#Splat Bio

[clannfearrunt]

Finally happy with how to draw my Splat Bio AU's "Shrimp" and "Crabs". It only took four years and staring intently at unboxing videos of a very expensive articulated coconut crab figure to figure out what the fuck is going on with their faces

Since it's been a while the Splat Bio AU's main goal is to consolidate the number of different lineages evolving into sapient land people. The biggest group of truly terrestrial crustaceans in the Mollusk Era are descended from the humble coconut crab, Birgus latrans. There are two sapient species from this lineage, colloquially referred to as Shrimp and Crabs. Which is confusing, because neither of them are either of those things but that is a common theme of the Splat Bio AU. It's fine.

They grow pretty slowly compared to a lot of the other people because molting over and over again to big size takes a while. They probably have a very different way of conceptualizing age and life stages accordingly but I'd have to think about it later.

[darewolfcreates]

Shout out to the time I forgot how fist bumps worked and assumed they were like high fives.

[crescentfool]

Hi 👉👈 I don’t have a lot to say, I just wanted to hi give you from across the room because I followed you for P3 but it turns out you and I share a ton of fandoms and I just think that’s really super neat.

You get a good grade in fandom taste 💖

WAVES HI!! thank you for the follow and message, it makes me happy to hear that you've enjoyed seeing the other media i've reblogged stuff of! P3 is definitely something i hold close to my heart, but i have lots of media i'm full of love for too! so thank you for appreciating it, i hope you enjoy your stay! 🥺💙

[cxlliefxn]

The main character of an upcoming fic 💞 His name is Ori and he's a firefly squid 💕

[powderedshards]

tag dump!

[orion-archives]

"From Prime to Papa" AU - Doodles

(Spec Bayverse Cybetronian bio post here)

Sentinel: Primus, it's finally hatch–!

(The egg on his hands cracks open and splats energon all over Sentinel's face)

Sentinel: –ing...

THE BABIES‼️

Since Cybertron was in a decaying state at the time of Optimus and Megatron's hatching and their egg couldn't develop properly, the brothers were born as small protoforms that couldn't feed on their own or even see at the begining unlike fully formed hatchlings that are similar to a toddler.

This means that Sentinel, instead of having two toddlers that were easier to take care of, was now stuck with the equivalent of two newborn kittens.

While Megatron is the strongest hatchling, Optimus takes the crown when it comes to being the more vocal.

Primus, give him patience.

[gojinka]

Hehe may I ask about evil Callie?

(The evil/brainwashed) Callie here functions a bit differently… as I also use her to explore what exactly mud mouths are… and the octarian’s relationship with their ally, Salmonids…

Explanation under the cut. 🚧

Due to constrained relations between them and the other main dominating species— (salmonid/octarian vs inklings)— most Inklings, namely younger generations, are more desperate to fix and mend the relationship.

(There is plenty more to this! But I don’t want to make this come across as far more convoluted than it needs to be, so here have this for now:📒)

Octavio contacted Callie directly, albeit in secret, telling her that he has plans that would be a step forward in ending the tension between the Inklings and Octarian-Salmonid groups. What he had introduced was a new type of “ink” that would make their species “salmonid friendly”, and he wanted Callie to be the one to be the first public appearance with this new Ink in hopes to reach a wider audience…

Most of that isn’t true— but to Callie— who is a direct descendant of a war leader, was raised as an agent, and lives in a fairly dangerous city zone that floods, that sounded like a better step towards a better life, and she went for it.

This ink is known as MUD— and this “ink” isn’t technically ink at all, as mentioned in a previous post, most inks are a synthetic toxic poison, designed for warfare, but this ink on the contrary, wasn't designed by Inkfish, it was designed by Salmonids.

MUD is a slimy corrosive ink designed to rival Inkfish’s ink, namely in salmon runs and Ink Wasted territories, one that blends into the grounds and spreads out quickly and efficiently much like Inkfish ink, but one that corrodes Inklings by absorbing into them, and leaves salmonids completely safe from any burning effects.

The Octarian were the ones tasked with creating this new bio-weapon, as an added benefit being it would not affect their species, (they would be safe from it regardless, considering Salmon-Runs are an Inkling exclusive event, and Octolings were surprised when they learned about them.)

