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** ""What If Big Bird Exploded in the Challenger Disaster?" was supposed to be a simple AprilFoolsDay video for 2023. [[TroubledProduction But he wound up digging too much into the particulars concerning the disaster as it happened,]] and it caused the video to be delayed about a month.

--> '''Cody:''' In Southern Victory Part 3, I'm going to be talking about the rise of literal Nazi Confederates because I hate myself.

** As a Rule-of-Thumb, Cody has admitted he has a hard time looking back on his older videos, especially since ArtEvolution really age them in his eyes.[[labelnote:Example]] His video about the ''[[{{Franchise/Fallout}} Fallout]]'' series-lore is the most viewed video in his library, while he admits he still likes the video overall, he thinks the visuals are "absolutely terrible". [[/labelnote]] He also stated that he has this problem even when he knows there is technically nothing wrong with the video in question, it just feels awkward for him to look back.

*** It actually goes a little further than that: Right from the top, Cody revealed he has a personal rule-of-thumb concerning his videos. Namely, he hates any video he has made that's older than two years, as they no longer fit his current perspectives. He even openly admits to wanting to [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion pull the "George Lucas" card]] as much as possible.

** As a Rule-of-Thumb, Cody has admitted he has a hard time looking back on his older videos, especially since ArtEvolution really age them in his eyes.[[labelnote:Example]] His video about the ''Franchise/Fallout'' series-lore is the most viewed video in his library, while he admits he still likes the video overall, he thinks the visuals are "absolutely terrible". [[/labelnote]] He also stated that he has this problem even when he knows there is technically nothing wrong with the video in question, it just feels awkward for him to look back.

* CreatorBacklash: To celebrate the tenth anniversary of his channel, Cody did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pdi0rQ_Awg an entire video]] talking about how terrible his early content was. In particular, he highlights "What If Africa Was Never Colonized?" (for how tactless he was when discussing the subject), "The World of Attack on Titan" (for being a pointless lore video that explains the story to people who already know it and spoils the story for people who don't know it) and "What If Hitler Wasn't Antisemitic?" (for how nonsensical the entire scenario was) as videos he most regrets making.

* CreatorBacklash: To celebrate the tenth anniversary of his channel, Cody did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pdi0rQ_Awg an entire video]] talking about how terrible his early content was. In particular, he highlights "What If Africa Was Never Colonized?" (for how tactless he was when discussing the subject) and "What If Hitler Wasn't Antisemitic?" (for how nonsensical the entire scenario was) as videos he most regrets making.

** [[https://twitter.com/AltHistCody/status/1714440023959912490?t=gsaFjDZxy_Moiaenh-9gYA&s=19 He's also stated]] that he doesn't agree with "The Electron That Ruined Everything" anymore, feeling that he {{Misblamed}} Woodrow Wilson for things that weren't really his fault.

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** ''Over a year'' passed between the "What if Rome Never Existed" part II and III, since Cody initially scrapped the latter out of fear of it being too controversial and confusing.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cody was planning a third part of "What if the Roman Empire Never Existed" but abandoned it as the new timeline got more confusing and controversial which would get the video demonetized like if whether the the spread of Islam outside Arabia would still happen even if they now have to faced a united and stronger Persian Empire.

* ScheduleSlip: His video on a world without the Atlantic slave trade took more research and planning than he'd expected, causing the video to be delayed by several weeks. Since the video was planned to come between parts 2 and 3 of the ''Southern Victory'' coverage series, that was ''also'' delayed...right into the Charlottesville race riot.[[note]]In Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, an assembly of various white nationalists, neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates and other far-right people gathered to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a local park. They were met with counter-protesters and there were violent clashes. It did not coincide well with either video, and [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment more detail is not necessary.]][[/note]]

--> '''Cody:''' In Southern Victory Part 3, I'm going to be talking about the rise of literal Nazi Confederates because I hate myself.