History Main / DoubleBlindWhatIf

* In an [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Axis victory]] ''[[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron IV]]'' mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', Lazar Kaganovich, the Stalinist leader of the post-war Soviet remnant in Tyumen, at some point commissions to write a book which describes the alternate history events where Stalin came to power in the Soviet Union instead of Bukharin (who became the Soviet leader in this timeline). The book follows almost exactly the same direction as real life (Soviet Union wins against Germany, forms the "Budapest Pact" against the alliance of Western powers called "North Atlantic Treaty Coalition", British Empire decolonizes, the Soviet Union itself lasts until 80s when Stalinist orthodoxy loses against the free market and the independent Russia launches an invasion in Ukraine decades after). Despite this, the novel is universally panned outside of Kaganovich's Russia.
** ''VideoGame/TheRedOrderFirstDaysOfEurasia'' is the DoubleBlindWhatIf to TNO; a setting where the Soviets, again under Bukharin, defeated Germany but this time it seems America never joined the Allies in Europe. The point of divergence from TNO is unclear at this point in the mod's development but it has led to the OFN (Organization of Free Nations, a NATO analogue) being replaced with the European-only Entente.

* Touched upon, although not developed, in ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' -- an {{Elseworld}} where Superman's ship lands in Ukraine and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar is driven by the personal conflict between a Soviet Superman and an American Lex Luthor. Luthor comments that if the spaceship had landed in the US, he and Superman [[DramaticIrony could have become friends]].

* ''Fanfic/Medicated'', an ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' AU: After learning about the prophecy in chapter 35, Anne and Sasha wonder what they and Marcy would be like if they'd grown up on Earth -- would they have been childhood friends? Would they have always had their powers? Would they still care about Amphibia if they didn't always live there? Canon already has the answers: Yes, no, and yes.

* In an [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Axis victory]] ''[[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron IV]]'' mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', Lazar Kaganovich, the Stalinist leader of the post-war Soviet remnant in Tyumen, at some point commissions to write a book which describes the alternate history events where Stalin came to power in the Soviet Union instead of Bukharin (who became the Soviet leader in this timeline). The book follows almost exactly the same direction as real life (Soviet Union wins against Germany, forms the "Budapest Pact" against the alliance of Western powers called "North Atlantic Treaty Coalition", British Empire decolonizes, the Soviet Union itself lasts until 80s when Stalinist orthodoxy loses against the free market and the independent Russia launchs an invasion in Ukraine decades after). Despite this, the novel is universally panned outside of Kaganovich's Russia.

* Double-Blind What-Ifs are a moderately common genre on AlternateHistory boards, such as Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom and the older [[UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} Soc.history.what-if]]. It is often phrased as "DBWI [historical event]?" (e.g. "DBWI Rome defeated Carthage?") without a specific pre-existing WhatIf work, inviting responders to create or imagine their own WhatIf setting from which to write the double-blind what-if.

*** In ''Tides of Revolution'' ([[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Eric Blair]]), America did not join WW1, leading to a drawn-out and bloody war that ends with a shaky peace arrangement as both sides teeter on the brink of collapse. After the war, the Entente intervenes in the Russian Civil War to ensure a white victory, while France falls into a civil war that sees Socialists coming out on top. Germany and Russia both fall to Nationalism, while Britain and Austria-Hungary reform into liberal democracies. A civil war occurs in the United States between Nationalists and Socialists, and the novel ends with a Second Great War between the French "P.R.I.", the "Russo-German Axis", and the "Freipakt". This book received the same reactions as ''Red Flood'' in ''Kaiserreich''. ("Is he trying to make that Universe as bad as possible?"). Doubles as a MythologyGag: the setting described in this work is basically... the ''Kaiserreich'' world!

** ''VideoGame/TheRedOrderFirstDaysOfEurasia'' is the DoubleBlindWhatIf to TNO; a setting where the Soviets, again under Bukharin, defeated Germany but this time it seems America never joined the Allies in Europe. The point of divergence from TNO is unclear at this point in the mod's development but it has led to the OFN (Organization of Free Nations, a NATO analogue)being replaced with the European-only Entente.

* Briefly used in ''ComicBook/Watchmen'', after Doc Manhattan achieves rapid victory in Vietnam, The Comedian muses that, if they'd lost the war, "it might have driven us a little crazy, y'know? As a country."

* Briefly used in ''Literature/Watchmen'', after Doc Manhattan achieves rapid victory in Vietnam, The Comedian jokes that, if they'd lost the war, "it might have driven us a little crazy, y'know? As a country."