They tried different methods of testing it, and ultimately, the project failed— Mud uses both Salmonid and Inkling DNA in its creation, and when Mud was being developed, it melted Salmonids like Ink typically does due to its hyper-corrosive nature, but because it carried Inkling + Salmonid DNA, the salmonid’s skin would attempt to mimic the properties of inklings and constantly try to reconstruct itself into the “swim” form, which made Salmonids a walking (or rather, squirming) sludge, these monsters became known as MUDMOUTHS, and are not truly considered alive, since they run exclusively on the Running Instinct that exists in Salmonid DNA.

And in turn, when the ink was absorbed into Inklings— the previously noted “running instinct” would have an almost Kraken-Esque affect on inklings before corroding and splatting them.

The running instinct would work as intended, everything they eat immediately converts to growth in preparation for an arduous journey, they’re extremely aggressive, and they have a desire to return to the salmonid birthplace.

Mud would splat inklings upon prolonged contact, but Inklings who were test subjects for mud were slowly injected with Mud over a course of time. These subjects were disoriented and had a sort of “positive” aggressive attitude that didn’t falter even in the face of family or friends.

They are easy to persuade and it’s unclear if this is due to the pain of getting the ink-content in their bodies replaced by this synthetic fake-ink, or if the running instinct muddles their thoughts. It’s probably a healthy mix of both.

Dj Octavio, kept Callie by his side, since in her current state her mind would be too fogged up to dispute or make sense of what he’s making her do.

He planned on using Callie to stir up trouble in Inkopolis solely for the sake of rising tension. Octavio is constantly searching for reasons to make Inkling’s an enemy in the eyes of everyone who sees them, and painting Callie— a well known public figure; a known descendant of Captain Cuttlefish— as vicious would do wonders for allowing most people to view the Octarian as a force that would more desirably be backed up, it would reinforce their armies. And make them overall stronger if people felt they had reason to target Inklings.

He didn’t get this far due to Agent Four’s interference.

But, he got to accomplish many theft missions using Callie— which included robbing Inkopolis of some of the Zapfish Generators, which are giant machines that are powered thanks to the Zapfish, and thanks to the Zap-Ink— ⤵️

(Above image is from here) — Octavio was able to use said generators to restore power to many of the war-affected bio-domes that have been obsolete for decades, WITHOUT the need for a Zapfish.

But his reasoning can still be dumbed down to a petty move on Octavio’s part— who despite having a safer ground in the domes due to a good trade relationship with Salmonids and a vast space away from water— he still feels bitter about losing the remaining lands. And because of this the Octarian are plenty more war driven, and they are more likely to easily fall to the fervor of these schemes and battles.

[vtm-character-gacha]

vtm character scouting guide

this blog currently uses v5 of Vampire: The Masquerade. more editions and splats may come in future. no homebrew will be used at this time.

these characters are made by hand by a sapient, fleshy adult humanoid who is occasionally busy. some parts are randomised with dice. vtm is a special interest that the mod has indulged for over a year, but they do not know everything, and they are not a machine. please keep in mind that full character sheets will take the longest.

if you would like options within a range, state all options within the range (e.g. fledgling/neonate/ancilla). if you do not specify a range, within a category, it will be assigned at random as necessary.

MANDATORY:

aspects: full character sheet (FCS) (includes everything) | attributes & notable skills (ANS) | Discipline Powers (DP) | predator type (PT) | advantages & flaws (AF) | name (N) | physical appearance (PA) | biography (BIO)

OPTIONAL:

species: kindred/lick/vampire/cainite | ghoul | kine/human

gender identity: [specify gender identity here]

age: fledgling | neonate | ancilla | elder | methuselah | [specify apparent age range and/or ghouled age range here]

location: [specify city or country here]

clan: [specify clan or lack thereof here]

sect: camarilla | anarch | sabbat | independent (hecata) | autarkis

status: prince/baron/archbishop | seneschal/primogen/councilmember/bishop | sheriff/scourge/templar | harpy/sweeper

toggles: antitribu on (AT ON) | rare bloodlines on (RB ON) | loresheets on (LS ON)

additional notes: [any additional things the mod should know, such as restrictions or character relationships]

thank you for reading. you may now send your scouting ask.

