#marina asks

[he0524]

If you’d be interested can you please write a Carina x Maya smut fic where Carina realises Maya’s praise kink ??

Hi anon! This has been on my to-write list forever! It's definitely going to come some time in the future, you just have to hold your horses because I'm an uninspired bitch😭

[holdoncallfailed]

marina abramović for GQ germany

[squidthusiast]

“Tinkers with home appliances (bad habit)” Me too, Marina. Me too.

(I wonder if Pearl has ever walked in on Marina sitting in a pile of deconstructed toasters with an absolutely devastated expression.)

Oh you bet it has happened

[annabelle--cane]

"the magnus protocol had a whole ARG beforehand? what?"

yes! it did!

"oh so I need to have participated in this whole big thing to actually understand the podcast?"

not at all! from the official post-mortem put out by RQ, "while the ARG was not something that was necessary to participate in to understand the magnus protocol, it was designed to contain a wealth of background story and context that would enrich any player's listening experience."

"a wealth of background context that would enrich my listening experience 👀👀👀 how can I learn about this?"

SO glad you asked. sadly, many of the materials made for the arg have been taken down since the game ended 😔 (ex., the official OIAR, magnus institute, and bonzoland websites. (edit ii: I found partial wayback machine captures! see below) though @strangehauntsuk is still up!), so we're a bit low on primary sources, but in terms of learning about what happened:

for a starting point, I would really recommend this video by @pinkelotjeart

it's super accessible, it was made in real time as the game progressed and follows the solving and revelation of clues as they happened, it hits all the major points of the mystery and moments of community insanity while eliding some of the nitty gritty puzzle grinding, 10/10 would recommend.

here's the official summary put out by RQ, and I'd recommend reading through this once you've already gotten a basic handle on the flow of the story and the basic connections between major clues and events. it's got some fun behind-the-scenes info and lays out the thought process behind the puzzles in simple terms

here's the full masterdoc of all puzzles and resolutions put together in the statement remains discord server. masterdoc my absolute BELOVED, masterdoc my bethrothed, masterdoc my soul mate. I'd recommend this as a second port of call after the above video as it either contains all details about the puzzles or links to other expanded docs that do.

here's the narrative summary doc that lays out all the plot and lore discovered in three pages of plain prose. if you just want to get to the good bits as fast as you can and get blasted directly in the face by contextless lore bombs, this is the doc for you. if you don't want to start with the video, I'd say this is another good entry point.

once you've got the lay of the land, some of the game materials that I found particularly interesting include:

the in-universe east germany expat usenet forum, with all content translated into english. most of it is irrelevant space filler with occasional extremely sus lore, but I still found it fun to read through. love to soak in some fictional forum drama.

chdb.xlsx, the spreadsheet of the names of all the children the protocol 'verse magnus institute was studying/experimenting on. EDIT: here is a version of the sheet without any annotations and with all of the names in their original order, kudos to @theboombutton for catching that the commonly shared copy had the order swapped around.

klaus.xls, a (very corrupted) spreadsheet with what looks like the classifications of a bunch of old OIAR cases.

EDIT: have a few more saved materials from the game that I forgot to include.

an in-universe audio ad to apply to the OIAR that ran before archives episodes and kicked off the whole game.

an in-universe video ad to apply to the OIAR, this one is an official upload that's still up from the game itself. you can subscribe to the OIAR's official youtube channel today, if you so chose.

the robo-voicemail greeting from the OIAR's phone line.

EDIT II:

here is a wayback machine capture of the OIAR's official website.

here is a wayback machine capture of the bonzoland website.

(pretty sure both of the above captures just archived the home pages, though I haven't tried clicking all of the links. I'd say they're still worth looking at, the home pages give a good window into the vibes.)

once you start poking around in these documents, you'll find a bunch of links to others with further information, the materials I've included here just contain what I feel to be the most relevant details to getting a broad feel for the whole game. once again, huge shout out to the statement remains server, I was barely in there as the ARG was in progress and only ducked my head in every so often to find links like these. true mvps of the fandom.

