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America has to get a little creative when running away from his Civil War related problems. Fortunately, Canada is there to aide and abet in his escape Westward. A Historical Hetalia fic written for the 2022 @HistoricalHetaliaWeek.
I’m of the opinion canon America is NOT a flat character like some people claim.
There is a lot more to him than the surface level traits some fans convinced themselves were his ONLY traits. Yes, repetitive jokes are memorable, but it’s important to look beyond what’s used to set up a character.
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For instance, he’s convinced that the majority of other characters hate him.
He views England and Japan as his closest friends.
When Romano is staying at his place and won’t stop insulting him, his feelings are hurt and he tells Romano to just leave if he hates him so much, which makes Romano back down.
They have a more serious chat about Romano’s situation, which causes Alfred to sympathise with him until Romano acts like he doesn’t want Alfred’s pity and insists Alfred wouldn’t be able to understand. This results in Alfred immediately putting his oblivious façade back on in what I view as an attempt to make Romano more comfortable.
He is capable of reading the atmosphere and only chooses whether or not to do so.
He cries after Canada insults him for three hours, and while this isn’t surprising, the point here is that while he tries to laugh everything off most of the time, he still cares a great deal about the opinions of others.
After the Revolution, he can’t handle being at odds with England and tries to see him, but is blocked by Canada. He expresses that he hates feeling this divide where Canada and England are on one side and he’s on the other.
America confides in Lithuania about his sentimentality and Lithuania acknowledges that America has started to grow up.
There was also a scene in World Stars involving America and I think(?) Canada in which the narration itself described that America had started to mature (personality wise). Unfortunately I don’t remember the context of that one, but I do remember there were interactions between those two where America was shown thinking before he spoke, trying to be tactful, and admiring Canada for his ability to get along with everyone.
He envies kids who have fathers to give them Christmas gifts (Finland offered to play this role for him. Please accept it, America!)
He missed out on a lot of childhood things due to physically maturing at such a rapid pace.
Young Alfred choosing to study over playing.
Baby Alfred saying he’s not lonely.
He gets upset at being excluded when England and France hang out on a holiday (either Christmas or New Year’s).
America tearing up when England shows support by giving him a gift for his Centennial.
America taking care of a unicorn he doesn’t even fully believe in, because England gave it to him.
An important thing to remember is that there are different types of intelligence, too. While he may come off as an airhead lacking common sense at times, it doesn’t mean he’s just stupid.
Those are some of the scenes I feel are important when I think about insight to his character, though there are probably others that slipped my mind.
matthew & alfreds first hangover was much like arthur constantly giving them lectures and quite a bit mad (not on a serious note tho) while francis made them breakfast, made sure they both had water with them and some medicine and then made sure arthur wouldn’t burst in every 20min
