LAST EDITED ON Sep-11-14 AT 09:36 PM (EDT)
 
>>That said, I can see where you're coming from, in that the Hurricane
>>is a somewhat less visually elegant aircraft (particularly compared to
>>the "mature" form of the Spitfire).
>
>I think what informed my view of the two is how, though Hurricane was
>the elder of the two, she's always served the understudy role in
>history. 70+ years later, when people think "Battle of Britain," they
>automatically think Spitfire.

Hmm, true.

>Another joke you might consider is that, for all her grace in the air,
>Spitfire is a poor carrier-borne fighter, as her long legs make for
>some rather messy landings on a pitching deck. More than once she's
>tried making a landing on a "brisk" North Atlantic day and ended up
>sprawled on the deck, sporting a few new bruises while assuring
>onlookers that she's okay.

By an odd coincidence, "I meant to do that!" is also Stuka's motto.

>>Big shoulders, too. And 38 once joked that she had "man hands", but
>>47's only response to that was to challenge her to palm a basketball.
>>(She couldn't.)
>
>For whatever reason, when I started trying to write 47's description,
>I had to think up something a little more inventive than "See Kanna
>from Sakura Wars," but there it is.

Heh, I had the same problem, though I think 47's coloration is different. For some reason I picture all the Republic products as black Irish.

>I could definitely see that, especially the "if looks could kill" look
>when she truly wants to make her displeasure known. That said, 38
>definitely has a much livelier personality.

Yes. Also less confused!

>Between my mental image
>of 47 and your joke between her and 38, I find myself thinking of
>Sumire. That same haughtiness and sharp tongue, the banter between
>her and 47, and her treatment of 40 as a "country bumpkin."

Now I'm imagining the scene from... I think it was the Sakura Wars TV series... where Sumire is trying to cook hard-boiled eggs by cracking raw eggs into boiling water instead of boiling them in the shell, evidently under the impression that they form that semi-spherical shape spontaneously when boiled. (Every hard-boiled egg she'd ever had to that point must have been peeled for her without her knowledge, which is... frankly not hard to believe.)

KANNA
Uh... what're you doing?

SUMIRE
What does it look like I'm doing? I'm cooking eggs. ... They don't seem to be getting round, though.

KANNA
Ha! What were you, raised by wolves?

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