am i allowed to get away with spreading it

src/components/form/template/clan.tsx

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ export default function ClanFormTemplate({
     return (
         <Formik
             initialValues={
-                initialValues ??
+                {
-                ({
                     name: "",
                     description: "",
                     url: "",
@@ -37,8 +36,9 @@ export default function ClanFormTemplate({
                             pronouns: [["", "", ""]]
                         }
                     ],
-                    code: getCookie("TROLLCALL_CODE")
+                    code: getCookie("TROLLCALL_CODE"),
-                } as SubmitClan)
+                    ...(initialValues ?? {})
+                } as SubmitClan
             }
             validationSchema={SubmitClanSchema}
             onSubmit={async (values, { setSubmitting, setErrors, setFieldError }) => {

src/components/form/template/message.tsx

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ export default function MessageFormTemplate({
     return (
         <Formik
             initialValues={
-                initialValues ??
+                {
-                ({
                     to: "",
                     body: "",
-                    subject: ""
+                    subject: "",
-                } as SubmitMessage)
+                    ...(initialValues ?? {})
+                } as SubmitMessage
             }
             validationSchema={SubmitMessageSchema}
             onSubmit={async (values, { setSubmitting, setErrors, setFieldError }) => {

src/components/form/template/troll.tsx

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export default function TrollFormTemplate({
     return (
         <Formik
             initialValues={
-                initialValues ??
+                {
-                ({
                     name: ["", ""],
                     description: "",
                     pronunciation: ["", ""],
@@ -44,8 +43,9 @@ export default function TrollFormTemplate({
                         ["they", "them", "theirs"]
                     ],
                     gender: "",
-                    images: [""]
+                    images: [""],
-                } as SubmitTroll)
+                    ...(initialValues ?? {})
+                } as SubmitTroll
             }
             validationSchema={SubmitTrollSchema}
             onSubmit={async (values, { setSubmitting, setErrors, setFieldError }) => {