1) Presumably they just melted Battleship Hime.

2) Maaan, these are supposed to be funny. This one has too many feels. (Possibly because I just re-read a comic about Nagato and company at Operation Crossroads.)

3) In some settings, Bucky's been there herself.

(I kind of like how chill she is about it in that picture. "Meh, that could've gone better, but at least I didn't sink." It also kind of reminds me of that scene in Pacific Rim where Gipsy Danger lurches up on the snowy beach and collapses. "We never find anything good...")

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Nah, either Wo-class or Aircraft Carrier Oni (aka Abyssal Kaga), just for the stoic expression that made the finger-wag scene so funny.

>2) Maaan, these are supposed to be funny. This one has too many
>feels. (Possibly because I just re-read a comic about Nagato and
>company at Operation Crossroads.)

INT. BIKER BAR. NAGATO walks into the bar totally naked, visually scanning the patrons before walking up to BISMARCK.

NAGATO
I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.

BISMARCK looks to the other patrons in the bar, who join her in laughing at NAGATO.

BISMARCK
You forgot to say "please."

>3) In some settings, Bucky's been there herself.
>
>(I kind of like how chill she is about it in that picture. "Meh, that
>could've gone better, but at least I didn't sink." It also kind of
>reminds me of that scene in Pacific Rim where Gipsy Danger
>lurches up on the snowy beach and collapses. "We never find
>anything good...")

It's a picture that says "If you think this is bad, you should see the other guy."

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(It's also the catchphrase of her evil fandom alter-ego, Plasma-chan, but man alive, you know how fandom likes to over-use jokes? Yeah.)

--G.
I think it's a little too precious, anyway, so when I see her pictured, e.g., bludgeoning an Abyssal destroyer to death with her anchor, I mentally tag it, "Here's that asskicking you ordered nanodesu."
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His GTA play style is mainly what I had in mind when I pictured Yui trying to play it. "OK, so what was I--right, the mission, I need to get uptown. OK. No more fooling around, we're gonna do it this ti oh hey is that a stunt jump? OK we gotta do this stunt jump."

I'm not sure which bandmate is which member of Hat Films, though. They don't map very well. Too many dick jokes. Even Ritsu wouldn't make that many dick jokes.

--G.
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"Captain McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry-poi."

--G.
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Corollary to Fleet Fandango image: Nagato playing a fleet variant of Full Throttle starring sprite-based Yuudachi.

YUUDACHI
What happened-poi? Where's the rest of my squadron-poi?

ABYSSAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER WO-CLASS
What am I, the cruise director? Maybe they're up on the lido deck.

YUUDACHI
(conversationally)
You know what might look better on your head-poi?

WO-CLASS
What?

YUUDACHI suddenly seizes WO-CLASS's monster headdress and uses it to slam her face-first into the counter.

YUUDACHI
The bar-poi. Now don't mess around with me.

--G.
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There is no warning before she Poi's you so hard you wish she hadn't Poi'd you so hard.

EDIT: Yuudachi is the PRECISE target demographic for the Hello Kitty AK-47.

I really like this song! (I'd like the video more if the captions were not almost illegible. -_-)

I sort of imagined this song playing during one of Mighty Jingles' World of Warships replays, specifically this one, starting at almost exactly 20 minutes in. (I know it's a Shimakaze in the vid, but still.)

------
Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

It's worth noting that she totally did that on purpose. :)

--G.
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--G.
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KAGA
You and I remember Budapest very differently.

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USHIO pushes her way through the line until she can talk to AKEBONO without shouting.

USHIO
It's going to be an hour before they can scramble the Coast Guard.

AKEBONO
Coast Guard?! Does the shitty Admiral know what's happening here?

USHIO
(helplessly)
Do we?

IOWA suddenly appears on top the wrecked coal bunker next to AKEBONO and USHIO, startling them both.

IOWA
(briskly, pointing with two fingers)
You need ships covering these slipways. There are civilian ships getting under way and they're going to be steaming right into the line of fire. You take them into the canals or the rivers, you keep them out of the harbor. I need a perimeter as far out as Governor's Island.

AKEBONO
(baffled)
Why in the hell should I take orders from you?!

Before IOWA can answer, they are set upon by a pair of RI-CLASS HEAVY CRUISERS and an ELITE RU-CLASS BATTLESHIP. As USHIO and AKEBONO watch in mute astonishment, IOWA annihilates one of the RI-CLASS with a broadside from her #1 and #2 turrets, cripples the second RI-CLASS with #3 turret, and peppers the RU-CLASS with her secondaries, then finishes them both off with some bare-knuckled CQC, ripping off one of the RU-CLASS's cannon/shield array arms and beating her down with it as a sort of final remark.

AKEBONO blinks, her face completely blank, then turns to the other DESTROYERS as if nothing had happened.

AKEBONO
I need ships in those channels, lead the civilians back and away from the harbor. We're going to set up a perimeter all the way out to Governor's Island.

--G.
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OOYODO
(Amazed)
So that's what it does.

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--G.
"Wo wo wowo?"
("Are you ever not going to fall for that?")
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Hey, all she needs is a trip to Tahiti, and she'll be right as rain!

