#After Alterna AU

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Underwater Neon

[chaoticlad]

I can’t color properly 😔

Agent-Meggy‼️

[fangkenstein]

gully painting for odyssey au!

[torpedobombloveblog]

The Faulty Fuzzy Philosophy

[marmastry]

Moomers comic masterpost

I just wanna link everything here chronologically at least

pilot ep. First forgotten meeting

About Lockers

Promise

Salmon Run ep

Hasa's team + Missing

Maya in Alterna

Quarrel

Agent 3s

Pike

Call

Rainy Fever dreams

The Climb in B-Rank

A Little Reading session

The 4th member

A-Rank

Hasa and Azure

Girls!!!

Red Squid Plush

Birthday Present

Maya

Team

Missed Calls

Recap + Hasa and Maya

Deep Fry

MY lockermate!

Hazard Level: MAYA?!

Two Squids at the Park

Iodine's Unrequited love

Friendly tussles

Cold Feet and Warm Hands

At Maya's Place

Soda Pop

Closer

To be updated

Doodles

Hasa meeting Lil' Peri

Maya's eventual team (earlier sketches)

WereCeph AU: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

General doodles: 01, 02, 03,

Maya a week after turfing (comic)

Maya & Hasa when they were 18 + AU doodles

Team Love

Year End doodles (2023)

Hasa's New Math

References

Hasa and Maya's home (ACNH build)

Outfit refs

[justyouraveragealternanfuzzball]

@gatoburr0 *places my oc in your au*

Wow, I love love LOVE your fuzzy au! Since I have a fuzzy octoling character I thought I'd draw them in the style of your au (other pics of her provided cuz I've never posted about her on here lol).

This is Ferret, the first fuzzy octoling. Growing up in the harsh Splatlands taught her to be fierce and tough, leading to her becoming leader to one of the many gangs there. Falling into the crater changed things though..... Mr. Grizz needed a test subject for his new fuzzy ooze after all. In your au, she takes on the appearance of a ferret (obviously), meaning she has dark markings all over her body and is wicked fast. Who knows what happened to her when the fuzzy ooze spread everywhere......(maybe she's hiding out in After Alterna but how am I supposed to know)

It was super fun drawing this! Keep up the work on your AMAZING fuzzy au :)

[possiblycringe]

Ordered Callie loredump

(Sorry to ppl asking about other aus, I will get to you soon)

Callie and Marie were lucky enough to be in alterna when Order took over inkopolis square. The zoned-out inkopolis residents had suddenly changed, now wearing masks and donning grey, metallic skin, and they turned inkopolis square into a place of order. In short, Eight did not succeed and Order takes over inkopolis, with the goal to take over the rest of the splatoon world. Marie and Callie and the Agent 3s are able to become part of a resistance, though they mourn agent 4 and 8. They work to find any sort of way to cut off Orders influence, but nothing has worked yet. And it seems whatever was done to these 'orderlings', or parallel canon, is extremely difficult to undo. It's under these circumstances that Marie brings up the idea that after everything is over, she'd like to move into her own place to finally get some peace and quiet from all these world ending disasters. Callie, internally breaking a bit at the thought, plasters on a smile and says she's okay with it. She is, after all. No way she's going to hold Marie back. She still feels a little guilty for forcing Marie to take care of her so many times with those hypnoshades. Yet with all this, a small part of Callie starts to yearn for things to not change between them. For stability. For Order.

And so, as is what happens, she wakes up in the Spire of Order. The first step of being transformed into a part of Parallel Canon.

Of course, Callie isn't going to take this lying down, even if this is a point of no return, and a few more dreams later she'll be in line. Callie stays awake for the next few days to try and keep herself from turning, even thought she knows its inevitable. This lack of sleep, as well as trying and failing to let a busy Marie know what's going on, puts her in a bad mood, and she gets into an argument with Marie, finally letting it spill how she feels about the idea of Marie leaving, halfway through which she passes out.

Marie isn't hurt by the argument when she sees how sleep-deprived Callie is, and helps take her to her bed. She can talk with Callie about it in the morning. Except the next morning Callie has disappeared. Marie realizes what must have happened around this point, and rushes to inkopolis square, sneaking around, only to find that Callie has indeed become a part of Parallel Canon. This is where she pulls the mask off, despite Callie's clear distress.

After that, Marie has to take this brainwashed Callie back with her without Callie getting them captured. This is more difficult then getting there in the first place. They have to go on foot, and Marie hopes that when they get there, they can find some way to bring Callie back to her old, dynamic self. While this Callie acts like Callie typically does, that's the problem. She acts like Callie on autopilot, cheerful and a bit clueless at times, never scared or worried or serious, lacking any ability to grow or adapt to the situation. And, of course, she doesn't want to go back to her old self. She isn't worried about it anymore, though, not when everything is so clear now. She knows that what happened to her will happen to everyone, eventually, and everything going to turn out just perfect, which is why she isn't that worried about Marie squidnapping her. She says this to Marie, even.

The only thing is, she's being put in situations where she DOES end up adapting and changing, and it's slowly eroding at that brainwashing bit by bit. The more this happens, the more agitated she becomes.

[toothpaste-for-the-skin]

Me after making an au of my own ocs (I am their number 1 fan)

These two are not agents normally, but what if they were..

Basic rundown of the “story” of this AU is that these two are stuck in Alterna (bc I always thought it was kinda goofy that you could just leave Alterna at any time. I know obviously they can’t just lock you in story mode until you beat it bc that’s dumb but I think being stuck there would make the whole thing a lot more tense.)

Hoover isn’t really too bothered about this (maybe bc he doesn’t grasp the severity of the situation yet) but Toothpaste is silently freaking out. Her nerves are causing her to mess up frequently, only prolonging their stay.

