Alexander going from a pacifist to signing up with the Klingons to fight in the dominion war never really bothered me.
For a start he's a teenager now. He has all the confusion that comes with changing hormones and if worfs situation in insurrection is anything to go by klingon puberty involves violent urges to fight and kill things. Also his ageing faster way than the human children around him back on earth probably makes it difficult for him to maintain any friendships and the recent conflict between federation and Klingons resulting in the withdrawal from the khitomer accords all adds up Alexander feeling isolated and alone on earth.
That's probably more than enough to make Alexander start questioning the pacifistic beliefs of his childhood and reconsider his cultural identity.
Add to that the war with the dominion. During tng era and early ds9 there was the occasional squabble between factions but things were mostly peaceful and easy to be a pacifist. Now suddenly the whole alpha quadrant is on alert and geared up for war. There's probably been a surge of applicants to the military bodies of most worlds in the form of young people wanting to help protect their world/loved ones from the dominion threat.
Alexander could join up with star fleet and have to go through the strict regime of academy training or he can just sign up with the Klingons and five straight in. With all the aggressive instincts of the klingon teenage it's not surprising he decided to skip the first option and went with the latter. But when alls said and done he's still got a quiet shy personality not the usual loud boisterous klingon persona and he's a stranger to klingon ways thanks to his upbringing on earth so he has a difficult time fitting in.
For a start he's a teenager now. He has all the confusion that comes with changing hormones and if worfs situation in insurrection is anything to go by klingon puberty involves violent urges to fight and kill things. Also his ageing faster way than the human children around him back on earth probably makes it difficult for him to maintain any friendships and the recent conflict between federation and Klingons resulting in the withdrawal from the khitomer accords all adds up Alexander feeling isolated and alone on earth.
That's probably more than enough to make Alexander start questioning the pacifistic beliefs of his childhood and reconsider his cultural identity.
Add to that the war with the dominion. During tng era and early ds9 there was the occasional squabble between factions but things were mostly peaceful and easy to be a pacifist. Now suddenly the whole alpha quadrant is on alert and geared up for war. There's probably been a surge of applicants to the military bodies of most worlds in the form of young people wanting to help protect their world/loved ones from the dominion threat.
Alexander could join up with star fleet and have to go through the strict regime of academy training or he can just sign up with the Klingons and five straight in. With all the aggressive instincts of the klingon teenage it's not surprising he decided to skip the first option and went with the latter. But when alls said and done he's still got a quiet shy personality not the usual loud boisterous klingon persona and he's a stranger to klingon ways thanks to his upbringing on earth so he has a difficult time fitting in.
