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|cname = Whirlwind
|cname = Whirlwind
|alias = Whirlwind I
|alias = Whirlwind I
|hname = Winifred Forrester
|hname = Winifred Forrester, Wendy<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-1-144172518 Picnic, Pt. 1 ]</ref>
|debut = Late 2009
|debut = Late 2009
|height = 5'7"
|height = 5'7"
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|weapon = N/A
|weapon = N/A
|apfaction = Formerly of the MIT-tan quasi-faction; [[Deceased OS-tans]]
|apfaction = Formerly of the MIT-tan quasi-faction; [[Deceased OS-tans]]
|lineage= MIT, founder
|lineage= MIT
|rival= US Navy, Air Force
|rival= N/A


|osper = Whirlwind
|osper = Whirlwind
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Whirlwind-tan is depicted as a wiry woman in her mid 30s, above average height, with pale skin, long black hair, and blue eyes. She wears rectangular glasses, decorates her hair with ribbons, and wears colorful dresses and lab coats.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-3-144175246 Picnic Pt. 3]</ref> Black and white checkerboard prints are a recurrent pattern in her attire, as are vacuum tube based jewelry.
Whirlwind-tan is depicted as a wiry woman in her mid 30s, above average height, with pale skin, long black hair, and blue eyes. She wears rectangular glasses, decorates her hair with ribbons, and wears colorful dresses and lab coats.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-3-144175246 Picnic Pt. 3]</ref> Black and white checkerboard prints are a recurrent pattern in her attire, as are vacuum tube based jewelry.


She was born with a faulty heart which was later replaced, <ref>Referencing Whirlwind's early, failing CRT-based memory system, later replaced with magnetic core memory.</ref> and wears leg braces, though they don't slow her down. <ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-3-144175246 Picnic Pt. 3]</ref>
She was born with a faulty heart which was later replaced, <ref>Referencing Whirlwind's early, failing CRT-based memory system, later replaced with magnetic core memory.</ref> and wears leg braces, though they don't slow her down.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Picnic-Pt-3-144175246 Picnic Pt. 3]</ref>


She speaks with a heavy Boston accent.
She speaks with a heavy Boston accent.


Later in life, worsening health and experimental surgeries caused her physical condition to deteriorate. She lost an eye and spent much of her time heavily bandaged. <ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Dirty-Water-Pt-3-151306781 Dirty Water Pt. 3]</ref>
Later in life, worsening health and experimental surgeries caused her physical condition to deteriorate. She lost an eye and spent much of her time heavily bandaged.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/Dirty-Water-Pt-3-151306781 Dirty Water Pt. 3]</ref>


===Personality===
===Personality===
Whirlwind-tan is intelligent, amicable, and likes to keep herself busy. Despite numerous setbacks, and being in pain for much of her early life,<ref>StewartSage, personal communication</ref> she has a relentlessly optimistic personality, and conducts herself with a degree of propriety that comes off as a bit old-fashioned. Despite everything she's done, she doesn't feel especially accomplished. <ref>StewartSage, personal communication, April 2026</ref>
Whirlwind-tan is intelligent, amicable, and likes to keep herself busy. Despite numerous setbacks, and being in pain for much of her early life,<ref>Referencing issues with Whirlwind prior to its core memory conversion. StewartSage, personal communication</ref> she has a relentlessly optimistic personality, and conducts herself with a degree of propriety that comes off as a bit old-fashioned. Despite everything she's done, she doesn't feel especially accomplished.<ref>StewartSage, personal communication, April 2026</ref>
 
She has a natural talent for art. <ref>Referencing Whirlwind having the first computer graphics. StewartSage, personal communication, 2026</ref>


===Powers===
===Powers===
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==Family and relationships==
==Family and relationships==
Whirlwind-tan has three children: eldest daughter [[SAGE|SAGE-tan]], middle child [[PDP-1|PDP-1-tan]], and [[CTSS|CTSS-tan]], whom she adopted.  
Whirlwind-tan has a modified clone, [[Memory Test Computer|Memory Test Computer-tan]], who acted as her personal companion and support. 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 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.
 
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 maintained a supportive relationship otherwise.<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 close.


She has a modified clone, [[Memory Test Computer|Memory Test Computer-tan]], who acted as her personal companion and support. MTC eventually donated her heart to Whirlwind.<ref>Bella's OS-tan art thread [https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg177442.html#msg177442]</ref>
Through the various modified clones of PDP-1-tan, Whirlwind is regarded as the matriarch of the [[DEC Military | DEC faction]].


She's befriended a wide range of computers both at her institution and elsewhere. She's especially close with [[Harvard Mark I|Harvard Mark I-tan]], Harvard Mark IV-tan, and [[GENIAC|GENIAC-chan]], whom she looked after when SAGE departed.
She's befriended a wide range of computers both at her institution and elsewhere. She's especially close with [[Harvard Mark I|Harvard Mark I-tan]]<ref>Harvard Mk. I debut [https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177249.html#msg177249 More IBM-tans III: The One With Actually More IBM-tans]</ref>, Harvard Mark IV-tan,<ref>Harvard Mk. IV debut [https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1817.msg177582.html#msg177582 More IBM-tans III: The One With Actually More IBM-tans]</ref> and [[GENIAC|GENIAC-chan]], whom she looked after when SAGE departed.


She holds a grudge against the U.S. Navy for abandoning her, and the U.S. Air Force for taking SAGE away, <ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/OS-Interviews-Pt-1-152851849 OS-tan interviews, part 1]</ref> but holds little enmity otherwise. She considers EDVAC-tan something of a brat.
She holds a grudge against the U.S. Navy for abandoning her, and the U.S. Air Force for taking SAGE away, <ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/cptlfrghtr/art/OS-Interviews-Pt-1-152851849 OS-tan interviews, part 1]</ref> but holds little enmity otherwise. She considers EDVAC-tan something of a brat.
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