#giant!squidkid

[coroika-headcanons]

Skull is really damn tall. like freakishly goliath-size tall. like has to duck in every doorway. like towering over everyone else by a mile

if I knew more marine biology I'd come up with a species specific reason for this but I'm lazy soooo

Also as a result of this he has lots and lots of admirers and romantic options but is very ignorant of this, leading to funny hijinks.

⭐

[nomsfaultau]

The different morality systems at play within my own works is always really interesting to me. Cause like, it’s not the action itself, it’s how it’s framed.

Like, I’m just thinking about how despised and villainous MFR Philza is for his everything, but he never physically hurts Techno, unlike how Lambs ”sbi” bruise, bloody, poison, starve, nearly murder Lambs Philza and are still sympathetic. Just like MFR Philza, “sbi” also harm their victim’s loved ones, given MFR Piglin’s kidnapping/torture and Lambs Sbi kidnapping/murder. Lambs “sbi” also kill a lot of people, similar to MFR Phil’s Nether Massacre. And yet, the narrative weight is different, and we’re supposed to root for Lambs “sbi” bonding with Lambs Phil.

MFR Philza’s all encompassing surveillance to protect everyone is treated as a horrific violation of privacy with long lasting psychological consequences. Fault Tubbos’ all encompassing surveillance to protect everyone is treated as common sense. Both are dealing with actual massive threats. Fault’s threat is literally guaranteed to be non lethal in a way MFRs isn’t, even! Or in another direct comparison, both MFR and Fault Philza commit horrible massacres that leave Techno/Tommy (respectively) traumatized and convinced escape is impossible and at least a little catatonic. And both Phils are considered bad because of it, but unlike MFR, Fault Philza can come back from that. It’s considered a mistake that he can apologize for and they can move on from, because in Fault death doesn’t have quite the same weight. Sure it deviates from the pure action schlock of its genre by having some consideration for it, but giant death tolls are still normalized. Hell, Fault Tommy has killed like crazy but he’s poor little meow meow’d about it!

Perhaps it’s the culpability of it? Fault Tommy was heavily coerced into doing lots of murder. MFR Philza had a lot of agency in the Nether massacre, but Fault Philza’s Amnestic massacres are far more dubious given his sanity was being chemically bleached away. Lambs “sbi” don’t have the background context to actually understand typical morality, and so readers treat them far more sympathetically compared to MFR Philza who should have a modern morality system. Or what about Altars Techno, who LITERALLY EATS ORPHANS AND HAS FOR CENTURIES? And yet we just kinda gloss over that, potentially because gods in Altars are controlled and shaped by their worshipers, and so it’s unclear how much agency he had in the sacrifices (or in stopping them; again, was that a choice Altars Techno made? Or did Altars Tommy make that for him by his more innocent worship dictating it?). Or Fault Tommy kidnaps Techno like constantly, because he can’t control summonings, or Weight in Gold Philza is a giant bird so we forgive him for kidnapping Techno because he was only intending to eat him, but when MFR and Lords! Phils do it, it’s suddenly reprehensible?

Could be reader attachment to characters, since again moral weight is warped in fiction so it’s up to if it harms the reader. The MFR Nether massacre hits more than Fault’s Hallway massacre because the reader knows the characters being killed, compared to Fault’s faceless corpses. And then we only knew MFR Blaze and Squidkid like a chapter, compared to Fault Rosalind being there the entire first epoch before being brutally murdered by Tubbo. And she’s not even actually dead, but that’s treated with massive weight compared to multiple characters known a short amount of time, compared to hundreds npcs.

I think a lot of it is the ‘sell’. Like in a fake wrestling match, where the impact of the heel is determined by how much the target is supposedly hurt. Since it’s fiction right, it’s all artifice, we only care so much as the protagonists do. When MFR Techno goes absolutely catatonic for weeks after the Nether massacre, when he spends the entire rest of MFR in its shadow- that more than anything gives those deaths weight. Or within Fault itself, where Fault Philza is despised by Fault Tubbo because they watched him murder a bunch of people, but (like the readers) are far more forgiving of Fault Tommy’s murders because they like him and haven’t really been impacted by them (happen mostly off screen). And hell, for Weight in Gold Techno and Kristin and Phil doing a bunch of terrorism and murder is a bonding activity!

