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Honestly I love this idea! Especially when Agent 8 is still learning the inklings language, it might be just the best way they thought of spending time with each other too! Given they don't really know how to talk at that point (and it might help Agent 8 to finally fight someone without the looming threat of death and or killing above both of them) it's a great idea!

I really love the idea of agent 3 and agent 8 being “sparring buddies”. Like, they’d meet each other PURELY to fight or talk about fighting. Not specifically gun fighting but like in martial arts. They don’t care about anything except just fighting each other and getting better at it. They either have same fighting styles and work on perfecting them with each other or they have different styles and think it’s fun to see who comes up on top this time. This idea has been on my mind for way too long…

#reblog #agent 24 #agent 3 #agent 8 #splatoon #this can be agent 24! #who said a fistfight can't be romantic?? #imagine them tending to eachothers wounds dude- #maybe itd be inkling or octoling culture to kiss the injury and make it feel better #so the other agent is just completely flustered and confused- #anything can be agent 24 😌

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This is such a great idea/headcanon!! I don't mind the whole "subspecies" thing, but it being just environment, training and diet is a smart explanation! I love rival octolings too, their sound design makes them sound way too cute for something I have to murder- they just seem like the embodiment of utter sass and I love them for it!

raghghghh this is finally done it took longer than it shouldve

anyway have some personal hc stuff of mine, visualised with some silly arts

i love rival octolings you guys dont UNDERSTAND i homebrewed my wii u just so i could play as one.

#splatoon #octoling #reblog #splatoon octoling #enemy octolings #splatoon 3 #splatoon 2 #agent 8 rival octoling au 👀? #i wish there also was a male form for the enemy octolings/hairstyle #itd be interesting to see! (or is this an women foght while man stay at home and care for the kids? thatd be also interesting-)

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Of course! It was a well thought out theory afterall! And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks that :D!

You're completely right! I forgot about that! Having Callie work for the Octarians for a while did affect even the music that the Turquoise October made- I wonder what other impacts she had on octoling society! (Maybe Callie has octoling fans now- who knows!)

Wait i got another question for you

How are elite Octarians born ?

Elite Octarians are those Enemies who have a harder Ai than regular Octarians and have seaweed in their hair in the story mode

Like is it a some sort of mutation? cuz if I remember says that the seaweed is like implanted into their skulls i don't know I didn't look into splatoon lore back in the days

I get to bring out the artbooks on this one! I had a lot of fun flipping through them to find as much about the elite octolings as I can. From what I gathered it looks like the seaweed isn't implanted into their skulls, and is instead attatched to their goggles.

It likely functions as a symbol of rank to show that they are stronger than a typical octoling. However I don't think that this is solely strength in fighting as we can see in Marina's chat room that Marina herself was an elite octoling, hence the seaweed.

Marina's specialty wasn't in fighting, it was in tech. So chances are elite octos are simply defined as higher rakning octarians than most others.

However, I don't think that mutation theory is far off, I really like the idea and I think I can find some evidence to back it up.

Throughout all of the games elite octolings have black tentacles instead of red, like most octoling soldiers do. Even when fuzzy they're tentacles are significantly darker than others. However, when we look at a sanitized elite octoling we can see that the tips of their tentacles are a green color.

The fact that there are even elite sanitized octolings is strange. If sanitization is meant to make them perfect soldiers, then how are some better than others? Unless they have some sort of phycical difference like a mutation.

Back to the tentacle thing, we can see Marina's tentacles are similar, being a very dark brown color with only the tips being teal. Even in her side order outfit where her tips have a galaxy color, the main color of her tentacles doesn't change.

Of course this could just be cosmetic because idols like the Squid Sisters and Pearl have tentacle tips that change color while the rest of their tentacles don't. I think for those three that is the case, but for Marina it's different.

Why would a sanitized octoling need cosmetics? Why would they care about how they look if they can't care about anything? Maybe it's because they can't change them back.

Here's my theory: In order for an octoling to earn a high rank in the Octarian Army, they have to undergo a mutation process that makes them stronger in the aspect that they are working in. For a soldier it would be physical ability, for an engineer it would be mental ability, etc. This mutation process has side effects, one being staining the octoling's tentacles, which prevents them from changing their color anywhere but the tips. This staining is permantent, which is why it can still be seen in sanitized octolings. Luckily, in inkling society this is a common trend among idols, so it is widely accepted.

Boom, case closed.

But wait. What about Acht?

It is made very clear in Acht's portion of Marina's Dev Diaries that they did not care at all about advancing in the army. Even if they were offered a high ranking position, they would likely turn it down. So why are their tentacles discolored? And why are they more of a brown color than a black or dark brown?