[superluigiglitchy]

Multi Meggy Mayhem (Get to Know Your AU Meggy)

In a vein similar to Into the Marioverse, someone is going around, kidnapping and subsequently brainwashing the multiverses Meggy’a and it’s up to the Splatsquad to save the universe from its biggest threat- thousands of armed and dangerous brain washed Meggys

And now here YOU yes you get to meet the various Meggy’s we meet in this silly adventure

Triple Dose - A Meggy who has been hypnoshaded then sanitised and a few years into her recovery feom said sanitisation was fuzzified, shes taller than most Meggy’s (about Tari’s height) but suffers from severe back pain and needs to wear a brace as a result, currently recovering from amnesia and sometimes slips into a feral like state

Paper Jam - A Meggy from the paper jam verse, she is currently Captain of the Squidbeak Splatoon and got adopted by Cuttlefish, adoptive guardian of Veronika and currently dating Saiko, Tari and Desti in an open relationship, because of the sanitization her right eye is blind due to its light sensitivity, leaving aher needing to wear an eyepatch to avoid strain and had also been coaching a Team Blue from the Splatoon Manga and has also been present for the events of the Manga she doesn’t like others thinking they’re better than everyone else and sometimes gives such people a taste of humble pie (in the case of Wireglasses) if they go too far, she also dislikes the mindset of “The Strong rule the weak” since everyone needed to start from somewhere even the strongest Turfer used to be one of the weak you know, has emotionally adopted Team Blue and is now a single mom that works two jobs something something survivor

Soldier 30 - A Meggy who was made for super soldier program and was essentially a child soldier for most of her life it wasn’t until she was 14 and she ran into Mario (and tried to kill him and SMG4 on multiple occasions) that she began to learn that not is all as it seems and began to slowly but surely question her commanders orders, it wasn’t until she was 16 did she defect and that was during the anime arc, unlike canon Meggy who has green and purple eyes Soldier 30 has red and green eyes and also a list of war crimes

What-If Fuzz - Set in the what-if universe version of Squid Meme, this Meggy’s corpse was used as essential Subject 0 for Mr. Grizz’s Fuzzy Ooze for 4 years because of this she was extremely more fucked up than other more recently fuzzified subjects being a very tall cat bear like creature, it wasn’t until she ran into the NSS who were investigating Alterna whilst on her 333th escape attempt and got partially domesticated due to her immediate attachment to the Captain (who happened to be her younger sibling, Paige) did she begin to regain her suppressed memories that were sealed because of the combined trauma of getting stabbed, coming back from the dead and the countless experiments performed by Grizz, nowadays she has since regained her memories and is trying to live life the best she can whilst being a fucked up mutant cat bear thing, she’s also quite tall being about Saiko’s height and suffers from body aches from the bones she has

Italian Squid - This Meggy was taken in by Mario and Luigi after she was abandoned by her parents on the side of a road when she was a baby as a result she has an even stronger sibling bond than most Meggy’s with her Mario and Luigi and ended up learning a few tricks from them as well, now being able to Jump around like a bro and to swing around a hammer like a pro, she also has a minor italian accent, don’t worry Red and Lou still took her to Inkadia to exprience her heritage and culture, her best friends are Sam, Heavy Squid and Kenji and she’s been on her own Mario branded adventures like her brothers

Meggy and the Music Box - This Meggy has seen more horrors and is on the brink of a mental breakdown and going mas with the only thing keeping her sane is her determination to save both of her brothers from the clutches of the Mario Mansion, she is currently on her 40th loop and always has bruises around her neck from escaping a possessed Mario who was trying to strangle her

Wolf Squid - Before meeting Mario, this Meggy got bitten by a wolf on a camping trip with her friends as a result she now carries lycanthropy, doesn’t really change many things yet causes massive changes, shes a feral little shit who just wants pets

SuperBowserGlitchy - With Bowser being the Avatar instead of Mario, things are bound to change to fit this new Narrative as such this Meggy instead of being like a little sister to Bowser is straight up his adoptive daughter, Bowser ended up adopting Meggy and now she’s the General of his Army (and also has her own mini biker faction of the koopa army called the Killer Splatz) and honestly she makes them work like the damn Navy, she has a whole biker aesthetic going on with her owning a motorbike with a mini side car and instead of wearing a Plumber hat to replace her headgear she wears a Bowser sanctified Koopa baseball cap hat (it’s basically a baseball hat worth bowsers hair and horns) and is practically Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings cool older sister who they hide behind whenever things look grim, due to a magic accident that almost cause Meggy to suffer what was essentially ego death, she is now part koopa along with her being a human and inkling amalgamation (which in itself is a complicated thing), she’s somewhat fire resistant as a result and also carries around a shield of a spiked koopa shell (which may have been bowsers great grandpa but who the fuck knows at this point) which she carrie’s on her back

Puzzle Pieces stained in Orange - This Meggy was childhood friends with Puzzles (key word on the was) and was there to bare witness to his downward mental spiral into insanity and saw first hand the after math of cutting his face off and relplacing it with a television set, now she’s just trying to live her life peacefully after ditching puzzles

Love in the Cold - This Meggy is married to her universes Shiver after a series of misadventures and messes and has 3 kids with said Splatlandian, she also is a bit older than other Meggy’s being about 25 (basically she’s a girl dad with a loving family

There are Many Benefits to being a Mersquid - A Meggy from a world where pirates and high magic are common place, shes a mersquid and not just any mersquid but one blessed by the sea god Ollyseus and is the current de facto King of Inkadia due to winning the Turf War Crowning Tournament and “slaying” the corrupted Sea Demon King One-Shot Wren

[duckapus]

Fairly Oddparents/Splatoon Crossover AU

-Dimmsdale is in the Splatlands, and is still called that because if I change it to a fish pun I have to change Doug Dimmadome's name too and I don't want to.