Like. This is why just stating war crimes lists or whatever doesn’t always tell you if the character is considered good or not, because it depends so much on the tone, genre, context, and character reactions. One story’s irredeemable villain is another’s protagonist’s Tuesday, you feel me?

[goosedawn]

(1/6) ok so just had a mcyt g/t au idea {tiny farmer}! /// There’s a potato field. Now this in itself isn’t something special, but what stands out about this one is the shear area of the land it covers, flowing over hills, and producing potatoes so fast one might wonder if the field is enchanted in some way.

hey anon???? i absolutely LOVE this dbdbghbjjhkdjhbdhbjhjddbdkhd,,, rivals squidkid and techno are just. so good

this sketch was meant to be for me to figure out how to draw borrower techno for a different tiny techno ask, but it somehow turned into tiny farmer techno jhsnhsbdvhdnh

(if ur not the same anon congrats on just hiveminding ig dbsjfbndb yall seem to do that a lot,,,,)

i know you said the two are a couple towns away... but please consider technos fields growing rapidly and they just. they become neighbours :]

also some extra doodles!

"scarecrow" phil came to me suddenly and i couldnt resist djhdkndbc (... techno isnt happy with this development but cant be bothered to take phil down, so he probably ends up talking to phil as he shoos away crows on his own)

i can imagine phil coming to life one day, interrupting technos grumbling about the crows and just being like. "well m8 maybe you shouldn't have stuffed me with crow feathers and straw then"

[baka-monarch]

Krakeninnit. The war on plants was all good and fun until Squid tried to visit the farm without supervision of sbi, and look! An human village, what losers, they should have ransacked it already, well, let's not waste resources!

👀

Tommy was out with Techno in a different part of the ocean when this happened- so Tubbo was terrified when Squid showed up, he's just one small human who usually call for Tommy for help, and now there's this 250ft kraken stealing things, and kidnapping people from their village-

Tubbo tries his best to help the villagers to escape, already knowing well where these huge mers can't get to because of Tommy- but being the last person out in the open has it's down sides, such as: being kidnapped

Mcyt g/t tag list:

@nomynameisanon @trashpumped @loriepoptale @encaos @i-am-a-weeb @ludacris247 @shy-septic-dragon @5unfl0writ3r @colorfulsiren @moonmwah @iwasgoingtohellanyways @echoslime @wilbur-simp @trouble-off-grid @the-misfits-system

[hometownrockstar]

i dont know what to draw now that i’ve finished all 3 of those long projects i’ve been working on for a while... the only thing i’ve drawn in-between them are mostly sketches im either not too attached to or there are too many to decide which to start on. also i’ve drawn this i think this is pretty good

[bigmountaincat]

Thanks to @theconfusedanimal, I finally have my own SquidKid! X3

I’m super excited about this, and I haven’t had my own fan-based OC in a while. I don’t play too much Splatoon only because I don’t have any copies of the game/system to play it on, but I’ve always loved the character designs, the music, and all the little cultural things they’ve got going on. And now I have my own Inkling to insert into the lore! Because I’m insane! :D

