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''America's stepbrother, America's enemy]]'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?

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''America's stepbrother, America's enemy]]'' enemy'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?

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[[redirect:DarthWiki/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemy]]%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

''America's stepbrother, America's enemy]]'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?

The answer: after the initial chaos, an absolute [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] of the three superstates that control most of the planet.

War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing...

Can be found [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 here]], but requires login. Was subsequently rewritten as ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero''.
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!!This story provides examples of:
%%* AirstripOne: Considering the inspiration for the story...
* AlienSpaceBats: Considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technologically-advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
%%* AmericaSavesTheDay: BIG TIME.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: The stasis chambers.
%%* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The Event.
* BigDamnHeroes: An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CurbstompBattle: Initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[GoodShepherd Michael Ramsay]] dreams of the arrival of the Americans and Queen Gabriella, and the Liberation of the United Kingdom.
* DueToTheDead: The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there as well.]]
* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Several times.
** First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled.
** Then, the other superstates ask the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: The people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: This was taking place on ''1984'' Earth until the United States appeared.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* GoodShepherd: Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of York and leader of the hidden Church of England.
* HandicappedBadass: The Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: Not that the Prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that decided to stay in Vietnam after America fell to Oceania sacrificed themselves in a ploy to distract Eastasian troops while the Dalai Lama was taken out of Lhasa in a plane.]]
* IdiotBall: Everything the Oceanian military does. The consensus on Oceanian nuclear capability is that their nukes (if they have any) are in a warehouse guarded by a squad of [[SecretPolice Thought Police]].
* InSeriesNickname: The Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one.
** Somehow, ''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon retconned]].
* LaResistance: Despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.
** The Church of England survives hiding among the Airstrip One proles.
** Several redoubts in the Australian Outback fended off Oceanian attacks enough times that the Oceanians decided to declare victory and leave.
** Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley led the Loyalist American troops against the Ingsoc conspiracy, but were killed in 1955.
** In Indochina, the "Iron Triangle" formed by the Empire of Vietnam, Lan Xang and Cambodia have not only survived, but beaten back all attacks by Eastasian troops.
** The Japanese resistance movement, led by someone implied to be Hiro-Hito's son, lays low for many years, and uprises when the Americans arrive.
** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist states to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya with the European people that evacuated.
** There is mention by Vietnam of losing contact with Arabia, and Israel is suspected to have survived.
* MythologyGag: A US Army interrogator is named Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk, and Northumberland.]]
* OperationBlank: Several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: One of the highlights is the Oceanian government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RetiredBadass: The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the Armed Forces in any way they can.
* SceneryGorn: The stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: When the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.
* TechnologyPorn: [=RamscoopRaider=]'s "rants" over how bad the Threeist navies are are quite long and full of information over the stats of the different ships.
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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

''[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]]'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?

The answer: after the initial chaos, an absolute [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] of the three superstates that control most of the planet.

War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing...

