I get the feeling that if she'd taken down half a dozen Abyssal battleships in seven or eight separate actions and had proven herself the rock of the Japanese battleline, you'd still be talking about her like she was an overconfident rookie... because this isn't actually about her combat record, it's about her personality.
You presume incorrectly, if that did happen, i would acknowledge her as someone who is capable enough to the job (though i do doubt she would be capable of pulling of such a feat), doesn't mean i have to like her or respect her though. You can be the best at what you do and still be a total douchebag.
Denigrating Musashi because she has a poor combat record or is not a useful warship... is not justified.
The comment about her poor IRL combat record while harsh, is most certainly true, also, correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't shipgirl capabilities directly affected by their experiences in combat?..hence why i look down at Musashi now, her combat record is piss, and her attitude is worse . One battle doesn't tell the whole story. I'm sticking to my guns on this. Also, compared to other BB types, Mushashi is the ultimate resource guzzler, and her repair times are complete bullshit, hence my view in that ultimately, she is less useful compared to others. (YMMV here)
HOWEVER, if she does prove herself, just like you mentioned in your posts..and through continuous combat, which given the nature of this war, is very likely, then great!, good for Musashi, of course this will inject more air into her head that will allow her to fly, but that's neither here or there. As i said, just because she has proven doesn't mean i have to like her or respect her.
My apologies.
What I'm trying to get at is that you seem permanently determined to despise Musashi, and to want her to suffer. And it seems as though any new evidence that comes to light or any character development she hypothetically experiences is just... ignored. Or re-interpreted in terms of that existing despising, so that anything good she does is irrelevant and anything bad she does is proof of what a rat she is.
It further seems as though you have adopted a similar stance, to a lesser degree, towards Jersey.
And essentially, my objection is that if this is the way you "really, bluntly" think about the characters, it is virtually impossible that you would ever be happy with them. In which case endlessly criticizing them, or for that matter even reading about them, is a pointless way to raise your blood pressure. It's just a way to be, as the others put it, "salty."
I'll admit that my hatred of Musashi is largely due to my experience of people with her personality, of which i have met more of these types than i would care to. I won't say anything much as it's something that's a sore point for me, but suffice to say, the best i can tolerate Musashi at best, no more no less.
That's pretty much what happened here.
Goto came up with a punishment that will sting Musashi, without striking hard enough to break her morale or cause her to resent the authority figure that imposed the punishment. And one that will force her to confront the nature of her mistake, much more effectively than scrubbing toilets or being totally confined to quarters ever could.
I admire him for it.
Yeah well we'll see, as i said, attention whores have a tendency to look for other ways to get attention...sometimes in the worst possible way.
Suffice to say that this really is how you sound to me. If you can be honest about what you think, so can I.
Honestly, i meant what i said in that post of mine, while anger had clouded some of it, the post was true as it could come.
It's not that your judgment is bad, it's that it really doesn't sound like you are ever going to be happy with this situation.
On the whole i'm happy with the story, excluding Jersey and Musashi...and some other details.
In which case hanging around in an Internet thread repeatedly talking about how you want Musashi to be humiliated and broken or whatever is just... at best, it's pointless.
Ehh, to me, i see nothing wrong with shattering those who are arrogant and breaking them. But i see your point to an extent, this has a chance derailing the thread, so let bygones be bygones.
Also, i'm sorry if my post doesn't answer your own posts. I'm quite tired right now as it's 3.30am, i stayed up all night doing my work and stopped by here to see this thread and
@Harry Leferts story.