-Fairies are still a Thing, and the relevant fairies are still the same (admittedly vague) ages they are in canon, so Cosmo and Wanda's generation showed up just in time to witness humanity's downfall; the floods, the domes, the professor, the final desperate failure in Alterna, all of it.

-Also all the other characters are their usual ages too, so any of the kids that I turn into Inkings or Octolings are going to be blobby for a while. With one notable exception that I'll explain when it comes up.

-The Turners are Octolings, but they're not from the Domes (hence why I put Dimmsdale in the Splatlands. I wanted them near where all the action is for reasons I'll get into later and Inkadia didn't have Octolings until after the first game's story mode while the Splatlands have always had them).

-Timmy still gets Cosmo and Wanda because his parents are still Like That, and his overbite is even more potent since it's made of the point of his beak instead of a pair of front teeth.

-Cosmo and Wanda almost look like an Inkling and an Octoling, respectively. They got a few details wrong, the biggest one being that they got their hair as close to what they're used to as they could but forgot to check if they had the right number of tentacles.

-Chester's an Inkling, no real notes there

-AJ is a bald Sea Urchin

-Crocker is an Inkling and other than the obvious details looks and acts pretty much exactly like he usually does, complete with neck ears

-Francis is a bull shark, as a reference to his "Bull-E" persona in the episode where everyone's superheroes

-Doug Dimmadome is a walrus (Marina mentions that her landlord is a Narwhal in Splat 2, marine mammal people exist)

-Vicky and Tootie are Octolings, and they are from the Domes but Vicky got them out. She actually hadn't heard Calamari Inkantation at the time, but Tootie had due to a Conveniently Placed Vent, and Vicky knew that anyone who heard that song would try to get to the surface and some of them didn't make it out alive and if even Elites hand-picked by DJ Octavio himself couldn't make it there's no way her seven-year-old nearsighted inkblot of a little sister would be able to get out on her own, but if she stayed she'd be miserable and trapped forever and that would be even worse, so Vicky packed their bags and grabbed Tootie and climbed for their lives despite very much not being freed from the Octarian propaganda by a weird magic folk-turned-pop song like everybody else who made this climb. They would've made it to Inkopolis like the other refugees but they made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in Dimmsdale instead.

-Due to this she ends up having to raise her sister, get enough money to keep them both alive via Grizzco, babysitting and other odd jobs (she can't do turf or ranked/league because there's too much chance of her training/brainwashing kicking in and making her do something stupid Because Inklings like attack her own teammates or ignore the end-of-match whistle), teach Tootie how to speak Inklish and both of them how to read it, and figure out how to get them legal identities, all while every fiber of her being screams at her that The Enemy is all around them (it takes her the better part of a year after escaping to finally find and listen to the Inkantation, since she didn't know what it was called and wasn't high enough in the ranks to know anything about the Cuttlefish family). At fourteen.

-Chloe is an Inkling, and when she's introduced she already knows how to shift and is clearly used to it despite still being a month and a half or so away from turning twelve, which is... kind of a Bad Sign. Most Cephalings only manage that by thirteen or fourteen, though getting it at twelve, while uncommon, isn't unheard of. Any earlier and there's potentially health risks, especially since it almost has to be a case of the kid forcing it to happen (usually due to pressure and unrealistic expectations, often of the parental variety). And I mean big, "how prepared are you for your child to never be able to walk again" kind of health risks, though that's the worst-case scenario. In Chloe's case there were, in fact, negative effects, but nothing that drastic.

...No, she just starts aching all over if she spends too much time in squid form. And sometimes has stiff joints when it's cold.

-Haven't figured out what the rest of the human characters get turned into for this, but the alien and magical characters are still the same species they were in canon. And yes, the events of the show more-or-less stay the same.

-For a bit of post-series stuff, Timmy, Tootie, Chester and Chloe decide to try at being a comp team, and they're actually pretty good at it (thanks in large part to Vicky teaching them everything she learned from Grizzco, her time in the Octarian military and all the weird tricks she's had to pick up during their adventures). Their team's called the Twerpz and they've got a bit of an unusual lineup of preferred weapons.

Timmy (Splat Handle "No Ruelz" because of course it is) is the team captain and uses a Snipewriter 5H

Tootie (just uses her name) uses a Sloshing Machine Neo

Chester (uses his last name because of the whole infamous family legacy thing) uses the vanilla Splatana Stamper, and has discovered that he can use it like a baseball bat to knock away incoming bombs... aside from burst bombs since they explode on impact. Learned that one the hard way.

Chloe (goes by "3LeafClovr" because everyone thinks she's lucky when she's really not) uses a Luna Blaster Neo. She gets around the issue with her squid form by only shifting when absolutely necessary and compensating with Ink Saver (both kinds), Ink Recovery Up, a little Run Speed Up, and Parkour

So they've got a blaster that can't swim, a splatana that thinks he's in a completely different sport, their only backliner is a pencil, and not a single one of them has Ink Armor despite having two short-range weapons. It probably shouldn't work, but it does, because all four of them are completely nuts and using strategies concocted by a former Octarian soldier and Timmy coddamn Turner of all people

-Tootie ends up as Neo Agent 3. Thanks to being friends with Timmy Return of the Mammalians isn't even close to the weirdest thing that's ever happened to her. And yes this means that by that point she and Vicky have a Smallfry roommate. Tootie found him alone in the desert. Everybody calls him Shwaffle and there are absolutely zero thoughts between those big ol' eyes.

