History Headscratchers / StrikeWitches

* Who is Lynette Bishop based on? Unusual for this series, there is very little information available on the real life inspiration of Lynette's character. In-series she is the daughter of famous World War I flying ace Minnie Bishop (based on real Canadian WW1 Ace Billy Bishop) and younger sister of Wilma Bishop (generally agreed upon to be based on Bishop's son and WW2 pilot Arthur Bishop). Her Striker Unit code matches John Ellis, a member of the 610th Squadron of the RAF who fought at Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. Her birthday matches Jackie Mann an RAF ace who also fought in the Battle of Britain and shared a connection to Adolf Galland. Finally there is Jackie Willis-O'Connor, the real life daughter of Billy Bishop who openly defying her mother's wishes joined the RCAF and worked as a radio operator and trainer during the war. Some fans have speculated that she isn't based on a particular person, but represents the Supermarine Spitfire itself, which would make her stand out in a series where virtually every other witch is based on a real life person. Regardless, Lynette's inspiration remains a mystery.

** In supplemental materials it's outlined that part of the reason why General Maloney's anti-witch views stems from a combination of factors ranging from being highly against the usage of Witches for defending Dover, likely due to personal dissatisfaction of witches being the brunt of most major Neuroi assault and repelling of capital class neuroi units and eclipsing the power of the conventional troop, the fact his long time political and personal rival Hugo Dowding was the one who established and supported the formation of Joint Fighter Wings (at the recommendations and endorsements of Kalrlsand Witch General Adolfine Galland) and wanting Brittania to gain any political and military power advantage over other nations in the war and it seems even after the war and coming off as rather power hungry and conniving; despite having much bigger and important problem's with the Neuroi treat. Given that overall backstory and context, as well as being an AU version of his real life historical counterpart and both letting their pride blind them into making bad decisions and judgement calls; it's not surprising why General Maloney wound up not being looked upon very glowingly.

** In supplemental materials it's outlined that part of the reason why General Maloney's anti-witch views stems from a combination of factors ranging from being highly against the usage of Witches for defending Dover, likely due to personal dissatisfaction of witches being the brunt of most major Neuroi assault and repelling of capital class neuroi units and eclipsing the power of the conventional troop, the fact his long time political and personal rival Hugo Dowding was the one who established and supported the formation of Joint Fighter Wings (at the recommendations and endorsements of Kalrlsand Witch General Adolfine Galland) and wanting Brittania to gain and political and military power advantage over other nations in the war and it seems even after the war and coming off as rather power hungry and conniving; despite having much bigger and important problem's with the Neuroi treat. Given that overall backstory and context, as well as being an AU version of his real life historical counterpart and both letting their pride blind them into making bad decisions and judgement calls; it's not surprising why General Maloney wound up not being looked upon very glowingly.

** Original Poster following up: as it turns out, recent developments in the various source material ranging from the Africa Doujinshi, the Movie, and the Brave Witches series, among some other source material, state or even outright show that Neuroi appeared and existed on earth since the point in history when Ancient Egypt was at the height of it's power and Neuroi in these time periods adopted more organic forms akin to various beasts, monsters and demons from myth, legend and folklore in our world, with various cases in history of "disturbances" indicating either a high amount of Neruoi activity or even outright massive invasions of Neruoi hoards. Since ancient Egypt's height of power Neuroi have existed on Earth for centuries in some way, shape or form or even in some varied level, capacity or quantity. It wasn't until the turn of the magic power revolution did the Neruoi become more active and aggressive then normal and possible at some point during or after the first neuroi war they began to adopt more machine like forms and technology. It does leave the mystery as to where the Neruoi originally come from being unanswered so far, and it's possible that question is as much a mystery in universe as it is for the fanbase. The Neruoi's overall modius operendi and reasons for laying siege to humanity for as long as they have and occupying earth appears to be hinted that Neruoi are trying to gather raw resources (mostly metallic elements it seems)to expand their numbers, to adapt and to hold territory... although it still begs the question: to what end? The answer to that question still remains enigmatic and elusive a mystery, but at least small steps in explanation, exploration and insight into the Neuroi is being made bit by bit. In fact it seems that as more of the animated installments of the series go on the Neruoi appear to be evolving their tactics and attempting in adopting modern (by the 1940's standards at least) human tactics though it appears with mixed, if not middling results: as it seems the Neruoi are still trying to overcome a learning curb and while understanding the basic premise and idea in such tactics; seem to struggle in implementing or executing such tactics effectively or no quite fully understanding said tactics and either relying on or at least falling back on or even combining such tactics with their own, more alien logic, tactics and stratagems as a race.

