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☆ Character: The United States of America/ Alfred F. Jones
☆ Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
☆ Character Age: He'll be one hundred and sixty five years old, but he looks to be around the seventeen to nineteen year old age group.
☆ Special Abilities/Powers: Brute strength and undying optimism, and a whole lot of it. America may not have gained superpower recognition after the Great War and the Great Depression, but he is certainly powerful either way, militarily and with the backing of his people.
Alfred's shown swinging buffalo around as a colony in a six year old's body! He runs around dragging cars behind him, without even noticing! Just check out his crazy pecs, man - no, not really.
☆Timeline: 1941, approximately around the time of America's entrance of the Second World War.
☆ Character's Personality: He's a hero. Wanna fight about it?
☆ Character's Background: So, once upon a time? America was not yet technically America, but a calm, childlike landmass in the middle of the New World. The 'viking' countries, those including Sweden, Finland, and Holland, passed him by, but failed to effectively colonize him; the great empires of Spain and of France meddled in his lands, but never touched him. It wasn't until the new king of the seas, big brother England, came along, claimed him, and changed his name to Alfred Kirkland, the Colonies of British North America, that America gained a sense of security and grounding in the globe around him.
He was a pretty chill colony, time period considered. Hundreds of immigrants came to him in hope of a brand new life, a whole new plethora of opportunities; and he lived up to his reputation in that respect and let them in with open arms. Though the goings were tough in the beginning, as they always were, America and his people quickly grew sturdy, tall, and strong all on their own. England kept him safe from foreign affairs and loved him dearly, but he was barely ever around to help. Callouses lined the palms of America's hands from the sheer amount of hard work and accomplishments he had done to keep himself alive and thriving - by himself.
After the French-Indian War ( the Seven Years War ) rolled around, America came to realize the importance of that phrase - by himself. Suddenly, England's restrictions on his trade were uncalled for, and the words of pro-Independence John Locke meant more to him than anything. Asking for more rights lead to protest, lead to outcry, lead to war. A war that America won.
To put it simply: America was a country born from revolution and general distrust of central government in favor or individualism.
With this newly gained independence, Alfred F. Jones, the United States of America matured into an industrialized nation. The concept of manifest destiny stretched his borders from sea to shining sea, and he ended up huge. So huge, in fact, that his states were in disarray on how to stick together. Cue the Civil War - another battle of a central government against power of the smaller states and the morality of human rights.
Luckily, somehow, America overcame that conflict as well, and stayed as a singular country. Heck, he was still frisky at the end of it; he kinda kicked Spain's butt not long after during the Spanish-American War. Alfred even had the energy to move on from North America ( "I'll get you sooner or later, Canada~" ) to China the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, things don't always go to plan.
Following the failure of the Great War, the war that was intended to end all wars and put a stop to that ridiculous concept of communism, Alfred retreated back into himself. Isolationism turned into the brand new fad.
The Great Depression didn't help.
Man, Germany got all pissy and Japan and Italy joined in and they all like
started shiiiit
/WORLD WAR TWOOOO
But America was all
MAN FUCK Y'ALL >:| I AM LE NEUTRAL
/secretly ships goods to the allies!!
LOL CANADA FOUGHT BEFORE AMERICA DID.....
But then Japan was like
......yeah....
and America was like nvm this shit is on, son.
FUCK I AM NOT EVEN HALF WAY DONE WITH THIS APP
HOW CAN YOU NOT
TL;DR
THE HISTORY OF NATION
HOLY BUTTCAKES.
I'll edit and finish this later lwekjwakl wtf is thisssssssssssssssssss
I like apps that you can finish in one sitting ):
☆ Third Person Sample:
"She's a real beaut, ain't she?" He stands on the air strip with his arms extended outwards, facing the enormous aircraft carrier before him like a man ready to embrace machine. Aviator goggles grace themselves atop a mop of mused hair, and already, the expensive business suit he's shoved in appears wrinkled, his tie crooked and half undone. He's an honest-to-God mess, and after what? Less than thirty minutes of being dolled up in primp and proper Sunday's best?
But like he gives a rat's ass.
Alfred's gaze only shifts from his beloved C-54 Skymaster to the West German sky, grin not fading in the slightest at the somber gray clouds that littered the edges of the clear blue day. It's Arthur's bang up job to look fancy and dull for the both of them anyway.
"If it rains, it's gonna rain on Ivan's side!" He announces, childishly matter-of-fact. "And that's 'cause he's a douchebag."
The cheerfully violent fist to palm motion that follows only acts to emphasize the extent of their new enemy's apparent douchebaggery. Americans are famous as natural gauges for such things, after all. (For foreigners, not themselves.)
☆ First Person Sample: Minimum 150 words. Please write it as if you're writing a journal post.
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