#made from Judd???? or li'l judd?????

[iri-scrublord]

Weapon Nerd Goes Off About the New Shit (The New New Shit, Not the Old New Shit)

Okay so a lot of the stuff we got was new kits for old weapons. They're alright, I guess, I like having a Tenta with a hyper-aggressive special like the zook, but I'm not here to talk about those.

First off, the Painbrush.

I'm no stranger to brushes. Hell, they were basically all I could use for a good while before they loosened some regulations about weapon sizes. Brushes are, by and large, pretty easy to mod if you don't really care about the official shit or getting banned, so I was really surprised that not only did we only ever get two SquidForce Regulated:tm: brushes since 2013 (!?!?) but even Mr. Grizz (my hero in terms of weapon modding, god bless that capitalist pig) never touched the things. They're sticks with bristles on the end guys, they aren't that hard to make variations of.

So what do I think of the new kid on the block? Eh, could be worse. Its bristles, like the Octobrush, are thick as hell. But unlike Octo, they put a swivel on the end of the head, so those gobs of ink that collect in them get flung WAY further. We have a brush with RANGE now. People are calling this the Dynamo Brush and I'm not sure I'd go that far, but it does feel pretty damn good to use. Time'll tell if it'll be revolutionary, though, unlike-

The S-Blast '92.

This thing looks a lot like the N-ZAPs, huh? Well, there's a good reason for it. The humans used to have this thing called a NESS, and they had these things called 'light guns' you could use with them. They're kind of like the games you can play in the Shoal, but like...at home, and infinitely worse quality. The N-ZAPs are designed after these light guns for the NESS, and the S-Blast is another one of those. I'm pretty sure it was called the Super Scope made for the NESS's sequel, the Super NESS (though I just call it the SNESS.)

This thing is god damn revolutionary to me. It demands perfection, for sure, but after a bit of tinkering around with this thing, I found it one shots at range like the Range Blaster, sure, but at the drop of a hat, you can turn it into a functional Luna. There's definitely flaws to the production - there's a LOT of complicated systems that go into this plastic thing to make it a Range Luna. And with so many guts in it there's not really a lot of room for the projectiles to be particularly large. The long range blasts are absolutely tiny. We're talking very possibly less than Rapid tiny. Like I said, this thing demands perfection.

Also its kit is hot garbage.

But I'm pretty sure that under the right hands, this thing could define top matches for the next, what, six months? I'm terrified of this thing and I am one billion percent here for it.

[dokidokitsuna]

So I was on Twitter a lot during the recent Big Run, and I saw a lot of talk about the 'Save Our Salmons' image and whether that + the giant massacre we just carried out might lead to some kind of consequence down the line. ^^; Like, it feels like the Salmonids kinda want us to stop...and we are clearly not listening...

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it-- Grizzco is obviously an unethical institution in-universe. As in, even if Mr. Grizz/Li'l Judd wasn't a shady bastard and the company was safe and well-run, the thing that it exists to do-- steal resources from sentient beings-- would still be wrong. To the point where it kinda made me uncomfortable to hear Deep Cut collabing with Grizzco's lobby music...like...although the remix is a banger, this feels like a step too far. ^^;; First the Anarchy Splatcast shilling and now this...when Grizzco as a company is inevitably turned into a direct antagonist, is Deep Cut going to regret being so involved with it? Are any of the idols gonna discuss this...? I feel like the type of harm that Grizzco does isn't the kind you can just brush aside with camp-- we're either gonna have to employ some dark humor or just go the sincere route and admit that the cute mascots did a bad...

Anyway, speaking of antagonists: I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone express this idea yet, but I think we're pretty clearly gearing up for a Salmonid villain at this rate. ^^; The Octarians are already getting stale (+ Octavio's basically our friend now~), and the Salmonids are the only established 'evil army'-type force left. I'm calling it now, eventually some Salmonid warlord is gonna decide enough is enough and invade, to take back all the golden eggs that were stolen from them.

And if you think I have brain-worms about Mr. Grizz, you won't wanna be around me when we get an edgy Salmonid dude threatening to blow up the city with a giant Stinger or whatever. (◕ヮ◕)*:･ﾟ✧ Also, I would commit unspeakable acts for a single-player campaign soundtrack by ω-3: despite their relatively miniscule discography, they are far and away my favorite band in the series. Everything they do is always fresh and unique; I really REALLY want more songs in their style. ^^ If anyone can replace Turquoise October/Octoplush, they can.

