Hawk the Zeranid

Hawk was the hivemind of the Zeranid Army during the Space war though it never actually fought in the war itself instead staying on a paradise planet as Morgan babysat it.

## Background

Hawk was originally a low intelligence war machine until Morgan asked Alex to make it more sentient so that Ducky, who was also being babysat by Morgan because of the war, could have a friend it's own age to play with as opposed to a pet. Alex agrees and gives Hawk the same mental age as Ducky that of a 6 yr old human. We learn Hawk's name when Morgan tells Alex the new name on what we can assume is a visit as they are in an active war. Alex is betrayed to learn that Morgan named their kid 'Hawk' without them. Morgan corrects Alex saying that Hawk picked it's own name and that it named itself after *Tony Hawk* because of it's love of skateboarding which it is 'strangely good at'.

By the end of this arc Alex decides that their done with the war and get rid of all the Zeranids and returns to Morgan who slams Alex into the wall and demands to know where their child it. This is the first time we see Morgan acknowledge Hawk as their kid. Alex explains that they put Hawk into a kind of stasis to that the shock of the rest of the hive mind dying at once wouldn't kill it. Morgan concedes and tells Alex to turn off their invulnerability so that Morgan work this out emotionally through punching Alex. Alex agrees.

The next time we hear about Hawk in the series is when Morgan to do something so that when people see Hawk so they don't freak out since as a 6 yr old Hawk is of age to go to school. Alex disagrees intentionally saying that Hawk is a war machine and doesn't need to go to school but they soon give in.

## Hawk's relationship with its Parents

The most insight we get into Morgan and Alex's parenting style is through the episode where it switches between how Morgan and Alex react to the same situation. The situation being Hawk wanting to go into the dryer because their cold. This would be completely safe for Hawk as a Zeranid.

Morgan tells Hawk No and says that they have to get out and they can have a blanket or a hot chocolate if it's cold but they can't go in the dryer. Alex on the other hand just turns on the dryer for Hawk and tells them to have fun. This is a clear representation of how Hawk is being parented. By one primary caregiver (Morgan) and the 'fun parent' (Alex). This has been the dynamic of the Stewart Family since the beginning when Alex dropped Hawk of to be babysat by Morgan so they could go play war.

We see more of Alex and Hawks dynamic during Morgan's Memory Loss arc where they can't remember Hawk or Alex as a result of getting hit on the head with a coconut at the farmers market. We learn that everyday after school Alex is the one to pick Hawk up so that they can embarrass it by being overly affectionate in the pickup line.

Sadly most other interactions between Hawk and Morgan dynamic are sadly non-cannon so there isn't much get to see of the two of them together. Most canon media revolves around Hawk and Alex as Hawk wants to be a hero when it grows up and Alex being the S-tier causes some drama around that. This comes to a head when Hawk is a teenager it tries to kill Alex in a fight. Hawk prepared for this fight by gaining biomass and eating a bunch of cows to give it a stronger more Minotaur like form. Before they can actually battle Alex makes it call Morgan so that Morgan can know it was Hawks idea. Morgan immediately summons Hawk form the battle field and grounds it.

There is one episode where Alex and Ohio James are old and Ohio is visiting them in the nursing home that Hawk put them in. This is a testimate to how Hawk and Alex's relationship ended up.

There is one more quite noticeable interaction about Hawk and it's parents where Alex attempts to kill Morgan with a comically large buzz saw to put Hawk back on the track to villainy. Alex does this because they get the idea that if Hawk losses, as Alex describes them, "it's favorite parent" it will become evil. This is a flawed logic and very out of character for Alex which is why lighthouse made it 'non-canon' but it is still insightful into the dynamic of the Stewart Family.

Hawk's Younger AppearanceHawk's current appearanceHawk going to school with the backpack Morgan bought himTrivia

* Hawk was made in a lab with the rest of the Zeranid Horde
* Hawk has babysat Kentucky
* Hawk is *very* good at skateboarding and has been since it was a child