-Typically sensory seeking. He tends to touch everything so he can feel the textures. He likes a little bit of noise and can be uncomfortable with silence. However, if he's not in control of the noises then sometimes they still bother or distract him.
-Stims. OFTEN. Humming, bouncing, clicking pens, shaking his leg, all sorts of things. Him flapping and waving his hands is just straight up canon.
-I think we all know he's been called childish before.
-He absolutely comes across as someone who info dumps. He just gets so excited and passionate about his interests!
-There are a lot of social cues he disregards because they're inconvenient to him, and I do headcanon him as bisexual and very likely demisexual as well.
-He has ADHD along with the autism. I could see him possibly having anxiety as well since I believe he overthinks a lot. Maybe also depression? Harder to say on that one. It seems plausible a lot of nations would develop it, but I feel I'd need to do more research.
-It is canon Alfred cries a lot, so the difficulty with emotional regulation could be possible.
-He absolutely has an exaggerated, loud way of expressing himself.
-Lacking spacial/body awareness seems to fit with how he doesn't appear to think about others' personal space.
-He often takes things at face value. A very literal guy who doesn't always understand sarcasm – or just isn't sure, so he chooses to react as if it's literal. This doesn't mean he's incapable of ever understanding it, though, and he can even be sarcastic himself.
-Very often feels misunderstood, since people make a ton of assumptions about him. He often feels like he's performing social interactions, having to make sure he does the right thing to come off a certain way.
-He does repeat phrases a lot, I think. Especially movie/TV quotes, if that counts.
-Given he's immortal, it's extremely likely he felt older than any of the human children he might have interacted with. Even with Canada, he seemed older for a while since he developed so differently. Once he became an adult, however, he became perceived as young since he refused to abandon things he enjoyed just because adults have a limited perception of fun.
-Has a strong sense of justice, fairness, is very loyal, and has a hard time lying. I would say all of these are pretty true. He can lie decently sometimes, but if he's not prepared for it, he's not always that convincing. Depends what it is, though.
-He's caring and has shown concern over other characters (e.g. England, Romano), but he doesn't always express it too well and sometimes even comes off as insensitive in the process.
-He forgets to eat properly. Yes, there are times when he eats a bunch, but he has also been shown living off protein bars because he was so busy working. Even Romano was concerned.
-He definitely scripts stuff in his head to prepare. Remember that time he was imagining what he would say when he arrived to the meeting early for once? Of course, that's only one small thing, but I do feel he's the type to script a lot of things out.
-VERY friendly, but yeah...he doesn't have many friends. It's even been stated in his bio that his only friends are England and Japan. Hopefully he's gained a few more since then!
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My version of Alfred is incredibly well-educated much like his cousins Henry/Massachusetts, Rosalie/ Rhode Island, & Josh/ Connecticut cause the Puritans were quite big on education. They actually had the most literate colonies. So Alfred is familiar Greek, Latin, the classics, mathematics etc.
However also like his cousins, at heart, he’s a stubborn asshole of a New Englander and can be adverse to new ideas, or new ways of understanding. And also this stubbornness leads him to thinking he’s always right, and he will get attached to stupid ideas and stupid things and just dig himself further into a hole. Also Alfred is a bit of a hyperactive person so he wasn’t really the best student of all time.
ANYWAYS THIS IS TO SAY. In theory, Alfred can tell you all he knows of philosophers of antiquity, name all the English kings, and of ancient Roman emperors and their battle strategies, but in the same breath he will tell you with full confidence that they speak Mexican in Mexico, and Brazilian in Brazil. And it’d be real hard to convince him otherwise.
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