[r0ttenhearts]

end of summer blues

thoma x situationship! reader

sypnosis: with the end of summer your relationship with him dwindles

a/n: super self indulgent this is a comfort fic for me sorry if he’s ooc

it was finally over. the day you had feared would eventually come. thoma was a sweet boy, holding a place near and dear to your heart as you both grew up together. with two confused teenagers came the need to have a certain type of closeness that’s reserved for lovers.

deep in your heart you knew it was wrong, you knew it hurt him. he loved you for awhile, and you loved him too. but you fell for him once he was in the arms of another girl. a girl that was everything you were not. you couldn’t hate her for it, she was just kind to him. and he had found it in him to move on from you.

it didn’t help the ache in your heart as you sat alone on the edge of your porch. a melting bright blue popsicle in your hand, the other half melting on the wrapper beside you. six years of pain, six years of memories, gone. the blonde haired boy slowly disappeared from your life, texts and calls going unread. his profiles on social media now matching ayaka’s, his bio’s filled with cheese love lines. it made you feel sick.

you remembered the last time you spoke to him, the tears in your eyes and the indifference in his voice. it was as if he was talking to someone he hated, not a friend of six years.

“what do you want me to tell you, (y/n)? sorry, we can still have sex and live together?”

“you’re such a fucking asshole, thoma.”

fat tears rolled down your cheek, the melting blue ice finally splatting on the floor.

“why can’t you be calm about this? just because i’m with ayaka doesn’t mean we don’t have to be friends.”

“it hurts too much to see you replace me and disappear. i don’t want you to only come to me when she’s not satisfying you.”

“you didn’t hate it, (y/n). don’t lie.”

your phone still sat in your pocket, his profiles all blocked and restricted from being able to view anything about you.

“just let me go, thoma. we both have other things to hold onto, different things that make us happy. i won’t do this with you anymore.”

“we’ve been friends for years (y/n). i’m not gonna throw away a quick fuck just because you wanna be dramatic.”

that sweet smile you once looked forward to seeing was nowhere in sight that night. the glare and scoff on his pretty features were unrecognizable. this is what he thought of you after years of friendship. after years of consoling each other and being there for one another.

“i’m done, thoma. taroumaru deserves better than what you’re doing now.”

taglist: @samarill @jaderose18 @whorerificstuff @lelemnh @linkookie197

a/n: gosh that argument hurt so bad i was shaking the whole time i hope i never see him again

part II

[summoningcirclepress]

If @makapatag and @momatoes aren't household names yet, they should be! In Splat 5 (pledge now!) we're gonna chat the history RPGSEA with these two incredible designers. momatoes maintains the database Across RPGSEA of games made by creators in the region and is perhaps best known for the game ARC: Doom although she's made many more.

Waks makes fantasy TTRPGs that pull heavily from folklore, culture and history in SEA like Maharlika and Gubat Banwa. Their research into pre-colonial Philippines has always impressed me.

These tiny bios don't capture nearly enough of what either of these folks do, so please check out their work for yourself. You won't be disappointed.

RPGSEA has been growing and gaining international acclaim in recent years. Help us shine a spotlight on one of the most exciting, creative groups in the world!

(Splat 5 is still crowdfunding until Feb 20th 9:00pm EST. If you want to read the interview with Waks and momatoes, consider pledging or spreading the word)

[sniffingcinnamon]

What are Ivy, Basil, and Neo’s fighting styles like? 

Basil is by far the best at up-close fighting out of the three of them, given that he mains Splatana Stamper. He usually dips in and out of his ink, in an attempt to throw his opponents off. If he has little ground, he might go into swim form and accidentally go into his opponent's ink, afterwards however, he'll retreat and stand his ground using the stamper's horizontal slash to keep opponents at bay, and also gain ground on them.

Neo is best at support. They use the Splattershot Jr, which allows them to not only ink the floor quickly, which helps Basil, but they can also create a safe space for their team to fall back into using big bubbler. However, they're also quite good at doing aggressive plays, and they have fairly good aim.

Ivy actually has a few weapons she mains, being Tri-Stringer, Dowser Dualies, and the Hero Shot. She's best with the Dowser Dualies, which not only give her good ranged attacks, but also allow her to splat any enemies that get too close for comfort. The main reason she uses the Tri-Stringer is that it's good for when she's in the mood for pure support. She uses the Hero Shot because It's the gear she was given. Not much else to it.

Also TY FOR ALL THE ASKS!!!! I'll probably save the last one for when I finish character bios for my other agents, but you asked some really great questions!

[clannfearrunt]

Hi I'm spitting out biology (and a liiiiitle bit cultural) musings more of them. These guys are actually terrestrial holothurians (sea cucumbers). I'm putting my stonks into echinodermata we have to believe in their Powers to evolve new and exciting shapes.