Well I could just say that they wanted to look cool and leave it at that, but that's boring and kind of makes less sense. If discolored tentacles are associated with high ranking military leaders in the octarian army, why would Acht want to affiliate themself with them if they weren't one of them? And would they even be allowed to change the color of their tentacles?

We can clearly see that this color change is still present after their sanitization, but not fully. Their tentacles don't stay brown and instead shift to the purple at was on their tips. Now the tips of their tentacles are more of a red too.

So what gives? Why can Acht's tentacles change but the elite octolings' can't? Because Acht wasn't an elite octoling.

Their sanitization was only partial, which is why they didn't have to wear a uniform and didn't have to fight as a soldier with the other sanitized octolings. So what if that wasn't the only thing that was partial?

Acht wrote in Marina's Dev Diaries that they were "always slacking off and cutting class. I got to know the inside of the instructor's office pretty well." My theory is that, in an attempt to get Acht to pay more attention and care more about being in the Octarian Army, their instructor had them undergo part of an elite octoling mutation, resulting in similar discoloration, just not as extreme. Their insctructor hoped that they would see how much stronger they had become and would want to earn a full mutation. Their plan backfired horribly. Instead of making Acht stronger in something like strength or intellegence, it just made their ability to make muic stronger. This only led them to cutting more classes so that they could focus on making music. This, of course, didn't end too well for them since their devotion to music was what caused them to be sanitized.

Acht's tentacles keep their slight discoloration through the sanitization, but the color itself changes slightly. Sanitization made their skin green, so why wouldn't it change their tentacles too? The consistent pattern of the discoloration is that the main parts of their tentacles are darker than the tips.

Keep in mind that most of this isn't canon and is just my theories. I had a lot of fun with this one, I hadn't really considered the potential lore of elite octolings before. I really like the mutation idea!

Thank you so much for the ask! I've also concluded that I am incapaple of making a post without bringing up Acht in some way lol.

Now I would like to leave you all with this abomination that I found in the Splatoon 1 artbook.

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8 love that little smug...octoling? Inkling-?

Anywho! I genuinely love this take on elite octolings!!! It's so well thought out, I'm curious to know more about it! I'm curious to see if some octolings believe the same is true with inklings, like thinking Callie is an elite! (They wouldn't be all that necessarily wrong?? Given she is an idol/agennt)

I also personally imagined the dark of their tentacles having been "tattooed", cause- ink and such, but this mutation sounds like a fun idea as well!

Wait i got another question for you

How are elite Octarians born ?

Elite Octarians are those Enemies who have a harder Ai than regular Octarians and have seaweed in their hair in the story mode

Like is it a some sort of mutation? cuz if I remember says that the seaweed is like implanted into their skulls i don't know I didn't look into splatoon lore back in the days

I get to bring out the artbooks on this one! I had a lot of fun flipping through them to find as much about the elite octolings as I can. From what I gathered it looks like the seaweed isn't implanted into their skulls, and is instead attatched to their goggles.

It likely functions as a symbol of rank to show that they are stronger than a typical octoling. However I don't think that this is solely strength in fighting as we can see in Marina's chat room that Marina herself was an elite octoling, hence the seaweed.

Marina's specialty wasn't in fighting, it was in tech. So chances are elite octos are simply defined as higher rakning octarians than most others.

However, I don't think that mutation theory is far off, I really like the idea and I think I can find some evidence to back it up.

Throughout all of the games elite octolings have black tentacles instead of red, like most octoling soldiers do. Even when fuzzy they're tentacles are significantly darker than others. However, when we look at a sanitized elite octoling we can see that the tips of their tentacles are a green color.

The fact that there are even elite sanitized octolings is strange. If sanitization is meant to make them perfect soldiers, then how are some better than others? Unless they have some sort of phycical difference like a mutation.

Back to the tentacle thing, we can see Marina's tentacles are similar, being a very dark brown color with only the tips being teal. Even in her side order outfit where her tips have a galaxy color, the main color of her tentacles doesn't change.

Of course this could just be cosmetic because idols like the Squid Sisters and Pearl have tentacle tips that change color while the rest of their tentacles don't. I think for those three that is the case, but for Marina it's different.

Why would a sanitized octoling need cosmetics? Why would they care about how they look if they can't care about anything? Maybe it's because they can't change them back.

Here's my theory: In order for an octoling to earn a high rank in the Octarian Army, they have to undergo a mutation process that makes them stronger in the aspect that they are working in. For a soldier it would be physical ability, for an engineer it would be mental ability, etc. This mutation process has side effects, one being staining the octoling's tentacles, which prevents them from changing their color anywhere but the tips. This staining is permantent, which is why it can still be seen in sanitized octolings. Luckily, in inkling society this is a common trend among idols, so it is widely accepted.