DeadFic, but undergoing a rewrite as ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero''.
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!!This story provides examples of:
%%* AirstripOne: Considering the inspiration for the story...
* AlienSpaceBats: Considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technologically-advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
%%* AmericaSavesTheDay: BIG TIME.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: The stasis chambers.
%%* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The Event.
* BigDamnHeroes: An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CurbstompBattle: Initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[GoodShepherd Michael Ramsay]] dreams of the arrival of the Americans and Queen Gabriella, and the Liberation of the United Kingdom.
* DueToTheDead: The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there as well.]]
* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Several times.
** First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled.
** Then, the other superstates ask the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: The people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: This was taking place on ''1984'' Earth until the United States appeared.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* GoodShepherd: Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of York and leader of the hidden Church of England.
* HandicappedBadass: The Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: Not that the Prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that decided to stay in Vietnam after America fell to Oceania sacrificed themselves in a ploy to distract Eastasian troops while the Dalai Lama was taken out of Lhasa in a plane.]]
* IdiotBall: Everything the Oceanian military does. The consensus on Oceanian nuclear capability is that their nukes (if they have any) are in a warehouse guarded by a squad of [[SecretPolice Thought Police]].
* InSeriesNickname: The Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one.
** Somehow, ''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon retconned]].
* LaResistance: Despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.
** The Church of England survives hiding among the Airstrip One proles.
** Several redoubts in the Australian Outback fended off Oceanian attacks enough times that the Oceanians decided to declare victory and leave.
** Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley led the Loyalist American troops against the Ingsoc conspiracy, but were killed in 1955.
** In Indochina, the "Iron Triangle" formed by the Empire of Vietnam, Lan Xang and Cambodia have not only survived, but beaten back all attacks by Eastasian troops.
** The Japanese resistance movement, led by someone implied to be Hiro-Hito's son, lays low for many years, and uprises when the Americans arrive.
** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist states to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya with the European people that evacuated.
** There is mention by Vietnam of losing contact with Arabia, and Israel is suspected to have survived.
* MythologyGag: A US Army interrogator is named Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk, and Northumberland.]]
* OperationBlank: Several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: One of the highlights is the Oceanian government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RetiredBadass: The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the Armed Forces in any way they can.
* SceneryGorn: The stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: When the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.
* TechnologyPorn: [=RamscoopRaider=]'s "rants" over how bad the Threeist navies are are quite long and full of information over the stats of the different ships.
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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

''[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]]'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?

The answer: after the initial chaos, an absolute [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] of the three superstates that control most of the planet.

War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing...

DeadFic, but undergoing a rewrite as ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero''.
----
!!This story provides examples of:
%%* AirstripOne: Considering the inspiration for the story...
* AlienSpaceBats: Considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technologically-advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
%%* AmericaSavesTheDay: BIG TIME.
%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: The stasis chambers.
%%* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The Event.
* BigDamnHeroes: An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CurbstompBattle: Initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[GoodShepherd Michael Ramsay]] dreams of the arrival of the Americans and Queen Gabriella, and the Liberation of the United Kingdom.
* DueToTheDead: The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there as well.]]
* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Several times.
** First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled.
** Then, the other superstates ask the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: The people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: This was taking place on ''1984'' Earth until the United States appeared.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* GoodShepherd: Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of York and leader of the hidden Church of England.
* HandicappedBadass: The Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: Not that the Prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that decided to stay in Vietnam after America fell to Oceania sacrificed themselves in a ploy to distract Eastasian troops while the Dalai Lama was taken out of Lhasa in a plane.]]
* IdiotBall: Everything the Oceanian military does. The consensus on Oceanian nuclear capability is that their nukes (if they have any) are in a warehouse guarded by a squad of [[SecretPolice Thought Police]].
* InSeriesNickname: The Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one.
** Somehow, ''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon retconned]].
* LaResistance: Despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.
** The Church of England survives hiding among the Airstrip One proles.
** Several redoubts in the Australian Outback fended off Oceanian attacks enough times that the Oceanians decided to declare victory and leave.
** Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley led the Loyalist American troops against the Ingsoc conspiracy, but were killed in 1955.
** In Indochina, the "Iron Triangle" formed by the Empire of Vietnam, Lan Xang and Cambodia have not only survived, but beaten back all attacks by Eastasian troops.
** The Japanese resistance movement, led by someone implied to be Hiro-Hito's son, lays low for many years, and uprises when the Americans arrive.
** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist states to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya with the European people that evacuated.
** There is mention by Vietnam of losing contact with Arabia, and Israel is suspected to have survived.
* MythologyGag: A US Army interrogator is named Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk, and Northumberland.]]
* OperationBlank: Several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: One of the highlights is the Oceanian government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RetiredBadass: The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the Armed Forces in any way they can.
* SceneryGorn: The stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: When the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.
* TechnologyPorn: [=RamscoopRaider=]'s "rants" over how bad the Threeist navies are are quite long and full of information over the stats of the different ships.
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[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]] is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour?

