timelines, moving forward the rise of Hitler, doing away with WWI?
Theoretically, alternate universe and alternate history can feature anything. but at the same time, my version should not sound silly. I could use all fictional names and tell the same basic story of a dictator who tries to take over the world, which is actually a common enough theme in so many stories. Even Harry Potter had as the chief enemy a villain who wanted to do that.
Which would YOU rather read and consider more plausible?
I read of one alternate history story that posited that Hitler was killed off early on, but that was a tragedy because someone much smarter than him came to power and so the Allies lost WWII and the world is now ruled by the Nazis.
So I suppose if people object to the idea of my showing Hitler in power a couple of decades earlier than he actually was, and without WWI to spur him on, I could simply make ENGLAND have a different enemy, someone as evil as Hitler, and with all his goals, but with a different name. maybe in my alt history, Hitler died young or one of my protags killed him, but they don’t realize that in this universe, Hitler isn't the threat, someone else is.
So there are various ways I could go and I would greatly appreciate any feedback on which way YOU would most like to see it go. Maybe if several people reply I could get an idea of which the most popular way is.
Thanks for any help.
Alternate universe and history or pure fiction?
For instance, one of my heroines falls in love with the King of England's younger brother and he with her. their romance is at the heart of the story.
Plus, I want my heroine to shock that world by wearing modern fashions. Then they too start to adopt those fashions. Now that would never have happened in the real Edwardian England, which would have reacted badly to her and would not have eventually adopted her hairstyle and fashions. In reality women didn’t give up the clothes and fashions of Edwardian times until after WWI.
I also want to change some timelines by showing that Hitler was a growing threat at this time, and was planning to take over the world. So in my story he is already leader of Germany and making war plans.
So, given all the changes I want to make to the way history REALLY went, do you think I should say that it's an alternate universe that greatly resembles Edwardian England,
OR:
Should I change all the names, ie, give England, Germany, Hitler all fictional names?
And say that this fictional enemy was brutalizing some fictional race of people, not called Jews, but something else?
I think my own preference would be to keep some of the original names, changing only what I want for the story.
But would this irritate some readers? Would they object I've tampered too much with timelines, moving forward the rise of Hitler, doing away with WWI?
Theoretically, alternate universe and alternate history can feature anything. but at the same time, my version should not sound silly. I could use all fictional names and tell the same basic story of a dictator who tries to take over the world, which is actually a common enough theme in so many stories. Even Harry Potter had as the chief enemy a villain who wanted to do that.
Which would YOU rather read and consider more plausible?
I read of one alternate history story that posited that Hitler was killed off early on, but that was a tragedy because someone much smarter than him came to power and so the Allies lost WWII and the world is now ruled by the Nazis.
So I suppose if people object to the idea of my showing Hitler in power a couple of decades earlier than he actually was, and without WWI to spur him on, I could simply make ENGLAND have a different enemy, someone as evil as Hitler, and with all his goals, but with a different name. maybe in my alt history, Hitler died young or one of my protags killed him, but they don’t realize that in this universe, Hitler isn't the threat, someone else is.
So there are various ways I could go and I would greatly appreciate any feedback on which way YOU would most like to see it go. Maybe if several people reply I could get an idea of which the most popular way is.
Thanks for any help.
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