#sanitized octarian

[bergrimlo]

Self sanitized Vermilion :p

[artwithatlas]

We are one in the same.

Every day I pretend to be you,

But I don’t know who you are.

You only exist in snippets of the past.

I wish I could remember,

What it’s like to be myself.

…

I don’t think I can ever go back.

[sheepishzoologist]

get him outta there!!!!

[seafoamshantyy]

More notebook pages!!!!

(Kaya is the octoling from a couple posts ago :3 I'll write her a bio soon!)

[splatoon-edits]

Sanitized Octarians Icons

Free To Use

[chromatoghosts]

look i love happy and sweet splatoon ocs as much as the next person, but consider! awful and fucked up splatoon ocs!! real evil and terrible cephalopods!! octopus women with everything wrong with them!!!! thank you for considering

IMPORTANT NOTE: encore isn't meant to be a villainization of deaf people. her deafness is not what causes her to be "evil" (though there's much more to her than that, but i'm still fleshing her out). the severe ableism she received on account of her deafness is merely just something that has caused her to develop issues with desire for approval to the point of opening her up to manipulation and violent coping mechanisms. i DO plan to give her a redemption arc and character growth eventually, though.

[t00nyah]

yesterday i came up with a small winter holidays themed au that makes no sense but i still like it so:

an au where at time of new year sanitized octarians miraclly regain some of their consiousness and free will(but not memory of course) and celebrate the beginning of new year!

dedf1sh has a special playlist written for those holidays

elite octolings get to wear a cute cloak

everyone gets presents brought by octobombers (which are mostly new weapons and such but it's still something fun for them)

while tartar was there he was kind of tolerating it because otherwise they were uncontrollable so... it would be lame losing control over subjects used in tests and letting them all get away

i liked the idea that maybe three and eight got to metro sometime on holidays(maybe cause of weird activity there or some shit i honesly don't know i don't want to give it much thought i made this for FUNSIES) and then they found...a whole ass celebration by sanitized octarians?? so they kinda just?? join in?? cause it would be really un-cool to spoil the fun y'know. especially if they don't get much chance to have fun.

[octo-artist]

Decided to partake in the sanitized oc trend for spooky month in the splatoon side of tumblr so here’s my octo insert!

I’m really proud of how this came out!

[veemo-nova]

uh

Just quickly drew a sanitized octo

[octocurse]

ohohohoho

[arsenicalofarsons]

Day three: fish

[ferrocache]

what if an enby was so mad at the world

[butcher--bird]

fuzzy-sanitized octoling. she got double dipped, if you will.

[rassicas]

I found a kamabo co poster with an eye symbol on it(the square). There is an ad that has a big eye on it in splatsville ....

Is Tartar literally advertising ?

Is this foreshadowing????

Mr. Grizz knockoff

I believe tartar was advertising, especially in the octarian world, and i imagine that was how it acquired some of its test subjects. There is a kamabo ad in the haikara walker artbook on page 191. none of this is ever made super clear though.

but i really don't think the posters in inkopolis square in s3 are foreshadowing, but the opposite, they look old and torn, i think that's just showing what was there. tartar was destroyed in s2 and side order i think makes that fact clearer since that story is all about the recovery of the sanitized octarians. as for in splatsville, are you sure it's a kamabo co poster? do you have pictures? there's a few signs i can think of in splatsville that feature eyes and arent kamabo. The only kamabo-adjacent thing in s3 i can think of is the sea cucumber phones, with the logo being the same on the CQ cards and text being in deepsea script

but i dont think tartar has anything to do with this since it is Dead, but rather some other company in the deepsea (likely related to CQ Cumber).

[astrallum]

"Please, i want to go home..."

My contribution to the Deep Sea Metro Zine

[zoetheneko]

MY THEORIES ABOUT ACHT'S EYES

Spoiler warning!!!

Acht's eyes are seen for a brief moment during side order's gameplay, and later where seen from pictures of Acht when they were not sanitized yet.

But thanks to @splatoongamefiles for providing more details of Dedf1sh's model, their eyes where confirmed to be of a Yellow colour.

But why are their eyes like this tho?

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As far as we know about sanitized octarians, they were almost all potrayed with black scleras and teal irises (the sanitized octoling's eyes were never revealed, but they were probably the same as other octarians. Many fans got the memo since i saw a lot of fanarts of them with those eyes).

During Octo expension, Dedf1sh was said to be no different then any other sanitized octolings, drained from all willpower and no memories of who they were, being nothing then one of Tartar's pawns. Their passion for music was the only thing that Acht wasn't stripped from, so they could only play their tracks that echoed thought the Deep sea Metro.

In Side Order however, Acht doesn't seem to be this mindless pawn in the slightest anymore, their green skin and blue hair being the only thing that remain from their sanitization. Strangely, their eyes returned to their original colours. That's it. That's all that changed of Acht's appearence.

Why? How?

WORRY NOT!!! I THINK I KNOW WHY!!

First and foremost, Marina has got to have to have something to do with Acht's redemption arc since the two were close friends during their time in the army.

And also, the reason of Acht's eyes going back to their original colours is it may be because they were no longer under Tartar's control.

The black scleras and teal irises indicates that a sanitized octarian is still brain-washed by the "test-subjects-based ink", and their purpose is only to follow Tartar's orders.

What could back up this theory is agent 3's sanitization. It was only partial, but 3's eyes were still different from their usual colours, but when they woke up after being knucked out by agent 8, their eyes were back to normal.

That being said...

I have 3 possible theories about Acht returning to their senses and restore their memory:

Theory #1:

Following her escape from the Octarian army, Marina was trying to reach out Acht since they left as well a long time ago, but they never responded to any of her messages.

After Tartar was defeated, Marina went to wander the Deep Sea Metro. She must have listened to the music echoing and recognized the voice of her lost friend despite the fact that it was affected by the sanitization.

Marina went on a searching spree across every corner of the metro to find a sign of them, until she finally found them in their sanitized state. Marina had no choice but to bail them out of their hellhole.

She was determined to help Acht regain their sense of self and catch up on them.

Marina never told Acht about the Memverse though.

Theory #2:

After Tartar was defeated, Acht was still working as a DJ at the Deep Sea Metro for a while. Then maybe because they were not under Tartar's control any longer, the sanitization of their mind slowly died out, their eyes fading back to their usual hues, and they were able to flee containment, seeking to restore their memories.

After Acht fully regained themselves, they ran away from the Metro to find Marina. Unfortunately, Order caught them and brought them to the Memverse.

Theory #3:

Acht was still under the influence of the "test-subjects-based ink" even if we beat Tartar, but Order somehow found a way to get throught their mind to be put into the Memverse.

If you have anything to add to this theory, go for it. I'm open to feedbacks and opinions.