Star Spangled Man With A Plan [America]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb=style, width:250px; padding:30px; background:#f8f8f8; -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999; -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999; -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999; -o-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999; -icab-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999; -khtml-box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px #999999;] alfred "america" f. jones   If you're in a room with Alfred, regardless of how crowded said room is, it's very likely that you'll notice him at some point. Even though he's been around for over 400 years, he acts more his physical age of nineteen than his actual age. This is both good and bad, for obvious reasons. For friends, he has no problem talking to people, so it shouldn't be too hard for him to make friends on the outset. Closer friends, of course, will have to be willing to put up with some of his more obnoxious qualities. He is extremely loyal to his friends, always willing to help them in their time of need, but will sometimes poke his nose in to help when it's not needed, resulting in frequent annoyances. That said, he's always willing to have a little bit of fun, and he usually has his heart in the right place (New York), he just doesn't always do the best job of showing it. He tries to be on good terms with all of his states and cities, as well as his capital. Which brings us to enemies. As little as Alfred wants to admit it, he's pretty good at making these too. It's no surprise that a lot of people (and nations) just can't put up with his antics. He likes to think he's loved by almost everyone, but he knows better, and it bothers him. That said, don't expect him to show it in the normal way. He's not about to go moping in a corner, not in front of anyone...nah, instead he'll probably just goad you on. That said, Alfred is not free from starting the chain either - If he sees you as a 'threat to democracy', you'll likely fall into this category as well. Finally, we reach lovers. Anyone can fall into this category (yes, male or female, human, state, city, capital or nation), but if you are human, don't expect to become a final. He's perfectly willing to enter flings with humans, but it's never that serious. He knows damn well that he'll outlive them, so what's the point in getting attached romantically? (He may or may not have learned this from experience... =P) With others like him, he's more open to relationships, but even most of these will likely be flings or short term relationships. He wouldn't mind a long term relationship, but whoever he lands in a relationship with has to be someone willing to put up with his flighty nature and his need for his own space. If he starts to feel smothered or stuck, he'll freak.

Coded by Juliet of RCR, ATF, SP, & Caution.

Except Italy since you posted in his plot thread, I'll plot with you with my characters that I want to engage in plottan towards America. Whatever that sounds like. *salutes* Actually, I'll just plot with both Philippines and Okinawa to be safe.

[atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=style, width: 300px; background-color: FFFFF7; border-right: 1px dashed #333333; border-left: 1px dashed #333333;][style=padding: 10px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center; color: #f0f0f0; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;]♔ PHILIPPINES & AMERICA[/style][style=background-color: fffff7; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; line-height: 95%; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/5o6Ig.png); text-align: justify;]To sum up their relationship together, here's Philippines' word-by-word statement about this: "You damn bastard, the fact that you bought me from Spain and then shoved me here and there with your childish act and all the other stuff, and this is how you repay me? When I get my hands on you, I want to shove this fist to your throat and make sure that the next time we see each other, you will stop destroying my eardrums for a WEEK! Also.... since you're buying the burger, I want fries with that." Well, not exactly, but might as well elaborate it. Both Philippines and America are around 400++ years old (more or less, so let's assume both of them are around the same age) and that asides Spain, America colonized Philippines for God-knows-how-long so there's actually a decent connection and relationship between these two. Back then, right after Spain 'sold' her off to America (Treaty of Paris being a big part of it), she was not exactly on good terms with him, but she mellowed down. Right, before I drone myself into history (*shakes fist*), to make it easy; Philippines and America have this 'very swell' relationship where he treats her like a little sister and she finds him irritating, annoying but relies to him a lot... unless you want to delve in more in their relationship, but pretty much expect Philippines to scream at Alfred at how crazy, loud and childish he is and, yet, she's not angry at him at all. You know. Ten cents of thoughts on your side? [/style]

[atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=style, width: 300px; background-color: FFFFF7; border-right: 1px dashed #333333; border-left: 1px dashed #333333;][style=padding: 10px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center; color: #f0f0f0; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;]♔ OKINAWA & AMERICA[/style][style=background-color: fffff7; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; line-height: 95%; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/5o6Ig.png); text-align: justify;]Straight to the point; Okinawa does not like America ('hate' is such a strong word). Because of the WWII on how her place was turned into base and that most of her female population committed suicide because of the war, and the Vietnam war which prologue the stay of the American soldiers to her place and used it as their base (being closely accessible to Vietnam), she grew to have an innate dislike for Alfred. She won't show it physically or even say it, being a refine prefecture that she is, but Hourai will most likely be a bit more stiffer when he's around than most. The only reason she doesn't hate him fully would be due to Japan/Kiku, so.... Yeah. But she's a NEET; she spends almost the rest of her lifetime on her home (unless her boss, or Kiku, kicks her out and tells her to do her job as a prefecture) so the meeting's not as often. On the good side, she seem to be a bit relaxed when games comes to the equation... just don't be surprised if Hourai managed to be a bit more passionate in beating the craps out of him on any video game she plays with him by chance. She's a loony child, too much internet. Ten cents of thoughts on your side? [/style]

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Anyway...