The people who keep symbiotic fish in their tentacles call themselves Anemones, while the ones that reject the fish as parasites and wear shell-like hats over most of their tentacles call themselves Nautilus. In the modern day there is an increasing population of those who consider themselves neither of these things but due to the history of these two cultures there isn't a widely accepted colloquial name for the species as a whole.

They're not cnidarians so they don't possess stinging cells, but they produce a thick venomous mucous from their tentacles that causes paralysis and inflammation on contact for various other animals. They evolved as social ambush predators that would jump on their prey and slather this mucous over them to subdue them. Their ideal diet is like 60% meat and 30% fruits, with bonus whatever the fuck else they feel like eating as a treat.

The venomous mucous may have been what initially started the Nautiluses' practice of covering most of their tentacles, along with protection from the sun and aerial predators. They have a long history as a multi-species people, and keeping contact venom just exposed around your loved ones without resistance to it is just plain dangerous. These days it's more of a visual identification and religious thing though.

These guys don't have real eyes, but are covered in light sensing cells all across their skin. They have shit visual acuity and can't see very far, but they're usually aware of the general silhouette of large objects a few feet around them, and are sensitive to movement. The Anemones, at least, formed a symbiotic relationship with a species of amphibious fish partially due to them being able to see farther and with higher acuity and warn them of things they might not have picked up on by themselves.

There's a lot of in-universe debate over the exact intelligence of the clownfish, but the average seems to be kind of parrot-like, with occasional exceptionally intelligent, probably sapient individuals. They're hard to study, because they're usually extremely shy towards other people, plus Anemones tend to develop a very strong bond with their clowns that skews their perception of what their own fish is capable of. In the modern day the relationship between Anemones and their fish is largely religious rather than out of any real practical necessity; the Anemone religious hegemony considers these fish as one half of a full person, and places an extreme importance on maintaining this relationship. This is usually fine and what ever, but can place Anemones and clownfish alike into difficult situations when the relationship is unwanted or cannot be maintained properly for whatever reason. It's also the reason Anemones and Nautilus have historically considered themselves separate, often rival species; the presence of the clowns or lackthereof have been considered mutually repulsive and a sign of something being deeply Wrong about the other group.

Most terrestrial holothurians are small, trundling insectivores, but there is one large species these guys share a close evolutionary relationship with. The dropbear are solitary, arboreal ambush predators that used to share much of their range with Anemones, but are currently critically endangered in the wild. Anemones, with their very low visual acuity and poor sense of smell, have a very hard time distinguishing dropbears from members of their own species. It's thought the need to tell friend apart from foe is what drove them to develop complex vocal capabilities.

Side note the Example Anemone here is wearing an extremely hastily designed example of traditional Anemone accessories; they didn't have a nudity taboo and actually prefer to keep most of their skin uncovered so they can see, but they enjoyed wearing accessories with tactile or audible elements built into it. Beads were often placed so they'd click together when moving, and combined with knots in the cords were often arranged according to their traditional system of cord "writing" so that people could read each other's clothing.

These guys support themselves on land through an endoskeleton made up of a network of mesodermal ossicles and catch connective tissue. When threatened, they can dramatically loosen their skin and let a predator or perhaps a guy easily tear off whatever part of their body they've grabbed, allowing for an easy getaway with relatively easy wounds to regenerate. This easily gooped skeletal structure does make them very prone to fatigue though. It was fine, because they're ambush predators. They were just supposed to be sitting there most of the day. Please.

[darewolfcreates]

Happy pride month I'm back in the closet.

[spiralstereo]

announcement !! i am trying out new names... i had an identity crisis earlier & uh. yeah

its on our pronouns.cc on our bio but- we're going by rifle / ak now !! we also have pronoun preferences...

-> it / boom / bang / star / comet / fleet / splat & any other neos !! any other general pronouns are okay tho !

thank you all.. ^^

-rifle / ak 🌀

[emmyarts7]

Currently doing some overhauls for my characters but feel free to ask me or them any questions!

Characters and their bios, make sure to read before asking questions!:

Naomi was once a ruthless and hotheaded octarian soldier trained by her mother. It was until an attack by agent 3 that led to the events of octo expansion and her becoming the more reserved yet stubborn and caring octoling we all know and love! She has had her memories return after fixing her pallet but prefers to stay Naomi. She does have periods of ptsd from octo expansion, but she has her friends to manage. She got a true position in the splatoon once kaori was promoted.

