#multi rambles

So!!!

In this edit (made by @/ andrealmorales28 on TikTok), it was mostly Starscream centered, and how Earthspark actually shows and references all the abuse Starscream received at the hands of Megatron, yeah?

And just- the entire interaction between Starscream and Hashtag. I gotta talk about it.

"Is this how Megatron treated you?!"

"...you...believe me?"

"I believe he hurt you."

AND THAT JUST BRINGS UP THE THOUGHTS.

The Terrans never really...got all the information on Megatron, right? Or got to see Megatron in action during the War? They just know that he used to be the leader of the Decepticons; the bad guys. And nothing else, really.

But Hashtag. Our internet, technical gal.

She has access to so many things. Movies, information, memes, tutorials, just anything and everything you can find on the internet.

Historical information.

Do y'all ever think that Hashtag could've done some of her own research further into the war? Possibly more-so after that episode where Megatron took them to that...memorial of sorts (can't think of the episode name rn, sorry)?

I mean, we also know that the comics are like...a canon thing in Earthspark. Comics that can possibly be found online. You think Hashatg read through those? And gathered information on Starscream and everything he experienced?

Like...all the Terrans sorta look up to Megatron and Optiomus, and all the others, yeah?

But the Terrans are smart kiddos. They know not everyone is simply just "good." Everyone has their ups and downs.

Idk. Just needed to ramble that thought out.

Like!! Tucker is a Savant! I like that being a characteristic for him- hell, I like the idea of playing up the brilliant inventor angle on him more than in the show! In GiT he made his own translator, in the show the guy designed his own deodorant which probably involves at least some level of chemistry know-how! The guy's smart! It's fun! Making him a full on gadgeteer adds to the mirror between the Phantom Trio and the College Trio, it gives him his own identity, I do not disagree with the Savant part- if anything I think Tucker's gadgeteer status is underutilized

Par, However…

Like- an angle I like on Danny is fallen from grace ex-“””gifted”””-kid, because there's that element of "he never really got into trouble much before the Ghost Powers stuff started, he did flight simulators for fun, his parents and sister keep mentioning him acting different"- there's also the take of “weird spread of knowledge Danny who’s the epitome of the Dan Vs. Mount Rushmore quote”/"Dumb Smart guy" Danny who's a whiz at picking up logic of new abilities and can somehow land a space shuttle despite also having moments of "Why didn't I just wish for Desiree to get in the thermos from the start". If you want to hc him as just being average, there's nothing wrong with that either- obviously technical stuff doesn't need to be everyone's thing and there is an interesting take there in terms of "him feeling like the non-genius member of a genius family", but- to make his defining characteristic him being "Par"?? Like- is it because of Danny’s grades? Are you blindly taking the guy who's hard on himself's comments about his own intelligence as gospel?? Like- in general grades really aren't even a good indicator of intelligence a lot of the time, they mostly only cover how well you're able to turn stuff in and some general information recall stuff- there's a lot of different kinds of intelligence (social knowhow, perceptiveness, logical reasoning) that aren't necessarily covered by grades, and that's not even going into all the additional factors around it like how well someone does in an academic setting, internal stuff like ADHD or dyslexia making it hard to get things done, external pressures like working multiple jobs from money issues or caretaking (or I guess in this case Ghost Hunting??)- Hell, TUCKER also canonically gets mostly Cs and Ds because he's tinkering with stuff during classes, that doesn't conflict with his "smart" characterization, if anything it only adds to it!

Like- legit, I think the only thing that's keeping me from wanting to go as hard for "Danny x Tucker with Sam being an aro QPR" as romantic Immortal Trio or them just being ride or die for each other is just flat out the fact that I know it'd end up being tagged as Savant Par, which- Yes, that's the "common ship name", I understand, it is not good practice to just not tag something as an established name for it just because one person on the internet is pissy about semantics, I don't blame anyone for that but also I'm simply ANGY WITH INCANDESCENT RAGE OF MILLION SUNS about it

NGL if you ask me, if we're going by 2000's fancy shipname logic over "combination of the two characters names", the name should've been Haunt Savant- like! He's the Haunt, he's the Savant, it rhymes!