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How Azur Lane's Hood could reconcile two historical ship legacies

The two historical Hoods' service histories and an Azur Lane story provide different ways for a fictional character to understand inherited memories.

Question

How might Azur Lane's Hood be helped if memories of both historical HMS Hoods caused severe distress?

Short answer

The fictional scenario is approached through conversation and the honourable service histories of both ships, with the imagined symptoms interpreted as trauma and dissociation.

Notes

The imagined distress is interpreted within this fictional scenario as closer to trauma and dissociation than the schizophrenia named in the question. The pre-dreadnought HMS Hood's sinking as a blockship protected Portland Harbour, giving her a continuing defensive role and an honourable ending. The battlecruiser likewise went down fighting. An Azur Lane story supplies another possibility: revived German First World War ships accept the loss of their original hulls while distinguishing those earlier events from their identities as people. Conversation is suggested within the fictional scenario. Confusion over the two Hoods' different turret arrangements illustrates how overlapping memories might affect the character.