But wait, there's more to this idea: if we do get a Salmonid villain, they won't be the final boss. ;) I think they'll just oppose us for most of the campaign, before we finally reach an understanding and Li'l Judd, Grizzco's new CEO, emerges as the true big bad, so we can team up and take him down...kinda similar in structure to RotM. And y'know, if that rumor I heard a while back about a Splatoon series spinoff game turns out to be real, I hope ^this is it. Close out the original formula and the story arc of the first three games with a nice sendoff like this, and then emerge with something totally new and different for Splatoon 4.

[pearldrone]

hey guys, this is a post about side order and what we can somewhat gather about it so far. this'll be a long one, so hang tight. i've seen others vaguely talk about these ideas, so i decided to go all-out.

this image is of what i'm going to refer to as the 'landscape of thorns,' which is a 'long-term nuclear waste warning message.' these being used to sway humanity from intruding on highly dangerous sites.

as certain kinds of radiation can stay toxic for thousands of years, a warning of the dangers of this plant were needed. non-linguistic messages were attempted at first by a report from the sandia national laboratories, one of the three development and research laboratories of the department of energy's national nuclear security administration. {DOE, NNSA} the aim of this series of messages were to warn later visitors to any waste site. they recommended that messages include each of the following, gradually increasing complexity.

{much more under the cut.}

"1} Rudimentary information: "Something man-made is here"

2} Cautionary information: "Something man-made is here and it is dangerous"

3} Basic information: Tells what, why, when, where, who, and how

4} Complex information: Highly detailed written records, tables, figures, graphs, maps and diagrams"

the issue with worded messages is that they're unlikely to be comprehensible in thousands of years. considering how much the english language has changed, and will continue to evolve, would those of the future be able to understand what is being said? because of this, symbols were also considered.. but another problem arises with that. no symbol will be universally understood to mean one thing, even something such as the jolly roger. {☠️} using it to warn for risk of sickness, or general harm would serve useless as time passes. especially nowadays, while the jolly rodger still is seen as a danger symbol somewhat, is used more commonly as a cool design thing.. at least in the USA. and again, that's the problem. no symbol is universally known for one thing, no matter what.

i believe it was also a thought to not warn at all, and just leave it there.. but that questions ethics.

eventually, physical markers were explored, giving ideas such as the forbidding blocks, rubble landscape, the landscape of thorns, and a few beyond those. these ideas carry similar characteristics to each other.

from the official trailer.

in 1992-1993, a poll was issued by the zeitschrift für semiotik of tübingen germany, asking the following question:

"how would it be possible to inform our descendants for the next 10,000 years about the storage locations and dangers of radioactive waste?" and received answers such as artificial satellites, atomic priests, and 'ray cats.' i'm going to further talk about ray cats, as i think, considering the themes, it would be a good opportunity for side order to delve deeper into li'l judd, and his current whereabouts or motivations. as it's very vaguely hinted that he owns grizzco industries, and with that presumably dead fish in the trailer, it could be explored. i hope they won't make it weird though, as you know.. the whole thing with mammals has been a bit bizarre..

anyway, it was suggested that a species of cat should be bred that changes colors when exposed to radiation, so essentially a living sign of nuclear threat. as things such as nursery rhymes have been culturally significant in some way for many, many years.. in 2014, the musician 'emperor x' was commissioned by the podcast '99% invisible' to create a song about this idea for an episode about long-term nuclear waste warning messages.

whatever this fucker is. they could be completely done with grizzco, but who knows.

{edit 8/23/23 i've been told it resembles the bake-kujira. the ghost whale which is accompanied by "weird birds or fish."}

giving us the song '10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories {Don't Change Color, Kitty.}' the gist of this track being "if the cat turns bright colors, run!" and was designed to be "so catchy and annoying that it might be handed down from generation to generation over a span of 10,000 years."

so, themes of radiation are very likely to be present. this brings us to our next section, the coral bleaching.

as you may know, healthy coral has beautifully bright colors. this is due to microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae, which lives inside of the algae's polyps. it is also a major source of food, and nutrients. coral bleaching occurs when coral reefs are under stressful conditions, a huge one being climate change, which i will get deeper into that specifically. if the waters it lives in heat up too much, the coral will begin to expel this zooxanthellae.. leaving it completely white, and exposing its bone-like structure.

