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| ==Family and relationships== | | ==Family and relationships== |
| Whirlwind-tan has a modified clone, [[Memory Test Computer|Memory Test Computer-tan]], who acted as her personal companion and support. Whirlwind-tan maintained an intense, non-romantic partnership with her. MTC eventually donated her heart to Whirlwind.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg177442.html#msg177442 Bella's OS-tan art thread]</ref> | | Whirlwind-tan has a modified clone, [[Memory Test Computer|Memory Test Computer-tan]], who acted as her personal companion and support. |
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| Whirlwind-tan has three children. Eldest daughter [[SAGE|SAGE-tan]] and middle child [[PDP-1|PDP-1-tan]] were made using materials from both her and MTC-tan, in a process that's suggested to have contributed to her later physical instability.<ref>Whirlwind is described by SAGE-tan as having given up her life for her. [https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Dirty-Water-Pt-3-151306781 Dirty Water, Pt. 3]</ref> While [[CTSS|CTSS-tan]] was not made from Whirlwind-tan in the same fashion, she was raised by her. | | Whirlwind-tan has three children. Eldest daughter [[SAGE|SAGE-tan]] and middle child [[PDP-1|PDP-1-tan]] were made using materials from both her and MTC-tan. While [[CTSS|CTSS-tan]] was not made from Whirlwind-tan in the same fashion, she was raised by her. |
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| Not having experienced a typical childhood herself, Whirlwind-tan doesn't necessarily know how to interact with her children. Nevertheless she loved and cared for all three.<ref>Loves her kids but doesn't necessarily know what children want because she didn't have that experience herself. StewartSage, personal communication, 2026</ref> Whirlwind-tan could not spend as much time with SAGE-tan as she wanted, but was supportive and proud of her daughter.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-1-144172518 Picnic, Pt. 1 ]</ref> Her relationships with PDP-1-tan and CTSS-tan were likewise affectionate, if distant.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1187.msg91818.html#msg91818 OS-tan Annex Project Revival] "PDP-1 was developed eventually from Whirlwind, but she was thoroughly a DEC with very little contact with her 'mother'. Of the three, CTSS isn't really a daughter of Whirlwind being an OS; like CTSS adopted/looked after Multics, Whirlwind as the only other MIT computer at the time was responsible for raising CTSS."</ref>
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| Through the various derivatives of PDP-1-tan, Whirlwind is regarded as the matriarch of the [[DEC Military | DEC faction]]. | | Through the various derivatives of PDP-1-tan, Whirlwind is regarded as the matriarch of the [[DEC Military | DEC faction]]. |