#i was looking at beautiful splatoon fanart

[mew2gia]

People are calling selfcest mirror ship now? Looks like someone regrets naming a ship dynamic after INCEST

[ikatako38]

Another Update

Do people even read these anymore?

Hi!

TL;DR: read last paragraph (bolded)

First of all… I miss you all so much!!! As I always say, thank you so much to everyone reading this for sticking around. It really means the world to me.

This summer has been extremely rough for me. I don’t need to rehash the details, I’m your curious I believe I gave some in a previous update. The important part is that I’m finally doing better now. For the first time in over a year really, I finally feel like I’m same strange enough to begin focusing on myself a little bit again, rather than just surviving. And part of that is making time to write and engage with fandom!

At the same time, it is also sadly true that, especially with the Grand Festival behind us, the Splatoon fandom is slowly going dormant. Many of the Splatoon creators I know are moving on to different fandoms. Especially for a Splatoon 2 fic, the interest level is understandably small and ever-shrinking. Much of today’s Splatoon fandom never even played the second game or Octo Expansion. And a lot of that is due to my own timing; I’ve been behind since the beginning, and long hiatuses squandered much of the wave of interest coming from Splatoon 3.

That being said, I can try to be proud about the things I did accomplish in that time. A Discord server that’s a bit quieter but still thriving after nearly two years, my longest single project ever at over 500 pages, tons of beautiful fanart that I still look at often because they make me so happy, so many friendships… some short-lived but others genuine and hopefully long-lasting—and above all, so many amazing memories that I hope I can cherish for years and years.

And that’s really important for me to remember. Truth is, and I don’t even think I fully recognized this until now, but I’ve definitely been struggling with a feeling of failure surrounding TPWCH. And that’s in no way because of, but rather really in spite of all you readers, who have been nothing but supportive, often not just as a fan but as a friend. So that you for that! ^_^ But what can I say, I’m hard on myself. That feeling makes me avoid writing, which only increases the feeling of failure, and so on and so forth.

But putting it all together, I have no idea why it took so long, but I’m finally realizing that the kind of engagement I’m clinging to is just not possible anymore… and not because of any fault of my own. People just… move on. Fandoms ebb and flow (hah). Even I haven’t been nearly as involved in Splatoon as I used to be.

So… I’m going to try to fully let go of that blame and regret. I used guilt to motivate myself, and it worked for a while, but eventually it just burned me out. I used to think it was cliché and dumb, but I really do need to learn to just write for myself and my friends (yes, that includes you!)

So, what’s the plan then?

My plan, for now, is to do something I haven’t done since the very beginning of the fic: create a buffer. My obsession with pushing content the moment it’s ready has not only caused me stressed but also a poorer reading experience for you all.

I’m going to take down the Part 1 Recap. Then, I’m going to keep working on the Part 2 Recap, Chapter #22.5, and Chapter #23. The nice thing about this is that I can work on them in any order I want, or simultaneously! When I finish, likely near the end of the year, I’ll post the Part 1 Recap, Part 2 Recap, Chapter #22.5, and each part of Chapter #23 at regular intervals. That should give me some time to work on Chapter #24 as those are releasing, and we’ll see where things go from there! By then, I’ll be headed to Japan, and who knows what that will be like!

That may feel like a long time away, but don’t fear! I’ll also be posting Sneak Peeks here irregularly, so you can still have a little content to hold you over and keep up the excitement!

Thank you as always to everyone who has had an impact on my life through this fic! You all mean so incredibly much to me 🥹

[bisexualpositivity]

Which fictional character(s) made you start to question your identity, if any? What about them drew you to them in the first place?

"Evie, Rick, and Ardeth from The Mummy. Holy shit, that movie is a complete bisexual dream. Evie is so smart, awkward, and relatable, Rick is so dreamy, and Ardeth is drop dead gorgeous (that hair!!!)"

"Catra and She-Ra are the ones that come to mind for me."

"Sam from Totally Spies and all the Harry Potter characters. First one is obvious but the second? I joined the HP fandom when I was like 11 and decided every character was queer."