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[[http://www.''[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]] enemy]]'' is a story in Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour?
''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''?



War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing.

DeadFic, but undergoing a rewrite as Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero.

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War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia Eurasia, and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing.

confusing...

DeadFic, but undergoing a rewrite as Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero.
''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero''.



!!This story provides examples of...

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!!This story provides examples of...of:



* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
%%* AmericaSavesTheDay: This happens BIG TIME.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced technologically-advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
%%* AmericaSavesTheDay: This happens BIG TIME.



* BigDamnHeroes: An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston Smith and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.

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* BigDamnHeroes: An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston Smith and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.



* DueToTheDead: The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there, as well.]]

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* DueToTheDead: The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there, there as well.]]



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Several times. times.
**
First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled. pummelled.
**
Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.



* ForeverWar: This was taking place on 1984!Earth until the United States appeared.

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* ForeverWar: This was taking place on 1984!Earth ''1984'' Earth until the United States appeared.



* HeelFaceTurn: Not that the prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.

to:

* HeelFaceTurn: Not that the prole Prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.



* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow ''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].

to:

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow one.
** Somehow,
''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].retconned]].



** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya with the European people that evacuated.

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** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist states to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Tunisia, and Libya with the European people that evacuated.



* MythologyGag: An US Army interrogator is called Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: In the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]

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* MythologyGag: An A US Army interrogator is called named Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: In the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk Suffolk, and Northumberland.]]



* OrwellianRetcon: One of the highlights is the big brother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after The city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RetiredBadass: The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the armed forces in any way they can.

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* OrwellianRetcon: One of the highlights is the big brother's Oceanian government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after The the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RetiredBadass: The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the armed forces Armed Forces in any way they can.



* TechnologyPorn: [=RamscoopRaider=]'s "rants" over how bad the Threeist navies are quite long and full of information over the stats of the different ships.



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* AwesomeButImpractical: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.



* RealityEnsues: The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.

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* AirstripOne: Considering the inspiration for the story...

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* AmericaSavesTheDay: This happens BIG TIME.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The stasis chambers.
* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The Event.

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* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.
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* CelebrityParadox: Averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow JerseyShore still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].

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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow JerseyShore ''Series/JerseyShore'' still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].

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* AirstripOne: considering the inspiration for the story...
* AlienSpaceBats: considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AmericaSavesTheDay: this happens BIG TIME.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: the stasis chambers.

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* AirstripOne: considering Considering the inspiration for the story...
* AlienSpaceBats: considered Considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AmericaSavesTheDay: this This happens BIG TIME.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: the The stasis chambers.



* BigDamnHeroes: an underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston Smith and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CelebrityParadox: averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.
* CurbstompBattle: initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.

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* BigDamnHeroes: an An underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston Smith and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CelebrityParadox: averted.Averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: the The Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.
* CurbstompBattle: initially, Initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.



* DueToTheDead: the Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there, as well.]]

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* DueToTheDead: the The Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there, as well.]]



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: the people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: what was taking place on 1984!Earth until the United States appeared.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: several Several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even as they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: the The people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: what This was taking place on 1984!Earth until the United States appeared.



* HandicappedBadass: the Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: not that the prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.

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* HandicappedBadass: the The Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: not Not that the prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.



* InSeriesNickname: the Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".

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* InSeriesNickname: the The Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".



* LaResistance: despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.

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* LaResistance: despite Despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.



* LongRunners: it started in July 2012 and has more than 3700 posts.
* MythologyGag: an US Army interrogator is called Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]
* OperationBlank: several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is the big brother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RealityEnsues: the cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
* RetiredBadass: the [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the armed forces in any way they can.
* SceneryGorn: the stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: when the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.

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* LongRunners: it started in July 2012 and has more than 3700 posts.
* MythologyGag: an An US Army interrogator is called Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* NukeEm: in In the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]
* OperationBlank: several Several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: one One of the highlights is the big brother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the The city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* RealityEnsues: the The cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
* RetiredBadass: the The [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the armed forces in any way they can.
* SceneryGorn: the The stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: when When the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.
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* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is BigBrother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].

