Post by Fritz on May 20, 2007 12:50:06 GMT -4
Here's another continuity issue I think needs to be talked about:
In the Real World Rudy Giuliani was Mayor of New York City from 1994-2002. He's currently running for President.
In the GB world, per EGB, the Mayor of New York City was Edwin MacShayne. GBOT continuity already has him assuming office at the same time as Giuliani, but from stories such as "All Hell Breaks Loose" he's clearly gone on to at least one more term than Rudy did in Real Life.
In the Real World, Micheal Bloomberg was elected in 2001 and took office in 2002. He was reelected in 2005 and is the current Mayor of New York.
So here's what I'm mulling:
MacShayne did not run for a fourth term in 2005. Somebody else, either Micheal Bloomberg or another made-up replacement, runs instead and wins. Heck, we could even bring back Arnie Lapinski if we wanted to.
MacShayne, meanwhile, is now running for President. The outcome will presumably mirror Guiliani's progress...if Rudy wins, MacShayne gets to be President on GBOT Earth's USA. If he loses MacShayne loses and Al Gore or Hillary or whoever becomes President.
I don't think there are any stories we've done depicting MacShayne as mayor later than 2003; if I'm wrong, let me know.
There are other solutions that could keep us closer to Real Life. Guiliani could exist in GBOT but not be a former Mayor, which also leaves open the possibility MacShayne is still in Mayor since he doesn't "have" to run for President to parallel Rudy. Of course, if he hadn't been mayor on 911 Rudy wouldn't even be in the running to get the nomination, but that's an issue that we really don't have to overthink for our purposes.
That's assuming I haven't been overthinking already...
In the Real World Rudy Giuliani was Mayor of New York City from 1994-2002. He's currently running for President.
In the GB world, per EGB, the Mayor of New York City was Edwin MacShayne. GBOT continuity already has him assuming office at the same time as Giuliani, but from stories such as "All Hell Breaks Loose" he's clearly gone on to at least one more term than Rudy did in Real Life.
In the Real World, Micheal Bloomberg was elected in 2001 and took office in 2002. He was reelected in 2005 and is the current Mayor of New York.
So here's what I'm mulling:
MacShayne did not run for a fourth term in 2005. Somebody else, either Micheal Bloomberg or another made-up replacement, runs instead and wins. Heck, we could even bring back Arnie Lapinski if we wanted to.
MacShayne, meanwhile, is now running for President. The outcome will presumably mirror Guiliani's progress...if Rudy wins, MacShayne gets to be President on GBOT Earth's USA. If he loses MacShayne loses and Al Gore or Hillary or whoever becomes President.
I don't think there are any stories we've done depicting MacShayne as mayor later than 2003; if I'm wrong, let me know.
There are other solutions that could keep us closer to Real Life. Guiliani could exist in GBOT but not be a former Mayor, which also leaves open the possibility MacShayne is still in Mayor since he doesn't "have" to run for President to parallel Rudy. Of course, if he hadn't been mayor on 911 Rudy wouldn't even be in the running to get the nomination, but that's an issue that we really don't have to overthink for our purposes.
That's assuming I haven't been overthinking already...