History Fanfic / MonarchyOverTheDanube

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10293332/1/Monarchy-Over-the-Danube-RE-A-Retold-Alternate-History Monarchy Over the Danube RE: A Retold Alternate History]]'' is an ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fic by mdc01957, set in an AlternateUniverse where the return of the deposed [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic House of Habsburg]] to Austria [[AlternateHistory leads to the revival of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1936]], known this time around as the Imperial Federation of the Danube. This proves to have unforeseen consequences to history as we know it.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In addition to [[TheSoundOfMartialMusic Otto von Habsburg]], a few others show up or are mentioned, including Miklos Horthy, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.

* TheSoundOfMartialMusic

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10293332/1/Monarchy-Over-the-Danube-RE-A-Retold-Alternate-History Monarchy Over the Danube RE: A Retold Alternate History]]'' is an ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fic by mdc01957, set in an AlternateUniverse where the return of the deposed [[TheSoundOfMartialMusic House of Habsburg]] to Austria [[AlternateHistory leads to the revival of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1936]], known this time around as the Imperial Federation of the Danube. This proves to have unforeseen consequences to history as we know it.

The fic can also be found in DeviantArt under the same title.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10293332/1/Monarchy-Over-the-Danube-RE-A-Retold-Alternate-History Monarchy Over the Danube RE: A Retold Alternate History]]'' is an ''AxisPowersHetalia'' fic by mdc01957, set in an AlternateUniverse where the return of the deposed [[TheSoundOfMartialMusic House of Habsburg]] to Austria [[AlternateHistory leads to the revival of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1936]], known this time around as the Imperial Federation of the Danube. This proves to have unforeseen consequences to history as we know it.

** The Spanish Civil War still breaks out on schedule as do a number of global historical events early on, which makes England concerned.
** The [[WorldWarII Second Great War]] begins in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the Nazis. But the circumstances leading up to it however are different. [[spoiler:As is the outcome compared to our world.]]

** America still initially holds out from joining the Allies/Entente, as in the real WorldWarII.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In addition to [[TheSoundOfMartialMusic Otto von Habsburg]], a few others show up or are mentioned, including Miklos Horthy, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

->''It all began with one small event in 1935, one that changed everything. For Austria and Hungary, it was what they needed to once more restore their lost glory...together. A different world is emerging. But would their bonds survive this time, or would history go back to what it was?''

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Austria and Hungary have one, who may or may not be an alternate version of Julia/Sopron from the ''NineteenEightyThreeDoomsdayStories.'']]

* WhosLaughingNow: The lands of the Danube are initially not taken seriously by England and France, considering them little more than deluded BrokenBird[=s=] doomed to fall to the Nazis or Soviets. Not even the slow but steady expansion of the Empire's members seems to get much attention from them. [[spoiler:Then Austria and Hungary liberate Italy from Mussolini.]]

* AmicableExes: Subverted initially as while Austria and Hungary still long for each other, the painful experience of the Great War left some bitter scars that were only just healing.

* DirtyCommunist: The Soviet Union under Stalin. [[spoiler:It eventually collapses in 1950, ending the War and leading to Russia welcoming back the Romanovs]].

** What Austria and Hungary are trying to forge with the Habsburg monarchy.

* TheAlliance: The ''Entente Cordiale'', aka the Allies.

* SharedUniverse: The AU makes a number of nods to the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6134300/1/Eva'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/99977/Marj Marj]]. [[spoiler:With Eva herself visiting her sister, the future Danubian Federation.]]

* {{Revision}}: The fic is a rewritten version of an earlier version made years before.

* {{Expy}}: The Union of Nations is essentially a mix of the real life UN and a more competent League of Nations, with many of the ''Entente'' forming part of the "Quorum of Twelve" [[spoiler:including Austria-Hungary and eventually, China, Russia and Japan]].

* ThoseWackyNazis: A looming presence for most of the fic. [[spoiler:Although the more recent chapters show the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.]]

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Prussia is strongly implied to be this, given that he also has feelings for Hungary.

* TheFederation: What Austria and Hungary are trying to forge with the Habsburg monarchy.

* LighterAndSofter: Relatively speaking, compared to ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''.

''It all began with one small event in 1935, one that changed everything. For Austria and Hungary, it was what they needed to once more restore their lost glory...together. A different world is emerging. But would their bonds survive this time, or would history go back to what it was?''