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* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is BigBrother's the big brother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
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* IncrediblyLamePun: one soldier, speaking about the Oceanian megalandcruisers (their tanks), which he describes as a hunk of metal, mentions that it took the helicopters a few minutes to change one letter, turning them from hunk to junk.
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* UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.



* UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.
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[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]] is a story in AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour?

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* CurbstompBattle: initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher as time passes.


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* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.



* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.



* UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.



* UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.



* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.
* UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.

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* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.
* UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.


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* TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.

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Now undergoing a [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284483 rewrite]] by Tropers/{{Milarqui}} (author of Literature/TheLegacyOfTheGlorious), to fix up the many problems with the retcons, organization and, in some cases, grammar. The original author has already stated her support for the rewrite. The Story-Only thread is [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=320625 here]].



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* CelebrityParadox: averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.



* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow JerseyShore still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].



* LongRunners: it started in July 2012 and has more than 3700 posts.



* Literature/NineteenEightyFour: well, duh.
* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland.

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* Literature/NineteenEightyFour: well, duh.
* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down over Greenland. [[spoiler:In answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]



* OrwellianRetcon: in universe, several times.

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* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is BigBrother's government in universe, several times. Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].



* SceneryGorn: the stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: when the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.



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* CelebrityParadox: averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow JerseyShore still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].
* LongRunners: it started in July 2012 and has more than 3700 posts.
* NukeEm: [[spoiler:in answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]
* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is BigBrother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].
* SceneryGorn: the stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: when the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.



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* CelebrityParadox: ''1984'' becomes ''The Last Man of Europe'', one of the book's working titles, but it never gained much fame until after the Event happens. The book's main character is called Anthony Jones (probably after Anthony Eden), but Winston Smith exists in universe, and one of the updates (see TheOtherWiki) tells that several of the book events actually happened to Winston Smith. In fact, the book is actually seen as a documentary for the survivors of the Big Brother regime.
* ForeShadowing: there have been several references to events that have yet to take place, such as Operation [=COLUMBUS=] [[spoiler:(the invasion of Spain)]] or some Wikipedia articles.
* OrwellianRetcon: in-universe, there has been one that the readers said was very creepy: [[spoiler:O'Brien's mental retconning to fit Inner Party's dogma wit reality right as the Americans start Operation Southern Cross]].
* RetCon: the rewrite takes care of retconning a few events that were confusing in the original writing.
* TheOtherWiki: one update shows several Wikipedia articles as written in the year 2043.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. Here, the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons, and thus spent more time held back by American superiority in this field.
* VillainousBreakdown: Many Inner Party leaders across Oceania become increasingly high strung as their ability to doublethink is comprised by imminent defeat.
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* CelebrityParadox: ''1984'' becomes ''The Last Man of Europe'', one of the book's working titles, but it never gained much fame until after the Event happens. The book's main character is called Anthony Jones (probably after Anthony Eden), but Winston Smith exists in universe, and one of the updates (see TheOtherWiki) tells that several of the book events actually happened to Winston Smith. In fact, the book is actually seen as a documentary for the survivors of the Big Brother regime.
* ForeShadowing: there have been several references to events that have yet to take place, such as Operation [=COLUMBUS=] [[spoiler:(the invasion of Spain)]] or some Wikipedia articles.
* OrwellianRetcon: in-universe, there has been one that the readers said was very creepy: [[spoiler:O'Brien's mental retconning to fit Inner Party's dogma wit reality right as the Americans start Operation Southern Cross]].
* RetCon: the rewrite takes care of retconning a few events that were confusing in the original writing.
* TheOtherWiki: one update shows several Wikipedia articles as written in the year 2043.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. Here, the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons, and thus spent more time held back by American superiority in this field.
* VillainousBreakdown: Many Inner Party leaders across Oceania become increasingly high strung as their ability to doublethink is comprised by imminent defeat.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[GoodShepherd Michael Ramsay]] dreams of the arrival of the Americans and Queen Gabriella, and the Liberation of the United Kingdom

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* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down in the Arctic. [[spoiler:America answers in kind by dropping an ICBM in London.]]

