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Alfred is actually very prim and proper when it comes to social events. Everything has to go according to plan or it makes him extremely frustrated and antsy.

When he would throw dinner parties, he followed a very strict English-style protocol, and he always planned things months in advance. Even though he’s relaxed a lot during modern times, he has very bad organizational anxiety and has to make sure everything is perfect before starting an event. He is very likely to wear formal attire at those times.

He’s also not sloppy, he’s one of the best dressed nations at meetings, because he refuses to dress anything other than appropriate. It’s mostly due to his upbringing from England and how most business men and women dress in the US.

i really think part of the reason alfred comes off as so intense is that he’s not used to the fact he doesn’t HAVE to yell anymore. i’ve imagined he’s always had to fight for a seat at the table; to be a nation, to be taken seriously, to not be disregarded as a child who doesn’t know any better.. now that he’s grown into his power and definitely not that kid anymore, i don’t think he’s realized he doesn’t have to fight just to be seen anymore. he comes in intense and at 100 because that was the only way he was ever heard and struggles to dial it back when he’s passionate.

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“… The Soviets and Americans did their best to overcome differences of language and culture as they worked together. The language gap was not only a hurdle; it was an opportunity for the occasional prank. One of the US personnel taught a Soviet soldier guarding the entrance to headquarters to greet every American officer with the following words: ‘Good morning, you filthy son of a bitch.’ The soldier was proud when he said those words: his pronunciation was not perfect, but the message got through. Deane thought such episodes meant that the Soviets and Americans were learning to get along.”

—Serhii Plokhy, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand Alliance

2p “insidious capitalist“ 😈💰🇺🇸

2p "devoted communist" ☭

Russia: You know what would be cool? You give me money and a way to help throw off the British from reaching me, and I’ll give you a child.

America: What? No, I already have 48 of those little bastards-I mean angels.

Russia: But look how cute Alaska is. Isn’t he sweet, he even has your eyes.

America: Are you trying to advertise a kid to me?

Russia: What if I promise to co-parent once I get back on my feet? An IOU of sorts.

America: Fine. But you promise to come back, right?

Russia: Yes.

*Years later*

America: Where’s my fucking child support, Ivan?

Russia: Sorry dear, no refunds.

I feel the cordial moments between Russia and America are soooo underrated. Such as the Poltava aka Operation Frantic (the joint US-Soviet base operations in Eastern Europe in WW2), Van Cliburn (the American pianist who won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow), Apollo-Soyuz Space Mission (do you know US & USSR even co-produced commemorative cigarettes), and if we go back in history, there was 1863 when Russia sent fleets to America to show support for the Union (“God bless the Empire that loves the great Union; Strength to her people! Long life to the Czar!”) and when Nicholas I invited American engineers to help build the first railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, and so on. They share far more history than that meets the eye.

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RusAme taking hold in my brain despite current events because there's something inherently hilarious about the dynamic being two superpowers -> superpower and a broke ass loser -> a superpower, Yao, and a broke ass loser who thinks he's a superpower.

Alfred and Yao tell Ivan to his face that they've just been really disappointed in him lately because they know he can do better than that and he's never been so offended in his life. Ivan got kicked to the curb for Yao as Alfred's most important rival and he can't handle it.

Seriously Alfred and Yao having the time of their lives shooting down balloons and antagonizing each other and the moment Ivan comes up they're just "excuse me sir but you must have at least this much money to play with the big boys."

do. do you think Alfred has to pick up Ludwig's role as the "boring straight-edge killjoy" re NATO meetings. like I'm sure he's not quite as strict as Ludwig but is Alfred the one who's like "hey yo we all gotta give reports on our defense expenditure budgets next go around, mkay?" Like is Alfred the one breaking up fights between Sadik and Herakles? is Alfred the one who has to hunt everyone down to submit their budget reports? is Alfred the "bro if you stall this summit any longer I'm gonna lose it"? is Alfred the "NO FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM" one? is he the one trying to give Feliciano orders and then being disappointed? guys we are sitting on a goldmine of potential comedy.