[letsplayeternity]

Honest question, I've been rethinking the whole "Colin has done the same with Penelope Featherington" speech Anthony gave to Daphne and his mother in season 1 and the fact that when Colin talked to his brothers in 3x05 both Ben and Anthony were like "I didn't have a clue" and like... do we think Anthony spent the evening rethinking every single interaction he has ever witnessed between Colin and Pen and every single instance where he let things slide because "oh that's just eloise's friend?" and just banging his head against a wall as Kate laughs her ass off??

[bobcatblahs]

I was asked this and told to pass it along <3: put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers :]

First off- I’m one of your favorite followers? 🥹

Songs that are my favs currently are, in no particular order…

Good People- Mumford & Sons ft. Pharrell

Just My Type- Jeremy Renner

Man’s World- Marina

Too Sweet- Hozier

Sun to Me-Zach Bryan

Thank youuuu

@mylifeiscomics @deardiary17 @chaoticrosesimp @joelslastofus @five-potatoes-high @nb-n0v4 @thelibraryofalexandriastillburns @cowgirljol @hotspace39 @doctordiscosbignaturals @tatennant

[splatoongamefiles]

can we get a size comparison of Marina Agitando next to the Pearl Drone?

[bra1nw0rmz]

Levi with one of those giant isopod duffel bags…..

Idk which one you’re exactly talking abt but I drew it anyway bc you’re so right

Used this as practice to try n get better at colouring faster, failed bc I got distracted half way in… anyway. Modern au Levi you will always be real asf to me

[echofades]

STATION 19 | 7.04: Trouble Man

[pcktknife]

If Pearlina were in a Dnd type setting what classes would they be?

went ahead and did all the idols (- bm again im sorry big man fans) you can think of these more as them actually roleplaying than me throwing the actual characters into fantasy land cause I got itty bitty character backgrounds too lol

Callie (Elven Bard) plays as a princess who knows very little about the world outside her kingdom, but is very excited to experience it as an aspiring songstress. She also sometimes DMs. Marie (Changeling Ranger) plays as Callie's guardian.She's disguised as Callie's cousin who (unknown to Cal) died in a battle Marie witnessed. There'd probably be an arc in their campaign where this is dramatically found out by another party member lol.

Pearl (Halfling Bard-barian) basically plays the same character Callie does (princess who leaves to be a bard) except she'd already be an established world famous musician. She's prone to starting fights and used to also be smth of a gladiator. Marina (Human Artificer) plays who she kinda is in real life tbh. Engineer/Inventor behind much of her country's advanced weaponry. She felt unfulfilled having her inventions used solely for war though and dipped.

Frye (F.Genasi Rogue/Sorcerer) and Shiver (W.Genasi Warlock/Monk) play as a scavenger and pirate respectively. Their characters grew up together with no family but each other and consider each other their greatest treasure. They're pretty ruthless, have killed and will kill again (family that slays together stays together). Big Man usually DMs for everybody but when he's not he's usually playing an Earth Genasi or Firbolg and classing as a Monk or Cleric and is of course makes Frye and Shiv's group complete.

[he0524]

Prompt submission? Carina and Mayas first time having sex after the Jack situation, Carinas possessive side comes out and she wants Maya to know who she belongs too 😈

Hi! I've done something similar to this, where we saw a tad bit of Carina's possessive side in my first fic ever "better than sex (impossible)" :)

[gambeque]

my fav pearlina headcanon: Pearl As Big Spoon

eepy

[squidthusiast]

“The oven has a goofy face”

Octo-Oven Moment?

Just some past work experience

[ninjapaste]

Draw Pearl with 7 eleven big gulp

this is why I make art

[boonanaghost]

Kindly requesting some pearlina fanart 🙋‍♀️

TYSMMMMM I had fun with this,, doodle board + 30 min quick painting 🙏 practicing expressions today

[splatoongamefiles]

Could I get a size comparison between Marina Agitando, Asynchronous Rondo and Pinging Marciale if possible? Curious to see how all three measure up to each other

i included overlorder and parallel canon (if you can find them) as well if that's fine