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Same here! Especially with how isolationist/non-interventionist the US was pre-WW2. After all, I can't remember if the move was exceptionally popular, but even post-WW2 there were people wanting to do what we did after WW1 and just go back to a more isolationist policy.

If anything Alfred would realistically be more of an 'ambivert' when dealing with other nations. Not out of hatred, our boy just has a long history of being a shut-in unless it pertains to business/politcs😆! Alfred would probably be someone who is extremely self-reliant, if we go by even the loosest terms of historical accuracy.

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It just really gives off vibes odd vibes in a way. Though that may be the side of me who's studied the history of a lot of more 'anti-American' historians from the 1600s-now. A lot of the way Alfred is treated in fandom (as you said very much in a 'condescending' way), seems almost how writers like Samuel Johnson viewed Americans even before they became independent (ex. Americans are stupid, violent, they have no culture).

Apologies for the mini rant btw. I was just talking with someone on another website about this, so it all came out in a bit of a 'word vomit'😅. Even more so since I'm a huge American history nerd, and from your blog you are as well, so I'm using you as an excuse to ramble😅!

Man, I get that canonically Alfred can be a bit childish, but the amount of straight-up condescending infantilization I see him get hit with by a lot of fans is, uh, pretty grating.