NHO
Dumb is a state of existence
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- ᓚᘏᗢ
The jolly kind of doorknob or the kind that tries to shoot abyssal squatters?
A Crown of Biosteel (Kancolle)
In my personal headcanon, shipgirls should be capable of taking off their uniforms and wearing human clothes. The problems start when they need to be deployed as even a shirt made from carbon nanotubes wouldn't survive naval artillery fire. I expect that if a battleship goes out in civilian clothes and fires the main caliber she'd be stripped naked by the shockwave of her own guns. In other words, even if we don't account for clothes representing some part of the ship, going out in anything non- shipgirl rated would be an almost guaranteed loss of that item. Be it clothes, accessories, personal possessions not in the holds, etc. The huge price for "donation currency" costumes might be due to them needing to be produced in the same way as integrated shipgirl equipment.
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Mechanis
Confirmed Extremely Screwed
- Location
- Absconding with Alacrity
The first bit of the abyssal war is (AFAIK) officially called Blood Week because the Abyssals got to rampage effectively unopposed, including steamrolling all the existent non-Shipgirl navies and memeing on the Air Forces while they were at it. I imagine after that disaster, tolerance for the use antics of the yellow set and the tabloid looneis went down like a neutronium balloon filled with antimatter.
You are assuming that Magical Sparkly Shipgirl Bullshit™ doesn't just apply the ship stuff to whatever they're wearing, or just give them an outright magical girl transformation sequence.
I assume that if it was possible to just have a shipgirl wear anything and make it work then most navies would force a uniform policy on shipgirls. As in, no fancy shipgirl skirts outside of PR photoshoots and leave time maybe. Also I am near 100% sure that KC Shimakaze would be forced to wear literally anything besides (or in addition to) her canon outfit just for optics reasons as it is way too revealing for someone who looks like a high schooler if we're being generous with age estimates. I know that a lot of artwork has her as a petite but obviously adult woman, but this stuff would probably make internet and morality policy people angry. As for "magical transformation", I assume that it is likely possible for shipgirls to summon their ship outfits on command, otherwise it would be hilarious if some part of clothing is lost and requires repair pool time to replace.
Mechanis
Confirmed Extremely Screwed
- Location
- Absconding with Alacrity
Or we can split the difference, and anything they're wearing when they have the rigging out slowly turns into a copy of their "normal" outfit over a few hours. Except for some outfits, nobody knows why.
(Adding all sorts of Arbitrary Nonsense is a good way to show "we can use this, but our level of understanding is 'fugifIknow'", with the implication that it's not actually arbitrary, just following principles the characters don't have knowledge of.)
(Adding all sorts of Arbitrary Nonsense is a good way to show "we can use this, but our level of understanding is 'fugifIknow'", with the implication that it's not actually arbitrary, just following principles the characters don't have knowledge of.)
ltmauve
"Excuse me?"
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- Earth
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- She/Her
Now this idea, I like. Now to figure out at least some of the details.
It could simply be an extension of who gets to be a natural born; if the new clothes fit whatever template well enough, the magic shrugs and goes, "Yeah, why not?"; If it's too out there, the magic fixes it.
Presumably, if the girl likes the outfit, it stays; if not, it gets modified until she does.
It would explain why there is no uniform policy; if a uniform gets modified to be the same cut as the girl's standard outfit, the original might offend the moral minority less, or at least mean they're not upset with the Navy.
Presumably, if the girl likes the outfit, it stays; if not, it gets modified until she does.
It would explain why there is no uniform policy; if a uniform gets modified to be the same cut as the girl's standard outfit, the original might offend the moral minority less, or at least mean they're not upset with the Navy.
- Location
- Somewhere between here and there
This of course ignores the simpler explanation for a lack of uniform regs: humanity is in no position to dictate clothing or anything else to shipgirls. If the only thing between you and being some freaky monster's chew toy is me, you don't get to nitpick the methods I'm using to save your ass, let alone what I'm wearing while I do it.
That and the whole "don't provoke the girl who can tear through a military base with her bare hands if her sisters don't stop her" thing.
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That's the truth for smart people yes, but when has anyone ever accused American politicians and/or old people of being smart? I would 10,000% believe that Americans would try to slut shame someone because of their clothes while that person was fighting to keep them alive.
Oh, indeed, but that wouldn't stop a Karen or soon-to-be Ex-Rear Admiral from sticking their oar in and getting it chewed off, or at least not until they realise they're attempting to tell the 300-pound gorilla where to sit.
Telling them that the magic just doesn't work that way might be more effective because you can't browbeat it into changing its mind.