Surume was a sheltered city girl and known to be a teachers pet and overachiever. Marie helped her get out of her comfort zone and really embrace the competitiveness she had buried inside, eventually becoming a legend in her own way. Going from an awkward shy nerd to the confident extrovert she is now. Though if you look carefully, you can still see the anxiety she gets from her perfection she’s placed on herself. regrets at grizzco and fighting a whole army doesn’t make it any better

Kaori comes from far away from inkadia and comes from a filthy rich and respected family of her mother being a scientist and her father being the mayor. Once she was 14 she ran away from home to get to inkopolis to experience something new. She met up with her childhood friend John and help founded the inkopolis plaza promo kids to help build turf war popularity and became a legend for turf warriors. 2 years after joining the new squidbeak splatoon the team disbanded. Leaving her forced to leave school and dive farther into the squidbeak splatoon to the point of no return even though she wanted to quit.

Veronika was a splatlands inkling found on the shores of salmonid territory as a baby. A few salmonids raised her as their own despite the rest of the community not being very thrilled. She juggled living as the inkling in salmonid society and the lonely freak at a splatsville school. At 14 she was forced out of the salmonid territory and had to rely on childhood friends Hiro and Anne for support. She eventually got work as a scrap seller and made friends with Kojake, who she calls Little buddy.

John comes from far away from inkadia and moved with his family to inkopolis a year prior to kaori running away. He was the one who told kaori about turf war and helped convince her to help make it more popular. Together they founded the inkopolis plaza promo kids. 2 years later he found out about Kaori being in the squidbeak splatoon and told the rest of the team. This caused them to disband and now he has no contact with Kaori due to his own pity.

Hiro is the childhood friend of Veronika and Anne. The opposite of Veronika, He’s a very hard worker who’s known to be cunning beneath his chill and smart nature. He is the second strongest in the splatsville turf war scene due to his talents and book smarts and has fear for Veronika whose raw strength and skills surpasses his professional training without her even trying. This makes him a bit bitter thinking about it. Veronika tends to be more clingy and spend more time with him than Anne. He respects that and will always be there when she is in desperate need and will put her or Anne before himself.

Anne is a childhood friend to Hiro and Veronika, she’s the third strongest in splatsville and is known for her insane physical strength and unpredictable nature. In short she is not afraid to get messy with laws but won’t fully break one (unlike Veronika). She is the glue who keeps the splatsville stop 8 together and hanging out. She feels a bit jealous of the fact Veronika and Hiro treat her as a third wheel. She tries to not mind as she has a hatred for Kojake that she’ll never admit to it. It’s the reason she helped Veronica in her time of need less then Hiro did

Akari is the older sister of Surume and a respected veterinarian. She lives close by her teacher mother and her police officer father and hasn’t had much contact with Surume until post side order. She helped teach Surume the basics of turf war and use to be a turf war player herself. She quit after an injury and now is worried for Surume who is in the top league. She also has something against Marie for keeping track of personal things about Surume. Though they will later become friends

Cuttle is a rich boy who founded the splatsville square promo kids team in order to become legendary like Kaori or John. His efforts led to Surume joining and surpassing him and becoming the top player in inkopolis square and respected in her own right. This made him furious as even if he is seen as respected aswell, he wants to be the top. So he uses his money to try and stop Surume. He isn’t all bad as he took in Steven when he first left the octarian domes and taught him everything he needs to know. He likes to find dirt on the splatoon to take down Surume but the internet doesn’t have any.

Steven is the twin brother to Naomi and a former octarian soldier under his mother’s command. He escaped with all the other octolings and managed to get away from his mother’s grip. He was taken in by Cuttle and taught about inkling society by him. He use to dream of fighting as a soldier like Naomi but as a boy he was reduced to training the soldiers. This made him hate fighting and violence and only does turf wars out of respect for Cuttle and to repay him for what he’s done. He still misses his sister and secretly keeps an eye on what she’s been up to. He doesn’t want their mom finding her or having to get near either Kaori or Surume out of fear of knowing their other identities.

[miraclemaya]

WAIT STOP THE DAMN PRESSES Maya what ttrpgs do you like? how have I never seen that part of your bio before??

i like a lot of them. but my favourites are perhaps, delta green, unknown armies, blades in the dark, and i have a love hate relationship with many WoD/CofD splats. there's some osr games i think are really neat, as well as some story games, but ive actually played very little unfortunately.