| How appropriate would it be to label characters to their derived timelines in our world and based characters in what they were? In this world, technically, there is no World War. And Japan is not even called Japan and Germany is not even called Germany. But even still, we think of them as their parallels to Germany and Japan. Russia is a bit more similar, and going by the name "Orussia". Can the word Nazi then not be extended to Karlsland characters as well and Soviet and Communist to Russian characters? If other things can be fluid with in their parallel universe, then cannot the terms 'Nazi' or 'Soviet' be stretched for this parallel world as well? In my opinion, Karsland in Strike Witches IS Nazi Germany and Erica Hartmann, Gertrude Barkhorn, and Minna Wilke, can all be seen as Nazis, but that the function of both the NSDAP and German Nazism as well as Soviet Communism changed radically due to the influence of the Neuroi threat, or even due to being a parallel universe were very different beforehand. And as far as communism and fascism, neither seem to not get along with each other, and in fact all nationalities seem to get along very well with each other. Communism and Nazism seem to be additive, instead of counteractive, and have resolved themselves somehow. But I don't think that necessarily stops them from being considered nazi or communist. |
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| I wouldn't call Gerhard Barkhorn or Erich Hartmann Nazis. Armed forces =/= political body |
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| the bloomers you usually see in anime weren't used until 1964, so they only had their panties and swimsuits instead. pants would be somewhat impractical for witches because they would have to be taken off every time they had to use the striker units. although that's just an assumption, arguably many things plot-wise are assumed as well; considering hints without a direct explanation. |
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