--- Philip
"Tahiti. It's a magical place."

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Also also,

YŪBARI
(holding a hand over her left eye)
How does TenryŪ even see these things?

TAKAO
(unamused)
She turns.

YŪBARI
Sounds exhausting.

and furthermore

ADMIRAL
The Admiralty Board has made its decision.

TENRYŪ
(folding arms)
I recognize that the Board has made a decision. But since it's a stupid-ass decision, I have chosen to ignore it.

--G.
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'I participated in the war.. I did some stuff...'

WO
(Mockingly)
Wo wo.
("I'm listening.")

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I actually had a hard time deciding who would work well for Coulson's role. Then I remembered Ooyodo's completely deadpan expression when she was glomped by Kongo and the decision was made.

In her honor...

Ext. day. TENRYŪ has just finished giving YŪBARI a suitcase of files and film from AKASHI to search for a cure to her palladium poisoning, leaving her in the care of OOYODO.

OOYODO
(matter of factly)
If you try to escape, or play any sort of games with me, I will taze you and watch "Supernanny" while you drool into the carpet. Okay?

YŪBARI
Yeah, I think I got it.

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AKASHI
This one's fun. It's fitted with electrical relays that allow you to—

IOWA picks up a turret casing made of a dully reflective silver metal.

IOWA
What about this one?

AKASHI
No, no, that's just a prototype.

IOWA
What's it made of?

AKASHI
Vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third the weight. It's completely vibration-absorbent.

IOWA
How come it's not standard issue?

AKASHI
That's the rarest metal on Earth. What you're holding there? That's all we've got.

KONGOU walks in, her normally animated face strangely expressionless but for a faint tinge of annoyance.

KONGOU
Are you quite finished, Akashi? I'm sure Iowa has some unfinished business...

IOWA holds up the turret casing.

IOWA
What do you think?

KONGOU considers her coldly for a moment, then manifests her RIGGING. In the background, FAIRIES dive for cover. IOWA blinks in consternation, then ducks hastily behind the turret casing just in time to avoid having her face blown off by the broadside KONGOU unloads into it. The AP shells explode without penetrating, and the shrapnel falls to the floor in front of her in an oddly un-lively manner rather than scattering around the room and killing everybody.

When the firing stops, IOWA peeks around the casing to see KONGOU regarding her, her wooden expression unchanged, as smoke curls up from her gun barrels.

KONGOU
Yes. I think it works, desu.

She dismisses her RIGGING and leaves without another word. IOWA and AKASHI stand side by side and watch her go with identical dumbfounded looks. Still gazing after KONGOU, IOWA takes a note from her pocket and hands it to AKASHI, who similarly takes it without looking.

IOWA
I had some ideas about the uniform.

AKASHI
Whatever you want, babe.

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It's true! And a lot of the subs were from Maine, even if for some reason it's called the Portsmouth Navy Yard rather than the Kittery Navy Yard.

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BISMARCK: The gates of Hel are filled with the screams of her victims, desu!

TENRYU glares at her while SHINANO flushes and puts hides her face behind her

BISMARCK: But not the screams of the dead, of course. No, no... wounded screams... mainly whimpering, a great deal of complaining and tales of sprained deltoids and... gout.

USS White Plains (CVE-66) gives Shinano many hugs and treats. (Never mind that White Plains could easily ride on Shinano's shoulders.)

Isokaze and Hamakaze also make sure their carrier is well-protected, not wanting to fail a second time.

--- Philip

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(Though there is something slightly brain bendy about a seven foot tall carrier Kanmusu audibly squeaking and trying to hide behind say.. Taihou.)

GENERAL TOJO HIDEKI
I acquired you to help me start a war! It's a prestigious line of work with a long and glorious tradition.

TIRPITZ
I just don't think it's right, killing an innocent girl.

TOJO
(flying into a rage)
Am I going mad, or did the word "think" escape your lips? You were not constructed for your brains, you hippopotamic landmass.

POLA
I agree with Tirpitz.

TOJO
Oh! The sot has spoken! What happens to the Northern Ocean Princess is not truly your concern. I will kill her. And remember this. Never forget this. When I found you, you were so slobbering drunk you couldn't buy grappa!

(Rounding on Tirpitz.)

And you! Friendless. Brainless. Helpless. Hopeless. Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Mothballed? In Norway?!

--G.
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Warspite: That's VERY comforting, but I'm afraid you'll just have to wait.

Pola: I hate waiting. I could give you my word as a Italian!

Warspite: No good. I've known too many Italians.

--
Unable to save the day: File is read-only.

Ikazuchi: What?

Tenryu: The sub does not get her. I'm explaining this to you because you looked nervous.

Ikazuchi: I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little bit concerned, but that's not the same thing.

KONGOU:
There's someone coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me, he's on his way. … There's a man who will never let us down. And not even an army can get in the way. … He's the last of his kind. He looks young but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds for years. And wherever they take you, Fubuki, however scared you are, I promise you, you'll never be alone. … Because this man is our leader. … He has a name but the people of our world know him better ... as Teitoku.

ENTERPRISE (CV-80)
You might say, I've been doing this all my lives!

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