Talk:Inconsistencies in Turtledove's Work

It IS fixed! Patton is correctly named as a Californian. He was a Californian. Whether he would have been or not in this timeline is not our job to assume. Turtledove has a proven record of ignoring the facts so we're not going to give him the benefit of the doubt.

If he'd used Marshall for the role, now. . . Turtle Fan 03:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

His grandfather served in the Confederacy during the ACW, so it's unlikely that Patton's father would move to California after a confederate victory. That implies that this Patton was born to a different woman than OTL equivalent, and that probably explains why he isn't the same person of OTL. Same can be said for Churchill and other characters.--Undershock 13:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

If you look at the bottom of the page, there is a disclaimer stating that the butterfly effect covers some of these. TR 17:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that IMPLIES what you're saying. Does it also imply why Josephus Daniels defected, or Herbert Walker, or Jennie Jerome, or John Thompson? Leave well enough alone. Turtle Fan 18:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

No, but no one's asking to change those.

What's that got to do with anything? Turtle Fan 02:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Protecting this one too. Now we won't get people complaining here.

I also have it protected. TR 19:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)