Introducing Cyril! Name: Cyril “Cy” Age: 19 Species: Giant Squid Height: 200 feet Weight: ~71,938.26 kg/~71.94 metric tons Personality: Very friendly, and usually excitable. Often thought to be younger than he actually is. Usually very careful of his surroundings, but can get a little careless when he’s excited. Huge Marina fan, and he hopes he gets to meet her some day. Sometimes forgets he’s 40 times the size of his fellow Inklings. Bio: Like every Inkling, Cyril grew up wanting to be a part of the Turf Wars that everyone took part in. As he started to age, however, his size continued to grow, separating him from the rest of his group. When he was 9, it became apparent that he was easily 5 times the size of a fully-grown Inkling, and it was decided that it would be altogether unfair for him to participate, he was prohibited from being a member of any inkling teams. By the time he reached maturity, he had reached his full size, and no one was certain what to do with him.      For a while, he worked as a construction assistant, but he was always unhappy with that. He spent all of his free time spectating the official Turf Wars matches. Because of his size, he had to sit pretty far away from everything, but he was always super excited, and everyone could hear his cries of excitement and encouragement over the sounds of the competition.       After months of attending matches of a specific team, the team finally started a secret petition amongst the participants. It turned out that nearly everyone was familiar with Cyril’s supportive cries during matches, and they were very appreciative. With the approval of the folks in charge, it was decided that Cyril would be able to participate in the Turf Wars matches as a unique kind of Special Weapon.       Armed with a slightly-larger-than-normal Slosher, when called upon, he can toss his stash of ink on the field, turning the area indicated by teammates into a deluge of ink. He now works at a specific stadium, and his buckets are traded out for whichever color teams are playing that day. Inklings come from all over to catch the energetic colossus dump his buckets of ink, and many specifically pay extra to sit in the “Splash Zone,” an area directly in front of Cyril’s designated area. Not only did this turn out to be an amazing economic opportunity for the stadium, but a great way to dispel rumors and concerns over Cy’s large size, and Inklings very quickly became accepting of him. He’s become a bit of a cross between a celebrity and a landmark for the stadium, and his new job has gotten him to meet all kinds of Inklings from all over the world!

Feel free to submit asks about my new SquidSon! :D

Art by @theconfusedanimal (get your own SquidKid here!) Character (c) Me Splatoon (c) Nintendo

[superjumpintomyheart]

The ask about human language is getting me thinking about how inklings reconstruct/view human society. Like we know they find human bones all the time but something tells me they reconstruct them really weirdly. Sorta like how 1800s paleontologists reconstructed dinosaurs as giant lizards -Bingob

accepted 100% i bet they think we were like scaley or reptilian like, or on the contrary they think we were all just puffs of fuzz, like what happens when you touch the ooze in Alterna. I'm leaning more towards the fuzzy idea, but it would be so funny if they viewed us as like, fluffy cute animals. humans like dinosaurs bc they're cool, some ppl think they're cute, so i think some cephalings would think the same about humans! imagine little squidkids with their human action figures making silly noises to resemble what they think we sounded like lol

[dazenightmare]

(Hi just for context I have no idea who squidkid is or what the potatoe war is but I had a fantastic idea and so I’m using them in this anyway)

So tommy right. Ok well you’re not going to believe this but he gets lost. He was just vibing and next thing he knows he’s in an alleyway presumably far from the store. And just before he calls for help he happens to bump into squidkid. (I’m not sure if they would’ve met or not yet but in this situation they do not recognize eachother)

And squid is like “are you alright tall child??” And tommy, after cursing him out for calling him a child for he is a large big man, metions that he’s just gonna call his brother technoblade.

“Technoblade?”

“Yup”

“Kinda tall, pink hair, monotone, makes you want to punch him but in an annoyingly endearing way?”

“Yup”

“.....do you wanna help me prank techno and win a rivalry we’ve had since highschool”

“Absolutely.”

And so they start plotting (after getting permission from Phil because you shouldn’t just hang out with strange adults you meet in alleys)

Technoblade ends up getting a call from his cell from tommy which is immediately suspicious because tommy loves using the walkie talkies to bug everyone when he needs something. So techno actually picks up.

“Heeeeeeey big man...funny story you’re going to love this-“

“What did you do tommy”

“NOTHING. Well. I’m pretty sure being kidnapped cant be considered my fault”

“....HEH”

“Yeaaah. Things went a bit south”

“I’m calling the police. I swear to god if we don’t find you-“

“Why does that sound like you’re threatening me?!?!? Besides we’re just in the parking lot”

And so techno rushes out there and sees squidkid but no tommy (by this point he knows it’s a prank and Tommy’s not in serious danger) and so techno and squidkid have these dramatic monologues which end with squidkid revealing where tommy is and it turns out he’s just chilling in this giant cage hanging from a tree drinking Coke (wether or not he’s wearing a princess peach outfit is up to you)

Techno is so done with this shit

“Tommy did squid really manage to bribe you into being a damsel in distress with coke?!”