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* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down in the Arctic. [[spoiler:America answers in kind by dropping an ICBM in London.]]over Greenland.



* OrwellianRetcon: in universe, several times. The highest point comes when Big Brother's government in Airstrip One insists that there has never been a City of London [[spoiler:after it is nuked by the United States in retaliation for Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast]].

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* OrwellianRetcon: in universe, several times. The highest point comes when Big Brother's government in Airstrip One insists that there has never been a City of London [[spoiler:after it is nuked by the United States in retaliation for Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast]].



* TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], as she is the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.

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* TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], as she is the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.



* NukeEm: [[spoiler:in answer to Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast, the Americans respond in kind by dropping nuclear bombs on London, Suffolk and Northumberland.]]
* OrwellianRetcon: one of the highlights is BigBrother's government in Airstrip One insisting that no City of London has ever existed [[spoiler:after the city's nuclear destruction (see NukeEm)]].



* CelebrityParadox: ''1984'' becomes ''The Last Man of Europe'', one of the book's working titles, but it never gained much fame until after the Event happens.

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* CelebrityParadox: ''1984'' becomes ''The Last Man of Europe'', one of the book's working titles, but it never gained much fame until after the Event happens. The book's main character is called Anthony Jones (probably after Anthony Eden), but Winston Smith exists in universe, and one of the updates (see TheOtherWiki) tells that several of the book events actually happened to Winston Smith. In fact, the book is actually seen as a documentary for the survivors of the Big Brother regime.



* [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Project Manhattan]]: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. After some discussion, it was agreed that the POD would be that the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons.

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* [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Project Manhattan]]: [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII]]: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. After some discussion, it was agreed that the POD would be that Here, the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons.weapons, and thus spent more time held back by American superiority in this field.


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* TheOtherWiki: one update shows several Wikipedia articles as written in the year 2043.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: one soldier, speaking about the Oceanian megalandcruisers (their tanks), which he describes as a hunk of metal, mentions that it took the helicopters a few minutes to change one letter, turning them from hunk to junk.
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Now undergoing a [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284483 rewrite]] by Tropers/{{Milarqui}} (author of Literature/TheLegacyOfTheGlorious), to fix up the many problems with the retcons, organization and, in some cases, grammar. The original author has already stated her support for the rewrite.

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Now undergoing a [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284483 rewrite]] by Tropers/{{Milarqui}} (author of Literature/TheLegacyOfTheGlorious), to fix up the many problems with the retcons, organization and, in some cases, grammar. The original author has already stated her support for the rewrite.
rewrite. The Story-Only thread is [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=320625 here]].
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* TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.

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* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The event.

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* BalanceOfPower: Utterly wrecked by The event.Event.



* CurbstompBattle: initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher

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* CurbstompBattle: initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit toughertougher as time passes.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even if they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even if as they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.

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* AlienSpaceBats: considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]



* AlienSpaceBats: considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]


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* ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.

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* ColdWar: UsefulNotes/ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.



* [[WorldWarII Project Manhattan]]: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. After some discussion, it was agreed that the POD would be that the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons.

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* [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Project Manhattan]]: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. After some discussion, it was agreed that the POD would be that the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons.
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[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247832 America's stepbrother, America's enemy]] is a story in AlternateHistoryDotCom written by [=SergeantHeretic=], as well as several collaborators, that tells an interesting story: what would happen if the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates of 2012, a month and a half after voting for Obama for the second time, were [[MassTeleportation ISOTed]] to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour?

The answer: after the initial chaos, an absolute [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] of the three superstates that control most of the planet.