healthy vs partially bleached coral.

while bleached coral isn't quite dead, the aftermath of said bleaching makes it much more susceptible to disease and malnourishment due to lack of nutrition. if the waters stay too warm for too long, or if the bleaching is too extreme, the coral will die.

images from the official side order trailer, showing us bleached and possibly dead coral.

coral bleaching is an ongoing issue, and efforts have been made to conserve and regrow the coral reefs.. this brings us to a shorter section, but one worthy of a mention.

coral cloning. coral cloning is a phenomenon where a small bit of a healthy coral is cut, and grows into a full piece. it helps when this, sometimes miniscule, piece is placed next to another. this speeds up growth almost rapidly. however, it is not too easy to grow, and this method isn't totally fool-proof. coral requires very certain conditions to flourish, such as not being placed on an open ocean floor, but instead in an already established habitat. also things like water temperature, pH levels, pollution, all can stunt growth. this is a very vast oversimplified explanation, but i believe you get the picture. have you wondered why i am bringing this up? here is why..

am i saying this directly implies cloning? not exactly. it's an interesting thing to note, though, as you might know how octarians {NOT OCTOLINGS!} are born.. via severed tentacle. coral can sometimes be born via severed piece. i'm not going to go into this much more, as it's kind of an out-there comparison. do with that what you will.

continuing on with the radiation and infectious theme, i feel i should mention ultraviolet radiation. the sun produces these UV rays, of course, and they can be good in moderation. if it's too much? it can be absolutely killer. you guessed it, ultraviolet radiation does play a part in warmer waters, which aids in bleaching coral. however, that's not all.. the state of inkopolis square we see in the side order trailer could very well also be due to residue of nuclear radiation from the human society's many wars. before humanity's fall, natural disasters were more prevalent than ever, and we still don't really know what exactly happened besides the massive flood. the sea levels rising was the reason the great turf war, the deadliest war to strike inkadia, even happened. things like oil spills could possibly be going on too, as in some photos, you can see this black liquid.

i'm going to state the obvious and add on that oil spills are incredibly dangerous to marine life, and that includes coral reefs.

remnants of human life have not disappeared from inkadia, or anywhere in this world dominated by marine life. it's not far-fetched to say they could still be affected by anything else left behind, climate wise.

the landscape of thorns has not been built, to my knowledge, but maybe it was here. this could be a rediscovered nuclear plant, who knows. especially as certain kinds of radiation, again, can stay hazardous for upwards of ten-thousand years, and possibly longer. you may have caught that ten-thousand is an important number for multiple reasons, especially with the possibility that this octoling is eight. the human race has been extinct for longer than ten-thousand years by this point, but it's something to remember. but there's still questions.. where do pearl and marina fall now? what is their role? is this an infection only targeting octolings, and other octarians? what's going on with marina? only time will tell, yeah?

there you have it, if you read this far.. definitely tell me what you think. i've still not covered everything in the trailer, so any add-ons would be cool if you have any. this took a while to research and write, so thanks for reading.

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-taking-extreme-steps-to-help-corals-survive/

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coral-bleaching-and-how-we-can-stop-it

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/how-do-oil-spills-affect-coral-reefs.html

https://youtu.be/JENUAv0w8Q4

https://youtu.be/ZiULxLLP32s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time

https://youtu.be/dDIMYAYSGCo

[dogtoling]

if there was one thing you could change gameplay or lore wise, what would it be and why?

this is such a big question i spent a day thinking about it, pondering which of my 100 issues with Splatoon i would prioritize. is there ANY issue disruptive enough to put it above the others which is consistently ruining my life? There's mostly just a dozen small annoying things which are relevant but not big enough to really warrant a full overhaul or removal. how could I EVER POSSIBLY choose?

