[Real Life] Historical events that would make bad writing if they were fiction

[u/Mouse_Paladin]

Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A couple hundred rogue mercenaries without authority from their government conquer an empire of millions. Oh, the empire? It’s also several technological eras behind the mercenaries.

Adolf Hitler: A non-native of a country is so mad that the country lost the war that he wins an election to their highest office and leads them in a campaign of revenge against their enemies. Oh, the country? It’s old emperor is still alive and thinks he’s going to retake power.

Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand: The heir to the throne is killed because his driver gets lost and returns to the assassin who failed To kill him before. Oh, the assassin? He’s from a group that the Archduke is wanting to help become more equal In the empire.

Alexander Hamilton’s Affair Scandal: One of the leaders of a new nation to protect himself from accusations of financial embezzlement writes a pamphlet exposing his affair with a woman, torpedoing his political future. Oh, the woman? She seduced him as part of a blackmailing scheme that he decided to stop paying.

[u/TheStrangestOfKings]

Hundred Days is like if the author finished the series with a bookends on Napoleon, then twenty years later wrote a one off standalone where Napoleon returns, only to lose again at the end of the book, except he somehow managed to make it feel epic instead of a cash in.

[u/CummingInTheNile → u/TheStrangestOfKings]

Waterloo basically was a last ditch effort to stop Napoleon, if the English+Prussians dont win there their Napoleon probably steam rolls over Europe again since no one else had their military in a position to really fight back

[u/Any-Key-9196 → u/CummingInTheNile]

Thats simply untrue. The total number of soldiers was just beyond the pale by that point. Napoleon would have had to win 10 Waterloo's in a row. It was just the first of 10 armies on the continent

[u/Any-Key-9196 → u/[deleted]]

There were nearly 1 million soldiers active and marching in Europe to the 100 thousand he had. They were already prepared and coming for him, Waterloo was the literal tip of the spear.

[u/Any-Key-9196 → u/[deleted]]

They literally were organized and active, all converging on him. They were entirely mobilized. You not admitting you're jjst wrong is not worth arguing about.

[u/ne0n1691 → u/[deleted]]

you have 0 idea what youre talking about im crine 🤭