She sounds a little unorthodox, but as long as you're okay with that, then who cares if she's different. You don't have to explain or justify your friendship to anyone. If the friendship makes you happy, why question it?
She is being herself. We are all weird we just put a mask she is who she is.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.