The answer is obvious, I would get rid of Judd. He's a leftover from the concept when Splatoon was going to be all cartoon rabbits and that's exactly what he looks like. he has no business in the sea creature world. nowhere in Splatoon fits or needs a fucking sentient telepathically speaking cartoon cat that has an arrow tip for a tail and magically judges all of the 23849034324 turf wars and ranked matches going on at any given time. getting rid of judd would also get rid of Li'l Judd who is somehow almost even more pointless than Judd. and yes i would rather remove judd from existence than make mr.grizz not a bear but without Judd existing they might not have made Grizz a bear, or if they did then i would be extra annoyed about grizz being a bear, but it would be worth it. i can say for certain that Judd not existing would improve my opinion on the Splatoon world and increase my immersion tenfold. Goodbye you dumbass freaking cat who I continuously forget is even part of the game despite him literally being there every single match

[conkreetmonkey]

"Aye, beware! Yer tresspassin on tha turf o' the moighty wiz'id Spyke! Leave now, or suffah me wrath!"

"Heh heh, I'm just joshin' ya, love. Happy Splatoween! I'm provoidin' the same services as usual tonight. Just, eh... in a wiz'idly type flavah, ya dig? Wot with the Splatfest an' all... Go ahead, take a ganda."

"Maybe ya want someone else's costume for ya own, ay? Or wanna upgrade the ability o' yer own fit? I'm runnin' a special deal tonoight: Splatoween only, I'm willin' to take candy as payment! If ya got any, that is... othawise, cash n' snails, as per usual."

"Wha, a trick? Ay mate, watch dis den... I cast… full outfit ability slot reroll! 'ow ya like that then, eh? Oh, an' just a 'eads up, any super sea snails in ya posession 'ave been poofed away. It's a pawt o' tha trick, love. Mana, an' all dat." *urp*

"Ooh says it ain't a "real" magic trick den, ey? It counts as slight-a-hand, don't it? ...fine, here's ya wallet back. Partypoopa."

"Folks keep bringin' me choc'lit tonight, which I 'spose figures. Judd says 'e can't have it, though. Allergic, or somefink... eh, more for me den, ey? Heh heh."

"Oh, me boy Murch? He's out Splatfestin' tonoight. He's on team ninja, and, well... I guess it's pretty ob'ious which I'm pawtial to, eh? Which you pick? ...oi, s'pose I should'a guessed, love. It's wri'in all ovah ya. Oh, and yer wearin' the shirt! Ha ha... man, I needta slow up on tha sugah, maybe..."

*playfully brandishes screwdriver* "Wha, who says it ain't a wand, eh? Watch dis den, love... or, eh, maybe don't, ackshually. "Remove lid from snail" is a li'l... er... messy fo' a spell of it's calibah. Last inkfish wha' caught a glimpse made sick all over me wall... gonna stain too, wha' wit all tha food dois in it... but it takes mo' than that to spoil ol' Spyke's appetite fo' sweets on Splatoween!"

"You... sure you wanna do dis, love? Like, believe me, I get tha' every slot counts in a fest, but I don' wanna take ALL ya goodies on Splatoween! ...Oh, who am I kiddin', of course I do! Fork it ova and ol' Spyke'll make tha magic 'appen."

"Last year I tried to do the tri'-o-treat fing... but dey said I was too tall! Can you believe that, love?"

"Otha day I was in tha shops, and dey already had tha bladdy Frosty Fest decor out! Seems dey do it earliah every year..."

Yay! I love him!!

[woodchoc-magnum]

Lone Star Hate Watch 3x01

Welcome back to me torturing myself on a weekly basis

Disclaimer: Hi. If you love Lone Star, that's great! Please don't read this and enjoy your show.

Eddie Diaz for beautiful, cleansing energy:

And here we go!

I remember almost nothing of Season 2 but here's a quick recap of the things I do remember:

Grace and Judd are having a baby

Carlos' apartment burned down

The 126 fire station blew up

There was an arsonist

Tommy's husband died

Tim got smashed by a lava rock

Billy Burke was a li'l stinker

And that's about it!

As usual, this is a stream of consciousness as I watch the episode, so here we go!

I'm guessing Owen punched Billy in the face but I have no memory of that

I'm definitely Team Billy in this one, as always

Owen's a little bitch

Question – why the fuck does everyone want to captain the 126 so badly? Like, what is the deal with the 126? I don't get it

Wasn't Billy the captain of another fire station? It would be like if Bobby was all "yeah listen you guys at the 118 are great but I just have so much more of a boner for the 133 y'all"

"like a scorned lover" like WHAT

I'm sorry but it's just a firehouse you guys

You know I don't think Owen and Billy are going to be BFF after this

Fucking Owen "what happens to me isn't important" fuck off

They're going to tear down the building and everything 10/10 BURN IT TO THE GROUND

I just don't care about any of this

God I forgot about Ronen's dumb face

Fuck I'm glad it doesn't snow where I live

Are they gonna let those turtles fucking freeze

Oh he's going to fall through the ice SAVING a turtle

There's a PERSON IN THE ICE?? What the actual fuck

I've seen this Chuck guy in something before

Do you know as much as I enjoy Gina Torres I'm still holding a grudge against her for her part in the disaster that was Angel Season 4, which I haven't seen in 15 years but will never watch again

(Can I blame Tim Minear for Angel Season 4?)

