History Fanfic / BlizzardOfTheRedCastle

* DisappearedDad: Fubuki's father was killed by the Abyssals before she was born.

* GloriousMotherRussia: [[spoiler:Gangut temporarily becomes a walking example. Hibiki also had a strong phase of this in years past.]]

''Blizzard of the Red Castle'' ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/blizzard-of-the-red-castle-kancolle.377249/ SpaceBattles link]]) ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11812670/1/Blizzard-of-the-Red-Castle FF.net link]]) is a ''Anime/KantaiCollection'' fanfic that has Fubuki as an orphan looking for the identity of her parents. What she doesn't know (at first) is that her mother is still alive, and happens to be someone Fubuki looks up to very much...

* PornStarWithAHeartOfGold: Musashi, before being discovered to be a shipgirl, was an AV actress. Though as chapters focusing on her reveal, there's a lot more to her than that.

** [[spoiler:Mutsuki]]'s response to finding out Akagi is Fubuki's mom? Guzzle down on [[BlandNameProduct Dack Janiels]]. Her reaction to finding out the Admiral is her uncle? ''Drain her stash.''

* LukeIAmYourFather: Fubuki's mother is Akagi, with the Admiral of the Yokosuka base being her uncle.
* MeaningfulName: Yuki Yamashita, literally translated as "Snow under the mountain". In her childhood, she lived near Mount ''Akagi''.

* MySecretPregnancy: Due to a range of reasons from it being private to concerns of people wanting to use Fubuki as a ChildSoldier LaserGuidedTykeBomb on Abyssals, Akagi, the Admiral(s), Kongou, Kaga, and Hosho made sure no one else knew Akagi was pregnant, then sent her to an orphanage inland to keep her safe from future attacks.
** Sequel chapters have Tatsuta as aware of the pregnancy and birth, however she mistakenly believed the baby had died.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Most shipgirls are summoned, being brought back from the pages of history through a special ritual. However, certain ships chose to be reincarnated and are actually ordinary girls and women that need to have their souls "awakewned" before they can manifest and use their riggings. These have been dubbed "Natural Born" shipgirls due to being brought into the world, or "born," naturally. Of these natural borns include but are not limited to:

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The two Misaki Brothers – Haruki, Fubuki's father, and older brother Daisuke, the Admiral of the naval district – both are good, dependable men, and both managed to win the undying love of shipgirls, the reincarnated spirits of powerful warships. [[spoiler: Though Daisuke borders on Harem Protagonist territory, what with all the shipgirls he's collected.]]

%%* AllAccordingToPlan: Kongou – twice!
%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor, poor Nagato.

%%* AllAccordingToPlan: Kongo -- twice!
%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor, poor Nagato.
* AndIMustScream: Kongo during WWII was fully aware of what was going on around her, and could do nothing to stop the Japanese Empire on its road to destruction.
* BlandNameProduct: [[spoiler:Mutsuki]]'s favorite brand of whiskey? [[https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us Dack Janiels.]] Kongo's favorite rum? [[https://www.captainmorgan.com/ Admiral Jellicoe.]]

** Overlaps with GeniusBonus: In later chapters on the SB thread, the author uses Wabun-encoded (Morse code for Japanese) commentary about each scene in place of lines for scene-breaks.

* CurtainFic: Mother and Daughter go shopping for clothes -- something neither Akagi nor Fubuki had the chance to experience before.

* DramaticIrony: The audience knows full well that Akagi is Fubuki's mother, and that drama is milked for all its worth in the build up to TheReveal.

* GloriousMotherRussia:[[spoiler:Gangut temporarily becomes a walking example.]]
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Fubuki's father was among the first to see Akagi as a ''woman'' and not a ''weapon'', and told her as much. According to Kongo, that... ''[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Stirred]]'' something.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: With few exceptions, each chapter in some way includes or references the English translation of the name or names of the characters that are the principle actors. Even the title isn't exempt!
* ImmodestOrgasm: Poor Kongo. The happy couple are enjoying each other in the next room... ''And there's only a sheet of plywood and some wallpaper between their headboards.''

** According to Kongo, the only way she can tolerate Kirishima's attempts at brewing tea is to slip a little bit of rum into her cup.

* LethalChef: Hiei's attempts have not been shown. Though, considering that the anime is canon to the story... However, Kirishima apparently can't brew a proper spot of tea to save her life, though Kongo doesn't have the heart to tell her this.