-The rest of the Squidbeak Splatoon is very confused and concerned by the things they hear about their new agent's friends and hometown

-When Timmy was twelve he and Vicky did something and now every gang in the Splatlands is scared shitless of them, including Deep Cut. They've never managed to tell anyone the full story of what exactly happened, though they will occasionally reference bits and pieces of it that sound absolutely batshit insane out of context

[commanders-quarters]

https://www.tumblr.com/commanders-quarters/772580909121716224?source=share

🍉 but SPECIFICALLY with @omniscientrecordingcomputer because I feel like their interactions would be INTERESTING and yet I have zero clue how to write up or start ANY interaction with you (also I am slightly intimidated because I've seen your past roleplays and you seem really cool and i don't wanna mess anything up/make a bad impression....)

YES, I HAVE PONDERED ON SENDING YOU A STARTER……

i would like to reiterate that my blog is set two years after splatoon 2, therefore set before the events of splatoon 3. Orca and Tartar know each other in my AU, though they have not seen each other in many thousands of years on account of Tartar leaving Alterna’s graveyard and moving onto bigger things. they were both made by scientists in Alterna (I believe the Professor was someone in Alterna). they’re basically “brothers from another mother”, and they’re estranged family at that. both of them having connections with Alterna is basically the only thing keeping those two within the same sphere, because otherwise, they’d never engage with each other.

Orca was created by a small team across a good few years, but Tartar was created by ONE guy over the time crunch of about half a year. Denewiah has mixed feelings on the other AI. Not terribly strong feelings though. As always. A reunion would be uncomfortable and complicated, because I believe Tartar developed sentience whereas Orca didn’t. They’re fundamentally different from each other. Orca’s code has also surely degraded more than Tartar’s, though it isn’t obvious at first. Orca was never quite as advanced as Tartar was. Orca knows jack squat about Inkfish and is barely “lucid” when it comes to current events. Its purpose is locked to the past, therefore, there isn’t much for it to do now. Denewiah pities it.

ANYWAYS enough infodumping. this is why I have been deliberating on initiating an rp with an Orca rp account, even if it would naturally be a non-canon exchange as all of my threads are.

I AM FLATTERED, but I can assure you that my approval is not of great importance, and so I encourage you to reach out regardless— when and if you get an idea for an rp. I am just a humble autist with a heavily self-indulgent AU based around Commander Tartar. I am Strange but I am not threatening. In my opinion! 😋

[c1rcus-of-silliness]

METAMORPHOSIS: AN OVERVIEW.

(Very little formatting for this one, sorry folks </3)

CONTEXT: If you’ve seen one of my writing posts [hyperlink], then you already know a little bit about one of my biggest writing projects: Metamorphosis. This AU was first made around a year and a half [jfc time FLIES] with inspiration/plotting from/with a few of my friends [ahemem @/madam--stasis, @/so-mq] in the alphastar716 server.

OVERVIEW: Metamorphosis is an alphalore infection AU, firstly building off of Billy and his experience in Alterna, then spreading to the other clones. In my personal HC’s, Billy sustains an injury from one of the enemies [1 of the octolings, specifically], which transfers some of the fuzzy ooze into his bloodstream. It lays dormant until Mr. Grizz gets his well-deserved Ass Whooping ™, where the final big explosion awakes it. Several weeks after the fight, He starts to display.. Strange behaviors. 

{Phase one [1]: 

Mild toothaches occur, the affected may begin to experience slight exhaustion. If disease was acquired via a wound from the infected, said injury may begin to feel warm. Hair may start to grow on arms and legs. Light-headedness may take place. The affected may also develop a larger appetite.} ← from CRD info sheet

Over the course of a week, these symptoms worsen::

{Phase two [2]: 

Fangs and claws may begin to form. Toothaches and exhaustion become worse. Severe paranoia starts. Hallucinations and shortness of breath begin. The affected may feel bones starting to rapidly form. Irises may appear slightly pinker. Disease is irreversible by this phase.} ← from CRD info sheet

{All he saw in the sink were six pearl-white teeth overtop a large splatter of his own pale-yellow blood. “Wh.. A-Alpha-!!”} ← Quote from METAMORPHOSIS, Section One, Chapter 3

Until finally, on the 7th day of this, the disease finally consumes him. He consumes his own pet, and attempts to kill his own brother, Ink, on sight. But, someone separates both of them. Billy is put in temporary holding while Ink is interrogated on what happened. I can’t really elaborate further without spoiling anything else, but the final writing piece should be out this year <3

[Tag-list: @mellieksstarz ]

[l3-800]

DBH: Where Hank's son comes from?

No, I am not asking about "the flowers and the bees" type of education and neither "from stock images" reply :D

Is there some official explanation about who was Cole's mother? Or do you have some cool AU about it? I would like to hear it!

Reasons why and what I keep thinking about it:

Hank is heavily affected by Cole's death and keeps lamenting about it a lot of times. He mentions his name a lot, he talks about the accident, feels deep remorse and guilt about failing as a father and as a police officer and even hates entire group of androids for one being unable to save Cole in the hospital. - You know this all from the game - But what happened to the MOTHER then?

Would she happened to have some accident or fatal illness, Hank would mention losing BOTH of them in the same way, wouldn't he?

If she dissapeared and Hank still loved her he would have at least one picture of her in the house somewhere. We see no picture at all, not even some torn one. Does Hank HATES her then and tries to forget her face and existence entirelly?

If she ran away from him, mothers usually take their children with them and leave the father behind. But Cole stayed with his father. Could that mean she had some mental disability she left her own child behind? Maybe she become drug addicted? Maybe she even ended up in prison? Maybe he became a police officer because of her?

