Anything like this needs to be optional. It is already bad enough that we don't get a custom background option. I and many others do not want to be stuck with all these limits to create our characters. The reason a lot of people do not fill those boxes is because none of the given options fit the character concept.
For alignment, hard disagree. The character's behaviour should never be set in stone by this. Alignment is fluid and 5e thankfully has realized this. For this game, if it is even mentioned on the character sheet it should just be there for flavour.
