This is a bit of a yapfest, but y'all probably already know that. If you want a tl;dr of this post, just scroll down to the bottom and look for the highlighted text.

Alright, Iet me preface this. I've made dozens of Azur Lane bots for a while now and as I'm creeping towards the one hundred mark, I've noticed something that honestly bugs me sometimes. There's hardly any naval history or references included in the shipgirls' lines, mainly the newer ones. Look, I'm the first one to tell you that I'm no history buff or guru or whatever. However, from a creative aspect, it just seems weird that the devs at Manjuu don't really tap into that naval history besides being just a suggestion. Of course, there are a bajillion characters in this game, so you can do but so much before reaching some kind of bottleneck, which is understandable.

You might be wondering where I'm getting this idea from. Well... I'm currently working on a bot for the newly released shipgirl, Ugolino Vivaldi. I was curious about her real-life counterpart and man... what a crazy history! It's a crime that she's an Elite with the background she has! I'll elaborate on that further when I eventually post the bot, but what you need to know is that, like I've said before, her lines doesn't really mentioned her actual history all that much. Bro, what? How? Why? Don't get me wrong, I really like this character but... It just seems like a missed opportunity you know?

So... I got an idea. What if I reincorporate the naval history that Manjuu left on the cutting room floor into the bot?

Seems good, yeah? I'll start off with Ugolino but I would like to do this with all the other shipgirls I've made bots of so far. The only problem I have with this is not that I would be doing more work but that such a change may veer off into headcanon. Well, isn't naval history technically canon though? Or perhaps the interpretation of it and spinning it into a character could be what makes it headcanon...

Maybe I'm overthinking it. What do y'all think? Down with the idea? Let me know, I can use the feedback. Also, while I'm here, should I just release my bots with or without the author's note section in character bios? I'm considering dropping it as it's really the only thing holding me back from posting bot more frequently. Unless of course, you folks actually enjoy my rambles. In which case, I thank you. Or perhaps I'll just post future bots as I finish them and edit in the author's note later. Once again, let me know.

At the end of the day, these are my Azur Lane bots so I can do whatever I wish with them. That said, I'll still do my best to keep them as close and accurate to their in-game counterparts as possible. I also got a couple of polls down below to vote on. But if anyone would like to voice their opinions with a comment, that's still cool too!

tl;dr I'm considering including more naval history into the personalities of my AL bots. I'm also considering changing how I present the author's note section in character bios going into the future.

Poll 1 on shipgirls and naval authenticity

Poll 2 on author's notes in bio

I would also like to take the time to say thank you to all of you for checking out my bots! I'm glad for those who enjoy them as much as I do. Have yourselves a darn good one!

EDIT: CRAP I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS IS TECHNICALLY THE 69TH BOT I'VE POSTED FFFFFFUUUUUU—