I like seeing Alfred put in leadership roles, mostly because I think it'd be hilarious and he'd actually fucking hate it lmao

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Soviet: Do not touch! The wound has just healed, we don’t want to introduce an infection there!

Да я просто хуйней страдал:D

@universal-casey am I drawing it right?

USA: *Locking countries in the League of Nations building after heavily supporting and helping establish it only to never join and walking away.* Act like a child, get treated like a child. 

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1920s Ameger has entered my head and WILL NOT LEAVE.

Just the idea of Ludwig who in the 20s has really just been through a whole lot of bullshit, and is very, very young by national standards, he's only 50 or so but is already 15 or so, if not a bit more physically, getting economically supported by the USA and now Alfred has Prussia's weird kid following him around like a dog whenever he gets the chance, and The USA is trying to stay isolationist at this point so this is hard.

But Alfred has to admit, he really is a pretty little thing, there are worse people to be tailing you.

Also ngl he's on a bit of a power trip at himself not being the young inexperienced one and being the object of someones very confused desire.

Also he realises what Gilbert would have been feeling during the Amrev and is dying of 150 year old embarrasment.

Alfred, as a character and not just a nation, is very intriguing. He’s his brother’s greatest achievement and his greatest disappointment. A failure, but a winner. Put up on a pedal stool from a young age to show off to the rest of the world. He was a catch that everyone wanted, and when he finally got caught, he was paraded around and boasted about like a fancy prize.

People wanted him, but gave up on him as soon as the odds turned against their favor. His family loves the image of him that they created, but are indifferent to how he really is. Rotating between awe and pity and nothing in between. His friends either act like he’s a nuisance or hang off his arm.

He’s needed but scorned. Wanted but pushed away as soon as he’s done with the task, and having them act as they never asked for his help in the first place. As a person, it’s hard not to feel bad for him.

Alfred is actually very prim and proper when it comes to social events. Everything has to go according to plan or it makes him extremely frustrated and antsy.

When he would throw dinner parties, he followed a very strict English-style protocol, and he always planned things months in advance. Even though he’s relaxed a lot during modern times, he has very bad organizational anxiety and has to make sure everything is perfect before starting an event. He is very likely to wear formal attire at those times.

He’s also not sloppy, he’s one of the best dressed nations at meetings, because he refuses to dress anything other than appropriate. It’s mostly due to his upbringing from England and how most business men and women dress in the US.

Reworking Alfred’s entire character

I’m obsessed with this stupid son of a bitch, let’s get into it

I think too many people make him too uwu nice and forgiving as if most Americans don’t hold life long grudges over a ball game. Or that we can’t be serious at the drop of a hat when it comes down to it. Like when we say fuck around and find out we mean it, which apparently that’s a very American thing. Yes the dumb bitch stereotype is real, but there’s such a “you’re joking right?” attitude among people when it comes to certain things that I think he could go from playful to serious in a second, to the point where it might trip some people up. Especially when it comes to moral issues.

Also I hate that him being super obsessed with his image and how he’s seen by others is interpreted as sad uwu emo boy instead of clean girl maniac Patrick Bateman type of egotistical freak.

He should also be more apathetic and serious about work instead of “omg let’s build a ladder to the moon!” You have not set foot in this capitalistic hellscape if you think that’s an accurate way to characterize him lmao.

On top of that, he’s a fake ass bitch and that should be expanded on. Like he is definitely the type of person that has a million different ways of presenting himself and his personality to the point where he’s not sure who he really is.

He should be a lot more ego driven too. Like “how is this going to reflect on ME” not “I’m doing this ONLY out of the goodness of my big heart uwu”. Not that he can’t or doesn’t care, but if it reflects well on him then he’s more likely to choose that option.

