#killing splatoon lore misinfo with my bare hands. i killed the octoling mind control fanon and i want this dead too

[rassicas]

For a long time, I've seen people saying "Actually the water weakness is a mistranslation. inklings CAN go in water but they just cant swim! I saw this was in a dev interview" (For the record, this is bullshit, as the water weakness has been confirmed by the devs several times over the years.) I have to wonder where this idea started exactly, because despite hearing this exact thing since at least 2018...what's the source? Even I used to believe the "water weakness is bullshit in JP" thing too way back then before i had the ability to check for myself...but I don't remember where i heard it...? Like for the "Pearl was electrocuted" misinformation that was spread around for years, I can pinpoint the "source" to a particular tumblr post. But is there a patient zero for this "water weakness is a mistranslation" idea? like some tweet or tumblr post? or is it something multiple people came to the conclusion independently and spread around....

My best guess it that it came from a line in game like this about simply being unable to swim, and with how people think the water weakness is stupid and dont want to believe it, it spread from there?

But im not sure. To anyone who has heard this "water weakness isn't real" thing, genuinely, i want to know if you have seen a source! where did this come from!