“NO......he also gave me free merch.”

“Goddammit Tommy”

And so squid reveals that the only way he’ll return tommy is if Technoblade and him have a rematch of the potato war (but it ends before 8 because tommy has a curfew) and so techno and squid gets like an hour to prepare and I’m too lazy to say how that whole biz goes but it ends with techno and squid saying dumb dramatic lines like

“You’re not bad.”

“You’re not so bad yourself”

And then they just stare into the sunset for a minute before tommy finally interrupts

“Uh hey guys! How am supposed to get down from here?”

No amount of words can describe how much I love this. He wears a gender bent Princess Peach costume because comfort comes before jokes

[thatkidwholikesthunderbirds]

Hey just a friendly neighbourhood Virgil Simp, would you mind drawing the gentle giant sitting by my bedside possibly in the hospital I can send a reference pic of me if you'd like, I really love your art

Hello, thanks for your compliments, I'm very glad you like my doodles. I'm usually quite open to people asking me to make art for them, but this time I'm going to have to say no and here's why:

Firstly, I don't draw ocs or self inserts unless it's for a very close friend or if it's a paid commission. (something that I may do in future.)

Secondly, and please don't think I'm being rude when I say this, but I just don't feel comfortable. I've never seen you around the fandom before and I've never spoken to you before so you're a total stranger to me at the moment. You also seem to have a lot of untagged NSFW content on your blog and I have no idea if you have any intention to use my art for something I may not be comfortable with. (Like a fanfic or roleplay ect.)

I'm so sorry to let you down but until I get to know you better, I won't be able to draw for you. I hope you understand.

However, in the meantime, there are lots of other lovely artists in and around our fandom who have commissions open and would likely be happy to make your drawing for you. If you ask the rest of the fandom, I'm sure they can give you some recommendations on commissioning artists.

This is Squidkid signing off.

[bigmountaincat]

DIS GOOD GT SQUID KID CONTENT

@ whoever trevor is, that’s some good gt art 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

(also yes i love splatoon, I just beat the game 💕 #team love) (any gt nerds wanna add me on the switch?)

[goosedawn]

Okay, but Squid finally seeing Techno after the Potato War and just being indignant because he got beat by someone so freakishly small he is not even 6 inches tall. Techno is indignant because he is a perfectly normal height. Squid is the freakishly tall one.

this is the perfect opprtunity for me to propose something as well:

yknow how techno took his win in a calm and collected manner? first meeting.

(sorry i took so long to answer this fjhdjhdjhbkjdnhv)

[grandpa-cephalopods]

Cuttlebones, I've always wondered about your parenting skills. Will you tell me about how you came to adopt?

“Hrm, ‘how’ huh? Well that ain’t too hard, lessee”

“The ‘beaks were real supportive of me the first 2 months after the war, and then they just off and stopped seeing me as much. I couldn’t handle that loneliness at all, so I went to visit them to see what was going on and-”

“Those feller’s had gone and fell in love with some other squids! Ray had found a nice firefly squid to settle down with, and Marina (HA, bet that’s gonna confuse some of you kids) found some bear of a giant squid... or was it a shellfish...... eh, he was a super big guy that she hung out with and did lovey things around. And yanno, it made sense fer’ me at least. You survive something violent like the Great Turf War, you celebrate by like finding love and havin’ some cute squid kids and havin’ big family dinners.”

“Well this crusty squid’s problem was well... Diiiiiidn’t exactly choose all the right crushes that time in me life yanno. So ‘yer ol Gill here was the only one outta the squidbeaks without a cute squidkid causing havoc in his apartment. And after maybe my last couple years working through a hotdog stand, bein a door to door salessquid and cleanin’ the sewers, I eventually caved and took a visit to the orphanage... ok, ok having to babysit Ray’s hatchling kind of convinced me too.”