** In supplemental materials it's outlined that part of the reason why General Maloney's anti-witch views stems from a combination of factors ranging from being highly against the usage of Witches for defending Dover, likely due to personal dissatisfaction of witches being the brunt of most major neuroi assault and repelling of capital class neuroi units and eclipsing the power of the conventional troop, the fact his long time political and personal rival Hugo Dowding was the one who established and supported the formation of Joint Fighter Wings (at the recommendations and endorsements of Kalrlsand Witch General Adolfine Galland) and wanting Brittania to gain and political and military power advantage over other nations in the war and it seems even after the war and coming off as rather power hungry and conniving; despite having much bigger and important problem's with the Neruoi treat. Given that overall backstory and context, as well as being an AU version of his real life historical counterpart and both letting their pride blind them into making bad decisions and judgement calls; it's not surprising why General Maloney wound up not being looked upon very glowingly.

** An interesting detail regarding the lack of pants that might better provide a solid answer is that some scenes in the Movie's opening show that witches throughout history have gone without pants as an apparent social and cultural norm of attire that witches adopted though history and non-witch girls and women apparently also adopted themselves out of support and idolatry for witches defending humanity from the Neruoi of old. So it seems that in the witches world, witches going their day to day routine and lives without pants is apparently no more a social faux pas or oddity than wearing a swimsuit and thus seems taken as a casual social norm. The fact that what panties and swimsuits the witches wear are more closer to more contemporaneity, modern style than the style of the 1940's also bears some interesting implications and insight into the worlds social norms and view of clothing and attitudes regarding socially accepted sexual moors in general. Further more the reason why this may all be the case is more due to the fact witches have familiar features that seem to manifest when a witch uses her magic; it would be fair to argue that such revealing attire for witches is more of a practical necessity. Ease of accessing and donning striker units, while likely still no less true; is apparently, given the implications of evidence a secondary tangent from the primary reason.

** An interesting detail regarding the lack of pants that might better provide a solid answer is that some scenes in the Movie's opening show that witches throughout history have gone without pants as an apparent social and cultural norm of attire that witches adopted though history and non-witch girls and women apparently also adopted themselves out of support and idolatry for witches defending humanity from the Neruoi of old. So it seems that in the witches world, witches going their day to day routine and lives without pants is apparently no more a social faux pas or oddity than wearing a swimsuit and thus seems taken as a casual social norm. The fact that what panties and swimsuits the witches wear are more closer to more contemporaneity, modern style than the style of the 1940'salso bears some interesting implications and insight into the worlds social norms and view of clothing and attitudes regarding socially accepted sexual moors in general. Further more the reason why this may all be the case is more due to the fact witches have familiar features that seem to manifest when a witch uses her magic; it would be fair to argue that such revealing attire for witches is more of a practical necessity. Ease of accessing and donning striker units, while likely still no less true; is apparently, given the implications of evidence a secondary tangent from the primary reason.

** An interesting detail regarding the lack of pants that might better provide a solid answer is that some scenes in the Movie's opening show that witches throughout history have gone without pants as an apparent social and cultural norm of attire that witches adopted though history and non-witch girls and women apparently out of support and idolatry for witches. So it appears that in the witches world witches without pants is apparently no more a social faux pas or oddity than wearing a swimsuit and as taken as casual social norm. Further more the reason why this may all be the case is more due to the fact witches have familiar features that seem to manifest when a witch uses her magic; it would be fair to argue that such revealing attire for witches is more of a practical necessity. Ease of accessing and donning striker units, while likely still no less true; is apparently, given the implications of evidence a secondary tangent from the primary reason.

** An interesting detail regarding the lack of pants that might better provide a solid answer is that some scenes in the Movies opening show that witches throughout history have gone without pants as an apparent social and cultural norm of attire that witches adopted though history and non-witch girls and women apparently out of support and idolatry for witches. So it appears that in the witches world witches without pants is apparently no more a social faux pas or oddity than wearing a swimsuit and as taken as casual social norm. Further more the reason why this may all be the case is more due to the fact witches have familiar features that seem to manifest when a witch uses her magic; it would be fair to argue that such revealing attire for witches is more of a practical necessity. Ease of accessing and donning striker units, while likely still no less true; is apparently, given the implications of evidence a secondary tangent from the primary reason.