America and Philippines - So...from how I'm interpreting what you're saying, one of those lovely love/hate relationships? I'm already having fun with them as we go back and forth on phone posts, so if that's the way it's going to stay, I'm cool with that. XD

America and Okinawa - I'm trying to think of how America would react to said dislike...I think he'd be aware of it to some extent, but he'd try to ignore it consciously, because he'd really like to get along with her, given she's one of Kiku's prefectures and all, and he's on good terms with Kiku.

And that was a really long run-on sentence...

I have a feeling that would probably annoy her even more, because he'd go out of his way to try to be friendly in his special America way, whiiiiich means he'd probably drive her NUTS.

I like the idea of them coming together to play games, though. Especially since she wants to kick his ass, and Alfred hates losing, so they'd both be REALLY passionate about it. =D

Hurrah, I feel speshul! Wha?

[atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=style, width: 300px; background-color: FFFFF7; border-right: 1px dashed #333333; border-left: 1px dashed #333333;][style=padding: 10px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center; color: #f0f0f0; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;]♔ PHILIPPINES & AMERICA[/style][style=background-color: fffff7; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; line-height: 95%; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/5o6Ig.png); text-align: justify;]Yeah, I won't be surprised if one of the nations will suddenly say to Philippines that she's going to have a mental tumor in her head for spending way too much with America. But basically what you said, it's a love/hate that consists of shouting, being dragged against their will but occasionally helping together and going tag-team from time to time. You know how friendly Gabriella is deep down inside, right? [/style]

[atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=style, width: 300px; background-color: FFFFF7; border-right: 1px dashed #333333; border-left: 1px dashed #333333;][style=padding: 10px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center; color: #f0f0f0; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;]♔ OKINAWA & AMERICA[/style][style=background-color: fffff7; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; line-height: 95%; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/5o6Ig.png); text-align: justify;]I told you, Hourai's a loony, problematic NEET old-fashioned and somewhat delicate prefecture so yeah, she'll be stiff to his advances and try not to be as rude to him as possible. Something like "I don't like you but I have to be nice and polite" sort of thing. She's also a passive-aggressive kind of woman on her bad days, though, but I think America will also bypass that thing and just think it's just one of those days that she laments of what in the world happened to her and she was reduced to nothing more than a shut-in. And, yes, she's already nuts to begin with, he'll just drive her more nuts. Poor woman. And yes yes, they should be competitive with games. Hourai will do anything, even going as far as depriving herself of sleep for days just to beat America. That's how caring dedicated she is. But she won't brag about it outside the game area, she still needs to keep her image. We should have a thread focusing on that someday. [/style]