* MySecretPregnancy: Due to a range of reasons from it being private to concerns of people wanting to use Fubuki as a ChildSoldier LaserGuidedTykeBomb on Abyssals, Akagi, the Admiral(s), Kongo, Kaga, and Hosho made sure no one else knew Akagi was pregnant, then sent her to an orphanage inland to keep her safe from future attacks.
* ObliviousToLove: Daisuke -- the Admiral and Fubuki's secret uncle -- doesn't pick up on the fact that Nagato is in love with him.

** Naka -- born Sayaka Kurosawa. Was an idol before being discovered.
** Musashi -- born Mitsuki Shimabukuro. She was an AV star.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The two Misaki Brothers -- Haruki, Fubuki's father, and older brother Daisuke, the Admiral of the naval district -- both are good, dependable men, and both managed to win the undying love of shipgirls, the reincarnated spirits of powerful warships. [[spoiler: Though Daisuke borders on Harem Protagonist territory, what with all the shipgirls he's collected.]]

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Fubuki's father was among the first to see Akagi as a ''woman'' and not a ''weapon,'' and told her as much. According to Kongo, that... ''[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre Stirred]]'' something.

* [[BrotherSisterIncest Sister-Sister Incest]]: Just like in the anime, Mutsu and Ooi are ''really'' into their sister ships Nagato and Kitakami respectively.

** Naka is a VideoGame/WorldOfWarships player, along with a good number of ship girls, Fubuki included.

** Fubuki studied Literature/TheArtOfWar before she became a ship girl.
*** She also read Misery by Creator/StephenKing, Literature/OfMiceAndMen, and name drops Creator/HansChristianAndersen and Literature/TheDivineComedy when complaining about her school club's foreign literature selection.

** When Mutsuki and Yuudachi came back from movie night, the film was stated to be Literature/HarryPotter. Fubuki admits she is a fan of the books.

** Akagi walks in on Fubuki and her friends watching Film/Deadpool2016.

Blizzard of the Red Castle ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/blizzard-of-the-red-castle-kancolle.377249/ SpaceBattles link]]) ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11812670/1/Blizzard-of-the-Red-Castle FF.net link]]) is a Anime/KantaiCollection fanfic that has Fubuki as an orphan looking for the identity of her parents. What she doesn't know (at first) is that her mother is still alive, and happens to be someone Fubuki looks up to very much...

* AllAccordingToPlan: Kongo - twice!
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Poor, poor Nagato.

* CurtainFic: Mother and Daughter go shopping for clothes - something neither Akagi nor Fubuki had the chance to experience before.

* FlashbackEcho: The first half of the SickEpisode.
* [[spoiler:GloriousMotherRussia]]:[[spoiler:Gangut temporarily becomes a walking example.]]

* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Chapter Naming]]: With few exceptions, each chapter in some way includes or refferences the English translation of the name or names of the characters that are the principle actors. Even the title isn't exempt!

* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Mutsuki]]'s response to finding out Akagi is Fubuki's mom? Guzzle down on [[BlandNameProduct Dack Janiels]]. Her reaction to finding out the Admiral is her uncle? ''Drain her stash.''

* MeaningfulName: Yuki Yamashita, literally translated as "Snow under the mountain." In her childhood, she lived near Mount ''Akagi''.

* ObliviousToLove: Daisuke - the Admiral and Fubuki's secret uncle - doesn't pick up on the fact that Nagato is in love with him.

** Naka - born Sayaka Kurosawa. Was an idol before being discovered.
** Musashi - born Mitsuki Shimabukuro. She was an AV star.
** And of course Fubuki. Born as Yuki Yamashita... Real name Fubuki Misaki. She's special as she's the only shipgirl that is also the offspring of a shipgirl.

** The book Nagato picks up is [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey 50 Slates of Gray]]

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The two Misaki Brothers - Haruki, Fubuki's father, and older brother Daisuke, the Admiral of the naval district - both are good, dependable men, and both managed to win the undying love of shipgirls, the reincarnated spirits of powerful warships. [[spoiler: Though Daisuke borders on Harem Protagonist territory, what with all the shipgirls he's collected.]]

* TheTalk: [[spoiler:Yuudachi]] asks about this, much to [[spoiler:Fubuki]]'s chagrin.