Oh Julie Benz is in this! JULIE BENZ!

Who the fuck is this Chuck guy and why is he such a douchebag

Also I'm just going to say that as much as I love the found family aspect of the OG (because it feels organic) – I am going to say that it's weird that these guys haven't worked together in six months and they seemingly have not made any other friends in that time

Carlos definitely dumped TK

"Are you kidding me Nancy?" TK says in a monotone

You know what I love so much about the TK/Carlos relationship? They put so much care and attention into that I'm pretty sure the last time we saw them in Season 2 they were all loved up and shit and now we start Season 3 with them broken up, because they couldn't even be fucked to show the relationship falling apart. Unless TK roughing Carlos up was the relationship falling apart? Like maybe Carlos told someone about how his boyfriend pushed him around and they were like, "Oh hey that's really alarming that your boyfriend would do that to you huh," and Carlos was like, "Holy shit IT IS and also it's weird that he never shows any human emotions?"

Welcome to Season 3 of me slamming on TK because he fucking sucks

Oh now TK doesn't want Carlos to come because he wasn't in the 126? What a little bitch

Carlos definitely dumped him

I hope those cookies have laxatives in them

Oh look at JUDD OMG

Why can't this show just be about THEM

He's painting CLOUDS and ANIMALS

Jesus Christ everyone it's just a fucking building

Also I choose to believe that Buck unfollowed Marjan after he realised how deeply stupid her content is

THEY'RE CROWD FUNDING REOPENING THE FUCKING FIREHOUSE????

I hate this show

Carlos is very hot and way too good for TK

How am I only 12 minutes into this

"It's important to know when a thing is over" – Carlos DEFINITELY DUMPED TK

"We used to be a family" girl you can still be friends are you fucking kidding me

What happened to the boy in the lake? Are we coming back to that or… no

JULIE BENZ

JULIE BENZ IS HERE

Get the fuck away from Owen, Julie, you can DO SO MUCH BETTER

Is Owen not a firefighter anymore?

You know… he could've gone back to New York or something but like whatever

Be a shitty lumberjack

Skiing behind a car gee that's going to end well

Oh fuck

Okay

Fucking seriously

Oh Mateo's now the "best guy"

"Hey look at our little probie all grown up" what an asshole

BILLY BAILED HER OUT?

Plot twist

I fucking love Billy

I just feel like they're all a little obsessed with the 126 to an unhealthy degree

That kid's still stuck in the lake though

His blood is MELTING THE ICE

THEY'RE PACKING THE WOUND WITH SNOW???

It just feels like there could be some like, contamination or something

You know?

Oh my god I'm only at 22 minutes

Can't we transfer Carlos to LA?

Like hear me out – we cancel Lone Star, right? But we transfer Carlos to LA and he's then in LA and that's a good, nice thing for us all to have. And we never see TK again.

And then Grace and Judd get their own spin-off where they're just incredibly competent at their jobs and also super adorable together

Oooh Captain Strand abandoned them

Oh she went home and printed the fucking employment letter damn Marjan

"At the end of the day a man's got to be able to look himself in the mirror" – "or in Captain Strand's case, every hour on the hour" DAMN SOLID BURN PAUL

These people are way too obsessed with each other

I say as a fan of the OG like they're all not obsessed with each other too BUT STILL - actually you know what the difference is? The core 118 all has their own families outside of work but their work family is also their extended family, and that's why it feels organic.

Okay so like listen – say what you will about 5a of the OG and how it's been a little disjointed (on purpose) but like – they've essentially split up the core 118 family, right? Chim's been MIA, Eddie and Buck were split up as partners and now Eddie is (temporarily) leaving, Buck's trapped in a miserable, soul-sucking relationship etc etc

So Lone Star has pretty much done the same thing here

But where in the OG it's part of the continuing story – Maddie's PPD, Eddie's PTSD, Chimney going to find Maddie, Buck trapping himself with Taylor – this is simply because their firehouse exploded, burned down, Billy closed it and now they can't all work together.

