Not to mention the characterization; Alfred has been derailed into a completely unlikable asshole. There are far too many Hetalia character cameos cluttering the story up, the plot would have been much smoother with a more sensible cast. And they started the story off categorizing it as and implying it to be USUK, which would get them a hefty amount of readers. Then they killed off the possibility of that happening. Then they kept implying that it could happen, even when it was obvious it couldn't, presumably to keep that pairing's fans from abandoning the story. And even told USUK fans to tell them how it could still work. It just seems like a dishonest and kind of cruel way to keep readers and get reviews, and this troper wasn't even rooting for that pairing.
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Not to mention the characterization; Alfred has been derailed into a completely unlikable asshole. There are far too many Hetalia character cameos cluttering the story up, the plot would have been much smoother with a more sensible cast. And they started the story off categorizing it as and implying it to be USUK, which would get them a hefty amount of readers. Then they killed off the possibility of that happening. Then they kept implying that it could happen, even when it was obvious it couldn't, presumably to keep that pairing's fans from abandoning the story. And even told USUK fans to tell them how it could still work. It just seems like a dishonest and kind of cruel way to keep readers and get reviews, and this troper wasn't even rooting for that pairing.