History Fanfic / HarryAndTheShipgirls

** How to explain away the island full of animal people without pointing at the magical world? Say that they got dumped from an alternate dimension into ours, because there is already a precendent of dimension hopping with the Fleet of Fog.

** How to explain away the island full of animal people without pointing at the magical world? Say that they got dumped from an alternate dimension into in ours, because there is already a precendent of dimension hopping with the Fleet of Fog.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Nanking had a magical side to it, [[spoiler:intentionally creating Obscurials from children for use against Japan's enemies. Fortunately, they were destroyed before they could be deployed.]]

* AnimateInanimateObject: Rose the Teacup Set that was in possession of the Evans family for over a hundred years, gained awareness as a tsukumogami, and is able to project a human form that looks like a train conductor.

* CastFromLifespan: Grateful to the shipgirls for saving his grandson, an elderly wizard secretly conducts a summoning ritual using his own life as payment, to summon shipgirls whose ship-selves had only ever existed on paper, such as the planned sister-ships to Shimakaze and Ooyodo, and the USS Montana.

* ExtranormalInstitute: Capitalizing on Greyback's death and hoping to heal the werewolf children and prepare them for the inevitable collapse of the Staute of Secrecy, Dumbledore with the assistance from Shipgirls is setting up one for them in Wales countryside.

** The absolute majority of Japan's Youkai and other magical creatures are placed in reservations shortly after Perry dragged Japan out of isolation as the consenquence of the Japanese magicals snubbing ICW, and later again as a part of punitive actions in the aftermath of [=WW2=].
** Saint Brendan's Isle is where those who played with the animagus magic too much and got permanent animal traits for the trouble are sent.

** Related to above, all departments related to enforcing the Statue of Secrecy get additional funding and personel, including Arthur Weasley's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.
** With more money and people to delegate, Arthur has more time to spend with his family. At one point, he takes Ron to a chess tournament in the Muggle world that he wins first price in, giving his self-esteem a much-needed boost. More importantly, he meets Warspite in another tournament.

* GiantEnemyCrab: Giant Abyssal Hermit Crabs masquerading as normal merchant ships.

* IslandOfMystery: The various [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_island phantom islands]] throughout history are explained as the result of wizards casting Unplottable charms on them for whatever reason, making them impossible to locate by conventional means. Unfortunately, the Abyssals who drove those wizards off these islands, like to use them as staging points.

** Likewise, Yokosuka and Sasebo are becoming very attractive to yokai because of the spiritual energy of the shipgirls, as well as the energy released during summoning them. This led to Fubuki and Yuudachi having to deal with a kuchisake-onna when Harry was younger, and is why Haru is there.

* MightMakesRight: Fenrir Greyback the werewolf believes in this, and takes advantage of the collapsing [[{{Main/Masquerade}} Statute of Secrets]] to attack and turn people more openly as an act of superiority, going as far as to attempt an attack on a brother of a natural-born shipgirl just to make a point.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The reason why Shiromizu decided to hide on the Shipgirl naval base instead of going to the magical authorities to request protection. They might have killed her on the spot for not being in her designated reservation, might have simply send her back, and in unlikely case they might have listened the actual bureaucracy would take too long.
* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}: Because they had Japanese magicals serving on them, Ryuujo and Jun'you can use Onmyodo. They along with the Kitsune Haru taught Harry some of it.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Abyssals tried to kill Hoppou and blame it on humans in hopes of getting Wanko into this state. She did... against the Abyssals, after she found out about the treachery.

* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with Shiromizu, a white snake-youkai and a fledging kami. And Harry stated to his house-mates who believe in this trope that in Japan snakes are seen as the messengers of Gods.

* TalkingToTheDead: Victory's Christmas present to Albus and Aberforth is to bring out fairy Ariana to them, who is technically part of her crew since their Royal Navy grandfather pulled a few strings to have her baptised on Victory's hull with her bell.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: During a sting operation against Fenrir Greyback, Hanna beat up several werewolves using other werewolves.

* ExtranormalInstitute: Capitalizing on Greyback's death and hoping to heal the werewolf children and prepare them for the inevitable collapse of the Staute of Secrecy, Dumbledore with the assistance from Shipgirls is setting up one for them in Wales.

