>Hmm, true.

While Spitfire gets all the attention, Hurry makes sure she stays down to earth, not allowing the fame to go to her head. And in return, Spitfire is always there to watch over Hurry when the going gets tough. They're sisters in all but name, such that you can't think of one without the other being far behind.

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

As opposed to her battle cry, "LOOK OUT BELOW!"

>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.

Think what influenced my image of P-47 is that she's a light bomber masquerading as a fighter. While North American exploited aerodynamics and Lockheed doubled the engines, Republic looked at the need for speed and went the Clarkson route: "POWERRRR!" So while 51 could be Spitfire's American cousin and 38 a long-legged sprinter, 47 is most definitely a brawny prize-fighter. You could picture her and 40 sitting in a bar, each with a beer in hand, recounting "You should see the other guy!" stories.

>Yes. Also less confused!

Except during test time, when all those hours of slacking off due to the heat come back to haunt her.

>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?

Yeah, definitely the dynamic I could see between the two.