HUURR is the product of our twisted plotting. XD

[atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=style, width: 300px; background-color: FFFFF7; border-right: 1px dashed #333333; border-left: 1px dashed #333333;][style=padding: 10px; background-color: #333333; text-align: center; color: #f0f0f0; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;]♔ OKINAWA & AMERICA[/style][style=background-color: fffff7; padding: 20px; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; line-height: 95%; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/5o6Ig.png); text-align: justify;]Slightly unecessary late, but I believe we need to clear something up about the Okinawa-America relationship with further history and stuff probably to clear the REAL reason why Okinawa hated dislike America but begrudgingly trying to be 'nice' to him for the sake of Japan. *bows head in shame* Though the Vietnam War and the prolongue Administration of US to Okinawa for strategic reasons for 27 years, I think her mutual ill-feelings for him would stem directly on the World War II... or, rather, in the later part of it, just when Japan 'abandoned' the prefecture by having their soldiers retreat and the infamous 'Battle of Okinawa' (also known as 'Operation Iceburg'). I have an inkling that, before WWII, Okinawa would- may- be more kind and less hostile to America and when the first part of WWII came, she seems to be one who disagree to Japan about the involvement of war at the point that she doesn't care if she caters for America and still find him more civilized that what Japan told her beforehand about them in the midst of war. I believe that the latter part of the war as well as the sudden change of tactics of indiscriminate shooting at the Battle of Okinawa that made her frustrated and devastated to the point that she fully thought of America was nothing more than someone who uses her kindness for his advantage and it was further fueled after the WWII, most notable to the following Asian wars that followed where he is involved. Considering how there are a lot more Okinawan Civilians who want nothing to do with the war killed, I'm pretty sure it made her blind enough to any reasons concerning America and made her heart cold and snarky towards him. So, I figured, that maybe on the first part, she was more than willing to have America use her place as a base (it was only around the present that she keep on insisting to herself that Alfred 'Barged himself in without her complete permission') and it seems she is using America to deny the fact that Japan is wrong somewhere. It would make sense since I don't think it was fully the Americans who made Okinawa suffer as much as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. And I'm pretty sure, at some point in time, America is finding it hard as well to shoot to women and kids but with all the deaths and suicides, Okinawa thought that America was doing it in cold blood. I don't know about ya, this is one of those serious part of Hourai's life, so ten cents about it? It doesn't have to be a 'romantic relationship' to have this kind of tragic fall-out, yes yes? Could add more or try to clarify more to make things easier, but I figured it's about time to know why Okinawa hates despise speaks ill-statement does not like him as he is (though she doesn't seem to hold any problems to his colony or states.... except Vietnam and a VERY little bit from Korea and China). Besides, it's also shedding a light at the reason why she feels a bit more relaxed with him when Video games comes to play or they are not talking in front of each other (i.e. in Online games, on Chat conversations, or when there are other people/nations around to talk in her stead). I do want to have this RPed, where America and Okinawa were still good friends and all, before the WWII before she went downhill with the world. It would have been interesting. [/style]

Jayden && Alfred
The state of New Jersey very much takes after his nation in the fact that he tends to sleep around, and lacks the ability to keep his mouth shut. Though usually he does realize when he's said something horrible right after the fact at least. Well, usually he does anyway. There are times when they will definitely clash a bit but mostly I feel they would get along pretty well, seeing as he's both one of the original 13 and was a union state.

ALFRED || SOJI

He looks up to him, he tries to imitate him (but also gets his own touch, as well) but he is also trying to keep the competition up with him. Tokyo knew that Japan and America get along SO well so most likely Soji gets along with America as well (since he also gets well with his capital, Danii, of course). Some of Tokyo's accomplishments and improvements are thanks to him so he 'somewhat' idolize him (but not too much).

Then again, Tokyo won't hesitate to hide his 'fanboy' side on him (and his American comics format) towards America. Silliness aside, I think Tokyo and America are a bit similar in a sense so he knew how America thinks (which is a good help to ease Japan up on their meetings) and could be civilized to him as well. Knowing Tokyo...

Ten cents?

Naja && Alfred

We talked about how during WWII that American troops were station in Greenland because they believed that America could be invaded by the Nazi through the island, and also Greenland severed their tides to Denmark when they were under Nazi rule and started to be self governed so they traded with Canada and I assume Americ. We were talking how they became more friendly because we said Alfred was there with his troops plus they were there for at least a year and I assumed America wanted to make sure his men were good.

We also stated they were friends after the war. I believe or I am mistaken with something else.

Any thing to add?

Alfred and Naja - I do think Alfred would have been there with his troops for some of it. I don't see him there the entire year, though - There was a lot going on in World War II and I don't see him staying in one place too long if he can help it, wanting to get involved in as much as he can.

That said, yes, I do think they would be on friendly terms.

NEW ZEALAND and UNITED STATES

As we have previously discussed, obviously New Zealand has fought alongside the US many times, especially in the World Wars. During WWII, 400, 000 US troops were station in New Zealand prior to departing for battle. The two have remained decently allied all these years. There was on political contention with ANZUS but yet New Zealand continues to cooperate with US forces in other ways. In 2010 the two tightened relationsh with the Wellington Declaration and now they are working more closely than they have before.

For the most part, these two should get along. They have some ideas that clash, but that is perfectly okay. Roa would be somewhat competitive with Alfred on principle, but not so much as to harm the friendship they have. They’d be good friends. Roa would have had brief periods of interest in Alfred Romantically, but it would never have gone anywhere.

Alfred and Roa

Agreed. I see them getting along very well for the most part, with the exception of certain tensions in the 80s. I'd say they've had ample time to work past that, however, and have started cooperating on multiple levels again.

So long story short, with the exception of their issues in the 80s and the ensuing aftermath before the thaw recently, I'd call them good friends.