Sweetsparkle + Iivac family tree (via GenoPro); click to enlarge
- Bunsen and Sammy have a very similar line of dialogue in their respective shows ("That bee/fishy gave me a kiss that hurt" - "Spelling Beast" and "Certifiable Super Sitter"). I needed a changeling family for Sammy anyway, so Bunsen's was the logical choice. - Sammy is one of the Huldufólk- the only Fairy subculture to still practice changeling child traditions in modern times (as they do not produce milk, but their babies require it). - Sammy is a changeling switched with a member of the Iivac kin group, who claim they "can't remember" whose kid got switched in return. - Sammy's grown up around the Iivacs and lived in Beast World before their move to Muckledunk in 2004. His "sibling" relationships change depending on who the youngest family members are at the time, as he ages at a different rate. - Once he enters boarding school, Sammy begins the transition to live with his biological parents, though he still visits Muckledunk for some holidays. - Sammy can fly, but often doesn't due to living underground in a family that doesn't fly. He got used to walking. - Iivac is a play on Caviidae, the family guinea pigs fall under. The other Beast name categories follow similar rules for different animals, such as octopus, bat, bear, and kangaroo. - In City Lights AU, Sammy's aging is closer to that of his foster family, so he stays with them much longer (and is more familiar with Mikey and other humans in that AU than in Cloudlands).
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