hey it’s the anon from yesterday. last rant I promise lol. So the post I paraphrased referenced: “Tenna’s not too keen on that behavior. It reminds him of a certain… y’know.” The OP said this dialogue explains why Tenna hates the pippins (saying he associates dishonest behavior with Spamton). but imo this implies that at worst, bse Spamton was an incompetent loser who sucked at Tenna’s games and couldn’t swindle him if he wanted to (reminds me of the Spamton dialogue from the sweepstakes about losing against Jevil - “even if I cheated (theoretically)” he never won against him once).
“Spamton ruined everyone in TV World’s lives” came from a comment in the tags where I found it. What I really took issue with in the OG post is that they said Ramb’s dialogue “inherently acknowledges” a personality change on Tenna’s part and that he only started getting strict with contracts after apparently being swindled by Spamton through “unequal business transactions.” I don’t know what they’re referring to besides the fact that Tenna doesn’t understand new technology? Tenna losing his “digital currency” lol?
Anyways imo this is the other side of the coin where people paint Tenna as a pure innocent little meow meow, which is honestly so boring (and flat out incorrect). The purple cliffs shuttah dialogue (“children of Tenna’s contract”) directly contradicts the OP’s point by implying he was like that before Spamton entered the picture, no? “Sinister types” in the shadowguy’s enemy description also alludes to him. Tenna is a genuine sweetheart and a little naive, sure, but that doesn’t mean he can’t also be kind of a prick. he has taken advantage of others and i don’t think it’s all because of Spamton. Like that aspect of his character makes him compelling and three dimensional!! Why can’t they see that. It’s almost robbing him of any agency. like every time Tenna says “How is it MY fault?!” theyre unironically like “yeah go off king”
ooohh i see... tbh i always thought the point of that dialogue existing is less to say something about spamton himself and more to indicate how much tenna does not shut up about spamton to others. and also how much of his mentions of him r shit talking bc thats how he copes with the mountain of guilt he feels. it also could be about him just sucking at games ofc. so im amazed that somehow someone used it to claim that spamton actually did ruin everything
and like. blaming spamton for everything going on tv world is legit just what tenna does and youre not meant to think hes right lmfao.. there is a series of factors there that r just beyond any darkner's control... and like you said, tenna was always Kind Of Like That. i dont get the incessant urge to defang him or deflect any blame that he has in anything at all.. way to make him less compelling.. i feel like people take the digital currency gag a bit too seriously & try to act like spamton telling him he'd teach him how to use technology was actually an empty promise he never intended to fulfill bc they want to balance their wrong doings? like tenna couldnt have possibly done what he did without spamton doing his fair share of bad things too. and i guess you could interpret things like that but i honestly think its kind of a boring and inaccurate way to do so.. not to imply spamton is a flawless saint in their relationship and in general ofc. but at times i feel like ppl r making stuff up and/or ignoring canon things that do exist because they cant accept that tenna has flaws and made mistakes(that r very understandable & obviously informed by his environment and situation so idk why go out of your way to diminish them). Anyways
you p much summed up my thoughts with that last paragraph yup... i dont consider woobification to be a real issue 90% of the time but sadly tenna might be one of the exceptions lmfao. i think people need to let him be a shithead more often and stop claiming he was a perfect guy in his perfect world before spamton infected him with the complex well written character virus or something