#they are. they are both so deranged and fucked up and that's why theyre perfect for each other don't at me

[dubacheryking]

its so important to me that tim and damian BOTH have mommy issues just completely different varieties. tim's mommy issues are "i need my mother's approval so i will become my mother" flavored and damian's mommy issues are "i need my mother's approval but also hate my mother so i am going to fuck my mother" flavored. hence why they fuck nasty and damian calls tim talia/mother like 17 times during

[s-blast92]

im being cringe on main again i don't care anymore

ive been cooking for my deranged au again. content warnings for dark themes?? I have no idea what to tag this with. its basically rainbow factory that's the content warning.

The rank-up exams from A to S are mandatory once a month for every Inkfish living in Splatsville and this system has been in place for quite a few years now. its one of those traditional things that maybe isn't so great since it pressures inkfish to do ranked when they want to play casual turf.

but you know how splatsville is. the weak leave splatsville. splatsville is a city full of strong competitors.

the exams are basically a series. done in solo queue and no way to prepare beforehand about who you're going up against or who your teammates are going to be. if your weapon doesn't fit in with the team comp, whoops! hope you're proficient enough with it.

since it's ranked, the four modes are zones, tower, clams, and rainmaker, but unlike a series, these are chosen at random each match. The only practice an individual is getting is prior practice for the exam for that particular mode. and like a series, the individual gets three chances to lose. if you lose three, you're out. if you win three, you're in. congrats! yes the system is rigged. no, nobody is going to question it.

so, what happens when someone fails! Well! They get exiled from the city. Most believe they'll just have to move to Inkopolis. Some don't feel so pressured to give up their Splatsville pride since. well. the worst that they think that just happens is that they go away from the city. not very threatening.

but what ACTUALLY happens is that theyre sent to an off-grid location somewhere in the splatlands. Nobody goes out there really so it's a perfect place for this. the "failures" are turned into power eggs. these power eggs can be used for a variety of things, although they're mostly used for gaining profit, which in turn helps splatsville grow and develop even further. real fucked up. its no wonder why people in splatsville never see the exiled again.

While this is a mostly Splatsville thing, Inkopolis squids who move to Splatsville or stay for a prolonged period of time are also subjected to this mandatory rank-up exam. This causes Inkopolis squids to be familiar with the process and some even do it in their hometown without the whole exiling thing. For them it's to mostly see how fresh they are, and it's unofficial to Splatlands.

now, the au starts off with barreleye and mitsuami competing with each other since it was supposedly random that both of them were scheduled at the same time. mitsuami, like usual, is very nervous, but others around her say that everything's going to be fine. however, things seem amiss to mitsuami when team blue goes missing after being separated for their exam a week earlier. their teamwork is their strong point, which makes it sort of unfair that they were separated in their exam. but, the most interesting thing is that Headphones actually passed. Where was she? She must've went with her teammates regardless of passing.

deep cut and a lot of other individuals are kept hush-hush throughout this whole thing. mostly by money. deep cut can't really resist treasures. The agents are a non-threat since they're also subjected to this system if they live in Splatsville (and nobody's really investigated it, and if they did, they never returned.)

ANYWAYS i think im done rambling for now I'm done subjecting you guys to my deranged ideas for now