Also, and possibly more importantly, it's a funner reason.
That said, given some of the outfit designs, I suspect full-on magic or copious amounts of glue, tape and invisible wires need to be involved; I find it hard to believe that you'd choose to take hours of costuming effort into combat unless you were sure you wouldn't need to rebuild it from scratch.
Not directly related to the story proper but:
Holy shit. I've never seen a better way to rebuff the "you could have it worse" thing some people like to trot out when other people have problems. I'm definitely stealing this for next time someone tries to pull that card in my presence though obviously it won't be naval warfare-themed.
Holy shit. I've never seen a better way to rebuff the "you could have it worse" thing some people like to trot out when other people have problems. I'm definitely stealing this for next time someone tries to pull that card in my presence though obviously it won't be naval warfare-themed.
ltmauve
"Excuse me?"
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"So there is one uniform that doesn't seem to be affected by rigging manifestation."
"Good; have them wear that."
"I regret to inform you that according to regulations, dress uniforms should not be worn into combat."
"You're kidding me."
"Nope. Besides, at least this way everyone looks formal at medal ceremonies and other events."
Thanks <3 I kind of want a version for daily life myself.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
"Taking a .22 isn't as bad as a .50, you've still been shot."
Or
"Getting run over by a bicycle going 60 mph isn't as bad as getting run over by a train going 30, but you'll probably be hurting for longer."
Or
"Every hear anyone say 'It's okay, I am only a little bit on fire'."
Or
"Getting run over by a bicycle going 60 mph isn't as bad as getting run over by a train going 30, but you'll probably be hurting for longer."
Or
"Every hear anyone say 'It's okay, I am only a little bit on fire'."
"Actually I have. More than one person and at different times, too."
Yeah, this one just doesn't work like the others. Or maybe it's just that the other Boy Scout troop in my home town had a whole bunch of pyromaniacs.
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- SL
I'm confused. Do shipsgirls have male equipment or do they grow a temporary one during the act?? This chapter didn't really explain how a ship girl can get women pregnant.
Probably not;
The explanation usually involves Sparkly-Magical-Shipgirl-BS magic stuff along with being together for a while
I imagine that's why it was a surprise when it started happening
DoobleDeeDooble
Please read me again sometime.
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- She/Her
Also, trans women who can get other women pregnant seem to retain that ability after getting shippified. There may be more stuff going on with the equipment, but that's sufficient to explain how it can happen, without invoking any magic.
ltmauve
"Excuse me?"
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- Earth
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- She/Her
Answer: Whether or not a shipgirl has male parts depends on the individual shipgirl. Whether or not she has female parts also depends on the individual.
But even "plug-and-play" modular equipment designs for ships like SIGMA or LCS require things like dock facilities and a non-trivial amount of time to swap things around. (Like, four days is apparently rushing it.)
And then consider that swapping the equipment was not a big consideration for WWI and WWII ships.
There's a bit more details in the thread from that post down.
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So all shipgirls are trans in this setting? They said it like all shipgirls are futa's. Why would they remark on their reproductive equipment and then pivot to them getting other women pregnant.
CaramelTheMoo
Rat and Cow combined
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- She/Her
You're thinking too much my friend. This is a fic about shipgirls, where magic is visible. Drink the stupid juice and enjoy it
- Location
- The State of Denial
It's simple. The shipgirl just sends her seamen over during an intense boarding action.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
And considerate boarding parties will ask permission before they come aboard.
The impression I got is that all shipgirls get a slot B, some also get a tab A, and only some shipgirls can use them for something other than the recreational insertion of tab A into slot B.
There are internal ship components that correspond to tab A and slot B, but nobody is quite sure what any of it actually does, though you can identify the recreational only version because it's not as complex... and none of it matches what Our Hero has.
I suspect that desiring children or not and the gender of the person the shipgirl in question wants to have kids with impacts what equipment is installed.
I wouldn't be surprised to find many shipgirls with a tab A just want to pee standing up.
If ship spirits are amalgamations of crew experience, most ships would be more familiar with that than not.
There are internal ship components that correspond to tab A and slot B, but nobody is quite sure what any of it actually does, though you can identify the recreational only version because it's not as complex... and none of it matches what Our Hero has.
I suspect that desiring children or not and the gender of the person the shipgirl in question wants to have kids with impacts what equipment is installed.
I wouldn't be surprised to find many shipgirls with a tab A just want to pee standing up.
If ship spirits are amalgamations of crew experience, most ships would be more familiar with that than not.