Boom, case closed.

But wait. What about Acht?

It is made very clear in Acht's portion of Marina's Dev Diaries that they did not care at all about advancing in the army. Even if they were offered a high ranking position, they would likely turn it down. So why are their tentacles discolored? And why are they more of a brown color than a black or dark brown?

Well I could just say that they wanted to look cool and leave it at that, but that's boring and kind of makes less sense. If discolored tentacles are associated with high ranking military leaders in the octarian army, why would Acht want to affiliate themself with them if they weren't one of them? And would they even be allowed to change the color of their tentacles?

We can clearly see that this color change is still present after their sanitization, but not fully. Their tentacles don't stay brown and instead shift to the purple at was on their tips. Now the tips of their tentacles are more of a red too.

So what gives? Why can Acht's tentacles change but the elite octolings' can't? Because Acht wasn't an elite octoling.

Their sanitization was only partial, which is why they didn't have to wear a uniform and didn't have to fight as a soldier with the other sanitized octolings. So what if that wasn't the only thing that was partial?

Acht wrote in Marina's Dev Diaries that they were "always slacking off and cutting class. I got to know the inside of the instructor's office pretty well." My theory is that, in an attempt to get Acht to pay more attention and care more about being in the Octarian Army, their instructor had them undergo part of an elite octoling mutation, resulting in similar discoloration, just not as extreme. Their insctructor hoped that they would see how much stronger they had become and would want to earn a full mutation. Their plan backfired horribly. Instead of making Acht stronger in something like strength or intellegence, it just made their ability to make muic stronger. This only led them to cutting more classes so that they could focus on making music. This, of course, didn't end too well for them since their devotion to music was what caused them to be sanitized.

Acht's tentacles keep their slight discoloration through the sanitization, but the color itself changes slightly. Sanitization made their skin green, so why wouldn't it change their tentacles too? The consistent pattern of the discoloration is that the main parts of their tentacles are darker than the tips.

Keep in mind that most of this isn't canon and is just my theories. I had a lot of fun with this one, I hadn't really considered the potential lore of elite octolings before. I really like the mutation idea!

Thank you so much for the ask! I've also concluded that I am incapaple of making a post without bringing up Acht in some way lol.

Now I would like to leave you all with this abomination that I found in the Splatoon 1 artbook.

#splatoon 3 #splatoon #reblog #headcanon #inkling #octoling #side order #splatoon headcanons #splatoon lore #enemy octolings #inktoling

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Ooo~ what a way to spice up the game!! I genuinely enjoy it! I like to think that one of the characters you'd often times have to fight against/one of the main bosses that will trouble you until you get to their palette, being the parallel Canon! Making them a bigger obstacle and more important to the plot would make a lot of players happy

He idea of the final boss being different characters each time before you finally beat up Order is genuinely delightful! A bit hard on the developers, but c'mon! They where able to make octo expansion, they can do this too, I got faith on them XDDD

Listen, Side Order is fun and great.

But...

what if... it was a little different? 👀

SIDE ORDER REWRITE THOUGHTS DOWN BELOW:

(please reblog!)

OKAY SO the main issue I have with side order is a lack of incentive for Agent 8 and the player to complete the spire with all the palettes. YES. LORE. and I like that a lot BUT fighting Smollusk everytime? Snore. Let's spice it up. We free the owner of the palette by fighting the grayscaled version of them. Each final boss is different, so we as the player have an incentive to see new boss and Agent 8 has to save their souls!!!

So in pic one, Deep Cut (at least Shiver and Frye) still haven't been freed, so they're spaced out. They still give the news, but their dialogue is different and more tired/boring. It'll be like this until the player frees their palettes.

Speaking of, apparently a lot of people got pulled in, right? Let's show them in the order plaza!!! Wouldn't it be creepy to just have grayscaled people wandering around- and the text boxes that usually contain players messages and art is just... blank? (or all replaced with the same message like "Order Will Prevail")

Some other notes:

On your first run, Marina is the final boss. You gotta rescue her!!! First phase it's Marina Agitando, then the second and third phases are Overlorder

Pearl stays a Drone until you complete her palette

As you complete palettes, less and less grayscaled people will be in the square. It makes it more empty, but that's only because you're saving people. But in contrast the lobby becomes more full of instruments and light (like in the actual game)

lmk what you think :)