"Delenn from Babylon 5 - she is so elegant and wise and ethereal but also angular and all sharp edges, she is petite but in her angularness also masculine, and her character, being kind but also ruthless, also is full of contrasts. I think I wanted to be like her one day, but also be dominated by her."

"IDK, I'm not sure if there was any concrete character, it was more actual people. That being said, one day I saw fanart of gender-bent Disney princes/princesses and I was like 'Oh. OH. Yeah, I'm definitely bi.' "

"I remember being really into Sydney Fox (Tia Carrere) from Relic Hunter, but i didn't recognize it as a crush, its taken a few years for me to realize what it was. I was like 5-6 when i watched it. I thought she was SO beautiful, cool and smart!"

"The male octolings in Splatoon 2. All of the Splatoon player characters are kind of androgynous, so I started playing as the male octoling because I liked the hair. I figured that I had watched male YouTubers play as female inklings, so this wasn't that different. I later realized that wanting to look like a male character probably wasn't very cis of me."

— Multiple anonymous users, Pride 2024: Who We Are 🌈(survey)

[ebonyslasher]

Character Love

My headcanons on which black girl video game characters each of the slashers would like the most.

Tbh they would like multiple ones, but I wanted to focus on ones that I thought would stick out to them the most

Twintelle (ARMS)

Asa Emory

When you first choose her while playing ARMS, he is drawn to how classy she looks. 

He quietly watches the whole time you play as her; he would usually get up and go somewhere else when you play games

Lowkey mesmerized by her movements (them hips) and really likes the concept of her hair being powerful like that. Thinks it’s pretty symbolic to how he thinks black women's’ hair is .

On his own time, he goes to look her up on Google. He sees all the.......”nice” fanart of her. Oh he’s a fan fan now

He has a folder dedicated to her on his computer, but he would never let you know that....

Hannibal Lector

He’s hooked on her as soon as he hears the smooth ‘bonjour’ from her when you choose her character.

He raises his eyebrows and asks, “Who is this character?”

Oh she’s french? And she’s a movie star? And she likes tea? He loves her already

He feels like she would truly appreciate his dishes (well.....) and his bougie self.

He sits and watches the gameplay and really likes how it seems like she glides even when she is on the ground.

Shinobu (No More Heroes)

Michael Myers

Her appearance really stood out to him when he was watching you play NMH. He became a sucker for that hair color and skin tone combo she got going on.

He thought she was really cute, kinda looks like you in the face.......no wonder he thought that

He respects her after she got her arm cut off and kept trying to fight

Likes that she's good with a blade and can chop up so many people in little time. He thinks it would be sexy if you cosplayed as her and you started slicing bitches

Leo Kasper (if he's 'activated')

Thinks she's cute and badass. Plain and simple

Would love a woman like her in real life, they would be the best serial killing duo wherever they walked

He's pretty sadistic, so he enjoys the whole game. The killing scenes are super cool to him. Don't be surprised if he tries to recreate them

He will want to play her levels in NMH 2. He doesn't know what the moe shit she's talking about but she sure knows how to kill in style

He gets turned on by her a lot (he thinks travis was stupid for turning her down)

Olivia (Pokemon)

Billy Loomis

Plays video games on and off. He's more into the old school pokemon games

You get him to take turns with you to play pokemon sun and moon

Y'all get to her introduction and she comes out walking like bam bam bam. And he is shook shook shook!

Oh he's definitely taking over playing now. He enjoys every second of battling against her

Will watch pokemon sun and moon anime but ONLY her scenes. He don't care for anything else.

Carrie White

"Oh she's soooo pretty!💕"

I hc that Carrie's fav color is pink, so she really likes her outfit

She wishes she could be as confident as her! But also thinks it's really sweet that Olivia is humble like 🥺🥺

Will watch pokemon sun and moon in its entirety with you, even if it's just for olivia

Nessa(Pokemon)

Stu Matcher

An avid video gamer. He keeps up with the latest news on series that he's interested in

Once he saw her in one of the reveals, he had to get the game right now

Stu is one of the guys that thinks Nintendo is on a roll with making more beautiful black female characters

He makes her his computer background 🤣

You can see him zooming in on her face every chance he gets while in battle

Also watches a shit ton of other guys fawn all over her on youtube.