* ExtranormalInstitute: Capitalizing on Greyback's death and hoping to heal the werewolf children and prepare them for the inevitable collapse of the Staute of Secrecy, Dumbledore with the assistance from Shipgirls is setting up one for them in Welsh.

* ExtranormalInstitute: One is set up for werewolf children in Welsh by the Dumbledore and the Shipgirl Navy.

* PlausibleDeniability: Tanzelwurms are on the list of magical creatures that are allowed to be discovered, just in case further coverup proves to be impossible, as other than their unusual appearances they has no overt magical traits.

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Lucius uses the Abyssal War, or rather Fudge's HeadInTheSandManagement stance on it, to increase his influence.

* FantasticGhetto: The absolute majority of Japan's Youkai and other magical creatures are placed in reservations shortly after Perry dragged Japan out of isolation as the consenquence of the Japanese magicals snubbing ICW, and later again as a part of punitive actions in the aftermath of [=WW2=].

* GiantEnemyCrab: Abyssal crabs masquerading as normal merchant ships.

* FantasticGhetto: The absolute majority of Japan's Youkai and other magical creatures are placed in reservations shortly after Perry dragged Japan out of isolation as consenquence of the Japanese magicals snubbing ICW, and later again as a part of punitive actions in the aftermath of [=WW2=].

* MightMakesRight: Fenrir Greyback the werewolf believes in this, and takes advantage of the collapsing SoS to attack and turn people more openly as an act of superiority, going as far as to attempt an attack on a brother of a natural-born shipgirl just to make a point.

* AnimateInanimateObject: Rose the Teacup Set that was in possession of the Evans family for hundred years, gained awareness as tsukumogami, and is able to project a human form that looks like a train conductor.
* AntiMagic: Shipgirls and the Abyssals are heavily resistant to magic, and those who spend a considerable amount of time near them tend to become so as well, most notably the Obliviators' mind wipes.
* ArtistDisillusionment: Naka was a natural-born who simply couldn't get into the Idol business no matter how much she tried. Then she awakened as a shipgirl, and all those executives who refused her instantly now came back begging. She wasn't amused (and "accidentally" dropped a torpedo on their feet) and refused. Nowadays she runs a livestream with young Harry as a frequent co-host and planning to rebuild the whole idol business after the War is over.
* BequeathedPower: At the end of their TalkingInYourDreams moment, Lily gave Nagato her shipgirl powers.
* CannibalismSuperpower: After eating a few salamanders, Shiromizu became less bothered by cold, and her domain in Japan changed slightly to reflect this.
* CastFromLifespan: Grateful to the shipgirls for saving his grandson, a wizard secretly conducted a summoning ceremony with his life as a source to summon shipgirls of the ships that barely started construction back in the day or only existed on paper, specifically the sister ships to Shimakaze and Ooyodo.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Harry has a knack for summoning shipgirls in the hour need.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Revina the Re-Class Abyssal is basically [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]].
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: The submarine girls. The other shipgirs are not exactly friendly with them due to their history, so the subgirls act in exaggerated manner (Japanese act lewd for example) to get attention. Which they got in form of Harry.
* EnemyMine: The one time the Fleet of Fog came knocking, the Shipgirls and Abyssals teamed up to defeat them.
* EveryoneIsASuspect: As Naka stated, there were way too many possible suspects who wanted to harm Harry during the quiditch match.
* FisherKing: After Shiromizu had eaten a salamander, a lake back in her home in Japan started to heat up.
* ForWantOfANail: Besides making the magical world go even more into hiding, the The Abyssal War also led to:
** Hermione becoming a Shipgirl.
** Amelia Bones being in a stronger political position, as in these uncertain times having a well-funded force of Aurors is in almost everyone's interest.
** Related to above, all departments related to enforcing the Statue of Secrecy got additional funding and personel, including Arthur Weasley's Misuse of Muggle Artefacts.
** With more money and people to delegate, Arthur has more time with his family, and one time he took Ron to a chess tournament where boy won first price, boosting his self-esteem. More importantly, he met Warspite in another tournament.
* GeniusLoci: The spirits of Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest and the Great Lake, who also discuss about the spirit of Azkaban.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Hanna killed and beaten up werewolves with other werewolves.
* GroundShatteringLanding: Hamakaze cratered a quiditch field trying to get under strugling Harry, and the resulting mini-quake disrupted Voldermort's spell.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Lily Potter was an unawakened natural-born Shipgirl, so Harry is half human, half-shipgirl, allowing him a very limited use of shipgirl equipment and being able to see and feel Shipgirls, Abyssals and other spiritual beings.
* TheHeart: Harry is this to the shipgirls of Yokosuka base, their cute little brother and the reminder of what they are fighting for.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: How Greyback met his end, by taking a bait in a form of unawakened shipgirl Hanna who pretended to be a normal, weak human.
* IslandOfMystery: For one reason or another, the wizards cast invisibility and notice me not spells on many islands. Unfortunately, Abyssals use these as the staging points.
* KingInTheMountain: Mikasa, who didn't answer any summoning attempts until Harry got onto her museum ship during an Abyssal attack and pleaded to her to save his classmates.
* {{Kitsune}}: The four-tailed Haru, who poses as a shrine maiden taking care of a shrine dedicated to the departed sailors, but in reality is assigned to guard the Yokosuka base from the supernatural. Her niece Natsumi is a one-tail and is Harry's pre-Hogwarts classmate.

* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: Concentrations of negative energy, like places of large massacres, attracts Abyssals.
* {{Masquerade}}: That is in process of unraveling due to the Abyssal War, and the majority of magicals are in denial, while a minority are getting ready for heads to roll when that happens.
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Nagato doens't like to think about the possibility of her outliving Harry.

* MightMakesRight: Greyback the werewolf believes in this, and takes advantage of the collapsing SoS to attack and turn people more openly as an act of superioty, going as far as to attempt to attack a brother of a natural-born shipgirl to make point.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Prinz Eugen adopted (or got adopted by) a Tanzelwurm she named Matilda, a large cat with a lower body of a serpent. The wizards who tried to cover it up decided that it was not worth angering a shipgirl any further and cut their loses.
* MundaneSolution: While everybody else discussed how to find info on Nicholas Flamel, the lack of progress on that front and how apperently the wizards hidden it, Niyodo simply looked him up on the internet.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Hoppou and Wanko are content with merely keeping their terriotory under control without interfering with the humans, for which the other Abyssals despise them.
* PaperThinDisguise: Hermione hides her shipgirl nature while in school, as she is on the mission to research the magical world. Everyone who spent time with the shipgirls can see through her.
* PerceptionFilter: Wanko has a Notice-Me-Not ring she looted from a witch who tried to sneak in and bomb her place, not knowing that the ring was useless against the Abyssals and she was allowed to get in before being killed.
* PlausibleDeniability: Tanzelwurms are on the list of magical creatures that are allowed to be discovered in case it proves to be improssible to cover them up, since besides the slightly unusual appearance the snake-cats has no overt magical traits.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Nanking had a magical side to it, [[spoiler:intentionally creating obscurials from children for use against Japan's enemies, but fortunately they were destroyed before they could be deployed.]]

* ProportionalAging: Shipgirls age very slowly before getting their age locked at around 20, which is very noticeable on destroyers. This depresses the previously human Tenryuu, since her two daughters, who turned out to be Inazuma and Ikazuchi, look considerably younger than their former classmates.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Abyssals tried to kill Hoppou and blame it on humans in hopes of getting Wanko into this state. She did...against the Abyssals, after she found out about the treachery.
* ShrinkingViolet: Shinano has self-esteem issues as heavy as her tonnage due to her being an inefficient corversion and having no battle experience to speak of. Fortunately, Harry is there for her.
* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with Shiromizu, a white snake youkai and a fledging kami. And Harry stated to his house-mates who believe in this trope that in Japan snakes are seen as the messengers of Gods.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Shiromizu gifted Harry an ability to speak with snakes naturally, without depending on Voldemort's Hocrux.
* TalkingInYourDreams: During her upgrade which leaves shipgirls unconscious, Nagato met with Lily on the dock between life and death, who thanked her for raising their son well.

''Harry and the Shipgirls'' is a {{Literature}}/HarryPotter VideoGame/KantaiCollection crossover fanfic written by Harry Leferts.