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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
Now, how many post-apocalyptic stories about survivors against a zombie-infestation do you need to realize they're all the same? Alternate history stories offer a cool setup for some stories, but are ultimately an exercise in frustration: it could have been this way, but was not, now back to everyday. Speculating about the future is much more productive.
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Who says that all zombie stories are the same? Sure, there tend to be certain constraints, the humans either survive of they don't, but nothing prevents a wide variety of stories being told with zombies.
History is too often seen as nothing but dry facts and dates. History is too often seen as inevitable, that it couldn't possibly have happened any other way. You can understand history better if you have some idea of what History could have been like if something had gone differently.
What if Henry the VIII had had an heir with his first wife? Does the Reformation take root in England? Or what if Queen Mary had been able to wipe out the Reformation? She probably wouldn't have been known as "Bloody Mary", she would be seen as the Defender of the Faith rather than as a persecutor. Alternative history offers perspective on history.
Speculation on how the past could have been different is as productive as speculating on what the future might be like.