“And corny as it sounds, Paella found me first, heheh~”

“One of the rowdiest and bitey-ist kids in the orphanage, but the moment she was free of that cramped place and had all these nice parks and the local octovalley to run around in, she was one of the sweetest kids this cap’n could’ve ever asked for, eheheheh.”

[hometownrockstar]

i like having more than one special interest/hyperfixation at once bc i can share them with my friends on here who are into only one of them :-] on my blag its like “hey splatoon mewtuals! this is johnny joestar i love him and he can shoot his nails like bullets!  hey jojo mewtuals! this is my squidkid she likes to slap people with her giant paintbrush and she is very fashionable :) also i think rats and moths are pretty neat!”

[bigmountaincat]

HE CAME OUT SO GOOOOD!!! weot348hjt985yhjw4p98jghg I love him so much! Working on a character profile for him now! Guys, go get your SquidKids done! This is SOOOOO good! >w<

First Splatoon DLC for my friend @bigmountaincat! His Inkling character is like 200 ft tall and is literally a Giant Squid! :D Tri-Slosher for scale right by his foot(it also may not be….exactly to scale cuz I’m not very good at that just yet skjdnfgsd I’ll get there EVENTUALLY)

Get a commission for your Splatoon OC at lowered price here!

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[bigmountaincat]

For Cy. Do teammates ever use you as cover from incoming ink attacks?

Cy laughs a little as the question is read out to him. “Nope! I’m not really on any specific team, so I’m everyone’s teammate! But I’m also not allowed inside the stadium. So there’s no hiding behind me. But I can see the whole stadium, basically, so I’m always busy! Plus I have the best seat in the house! ^-^”

[tlgtw]

Instantly seized with a vision of The Splatoon Movie:

A normal ass squid kid from the countryside. Goes to the big city to take part in turf war as Jr athlete, makes friends there and they become a team and this kid from the sticks is making waves, they train relentlessly day in a day out and eventually come to be seen as a real prodigy, and the kid and their team look stationed to win it all at the upcoming Splatfest.

But the upcoming splatfest is cancelled! Because of a big event. Either just the Great Zapfish going missing or something else. The rest of the squidkid's team is bummed out but our main character is mega fucking pissed and tries to get to the bottom of what happened. Because if there's no splatfest, then they can't play! And they can't play, and act as a valuable member of the team, then their friends won't like them anymore and then they'll be lonely like they were in the countryside!

The squidkid's sleuthing skills somehow end up getting them the attention of the New Squidbeak Splatoon and they get recruited to help in rescuing the whatever and saving the day and uncancelling the splatfest!

The villain turns out to be some relic of the human world like Tartar or some such and for any member of the audience who doesn't already know Splatoon, this is the first reveal that it's technically a post-apocalypse story.

And in the midst of beating this villain, somehow, maybe through their interactions with the Squidbead Splatoon or encountering their Turf War team during this big battle somehow, our squidkid learns the lesson that competing in competition and becoming famous isn't what's actually making them happy in the big city. It's just spending being able to spend time with people like them, their friends. And for their friends, it's the exact same. Just because our main character loses the opportunity to 'prove' themself as a 'valuable person' by showing off how good at sports they are, that isn't the reason their friends actually liked hanging out with them or playing together.

Learning to appreciate the present, and trusting your friends, or somesuch, are the feel-good morals of this movie.

And then at the end where there's a big robot or something, it gets defeated in a giant explosion and everything is great. The Splatfest is back on! But, oh, alas: The main squidkid gets significantly injured by the battle and is forced to sit out the Splatfest even though they went through all that work to reopen it. But it's okay because the rest of their Turf War team sits out of the game too, hangs out with them and they all have a good time regardless.

The end.

i went to see mario to contribute to the box office profits so they make something with splatoon and it was ok . not enough luigi