Tiffany Valentine

Instantly in love with her color scheme. Other than red, a lot of goth/emo styles use blue as an accent color as well.

Appreciates her hair, eyes, and style...she just appreciates her in general

Not surprised to learn that nessa is a model too like look at her😍

You two fangirl over her together

Marina (Splatoon)

Vincent Sinclair

Already likes Splatoon cause it's colorful and he likes the art style. He even enjoys the soundtrack, shit slaps

You show him the mini music video intro to the new host, marina and pearl. He's vibin with it

He sees Marina and is like who??is???she???

She's freaking adorable, that's who she is.

Don't get me wrong, he likes pearl too. But Marina's design hits different. Vincent fixates on her the whole time.

He really wants to draw her now

Jason Voorhees

Cute!!!!!

He's into any type of cute aesthetic type character so you already knew he would like her

He asks you to buy a Marina doll if they make one

He cuddles the shit out of her when it arrives, it makes a cute picture

His favorite part of her is her fingers. It's so cool to him that her tips are real. It blends in perfectly with her skin tone

Menat (Street Fighter)

Billy Lenz

Hubba hubba 😝😝😝

Starts asking you who she is when she comes on screen

If she was real he woulda asked her for a menat-a-trois, y'know what I'm saying

Drooling from the mouth over her walk and outfit

Her power special dance makes him buss in his pants

Wants to play but only to see her flexibility and that walk

Daniel Lamb

Watches you play games from time to time and may join you if it's multiplayer

Y'all playing street fighter. He's going through the character selection and lands on Menat.

He double takes on her and chooses her cause she's pretty. He also thinks her voice is really cute

Sometimes won't fight just to see her walk lol but he genuinely likes her fighting style

Tries to keep his mind innocent but he can't help the thirsty thoughts that flow through his mind when he sees those outfits

If you cosplay as her, it will knock you off his feet

Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil)

Chromeskull

I feel like chromeskull would enjoy some zombie ish video games where he could kill people without hiding it (although he wouldn't make as much money)

So he totally plays resident evil, even when you aren't there

It's weird that he's playing the hero in the game...but he doesn't mind that when he sees Sheva cause sheeeshhh

It's so sexy to him when a woman can kill with whatever weapon she has. Esp if it's powerful.

He respects her pure badassery. She's on a mission and she sticks to it.

Although he likes her design, he wishes that they gave her curlier and more accurate hair. She is from Africa after all....

Bo Sinclair

This boy loves a girl who can handle a gun. On some redneck southern shit.

He has a crush on her as soon as he sees her with some powerful ass guns that she handles well like damn

An African queen that can fight can make his heart right 💯

He's also pretty sympathetic to her backstory. Which is a bit weird considering what him and his brothers did to the town that they live in

Imani (Paladins)

Norman Bates

So she can control fire and ice? That's pretty cool

He doesn't really understand the stories behind the different video games. They all kinda blend together for him

But he's never seen stuff like this before. He gets a lil hit under the collar looking at Imani cause she's an absolute beauty

He feels a bit guilty cause he thinks he's cheating on you by liking the character. But you reassure him that it isn't and you like her like that too😆

Brahms Heelshire

Captivated by those hips of hers like dayummmm

And those outfits too like wow

"She's sexy y/n......"

He hated that you can't really see her during the gameplay but he can get off to her hands to. He can get off to any part if he works hard enough

If he knows how to use a laptop 💻 he will look her up and browse all the fanart of her

... he will end up finding rule 34 of her. That's the first place he tries to go to

Probably will jack off to her pictures

[atrixfromice]

I finally finished this sketch I started on 4 August, 2018, hehe. I made it because I felt in love with Crusty Sean’s..*ehem* take on his desing from some fanart I saw at that time, hehe.

I've been having lots of difficulties in my life, and at that time I was felling sad and down, I had lost my motivation to draw for a good while. I've felt like nothings I'd draw could be good enough to my eyes... But then discovered her art of this guy and it was sooo nicee!! That made my flame for making art reborn. So it was thanks to her I've re discovered the love of doing art again at that time ^^ And also it was thanks to her I’ve discovered the game and the character.