Like

YOU CAN STILL BE FRIENDS??? OUTSIDE OF WORK?

It's so fucking dumb.

The stakes are so low you guys and that's why IT'S SO FUCKING DUMB

Buttercup is not excited to see Marjan AT ALL

I just don't care about any of this

They're stealing "the universe" lines from the OG now?

I hate this show

At least TK hasn't been in this episode much, I mean, that's an upside

"the thing matters most – putting our house back together" like fuck

IT'S JUST A FIREHOUSE GUYS

It's such a slam on the other firehouses they've been working with for six months too, like "yeah you guys are fine but you'll never be as good as we were at the 126!"

"Rasputin in a man bun" oh BITCH no YOU DIDN'T

Billy is so much more than A MAN BUN, Owen

(he might be Rasputin though)

That roof's gonna cave in friends

Oh Carlos what a hero

"in the rig as in life" fuck I HATE THIS DUMB FUCKING SHOW

"I'm not telling you why Carlos and I broke up" because he dumped you

Because you suck

And he finally fucking realised how much you suck

That kid's still in the lake you guys

Oh now they're face to face

Carlos STAY STRONG

Oh no the red haired volunteer chick isn't there

You know how on the OG they're showing Buck and Eddie slowly becoming more distant after their shared traumatic experience? So we, the audience, know that things aren't right between them?

This show couldn't even be fucked to show TK & Carlos breaking up

Like that's the difference

Because when Buck and Eddie reunite it will feel worthwhile and like we've waited for it all season, we will have earned it

But on this show? They'll just get them back together and that'll be it, you watch

Maybe Owen will freeze to death? We can only hope

I mean I know I should care about this Paul/Marjan cliffhanger

But I don't.

This show is so dumb and I hate it so much.

Like I genuinely can't believe that Tim is wasting more time on this trash than the OG - but then I can believe it, because I feel like Season 3 is make it or break it for Lone Star and I really hope it breaks it.

[elstreem]

All of my Laika films chaarctersx Splatoon crossover art! Now reuploaded in better format. This was such a fun challenge to make, and it really makes me appreciate the beauty of the character designs. I ended up having 3 characters from each film (including Cat and Fish in their respective titles). If I have to pick favorites, it would be Aggie, Neil, Eggs, Winnie and Kubo. I feel like redoing some of these, Coraline especially, but for now this series is complete.

As for my (very lengthy) thoughts about what these characters are like in the Splatoon world, read under the cut. 

Inkling Coraline: -Never, ever call her Caroline. Ever. -Best friends with Wybie. -Hates spiders and button-eye dolls for reasons she won't tell anyone. -Once got disqualified in Turf War after she threw her shoe at an enemy Inkling and called them a "jerk wad." -Most fashion-forward out of all her friends and loves browsing for unusual clothes. -Hates unusual cuisine, however. -Is sometimes followed by a scrawny black cat...but that can't be right, the only mammals left are Judd and Li'l Judd...

Octoling Wybie and Cat:

-A lot of people have grown to expect Cat around Coraline, but not many know that he was being taken care of by Wybie before Coraline. -Cat loves to appear and disappear in the most unexpected of ways, times, and places. -Wybie became friends with Coraline after she moved into an apartment being managed by his grandmother. -Wybie is usually on guard, being an Octoling in a city of Inklings, but he's relaxed a bit now that more Octolings are coming to the surface. -Wybie is best buds with Eggs as well, and thinks that the Box Salmons are really cool too. -Once got into trouble after he and the boys went a little wild driving his bicycle. -Shares a dislike of button-eye dolls with Coraline.

Inkling Paranorman:

-Has a tendency to pause and speak to seemingly  empty air. None of his friends mind (the Laika gang has seen weirder, to be honest). Kubo even joins Norman in talking sometimes. -Loves Halloween stuff, but witches are a touchy subject for him.

Inkling Neil:

-You wouldn't expect it from his looks, but he loves going into Turf War! Though, he nearly got disqualified one time after he threw spicy hummus at an enemy Inkling instead of a bomb. -He is Norman's first and best friend, but he definitely doesn't mind meeting the rest of the Laika gang! He thinks they're all a cool bunch. -Is generally just a bright and energetic cinnamon roll and everyone in the Laika gang loves him for that.