War is not the only thing that happens, though. The United States has to deal with the sudden loss of all foreign trade, initial attacks across the border and rationing, and, as the liberated territory expands, the millions of people that have been freed and now have to be given a chance to gain a new life. As the problems for the United States diminish, they begin for the superstates, especially as it is discovered that the latter are not the only nations that exist. However, behind Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia lies a dark secret that only makes things more confusing.

Now undergoing a [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284483 rewrite]] by Tropers/{{Milarqui}} (author of Literature/TheLegacyOfTheGlorious), to fix up the many problems with the retcons, organization and, in some cases, grammar. The original author has already stated her support for the rewrite.

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[[folder: Both the original and the rewrite]]
* AirstripOne: considering the inspiration for the story...
* AmericaSavesTheDay: this happens BIG TIME.
* AlienSpaceBats: considered the reason why the United States got sent to 1984. [[spoiler:A discovery is made that AlienSpaceBats travelled to Earth at some point between the formation of the superstates and 1984 and supplied them with very advanced technology.]]
* AppliedPhlebotinum: the stasis chambers.
* BigDamnHeroes: an underscored one in that [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Winston Smith and Julia]] are saved from being tortured and brainwashed thanks to the Event and its consequences.
* CurbstompBattle: initially, whenever the United States Army meets a Threeist army, the former inflicts this on the latter. It becomes a bit tougher
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[GoodShepherd Michael Ramsay]] dreams of the arrival of the Americans and Queen Gabriella, and the Liberation of the United Kingdom
* DueToTheDead: the Vietnamese have an enormous wall where they write the names of every soldier that has fallen to the Eastasian attacks. [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that were stationed in Vietnam when the US fell chose to stay and help, and after they died their names were inscribed there, as well.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: several times. First, the Oceanians are unable to understand how the Americans' minds work and demand their subjugation to Big Brother, even if they are getting pummelled. Then, the other superstates ask of the United States whether they are willing to replace Oceania in the War, and are surprised when the United States goes after them.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: the people in the Canadian and Mexican territories vote to join the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and a few Caribbean Islands.
* ForeverWar: what was taking place on 1984!Earth until the United States appeared.
* GoodShepherd: Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of York and leader of the hidden Church of England.
* HandicappedBadass: the Gimp Soldier Program, which recruits people that were discharged or rejected for medical reasons to fulfill bureaucratic and training roles, freeing fit soldiers for duty. This does not prevent them from playing important roles in the story.
* HeelFaceTurn: not that the prole soldiers were much of a heel. As time advances, they kill their Thought Police Officers the first chance they get and surrender to the US Army. Many end up joining the Allied Army and in fact eventually become the bigger part of it. Also, many Outer Party members (or their equivalents in other places) surrender and aid the United States in the organization of the liberated territories.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Several American Spec-Ops soldiers that decided to stay in Vietnam after America fell to Oceania sacrificed themselves in a ploy to distract Eastasian troops while the Dalai Lama was taken out of Lhasa in a plane.]]
* IdiotBall: Everything the Oceanian military does. The consensus on Oceanian nuclear capability is that their nukes (if they have any) are in a warehouse guarded by a squad of [[SecretPolice Thought Police]].
* InSeriesNickname: the Oceanian soldiers are nicknamed "Waterboys".
* LaResistance: despite the brutality of the Threeist states, there is still resistance.