If the mother divorced with Hank usually the court decides that the child stay with it's mother if there is not a special situation of the mother not wanting it or having too little money, is mentally unable or have no healthy place to rise a child. But Hank doesn't seem like he is swimming in money either. Or maybe he did before he fell into the depression? But this version still doesn't erase mother from the story because after she would find out about the accident, wouldn't she seek Hank about it or start hanging around again? Sometimes such bad situations put people back together. Of course might have been the very opposite of the mother being disgusted by Hank's 'unliability' causing the death of their kid so she was the one cutting of all chains with him and Hank just did the same to be even harder on himself. Although still I wonder if he would mention her in his depression reason.

Was Cole adopted?

If mother is non existing there might be a believable explenatory that Cole came from an orphanage. Based on the fact there are no other photos of Cole in younger age in the very house of Hank who is so attached to his lost son, maybe he adopted him older, maybe even at the very age or just a few years before he lost him.

What if Hank wanted kids so badly but found out he can't have them? Would he go for adoption or was Cole even made ARTIFICIALLY? I mean we talk about the future world and such options are already pretty possible today, what could be the options in 10 more years? But maybe that wouldn't fit Hank's psychology of disliking anything 'artificial' or 'too modern' so we could rather imagining him knowing the option but being too grumpy and obdurate to do it even if he wanted a kid so much.

I have that little fan theory in my head that Cole could have been a baby Hank found in a family car wreckage after a terrible accident he was being called to as a police officer. Finding out that the child's parents were killed in the accident he felt the fatherly protective instinct to take care of him by himself. However, could that fatherly instinct wake up even if the person was not an actuall father first?

Another option about the same kind of idea would be that he took that kid away from some red ice bunker gang/couple. He was part of the anti-drug unit. Maybe he found neglected kid in one of the hideouts (these kids are taken away by the child protective services first) and adopted it, cutting off any past of his parents from him.

I can imagine how even harder would it be for Hank to be unable to become a father physically, so he finds an alternative, and then he loses the child shortly after. Must have hit even harder feeling like a total failure of a man with everything against him preventing him to grasp the dream of being the father.

But this is all just my train of thoughts, I'd like to hear your opinions or corrections or, as I wrote in the beginning, your ideas or your own versions :) Thank you for reading!

[auranova26]

Splatoon: Octo Cuentos Lore Bits

As I type this, I am being lulled into a trance by this beautiful remix.

With it, I feel compelled to share some bits of lore I have regarding my AU. Uh, no particular order or thematic, just whatever comes to mind. I am in fact drunk. 🥴

There are effectively five dialects that exist in the world of Splatoon: OC. I guess the term 'languages' could work as well. They are Inkadian, Splatlandian, Octarian, Salmonarian, and Ursine/Alternan. Inkadian is the primary language among those in Inkadia, with Splatlandian being that for The Splatlands people. Octarian is for the Octarians and Octolings of the Octo Domes. Salmonarian is the language of the Salmonids. Ursine is interestingly the human language, as it was Mr. Grizz who would speak this language and 'teach' it to those he had in Alterna. Even named it after his species, the entitled prick. The language would eventually go under a new name and evolution to Alternan after Grizz's death and the liberation of the victims in Alterna from his control.

Among these 5, Salmonarian and Alternan would be the most radically different from the other three. Salmonids, due to the way they are, just created their own language amongst themselves and thus share very little with the others in roots of terms and such. Alternan, as stated, is the human language taken by Grizz and then eventually by the Mammalian Inkfish of Alterna. While it would adapt its own borrowed/influenced terms from the other dialects, it still overall is very different from the others. As for what human language... whatever you want it to be.

Interestingly, Octarian shares roots with interestingly both Inkadian and Splatlandian, despite the divide between both lands.

Inkadian and Splatlandian share enough similarities, but also enough differences to be distinct from one another.

DJ Octavio is more painted as a leader who is trying to do good for his people. Give them hope and uphold his promises of prosperity from the tightrope dance over the abyss of collapse. But, his grudges of the past, with the surface and especially Cuttlefish, do unfortunately cloud some aspects of his decision making. I just don't like this idea of him being portrayed as a villain. Yes, dude can be prideful and such. Yes, he effectively created a militaristic culture for his people that spanned for what can only be about a century. But he isn't some batshit crazy dictator like we have seen in our history who is only in it for himself. The whole aspect of this military culture, in his eyes, was a way to keep a sense of unity and community for everyone. All doing their part to help the Octarians as a whole inch ever closer to that bright future. Even with his rather serious and sometimes intimidating facade, he does what he can for everyone. He doesn't live in opulence; he partakes in rations for food and mandatory blackouts to conserve energy.

The No 9 Gang actually play a role in the story as major supporting characters. Their leader, Inochi, is sympathetic to Octarians and actually has an alliance with DJ Octavio. He and his gang do what they can to provide some form of aid via anything they can provide, information being the greatest asset. In fact, thanks to them, they were instrumental in assuring that the theft of the Great Zapfish went as smoothly as it did thanks to them being able to provide valuable info and aid those who went to get the Great Zapfish.

As far as the water weakness is concerned, I just go with this video done by rassicas:

A lot of what they go over I just agree with and like. Especially this whole thing regarding osmotic pressure.

While I don't have any designs, I do like the thought that Inklings and Octolings from the Splatlands look very different from those in Inkadia. The thing that comes to mind is more... feral? Tougher considering the climate of the Splatlands compared to Inkadia? If you are aware of the artist opal-owl-flight, I want to look to the general shape ideas they go for the way they draw Inkfish.

Speaking of artists coming up with cool concepts:

Would consider this as a concept existing in Splatoon: OC.

Once again with more artist concepts that I agree with and or want to implement for how I will design Inkfish characters in Splatoon: OC:

Salmonids don't have any sense of malice towards the denizens of Inkadia and the Splatlands. Hecc, they don't even hate Grizzco. For the employees of Grizzco, while they acknowledge them as invaders of their turf, they also recognize them as warriors. Sure, they don't like their Golden Eggs being taken, but it serves as another incentive for them to give their all in battle against these 'invading warriors'.

