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

[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.

[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.

[arendalphaeagle]

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.

[mamawasatesttube]

hello! delighted to hear you're interested in getting into the comics. :) this is probably gonna get a little long, i apologize in advance - but that's the fun thing about characters with like 30+ years of history!!

to start out, i would highly recommend just reading through both tim and kon's solo runs. i don't think it's possible to really get a good handle on either of their characters without understanding their backstories, their supporting casts, and the things they've gone through. so that would be superboy (1994) and robin (1993). for sb94, i have a lil post about the general warnings for the run (and a more detailed list linked in it) right over here. i don't have a resource like that on hand for robin '93 (yet?) but if you need one, let me know + give me a few days and i can make it myself if need be!

a lot of the comics i'm going to mention kind of overlap with each other, because some of them were ongoing and running alongside each other at different intervals. for example, robin (1993) has some issues that are concurrent with young justice (1998) and some that are concurrent with teen titans (2003), simply because it had such a long run. you can either hop around and try to read everything set in the same time period together, or just read one run start to finish before moving to the next. (the latter option might be easier; you just have to keep in mind the time periods are a lil fluid as you do!)

for where to read comics online: i won't publicly link any piracy sites bc that's how you get them nuked, but get a decent adblocker (i rec ublock origin) and search "read comics online free". you should be golden. if you can't find a good site, send me an ask and i'll happily link you to some in private!!

SO all of that out of the way, here's a quick list:

a lonely place of dying (1989) is tim's introduction.

reign of the supermen (1993) is kon's introduction. it's also just a banger comic storyline in general, though it can be a confusing place to start if you're not used to how comic crossovers/events work! (if you can find it collected as a tpb (trade paperback), that's an easy way to read all the issues together.)

superboy/robin: world's finest three is the comic where tim and kon first meet. one of my favorites!!

young justice (1998) is the teamup book that shows a lot of their adventures with their friends (tim, kon, bart, greta, cassie, cissie, anita, li'l lobo, slobo, the ray, and a few others who appear now and then).

if reading kon's entire solo is too daunting at first, i would highly recommend reading at least issues #59-65, #85, #87-92, and #100 for some important insights as to his character, plus some fun interactions with his friends. (if you're interested in his relationship with clark i'd also add superman (1987) #155, which is one of my favorite issues of all time!)

but seriously i would rec reading all of sb94. so few people have, and no one really gets kon's character as a result.

if reading tim's entire solo is too daunting at first, i'd recommend robin (1991) and cry of the huntress, which are prequels to robin '93.

issues of robin '93 that i highly suggest reading for tim characterization: #35, #46, #74-75, #107-111, #121-125, #132 and #156.

teen titans/young justice: graduation day is the transition point between young justice (1998) and teen titans (2003). also has a historic timkon moment (judd winick made a visual pun about them coming out of a closet together).

teen titans (2003). okay full disclosure this comic is not... good? but it is compelling in a lot of ways. it's an experience. lots of tim and kon homoeroticism as well as a lot of infuriating bullshit. this is where the "lex luthor was involved in kon's origins" retcon came from. (that was not true before this retcon!! lex had nothing to do with kon prior to this comic.)

about a third of the way through tt03, infinite crisis happens. this is where kon dies. important event, but if none of it makes sense don't worry about it too much. that's what rereading with greater context later is for!

52 picks up after infinite crisis, and deals with several storylines including tim and cassie's grief. in particular 52 #51 is where we got the famous "they were his colors" scene.

tt03 and robin '93 both continue with tim (and cassie) being insane in the wake of kon's death for a time. bart also dies. kon and bart both come back to life in final crisis: legion of three worlds.

red robin (2009) starts around that time. IMPORTANT NOTE: rr09 is a love letter to robin '93. in my opinion, it reads much, MUCH better after you've already read robin '93. a lot of people try to take tim characterization from rr09 alone without realizing that it is a direct response to his mental health spiral at the end of robin '93. this is a trap!! rr09 is built on the context of robin '93 and reading it without that context will give you a pretty faulty picture of tim and his relationships, his mental state, and his general characterization.

adventure comics (2009) picks up with kon after his resurrection in smallville. same author as a lot of the more annoying stuff in tt03, but the art is lovely and it has some character moments that are pretty good despite his lowkey eugenics plotline.

superboy (2011) is after ac09 and elaborates on kon's post-resurrection state of mind and his friends and adventures in smallville. short and sweet!!

Okay, guys

As the old saying goes, if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself

So. I've been hearing much complains here that no one writes Timkon the ways its meant to be because no one reads the comics and only goes off the movies/shows—

I'm so guilty of this, don't come at me

I'm tired of the complains and as a certified people pleaser on a mellow day, I will write these fics for you

So, if anyone can, write me a complete list of every comic Tim and Conner is in together or any one you think would be helpful to me. And where I can read these comics if it's online. And I'll start studying and writing when I can. If you want a decent comic timkon fic, here's your chance

[c0l0rgraph1c]

"Yep! I think Plan A had something to do with using the Octarians' turrets and Li'l Judd to distribute all the ooze."

"You're right about the infectious part. Even our ink can have some of those effects if a non-fuzzy ally touches it. I worked with Cubby at Grizzco for a short bit. Some Octolings who had been stationed in Alterna got swept up to continue collecting Golden Eggs, including myself, and we all understood that we couldn't team up with anyone outside the Fuzzy Division for safety reasons. Cubby, however...? She was reckless enough to join a regular crew, and one of those workers got infected because of it. From the look of that post, it was the same Inkling she kidnapped... As for the Mr. Grizz thing, he was the one who invented the Fuzzy Ooze, and that's why the Alterna mission ended up the way it did."

"Oh!! Cubby was OBSESSED with trying to talk to Mr. Grizz! Apparently he was sent to space or something? When we got the chance to talk to him, he said that his children brought him back to Earth. He also said something about how he changed as a person, and it made Cubby really upset..." Uni paused again. "That's when she activated the bomb."

A phone call. A news agent. Could this be about...?

Only one way to find out.

[ @inkadianewsemma ]

"Colorgraphic's studio, Void speaking," the Octoling answered. The group was out practicing some choreography for their FrostyFest performance, and Void just happened to be taking a breather when the reporter called.