#splatoon the professor

[cru5h-cascades]

With Side Order basically 3 days away at this point (the dlc's releasing on the 21st at 7 PM CST), there's just one more thing I wanna talk about when it comes to speculation (well not really speculation it's more so just me hoping this will happen):

PLEASE LET THE PROFESSOR WHO OWNED JUDD AND MADE TARTAR HAVE SOME SORT OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STORY. LIKE A MAJOR ROLE.

Like I have this one idea sort of similar to @lbodraws' Villain Agent 4 AU (with their interpretation of the villain of Side Order, G.H.O.S.T., an AI made to store human consiousness that basically decided to do its own thing after not being given the order to awaken the humans whose consiouses they were storing) where basically the professor had a plan B for himself since he didn't make himself immortal like Judd, the plan being that if he died in cryogenic preservation he'd have his mind transfered into a computer program in order to live on in some way. However, something goes wrong and the professor's digital world is overidden by whoever created the Order Sector. The professor gets his files compressed or whatever and they get put into a special area on the top of the tower so he's under close surveilance, however he keeps on trying to fight back in a few ways, with the main one being creating the voids in the spire.

To be honest, I'd love to see both a villain Marina and Lil' Judd in the DLC alongside the professor as well, so this is how I kind of see the final boss being like if all three of these guys had a role to play in the DLC:

Phase 1: Marina (the misguided antagonist): Marina is under the influence of another being (weither it be by brainwashing or by other means) and it's Agent 8's job to snap Marina out of it. Marina would use all sorts of modified specials and inventions against Eight during the fight (also basically this fight would sort of be like a parody of the Splatoon 2 final boss since RotM also had that with DJ Octavio at the begining). After finishing this phase of the fight, Marina regains control of herself, we get some dialoge, and then we get the reveal of the true villain of Side Order...

Phase 2 & 3: Lil' Judd (the real big bad): Lil' Judd goes on a monolouge about why he did what he did and how (basically he ended up getting Marina to unknowingly unleash the Order Sector onto the world to help Lil' Judd achive his ultimate objective: to be the only Judd left standing or something like that) and then the next 2 phases of the fight happen I guess. After beating up Lil' Judd, the professor decompresses his own files now that Lil' Judd isn't able to control the Order Sector, at least for now, and decides to raise hell onto everyone in the room, leading us to the next phase of the fight...

Phase 4: the professor (one of many victims of Lil' Judd): Blinded by rage, the professor gets this corrupted form of sorts where he's all glitchy and stuff. The professor, beliving that the Side Order crew is working with Lil' Judd, attempts to attack our protagonists, only for Eight to defend everyone. The professor will use various tricks to distract the player so he can kill them and will spare the player no mercy during the fight. It isn't until the layer finally shoots at the professor enough that he comes to his senses and realizes what's going on and stops fighting. We get some dialoge at the end of the fight or something and then the Order Sector appears to be falling appart due to the professor messing around with the code too much during the fight, so he urges the Side Order crew to get out of the spire before they're trapped in an infinate void forever. The professor opens a portal to the real Inkopolis Square outside of the spire and then I guess the final phase of the final boss happens where you need to take the emergency exit out of the spire to get to the portal in a set amount of time. The professor stays behind to keep the Order Sector up and running so he doesn't die or whatever.

And that's all I really got for what could happen if the professor was involved in Side Order. If you couldn't tell already, this is a super rough idea of what could happen if this was the case because this is just me hoping this happens. Anyways, I kinda doubt that the professor will actually even be mentioned in Side Order ('cause that guy just has to be one of the most minor characters in Splatoon) (but then again dedf1sh made it into the DLC and has a huge role in it so maybe it can happen with this guy too), but hey I guess we'll just have to find out in three days, am I right?

[liliotl]

I wish pearl and marina were in all my classes and they liked me and would tell me that I'm not an idiot and I can pass college

[commandertartarsmoocher]

Today's bunch of doodles incoming:

A whole bunch of silly

[dragons-hoard-of-fandoms]

Nintendo Direct 2/8/2023 without context:

[mjbear130]

now that artfight is over i can post all my attacks here yaaay n_n

goodness there is quite a lot o_O

now for the credits ! and in order, too u_u

Astraea, by Arty_artemis12

Juliette, by Zerus

Octoling Boy, by GinnyGravity

Ezra, by Nickminus

Bea O’Crassy, by @kiwinatorwaffles [hiiiii kiwiiiii :3]

Avery, by @agiantmixingbowl

Seven, by @tchaikovosky [hi tchaiaiaiiaii]

Apple, by @moth-mayh3m [HEY MYLES]

Gloves, by @drawingfox12

Metis, by @mppi

Stare, by @skedacho [HI SKEDDD]

Soledad, by @m0thermo0n [hiya moonaayyayayay]

Don Toblerone (AU), by @honeyb-23 [hallo honeyeyyeey]

Crumpet, by hokaidoplanet

Breakfast Cookie, by @khouzee

Grysn, by Twasp_

Nice Guy, by @starkatstories

Conductor Chuchu, by @sapgoon

Lukebot / Orchid, by @samthecookielord [hi sam ^^]

Prismit, by Errinho565

Dr. Elena Kel, by @periinkling [hi clover ;O]

Cassius, by @chikaoofka [hallo marksman !!!]

Blithe, by @justforsutff

Jinx, by @my-name-is-daniel-yes

Selkie, by @sylviefish

Rosamine, by @akorn10ds

Rudy Dieot, Noah Hoemo, and Ivanabe Gaye, by @kiwinatorwaffles [hiiiii kiwiiiii :3 x2 combo]

Quawi, by AriKas

Fish, by @horijion

and Sunset Angeles, by RiniiFluff

WHEW that is a . lot . ANYWAYS you all should definitely go check out these amazing artists !!! I had so much fun participating in artfight 2024, and i hope to see you all again next year !!!!! <33333

[i-post-random-layton-screenshots]

[starrymarii]

Side order 🐙

[loafbud]

Dedf1sh/Acht staring at you in the elevator like this 🧍‍♀️

[sisterlilybug]

“As it seems that humanity’s fate is sealed, two close humans create a machine in hopes that it will reach the next mankind and stop them from repeating their mistakes.”

[samthecookielord]

Our shared past and our lost future 🎉

Team future 💥💥💥

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was fighting salmonids from Splatoon in a park somewhere, and Professor Sycamore was confused the whole time.

[descalled]

splatoon AU ?

[ivelte]

There were so many things that made me happy in this Nintendo Direct that I needed to draw something. Here’re all my favs <3

[commandertartarsmoocher]

Guess who has been cooking stuff related to the professor

[dandeleon]

miracle mask if they were cephalopods or something

[azuremist]

Characters who are held back by being drawn skinny when they’re CLEARLY meant to be chubby (a moodboard)