I go with the idea a lot of bird species survived into the new age of the Inkfish. Ancestors of the dinosaurs outliving the dumb mammals.

It wasn't just Octarians that were mutated by Fuzzy Ooze. Grizz basically carefully chose he saw that society wouldn't care about as a whole if they went missing. Vagabonds, homeless and the like. He considers these 'Mammalian Inkfish' to be lucky to be gifted with this new evolution to them.

Mammalian Inkfish, once fully mutated, possess a skeletal structure. With this, they lose their ability to shift forms like they could before. However, with their thicker skin, they no longer need to worry about water killing due to osmotic pressure and stuff. However, they can drown. But due to the mutagenetic properties gifted by the Fuzzy Oozes strange ingredients, they can hold their breaths for quite some time and can quickly learn how to swim in water.

Mammalian Inkfish are still capable of producing Ink, but not at the same rate as they could before. As a remnant of the osmotic pressure aspect, should they have enough ink stored in them and are in enough of a heightened state, they can use a range of Specials. These can be a Killer Wail Roar, a Splashdown, and even a transformation.

This transformation special of the Mammalian Inkfish equates to them bulking out their bodies into a more feral, monstrous state where they are significantly more resilient to damage and can deal much more pain. But like any transformation, it can only last for so long before their ink supply runs out and their 'osmotic pressure' cools down.

There is the idea about whether Mr. Grizz is even the same bear that awoke those several years ago from the Ark of Polaris. Due to the many experiments he performed with the Fuzzy Ooze and its creation, it vastly screwed with his biology. Was it really he who came up with his plan to ensure a lasting legacy of his kind, or the ooze gaining sentience and using what was once Grizz to spread itself about. The answer is never stated, but I like to think of the horrifying implications considering the fact he can like... melt into ink and reform despite having a skeleton.

Mammalian Inkfish mutate in such a way to resemble bearlike creatures. But not just brown bears, but a variety of those in the gene pool of bears.

NO, Octavio didn't brainwash anyone, especially not Callie. In fact, I'll lay down what I have thought about regarding what would spark the Splatoon 2 arc of Splatoon: OC. Callie fled from Inkopolis due to a number factors that left her angry, sad, and hurt. Just to get away from everything, she would eventually head beyond the peak of Mount Nantai. She didn't have a place in mind, just wanted to get as far away. Likely as there might be soldiers performing reconnaissance, they would have spotted her before she reached Octo Canyon. Being informed of her presence, Octavio would decide to personally go see her, along with some Elite soldiers just in case. And while she might initially have been shocked to see DJ Octavio freed, she wouldn't care much about that. If anything, she might have been ready for a fight as she wanted to be left alone considering her messy state of mind. While yes, Octavio certainly had some grievances with her being part of the reasons his plans failed, his anger was more directed at Cuttlefish than her. Plus, he did recognize how the Calamari Inkantation was still in the minds of many Octarians, including his own with it being such a funky tune he can respect begrudgingly. Instead, he sees an opportunity. By allowing her a place to get away from the stress of Inkopolis and her life, he could then show her the life that was for the people that her grandfather labeled as her enemies. As she stayed in in the Octo Domes, she was treated quite well there. Beyond Octavio's orders for her to be treated well, many just were surprised and excited to see her. Really seeing the conditions that these people lived in, she was utterly taken a back how much many who she met did what they could for her. Even the smallest gesture touched her heart. In return, she did what she could to bring that small bit of spark of joy to those she met. Sure, she did encounter those that she did realize were not a fan of her presence, but she didn't push back at all. Her time here not only was helping her chill out but giving her this sense of support that she desperately wanted and needed. She completely lost track of time and even any connection with the surface. She just liked being here, practically seeing the Octarians as friends and family.

With Callie having forged this bond with the Octarians as a whole, as plans were being prepared to get the Great Zapfish of Inkopolis Square, Octavio would decide to test the waters. With her basically experiencing what life was for he and his people, he eventually finds a way to bring up how it isn't fair how the lives of the Octarians have to be the way it is. They were just like the people of the surface yet were forced to basically live in these barely functioning ecosystems all because of something that happened long ago. If anything, the surface was greedy. One Great Zapfish would certainly be enough to fuel the megalopolis, certainly another wouldn't be an issue to lose. And even then, they had access to a multitude of resources that they could use to make up for any inconveniences, to which Callie would genuinely agree on. She basically turned a blind eye to the fact that he and the Octarians pulled off another heist to steal another Great Zapfish. The ultimate test would come when reconnaissance would spot Marie, with a seemingly new Inkling on her side invading the Octo Canyon. When Callie was made aware of this, she stopped to think for a little before coming to the conclusion that she was likely here cause of the Great Zapfish heist. In fact, to Octavio's delight, Callie seemed angry at the mention of Marie's name. Granted, she wasn't made aware of the news regarding her disappearance, but Octavio was careful about what Callie was made aware of. With her basically sympathetic to the Octarians, Callie would willingly aid them from the shadows to stop Marie and this 'Agent 4' from causing any more suffering for the Octarians. While she had no desire to kill, originally trying to menacingly send anonymous radio calls to tell them to back off from what they were doing if they had any sense of empathy, their continued success would cause her to get angrier and frustrated. Not only what could happen to these people that overall helped her in her time of need, but her resentment towards Marie and her family as whole. This boiling rage that would eventually culminate in the final battle.

So yeah, Octavio basically emotionally manipulates Callie. Not only giving her what she wanted but turning her own anger against those that she considered family. I mean think about it, dude is a leader. They need to be able to say the right words to get people to do things. No need for any dumb brainwash crap.