I haven’t played the game yet but I’ve watched people playing it on youtube, and it looks pretty funny! So, here my first fanart of him, he’s on the beach, so he’s in a beach outfit...which it's a hat and a speedo! Heheh! I like the fact he’s got a relaxed and very friendly personality, and also that he likes to vary his shoes and loves to wear his favorite shoes on. And for his job, I think I liked most when he used to sell shoes, because it had a lot more sense because he liked shoes. Selling food of his own kind….it’s a bit disturbing for me XD

He’s a japanese tigger prawn, so thats why the stripes, because this species of decapod have beautiful stripes. Here he doesn't have shoes because he's on the beach, and his legs are based on some photos of actual shrimp legs.  It was a bit difficult to make him anatomically accurate while conserving his anthropomorphic figure, but at the end I think I made him justice, and I made it with so much love so I hope all splatoon and Crusty sean fans like it ^^  Fortunately there are a lot more Crusty Sean fans that are of another marine based character like Jacques from Finding Nemo, for example.           

[agentnavi]

11 Questions!

tagged by @sifuamelia , thanks lovely!

RULES:

1. Always post the rules

2. Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you

3. Write 11 questions of your own

4. Tag 11 (or however many you want) people you want to get to know better

Questions:

1. Which movie is your “comfort food?”

Hmmm probably Thumbelina or Now You See Me which are two incredibly different movies...that describes me as a person tbh

Oh, and The Princess Bride.

2. Do you find thunderstorms anxiety-inducing or relaxing?

,,,i have a fear of lightning so Anxiety

3. Do you believe in astrology/your horoscopes?

Yup!

4. If you could visit any country in the world right now, cost-free, which one would it be, and why?

I won’t lie to yall and not say Japan. They just have so much gorgeous architecture and I used to want to be an architect. Also, they have so many beautiful national parks like the Sanriku in the Tohoku Region and, as much of a computer geek I am, I love being out in nature. and yeah paying less for merch would be nice lmfao

5. Pineapple on pizza… or nah?

YUH. ILL DIE ON THS HILL.

6. What’s your favorite kind/type of AU for a fanfic and/or fanart?

I’m a hoe for a good social media AU. Urban fantasy is also incredibly good. 

7. What’s the last good (or bad) joke that you heard?

For a bad joke, probably anything my friend Jagged has said to me. He’s full of em.

“did the entire hs community end up in splatoon? Is it a salty splatoon for hs?” was the joke. this boy exhausts me, why do i love him.

8. Do you pick up the phone when an unknown number is calling you?

HAHAHAHAHA NO. TBH these days its mostly spam. Anyone actually looking for me will leave a voice message.

9. Do you like kids?

Yeah actually! I used to volunteer at a science summer camp in high school where I got to work with kids. I was very good at wrangling them.

10. If you could pick any of the Pokémon starters (from any generation) as your personal sidekick, which one would it be, and why?

...does Eevee count? I know it’s a rival only starter but I have always and will always love Eevee so damn much. If not, Rowlet. Love that borb. Eevee cause I love that they have so many different evolutions; they basically can adapt to whatever situation they’re in and that’s p damn cool. Rowlet? I’m just love a birb.

11. Were you a Disney Channel kid, a Nickelodeon kid, or a Cartoon Network kid?

Disney kid through and through.

Time for my Questions!

What was your favorite toy/plushie growing up?

What is your weirdest/most interesting school story?

Most recent song you’ve listened to?

Which fandom have you read the most fics from/have bookmarked?

Do you have any weird skills/abilities?

How long have you been on this hellsite?

What is your favorite book? (Listing multiple is completely valid)

Least favorite movie you’ve seen?

Which do you find scarier; being lost in a creepy forest at night and coming across a dark and abandoned cottage or a cottage with glowing windows and smoke coming from the chimney? (credit to @catnippackets , its a good question)

Do you play any instruments? If so, which ones?

What’s the farthest from home you’ve ever been?

I’m tagging: @princessponies81 @breadpoetsociety @yuurra @sadelionne @taylorrmmhh @elizabethbettscooper and @pezzles17