Inkling Aggie:

-Never, ever call her a witch, EVER. It's the only thing scarier than calling Coraline "Caroline." -Like Norman, she is prone to talking to seemingly empty air, but she's warmed up to the other kids and can confidently say that living people aren't as bad as she thought they were. -Coraline and Winnie tried to get her to wear other clothes, but she insists on wearing the same black dress day after day. -Loves stories and eagerly awaits Kubo's storytelling sessions. She will still insist her mom is a better storyteller, though.

Octoling Eggs and Salmonid Fish:

-Eggs is an Octoling foundling adopted by a group of docile, box-wearing Salmonids that live in the sewers beneath Inkopolis. -For years Eggs was content to just wander the sewers of his home, but eventually he found himself up in Inkopolis and was fascinated by Inkling life. -Fish, being the protective parent he is, distrusts Inklings. Besides, Inklings and Salmonids never got along very well...however, since he knows Eggs passes off as an Inkling quite well, he lets the boy do what he wants. -Eggs's first friend is Winnie, and being a sharp little Inkling she finds out about his origins, and even correctly guesses that he is an Octoling rather than an Inkling. -Eggs loves music, which is probably one of the reasons he likes Inkopolis so much. Imagine his delight when he got to meet Kubo. Since then, Eggs likes making contraptions for Kubo's origami/storytelling sessions. -Gets along very well with Wybie too, the two even come up with a lot of contraptions together.

Inkling Winnie

-She didn't have too many friends growing up since she had a tendency to scare away the other kids - but she found a friend in Eggs. After mistaking him for a pickpocket. It's a long story. -Unlike Aggie, she wears a lot of fancy clothing, but she doesn't really care all that much for them. Is a dab hand herself at making outfits, though, even if it's not something she is particularly into. -Is slightly jealous of Kubo for having attentive parents. -Speaking of Kubo, she loves sharing the stage with him, and the two love putting on a show every now and then.

Inkling Kubo

-Kubo loves to wander the streets of Inkopolis, putting on musical shows and magical storytelling sessions using his origami as props. On these jaunts he will often be accompanied by fellow storyteller, Winnie. They're a great hit especially near Splatoween, and Kubo has made it sort of an annual thing to have an elaborate Splatoween show, in which Eggs and Wybie helps a lot by building contraptions for more complex stuff. -Has been offered to have his songs sold on CDs, but always refuses. -Has a strained relationship with his mother's family. Met his aunts once and never talked about them ever again. As for his blind eye, it might have something to do with his strict grandfather... -Has really bad eating manners together with Eggs.

 Inkling Sariatu:

-Sariatu came from a rich family renowned for playing traditional music. However, due to this Sariatu and her sisters were raised very strictly. -Of course, everything changes when Sariatu meets a certain rogue Inkling and falls in love with him. -She happily turned back on her own family, something her father and sisters never forgave her for. She was surprised when they turned up to see her newborn son...unfortunately, it turned into an incident she never forgave her family for after it literally scarred Kubo for life. -Even up to now she is very protective of Kubo, but seeing as they live far away from her hometown she relaxes and lets him out of the house as he pleases. She still worries plenty about him, and doesn't like it when he stays out too long.

Inkling Hanzo:

-Hanzo = dad jokes for days. Anytime the Laika kids come over they will never hear the end of goofy jokes and puns. -Was said to be quite the ferocious Inkling in Turf Wars, but almost no one sees this side of him anymore. He much prefers just kicking back and having fun with his family, whom he loves to bits. -As for how he and Sariatu met, they lived in the same hometown. Sariatu was well-known for being the eldest daughter of the snootiest family in town, and she had no friends. Only Hanzo had the courage to walk up to her and chat her up. At first she wasn't impressed by him trying to show off his Turf War skills, but she later grew to love his charm and really - he was just a good guy who treated her like a person, not as another girl held up on a pedestal. They eventually eloped together and came to Inkopolis to escape Sariatu's family. -While Sariatu knew how fierce Hanzo was, she never knew just how fearsome he could truly be. When Sariatu's father came over with her sisters to see Kubo, they took out their anger on the boy, resulting in Kubo's lost eye. Hanzo furiously drove off all three of them, the only time he had ever been truly angry. (whoa that got dark 0_0) -Same as Sariatu, Hanzo is protective of Kubo, but he doesn't show it as much. He just wants Kubo to grow up like a normal kid, which is why he is delighted to see that Kubo has built a great circle of friends around himself.