Anyway, this is just some of my thoughts, im sure I’ll add more in the future

(If you characterize him differently that’s fine this is just me rambling and being obsessed)

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I see Alfred as being more informed by his interactions with his states, sometimes cities, and also with Indigenous nations.

This is not to say that his interactions with European nations are unimportant especially his interactions with Arthur, Francis, or Ivan.

But when I look at US history, I understand the creation of the US as:

1. An agreement of states, who viewed themselves more of as nations, to form the United States. Before he can even begin to try and sway Francis to helping him in his revolution, he needs to convince his states to join him first, and not all of them were eager for Revolution. Especially given the fact, these British colonies operated differently from one another and were culturally distinct because they operated under salutary neglect (AKA Arthur wasn’t super present cause he was constantly getting involved in wars & was cash-strapped)

2. The US being a settler colonial state used war against Indigenous nations to expand its borders through violence.

I find this second point is lost on the fandom especially in narratives regarding American expansion, but also the American Revolution. It always irks me a bit to see the American Revolution as describes as Alfred’s first war, when it wouldn’t have been, especially if you are assuming he’s existed prior to the revolution. There were many different wars even prior to the revolution with Indigenous nations involved.

There were also many European wars with North American theaters — the French and Indian War which is the Seven Year’s War was the precursor to the revolution. Actually lol the amount of European wars with North American theaters did influence this push for isolationism (as in from Europe) following the revolution.

Anyways this confusing ramble is to say, I find the overemphasis on Alfred’s relationship to European nations like Arthur, or Francis, tends to gloss over the settler-colonial violence in North America due to European colonization. Also I find ignoring, or stating Alfred’s first war as being the revolution a bit…icky ? In the sense that it’s like people do not seem to view Indigenous nations as sovereign of the settler colonial state thus they’re not viewing the wars between indigenous nations and the settler colonial state as not being “true” wars as they view wars between the US & European nations.

I also find the fandom tends to just generalize the US as being broadly English in nature, and fails to further examine regional English identities that but also non-English identities that later come form various different cultural groups in different US states. And idk this also leads me into another conversation of why I’m not a fan of like putting a lot of different identities especially marginalized ones into Alfred’s character but that opens another can of worms that I do not wish to open right now LOL.

also this goes without saying, but im not saying you have to agree with me, nor am I saying if you never had this thought you’re like bad or whatever, I’m just stating my views lol

1920s Ameger has entered my head and WILL NOT LEAVE.

Just the idea of Ludwig who in the 20s has really just been through a whole lot of bullshit, and is very, very young by national standards, he's only 50 or so but is already 15 or so, if not a bit more physically, getting economically supported by the USA and now Alfred has Prussia's weird kid following him around like a dog whenever he gets the chance, and The USA is trying to stay isolationist at this point so this is hard.

But Alfred has to admit, he really is a pretty little thing, there are worse people to be tailing you.

Also ngl he's on a bit of a power trip at himself not being the young inexperienced one and being the object of someones very confused desire.

Also he realises what Gilbert would have been feeling during the Amrev and is dying of 150 year old embarrasment.

Alfred, as a character and not just a nation, is very intriguing. He’s his brother’s greatest achievement and his greatest disappointment. A failure, but a winner. Put up on a pedal stool from a young age to show off to the rest of the world. He was a catch that everyone wanted, and when he finally got caught, he was paraded around and boasted about like a fancy prize.

People wanted him, but gave up on him as soon as the odds turned against their favor. His family loves the image of him that they created, but are indifferent to how he really is. Rotating between awe and pity and nothing in between. His friends either act like he’s a nuisance or hang off his arm.

He’s needed but scorned. Wanted but pushed away as soon as he’s done with the task, and having them act as they never asked for his help in the first place. As a person, it’s hard not to feel bad for him.

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also realizing that the hand is on the wrong side when you've already started the outline

i'm sorry for being so depressed

i wanna start posting

tbh i just wanna get a following before i eventually kill myself at the age of 21 so maybe i'll start posting art

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