no but if you dont watch the nancy drew show you DONT UNDERSTAND the gravity of ace carving his initials as "A.H." like...
so. all of nancy's friends have the same names as her friends in the nancy books, with some tweaks. bess marvin became bess turani marvin. george fayne was george fan. ned nickerson is still ned nickerson but he goes by "nick" in the show. but ace? ace was an original character. without a last name. the only person in the main cast without one.
a curious choice, yes? to deliberately withhold a last name for one single character? why would they do that? hm?
we KNOW that nancy drew and the hardy boys are a big thing in the books. and making him a canonical hardy boy sounds like a good idea, right? the problem is that the rights to that IP were owned by another company, as they have a hardy boys tv show. so, the nancy drew team couldn't, legally, call ace joe/frank hardy.
BUT. they did little things throughout the series to hint at it. not only did they constantly tease ace's last name (by having characters ask what it was, or have his work badge leave it off entirely). but they also (spoilers) gave ace a brother (who's name is grant. ace/joe grant/frank? walk with me here). his dad was a police detective, his mom was a librarian (just like the hardy boys' parents). he was an eagle scout, and i believe joe hardy was a boy scout.
so then. to have the characters all carve their names under a table and have ace writing his initials as "A.H."
it's just!! it's so!!!!! it makes me scream eternally.
they couldn't legally make him a hardy boy bc of stupid IP laws. but that's who he was. to us! to nancy! he was always her hardy boy. always. forever.
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got tired of copying out the images, so here’s the rest from that thread:
a game of cat and mouse by @felicityollies / https://archiveofourown.org/works/10073753
favors by @felicityollies / https://archiveofourown.org/works/9121867
everything you want by @felicityollies / https://archiveofourown.org/works/7896064
haematocrit by @lexiblackbriar / https://archiveofourown.org/works/24376435
haematophagia by @lexiblackbriar / https://archiveofourown.org/works/23735176
always been you @olicitysbett / https://archiveofourown.org/works/22617319
core curriculum series by @dettiot / https://archiveofourown.org/series/254224
shatter by thebaroness / https://archiveofourown.org/works/2199108
grind by ladychi / https://archiveofourown.org/works/1080980
the new normal by rosietwiggs / https://archiveofourown.org/works/5652889
sweating our confessions by @callistawolf / https://archiveofourown.org/works/24075433
i know i don’t know you (but i want you so bad) by @sarcastic_fina https://archiveofourown.org/works/1156148
(find a place where) happiness begins by @smoaksmile / https://archiveofourown.org/works/24862117
(your love is) always on my mind by @smoaksmile / https://archiveofourown.org/works/23028616
will that be all, mr. queen? by rosietwiggs / https://archiveofourown.org/works/1057537
oxytocin by rosietwiggs / https://archiveofourown.org/works/1224181
little black dresses and king-sized messes by MachaSWicket / https://archiveofourown.org/works/4082824/
what’s your fantasy? series by chasethewind / https://archiveofourown.org/series/52758
dare to touch by smoaknbabs / https://archiveofourown.org/works/4599042
model behavior by chasethewind / https://archiveofourown.org/works/4603140
devil’s backbone by anthfan / https://archiveofourown.org/works/2795345
remove all doubt by puzzledhats / https://archiveofourown.org/works/1107263?
don’t you just love the desire taking hold of you (well, I can tell you do) by sarcastic_fina / https://archiveofourown.org/works/1183355
four walls (of law firms and honey) by @dust2dust34 / https://archiveofourown.org/works/3982066
the way you make me feel (i call it love) by smkkbert / https://archiveofourown.org/works/8498329
the strings we attach by kwrites / https://archiveofourown.org/works/5368454?
dream a little, dream of me by seetheskyaboveus / https://archiveofourown.org/works/4772999
oblivion (is calling out your name) by seetheskyaboveus / ch 6 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/3103742/
twelve hours by @callistawolf / https://archiveofourown.org/works/12378546
no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin by @callistawolf / https://archiveofourown.org/works/8436772
helping hand by izzyface / https://archiveofourown.org/works/11391354
dropping towel by acheaptrickandacheesyoneline / https://archiveofourown.org/works/9715457
technical awareness and DIGITal input by sailorslayer3641 / https://archiveofourown.org/works/4048378
make you feel that lovin’ by icouldbuildacastle / https://archiveofourown.org/works/3791956
heat wave by mdchica83 / https://archiveofourown.org/works/2364593
another kind of island by emmilyne / https://archiveofourown.org/works/5943487
the arrangement by anythingbutplatonic / https://archiveofourown.org/works/6729256
taste of your poison paradise by hoodiesandcomputers / https://archiveofourown.org/works/3149957
watching, waiting, wanting, wishing by nightkeepyr / https://archiveofourown.org/works/3668634
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