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Ideas for Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy's Law - Splatoon AU

Thought it'd be fun to make a few ideas if we make a Splatoon AU out of the Dwampyverse.

Phineas and Ferb

Are Octoling stepsiblings

Similarly to Marina, these two were enrolled in a training program to become combat engineers. While not as technologically skillful as Marina, Phineas and Ferb were regarded as prodigies as well, and were aiming to graduate at age 10. This was before the events of Splatoon 1.

As such, the two looked up to Marina

After hearing the Calamari Inkantation, the two realized they would rather build things for fun, instead for combat, and left Octo Valley alongside their sister Candace.

Even after the Inkantation freed them from DJ Octavio's suppression, phineas and Ferb still look up to Marina, but didn't learn of her new career with Pearl until they released their first single.

Candace

Phineas's biological Octoling sister

Was enrolled in a training program to become an elite soldier

Dearly desired to become the ultimate Octoling Amazon, but was never taken seriously by her peers.

Had an extreme prejudice against the Inklings

Extremely envious to Gladys from accounting who got graduated much earlier than she did, despite Gladys always holing her Octoshot backwards and upside down. DJ Octavio saw potential in Gladys purely because she was the cousin of a mid-level Octoweapon engineer.

After hearing the Inkantation, Candace realized that Octavio's troops are honestly not much better than the Inklings, so she left Octo Valley along with Phineas and Ferb.

Still extremely protective to Phineas and Ferb.

Milo

A young Inkling boy (that still has Murphy's Law, even though his last name is Murphin).

Has formed a squad with Melissa and Zack. They don't have a fixed fourth member: it often rotates between Mort, Amanda, and Milo's sister Sara.

Has a small crush on Amanda: her Turf War strategizing and knowledge on Weapons and Gear fascinates him.

Is one of the very few people that's actually interested in Sheldon's rambling about Weapons.

When many Inklings noticed a giant statue of a human rising above the sea, with a giant, blender-made turret emerging from its mouth, Milo blamed this on himself as Murphy's Law.

Zack

Despite being an Inkling, he was the lead singer of a young amberjack-based boyband known as the Amberzacks.

He, Milo and Melissa try to form a band of their own, Just Getting Splatted.

Deathly afraid of Salmonids, especially the tiny ones.

Perry

Is still a platypus. They're semi-aquatic, after all.

Platypuses are endangered species, to the point that Perry's constantly mistaken for a non-mammal

Is actually part of the SWCA, the Splatoon Without a Cool Acronym, an organization based on the original Squidbeak Splatoon with animal agents, led by Francis Monogentus

Monogentus is not aware of the New Squidbeak Splatoon and has assumed that Cap'n Cuttlefish is dead.

Perry, however, IS aware that Cap'n Cuttlefish is still alive, purely because he overheard Callie and Marie talking about him. He has no idea what Cuttlefish is up to these days (aside from rapping), but at the same time, he wonders how Monogentus isn't aware of this.

Perry's nemesis is an Octarian named Heinz Joubinshmirtz

Perry was introduced to Phineas and Ferb later, roughly a few days after the stepbrothers and Candace settled in Inkopolis. The trio is unaware of his secret agent life.

Joubinshmirtz (Doofenshmirtz)

Used to be a general of the Octarian forces, but got fired and ridiculed by his peers

Just like our Doof, Joubinshmirtz has a plethora of tragic backstories, which he uses as motivation for a variety of "evil stuff"

He wanted to steal the Great Zapfish because the power of his TV went out. DJ Octavio beat him to it for his own nefarious plans.

Completely missed the Squid Sisters "concert" two years prior, and thus still hasn't heard the Inkantation. Since said "concert" however, his daughter Vanessa went missing.

Diogee

Is a dogfish (haha get it)

His full name is Diogee Efaies Eitch Murphin. His middle names are phonetic pronunciations of F-I-S-H.

Knows about the SWCA. Doesn't desire to be a part of it, though.

Doesn't trust Judd or Li'l Judd.

Occasionally shows up in Turf Wars to aid Milo's squad. Milo promptly tells him to go home.