procrastinating with muse questions: is Vicente secretly (or not secretly) at leas a little Catholic? is that a thing? because I like the mental image of him crossing himself when sufficiently awed/terrified/about to do something horrible. also talk to me about his relationship with Alfred/America, a growing boy needs his oil ya know
vicente is pretty damn catholic. he wears the cross, has a rosary, prays to the virgin mary, all that. he also certainly crosses himself, but not as much as you’d think, despite being so devout. the only time he does is when he’s about to commit sin. however, it’s less of him asking for forgiveness and more of a personal acknowledgement between himself and god that yes, he’s going to hell, and that there’s not much point in doing anything about it besides having the decency to acknowledge it. it’s not a matter of he doesn’t believe that god can forgive him, mind, but more that he really doesn’t want to spend his eternal life in any place where he knows the people he’s wronged the most probably are- well, really just her.
as for his relationship with alfred, it was actually pretty amicable. he looked up to him, once, since in a way his creation is owed at least partly in inspiration to america’s. he did not appreciate at all how smug the fucker got in his older years, though, and how much he started asking of vicente, sucking him and his country’s resources dry. privately, vicente does have some disagreements with the party line, but he has nothing but 100% support for anti-yankee sentiment.
HE GETS ALONG WITH LITERALLY EVERYONE??? HE"S JUST THE MOST CHARMING MOTHERFUCKER
vicente is really smooth. he knows just what to say that tows the party line and charms any fucker he wants shit from. it helps that he’s a little self-aware of how shitty everything is, but also really good at playing the part of overconfident socialist, which surely gets him points with likeminded nations. he has a temper though, and when someone crosses him in anyway it’s difficult for him to forgive. he also rarely ever does much to clear away people’s negative opinions on him, and if anything revels in it- especially with alfred.