With that said, Callie did help with designing the new outfits for the Octarian Army, even designing her own outfit to fit in more with them. While she had no rank, she basically was treated like an Elite Soldier due to her own skills being formidable. Even with this unofficial rank, Callie never tried to abuse any privileges this would entail.

One of the driving factors that made Grizz initiate his plans was the fear of death. Unlike Judd and Lil Judd, he was not biologically immortal. And with the heightened intelligence 'gifted' to him via the experiments of the humans, he had the existential dread of not only death, but of having no way to pass on a legacy. With no other bears alive, he couldn't continue a lineage as was natural for all creatures to pass on their genetic material. In a sense, this idea of a new age of mammals/bears, the mutations of the Inkfish was his way to leave a lasting legacy on the world. Though however much of that initial spark is left is unknown considering how much the ooze mutated his own biology.

Salmonids have a folk story about 'The beast that came from the night sky ocean.' Basically, it is a recounting of their kind's first encounter with Mr. Grizz when he had just walked out of the wreckage of the Ark of Polaris. Yeah, his first encounter with life on Earth was the Salmonids. Not the best first impression. Even with the tech of the Octarians, many were slaughtered and feasted on by the brown beast.

Yeah... that is about it. I am super tired and trying to sober up before sleep. I hope you enjoyed this Lore Bit. I'd be happy to elaborate on some stuff. :)

[coroangst-confessions]

i thought about this (pretty dark but with a happy ending) coroika au/fanfic a bit ago that honestly i still really like, im just not attached to Ocho anymore and i wont ever write it so ill throw it out here

(prepare for an absolute YAP session here sorry)

(also sorry if this doesnt really fit the confessions blog format or something IDK IF THIS COUNTS AS A CONFESSION LMAO)

After being black labeled by Wireglasses, Ochos world completely shattered. He doesnt know what else to do bow since he basically revolved his life and goals around Wire and being strong, and noq that he realizes that Wire doesnt care about him like he does, hes broken.

Ocho doesnt speak to anyone after thus, and never takes the black label off his weapon even after Wire is defeated. He doesnt play any ink sports or salmon run either (during the salmon run arc ocho isnt there instead 8bit is in his place). Ocho also just thinks about whats happened to himself a lot too. He pretty much just isolates himself from everyone out of shame.

Eventually, Ocho decides to wander off in search of a new purpose in life, and stumbles upon Alterna in the crater. He searches around in Alterna, and ends up finding Mr. Grizz. Grizz, obviously taken aback by this random octoling in the Space Center, tries to attack and fuzzify him, but this fails. Sort of. Ocho does get fuzzified, but before it can affect too much of him and fully turn him, he cuts off his left arm that was affected by the ooze. Now he's partially fuzzy. His instinct and brain chemistry has changed a bit (they're more wolf-like now, but he's not completely feral) (just my personal fuzzy octoling hcs sorry) as well as his left tentacles being fuzzy now. Grizz see Ocho straight up amputate himself and is like "Woah that's crazy yknow i could use someone like you, care to join my workforce?" and Ocho's like "sure" cuz now he has a purpose! He can serve someone and be strong again! What more could he want?

So now Ocho's the general of the fuzzy army, and he even fixes some broken octarian weapons sometimes, but he's not the best so he and Grizz decide they're gonna need someone who CAN fix and make weapons better. They devise a plan.

Meanwhile in Splatsville, the big run arc has passed and stuff has mostly gone back to normal, people are doing turf wars again and there's no black labelling. Though, Barreleye and Mitsuami both feel off about how Ocho's disappeared. The others wave it off that he probably just moved to find a better place, but Barrel and Mitsu aren't convinced. Barrel, Mitsu, and Polpo meet up and talk about what's going on and Barrel and Polpo decide to go searching for Ocho.

They search the more deserted parts of Splatsville, including unpopulated areas with lots of sewer drains, and Barrel ends up getting kidnapped by a mysterious figure right in front of Polpo's eyes.

Polpo rushes back to Mitsu and tells her that her brother just got kidnapped. They try to make a plan, but they both need time to process what happened so they go their separate ways for a bit. Little did they know someone was listening to them.

During this time, Mitsu gets roped into being the new agent 3 by Cuttlefish since they got a new captain (Rider). Mitsu agrees at the moment cuz she thinks she can be neo agent 3 and help Polpo at the same time (she can't).

Yada yada Splat3 story mode happens which means Mitsu disappears for a bit cuz she's in Alerna, basically disappearing to Polpo and she thinks Mitsu also got kidnaped by the mystery figure. Polpo doesn't know what she's gonna do now since no one else knows about what's going on, except for one.

Shellmet appears and tells Polpo that she was eavesdropping on them talking about Barrel's disappearance and offers to help her search for him.

The two start searching again but outside of Splatsville instead and end up finding the crater leading to Alterna. They meet up with Mitsu and sort that stuff out and decide that Shellmet and Polpo will find a way to clear the rocket island while Mitsu does missions.

During this process, Polpo investigates one of the buildings in Happiness Research Lab (by breaking through one of the windows lol) and finds Ocho and Barrel fixing a weapon. Polpo tries to get Barrel, but after arguing with Ocho for a moment, Ocho pushes Polpo out of the window she came through.

Polpo thinks this is the end for her since she'll fall into water, but Mitsu catches her while riding on one of the riderails. They get back to Future Utopia Island and Polpo tells the others about what she saw, that Barrel was captured by Ocho and Ocho was working for Grizz now. Everyone is very worried about this, but they decide to make their way to the rocket island since they have all the treasures at that point. They do and once they get there, yada yada, Deep Cut shenanigans, Mitsu tells Polpo and Shellmet to split up in the Space Center and try to find Ocho and Barrel. They do and in one of the lab rooms, they find Barrel and guess who.

