I'm sure there are many cases like Averof's

This is a great question. It was not at random, you see. Firstly, I wanted to compare Averof with a fictional ship and Izumo happens to be one. This is trivial. Then, I wanted a ship that isn't overpowered; even better if the community doesn't like it in its majority - I personally don't mind playing Izumo, but there are some people that have made her quirks a meme, more or less. I did this because, psychology here plays a role. If I had compared Montana (for example) with Averof, even subconsciously some people might had been triggered, thus keeping a negative attitude towards this post, and probably bully me for my joke. Lastly, I wanted a ship that is quite popular; again, Izumo with his meme status seemed to fit perfectly.

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