** A majorly observed detail regarding the lack of pants is that some scenes in the Movies opening show that witches throughout history have gone without pants as an apparent social and cultural norm of attire that witches adopted though history and non-witch girls and women apparently out of support and idolatry for witches. So it appears that in the witches world witches without pants is apparently no more a social faux pas or oddity than wearing a swimsuit and as taken as casual social norm. Further more the reason why this may all be the case is more due to the fact witches have familiar features that seem to manifest when a witch uses her magic; it would be fair to argue that such revealing attire for witches is more of a practical necessity. Ease of accessing and donning striker units, while likely still no less true; is apparently, given the implications of evidence a secondary tangent from the primary reason.

** It's likely that while Yoshika may have seen Sanya use the Fliegerhammer in battle, and maybe knows a bit of the weapon itself (as indicated in Himealbums and the 2007 OVA) it's likely that Yoshika haven't really asked Sanya about her thoughts of the weapon she uses until that point. Given that Yoshika is noted for being a bit naïve an a smidge forgetful its likely the thought to ask Sanya about her thoughts on her weapon either slipped her mind or in fact hadn't crossed her mind until that moment.

** In supplemental materials it's outlined that part of the reason why General Maloney's anti-witch views stems from a combination of factors ranging from being highly against the usage of Witches for defending Dover, likely due to personal dissatisfaction of witches being the brunt of most major neuroi assault and repelling of capital class neuroi units and eclipsing the power of the conventional troop, the fact his long time political and personal rival Hugo Dowding was the one who established and supported the formation of Joint Fighter Wings (at the recommendations and endorsements of Kalrlsand Witch General Adolfine Galland) and wanting Brittania to gain and political and military power advantage over other nations in the war and it seems even after the war and coming off as rather power hungry and coniving; despite having much bigger and important problem's with the Neruoi treat. Given that overall backstory and context, as well as being an AU version of his real life historical counterpart and both letting their pride blind them into making bad decisions and judgement calls; it's not surprising why General Maloney wound up not being looked upon very glowingly.

*** One prevailing theory to explain the situation regarding Yoshika's loss and return of her magic after using Shin Reppuzan suggests the possibility that Yoshika may have done the magical equivalent of pulling a muscle and needed time to recuperate after expending her magical stamina and not quite being trained enough in proper swordsmanship or magic technique using a sword. Since it is established that witches have a pool of magic stamina that needs to be replenished after an extended period of time using strikers or their powers, or even using an excessive use of their magic then normal, while admittedly conjuncture somewhat, the theory at least holds some plausibility given how a witches magic appears to work.

** In supplemental materials it's outlined that part of the reason why General Maloney's anti-witch views stems from a combination of factors ranging from being highly against the usage of Witches for defending Dover, likely due to personal dissatisfaction of witches being the brunt of most major neuroi assault and repelling of capital class neuroi units and eclipsing the power of the conventional troop, the fact his long time political and personal rival Hugo Dowding was the one who established and supported the formation of Joint Fighter Wings (at the recommendations and endorsements of Kalrlsand Witch General Adolfine Galland) and wanting Brittania to gain and political and military power advantage over other nations in the war and it seems even after the war). Given that overall backstory and context, as well as being an AU version of his real life historical counterpart and both letting their pride blind them into making bad decisions and judgement calls; it's not surprising why General Maloney wound up not being looked upon very glowingly.

** It's likely that while Yoshika may have seen Sanya use the Fliegerhammer in battle, and maybe knows a bit of the weapon itself (as indicated in Himealbums and the 2007 OVA) it's likely that Yoshika haven't really asked Sanya about her thoughts of the weapon she uses until that point. Given that Yoshika is noted for being a bit naïve an a smidge forgetful it likely the thought to ask Sanya about her thoughts on her weapon either slipped her mind or in fact hadn't crossed her mind until that moment.