WIREGLASSES. They're both injured too (Wire more than Barrel but still), and Barrel is probably affected by the fuzzy ooze a bit (still not enough to turn him feral). Shellmet tells Polpo to go up to the launchpad while she tends to Wire and Barrel's injuries, so Polpo makes her way up to the launchpad and finds Mitsu, Callie, and Marie up there with Grizz. Grizz has that speech and stuff but at the end, he says he'd like to introduce them to the "employee of the month" and Ocho appears behind the others wielding a modified splatana. Grizz takes off on the rocket and leaves Ocho to fight the others.

Ocho challenges Mitsu to fight him, one to one, but Polpo isn't dealing with this shit and immediately attacks Ocho. Ocho gets knocked down and held at blaster-point by Polpo, then is like "you'll never take me alive!!!" and superjumps to the rocket with Grizz. Polpo and Mitsu are like "wait how did he do that isnt it in the sky how are we gonna get up there" and yayyyy Deep Cut appears and helps Mitsu and Polpo up.

They get to the rocketship and fight Mr. Grizz, but in his last phase, Ocho appears again and actually fights them. Ocho actually is starting to beat Mitsu and Polpo, but at the last moment, Mitsu says this cheesy cliche speech to Ocho and hugs him, which works somehow and snaps Ocho out of him being evil cuz "woah an actual hug that's crazy Imma not be evil anymore cuz hugs are nice"

Ocho turns to Grizz and is like "imma kill you but with the power of friendship instead" and so Ocho, Mitsu, and Polpo all beat up Grizz and then the final phase with Hugefry happens too and stuff yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They go back to Earth and the three have a talk about what happened and why Ocho left while on Octavio's mech suit thing. The three sort it out and land back on the ground where the rest of the NSBS, Shellmet, Barrel, and Wire are waiting for them. Ocho apologizes to Wire and Barrel and says he's probably just gonna stay in Alterna or something, but Mitsu's like "nah you're coming back up to Splatsville to get therapy" so they go back up.

Ocho realizes that when he has friends by his side instead of paid workers and isn't serving anyone, he's much happier. Ocho even starts getting back into turf wars and becomes a splatana stamper main. He also obviously gets help and gets better mentally.

Maybe everything will be ok after all.

The end

SO SORRY FOR MAKING YOU READ ALL THAT IDK WHAT I WAS COOKING BUT I THINK I BURNED IT

im too coroikapilled for this world💔

anyway bye

EATS THIS???? NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE THIS IS ACTUALLY SO COOL

[yourbestpalpercy]

Fuck it

Have some pure Operator and Tartar trivia because I randomly thought of a whole lot of trivia. + Some bonus Everest trivia because she’s my favorite.

To start this off, how about some Tartar trivia!

* When all of humanity went extinct, Tartar retreated into the professor’s lab and set up base before it went out and started collecting up every game, book, movie, every kind of media it possibly could find. He even pirate- bought every online game, book, and movie he could. They did avoid online and multiplayer only games for obvious reasons. And before anyone can ask the haha, funny, unhinged question; yes, Tartar did in fact break into houses and other living quarters to make sure it got everything it possibly could get to keep itself entertained for the isolation it had already predicted it would go through. When Tartar ran out of things to do (which took forever), he started making sequels and giving endings to things that were left on cliffhangers. No, this did not stop Tartar from going crazy in isolation, it only helped them ignore it.

* When Tartar did all of that, it started replaying them and fully completing them. Eventually, when there was nothing else to do, he started watching the world change around him.

* So basically, the Resurgence AU Tartar is a gamer.

*Seriously, they will ramble about the things they did during that isolation period if you ask about them.

* I think Tartar liked the Halo games, the Bioshock games, and a few others but it doesn’t like the lore of Bioshock 1 and 2 (It reminds Tartar of Alterna and the professor) but it adores Bioshock Infinite, the lore that it knows doesn’t remind it of its isolation.

* Off page, Everest did once come across the room that Tartar stayed in and got curious. She started going through everything and collected up the things she found interesting (Wings of Fire, Warriors, mostly just books really). One day, Tartar passed by her room and found her reading Wings of Fire (I like to believe that Everest is a huge fan of the series. She loves dragons! Notably though, her least favorite tribe is SeaWings) and had a jolt of shock go through him before asking her where she got the book. Everest admitted and Tartar explained before leaving her alone, absolutely ecstatic that Everest discovered one of the many things he had from the time of the old humans.

Operator time!

* After Tartar’s reset, while yes, Operator did keep a lot of information about humanity and also (albeit now hazy) memories about its isolation, a lot of the older information about humans was erased thanks to the reset.

* He remembers a lot of the games he played during that isolation and after the reset, Everest found herself back in that room when she discovered Bioshock. Operator remembers the game’s contents and refuses to let Everest play because it’s graphic. Everest came up with a plan and dug out a different game, pretending to have interest in it. Operator was skeptical but eventually helped Everest fix and get the console working. Everest played the game she claimed to be interested in for just an hour (Operator was watching her) before putting in Bioshock Infinite the second Operator stopped watching her. Eventually, Everest got to the point where everything goes downhill and she pauses the game immediately after the scene. Operator reenters the room to find Everest crying, curled up on the ground. It’s immediately clear to him that Everest is having a traumatic flashback to her times in the cult. Operator looked at the game (Bioshock Infinite) which gave him a huge clue on what was going on because he remembered the contents of Bioshock Infinite. Operator begins to comfort Everest and soon puts in a different game. Once Everest is snapped back to reality, Operator gets her to start playing a game they would both enjoy and it’s honestly just a sweet scene of Operator comforting Everest.