** The Church of England survives hiding among the Airstrip One proles.
** Several redoubts in the Australian Outback fended off Oceanian attacks enough times that the Oceanians decided to declare victory and leave.
** Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley led the Loyalist American troops against the Ingsoc conspiracy, but were killed in 1955.
** In Indochina, the "Iron Triangle" formed by the Empire of Vietnam, Lan Xang and Cambodia have not only survived, but beaten back all attacks by Eastasian troops.
** The Japanese resistance movement, led by someone implied to be Hiro-Hito's son, lays low for many years, and uprises when the Americans arrive.
** The British-Indian Raj and Thailand were also resisting, but they were [[NukeEm nuked]] when sabotage led the Threeist to realize that both nations were researching nuclear weapons.
** A remnant of the invaded European nations exists in the Federated Kingdom of North Africa, an amalgamation of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya with the European people that evacuated.
** There is mention by Vietnam of losing contact with Arabia, and Israel is suspected to have survived.
* MythologyGag: an US Army interrogator is called Emmanuel Goldstein, like Big Brother's fabled enemy. The interrogated Oceanians [[BringMyBrownPants literally]] go OhCrap when they learn this tidbit.
* Literature/NineteenEightyFour: well, duh.
* NukeEm: in the original Oceania tries to attack America like this after they invade South America, but the dirigible carrying the nukes gets shot down in the Arctic. [[spoiler:America answers in kind by dropping an ICBM in London.]]
* OperationBlank: several are made reference to. The first is Operation Southern Cross, the liberation of South America, and there are references to future Operations related to the liberation of Europe.
* OrwellianRetcon: in universe, several times. The highest point comes when Big Brother's government in Airstrip One insists that there has never been a City of London [[spoiler:after it is nuked by the United States in retaliation for Oceania's attempted nuclear bombardment of the East Coast]].
* RealityEnsues: the cumbersome tanks and ships used by the Threeist armed forces, which in the books are used only to waste resources and be as flashy as possible, have nothing on the far more technological advanced (not to mention motivated to actually ''win'') United States.
* RetiredBadass: the [[HandicappedBadass Gimp Soldier Program]] also brings back many retired soldiers, willing to help the armed forces in any way they can.
* TechnologyPorn: [=RamscoopRaider=]'s "rants" over how bad the Threeist navies are quite long and full of information over the stats of the different ships.
* TheEmperor: Vietnam still conserves its Emperor, who is autocratic but benevolent, and as the Eastasian threat fades makes sure to democratize the nation. The Emperor of Japan (said to be Hiro-Hito's son) becomes the leader of the Japanese resistance, and is enthroned some time after the Americans liberate Japan.
* TheFundamentalist: Emily Barksdale from New Mexico, one of the viewpoint characters, is one, although toned down from typical portrayals, and she eventually mellows when she meets a former Prole called Brel Frunk.
* TheHouseOfWindsor: since all of the "local" Windsors have already been killed by the Oceanians, the crown is passed to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gabriella_Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor]], as she is the only member of the British Royal Family that was in the United States when the Event took place.
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[[folder: The original]]
* CelebrityParadox: averted. One of the things mentioned early in the story is that the book ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written in the original universe.
* ColdWar: the Point of Divergence, as established by ASAE's canon. During the Berlin Airlift, the Soviets attacked the supply planes and the US threatened to use nuclear weapons unless they backed off.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' was not written, the world is exactly identical to the real one. Somehow JerseyShore still gets created. Fortunately, this was later [[RetCon Retconned]].
* LongRunners: it started in July 2012 and has more than 3700 posts.
* SceneryGorn: the stories about the discovery of concentration camps in Eastasia are not for the faint of heart.
* SideBet: when the Core (Eastasian equivalent of the Inner Party) headquarters is about to be bombed, several characters make bets over what will happen to the building.
* TheMenOfDowningStreet: [[spoiler:Winston Smith]] becomes the first post-Oceanian British Prime Minister.
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[[folder: The rewrite]]
* CelebrityParadox: ''1984'' becomes ''The Last Man of Europe'', one of the book's working titles, but it never gained much fame until after the Event happens.
* ForeShadowing: there have been several references to events that have yet to take place, such as Operation [=COLUMBUS=] [[spoiler:(the invasion of Spain)]] or some Wikipedia articles.
* [[WorldWarII Project Manhattan]]: the Point of Divergence in the rewrite. After some discussion, it was agreed that the POD would be that the Soviet spies in Project Manhattan failed to obtain the important details about the fabrication of nuclear weapons.
* RetCon: the rewrite takes care of retconning a few events that were confusing in the original writing.
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