** Baron Tedder wannabe was beaten by Trude.

*** On prevailing theory to explain the situation regarding Yoshika's loss and return of her magic after using Shin Reppuzan suggests the possibility that Yoshika may have done the magical equivalent of pulling a muscle and needed time to recuperate after expending her magical stamina and not quite being trained enough in proper swordsmanship or magic technique using a sword. Since it is established that witches have a pool of magic stamina that needs to be replenished after an extended period of time using strikers or their powers, or even using an excessive use of their magic then normal, while admittedly conjuncture somewhat, the theory at least holds some plausibility given how a witches magic appears to work.

** Original Poster following up: as it turns out, recent developments in the various source material ranging from the Africa Doujinshi, the Movie, and the Brave Witches series, among some other source material, state or even outright show that Neuroi appeared and existed on earth since the point in history when Ancient Egypt was at the height of it's power and Neuroi in these time periods adopted more organic forms akin to various beasts, monsters and demons from myth, legend and folklore in our world, with various cases in history of "disturbances" indicating either a high amount of Neruoi activity or even outright massive invasions of Neruoi hoards. Since ancient Egypt's height of power Neuroi have existed on Earth for centuries in some way, shape or form or even in some varied level, capacity or quantity. It wasn't until the turn of the magic power revolution did the Neruoi become more active and aggressive then normal and possible at some point during or after the first neuroi war they began to adopt more machine like forms and technology. It does leave the mystery as to where the Neruoi originally come from being unanswered so far, and it's possible that question is as much a mystery in universe as it is for the fanbase. The Neruoi's overall modius operendi and reasons for laying siege to humanity for as long as they have and occupying earth appears to be hinted that Neruoi are trying to gather raw resources (mostly metallic elements it seems)to expand their numbers, to adapt and to hold territory... although it still begs the question: to what end? The answer to that question still remains enigmatic and elusive a mystery, but at least small steps in explanation, exploration and insight into the Neuroi is being made bit by bit. In fact it seems that as more of the animated installments of the series go on the Neruoi appear to be evolving their tactics and attempting in adopting modern (by the 1940's standards at least) human tactics though it appears with mixed, if not middling results: as it seems the Neruoi are still trying to overcome a learning curb and while understanding the basic premise and idea in such tactics; seem to struggle in implementing or executing such tactics effective or fully understanding said tactics and either relying or at least falling back on or even combining such tactics with their own, more alien logic, tactics and stratagems as a race.

** Original Poster following up: as it turns out, recent developments in the various source material ranging from the
Africa Doujinshi, the Movie, and the Brave Witches series, among some other source material, state or even outright show that Neuroi appeared and existed on earth since the point in history when Ancient Egypt was at the height of it's power and Neuroi in these time periods adopted more organic forms akin to various beasts, monsters and demons from myth, legend and folklore in our world, with various cases in history of "disturbances" indicating either a high amount of Neruoi activity or even outright massive invasions of Neruoi hoards. Since ancient Egypt's height of power Neuroi have existed on Earth for centuries in some way, shape or form or even in some varied level, capacity or quantity. It wasn't until the turn of the magic power revolution did the Neruoi become more active and aggressive then normal and possible at some point during or after the first neuroi war they began to adopt more machine like forms and technology. It does leave the mystery as to where the Neruoi originally come from being unanswered so far, and it's possible that question is as much a mystery in universe as it is for the fanbase. The Neruoi's overall modius operendi and reasons for laying siege to humanity for as long as they have and occupying earth appears to be hinted that Neruoi are trying to gather raw resources (mostly metallic elements it seems)to expand their numbers, to adapt and to hold territory... although it still begs the question: to what end? The answer to that question still remains enigmatic and elusive a mystery, but at least small steps in explanation, exploration and insight into the Neuroi is being made bit by bit. In fact it seems that as more of the animated installments of the series go on the Neruoi appear to be evolving their tactics and attempting in adopting modern (by the 1940's standards at least) human tactics though it appears with mixed, if not middling results: as it seems the Neruoi are still trying to overcome a learning curb and while understanding the basic premise and idea in such tactics; seem to struggle in implementing or executing such tactics effective or fully understanding said tactics and either relying or at least falling back on or even combining such tactics with their own, more alien logic, tactics and stratagems as a race.

* The Season 2 finale: Okay, so you're making an assault on the home base of the alien menace and you only bring 11 witches and 5 battleships. What were all the other [-JFWs=], the 504th, the Luftwaffe, etc doing? This is the big one, do or die. Everyone should have been there if only to insure the Yamato and the fleet were protected.