#agent 4 is not real guys believe me #splatoon side order au #this is so much better #imagine fighting Craig Cuttlefish- but like #in his prime (aka as 100 year old younger man) #we see a lot of fossils and stuff in game so why not bring him bsck too XDDD yes im calling him old #i know lore wise that wouldn't work but image- #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon 3 spoilers #side order #deep cut #anarchy splatcast #frye splatoon #shiver splatoon #big man splatoon #marina agitando #marina ida #marina splatoon #pearl houzuki #pearl splatoon #pearl drone #color pallete #splatoon side order #side order rewrite #splatoon dlc #reblog

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Acht and Marina where going to be elites (well, Marina was) confirmed-

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Thank you so much! Genuinely love seeing what people think about my little ideas, let's be honest! Captain 3 is surrounded by incredibly important people, as just some...random inkling, are they truly worthy to be the captain? Why not Marie? Why not Callie? Agent 4 did what they did, why not them? Agent 3 also potentially killed Octarians, especially bad given the fact Octarians can live along with inklings, proven in splatoon 3, so- more guilt-

Agent 3/Captain 3 Mental State

Do y'all ever just think about how Agent 3 might actually have a different kind of problem mentally- like, I see a lot of people always talking about the brainwashing and the fighting Octavio and the Octarians as their "flaw/trauma to over come" and dont get me wrong I love these flaws in their character! But I've just been thinking-

What about a hero complex? I mean, it might be typical, but Agent 3 has been working for the New Squidbeak Splatoon ever since they where about 14, they've been put in death situations over and over again- so what if they tie in their worth to their abilities? To what they can bring to the table-

Yet every couple of years, a new agent, a new person who did what they did all those years ago, but...better at times, Agent 4 (that one oc) saved the great zap fish, beat Octavio, and they did it while fighting Callie, and now Captain 3 has been- basically replaced by Neo 3, who fought Octavio, and a bear in literally space! Captain 3s achievements slowly pale more in comparison, and Agent 8 went through everything they went through in heels

The rest of the squidbeak splatoon is similar, Callie and Marie are literally idols and the original agents of the New Squid beak splatoon, Marina is just Marina, smart with technology and good at musician and paved the way for octolings to enter inkling society, Pearl is practically a princess with the voice of a torpedo, deep cut isn't technically part of the squid beak splatoon, but they are also idols-

All to say...Captain 3 might feel the need to prove themselves, they did take up the spot of their beloved Gramps, and even if he is a bit of a nut job, he was a literal War Hero and legend, Captain 3 is in the shadow of so many great people- insecurity complex might be their new dearest friend!

Anyways, this was just a bit of a character study using nothing but my tired imagination- give me your thoughts and feed back please and thank yous!

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #agent 3 has mental issues baby #reblog #headcanon #rat rambles #inkling #octoling #splatoon headcanons #splatoon lore #agent 4...who?

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Side order spoilers

Side order is literally just Marina making her and Pearls love child

#no more context #thats just it #marina splatoon #pearl #pearl houzuki #marina ida #splatoon 3 spoilers #splatoon 3 #rat rambles #side order #splatoon spoilers

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Agent 3/Captain 3 Mental State

Do y'all ever just think about how Agent 3 might actually have a different kind of problem mentally- like, I see a lot of people always talking about the brainwashing and the fighting Octavio and the Octarians as their "flaw/trauma to over come" and dont get me wrong I love these flaws in their character! But I've just been thinking-

What about a hero complex? I mean, it might be typical, but Agent 3 has been working for the New Squidbeak Splatoon ever since they where about 14, they've been put in death situations over and over again- so what if they tie in their worth to their abilities? To what they can bring to the table-

Yet every couple of years, a new agent, a new person who did what they did all those years ago, but...better at times, Agent 4 (that one oc) saved the great zap fish, beat Octavio, and they did it while fighting Callie, and now Captain 3 has been- basically replaced by Neo 3, who fought Octavio, and a bear in literally space! Captain 3s achievements slowly pale more in comparison, and Agent 8 went through everything they went through in heels

The rest of the squidbeak splatoon is similar, Callie and Marie are literally idols and the original agents of the New Squid beak splatoon, Marina is just Marina, smart with technology and good at musician and paved the way for octolings to enter inkling society, Pearl is practically a princess with the voice of a torpedo, deep cut isn't technically part of the squid beak splatoon, but they are also idols-

All to say...Captain 3 might feel the need to prove themselves, they did take up the spot of their beloved Gramps, and even if he is a bit of a nut job, he was a literal War Hero and legend, Captain 3 is in the shadow of so many great people- insecurity complex might be their new dearest friend!

Anyways, this was just a bit of a character study using nothing but my tired imagination- give me your thoughts and feed back please and thank yous!

#agent 4...who? #splatoon 3 #splatoon #headcanon #rat rambles #inkling #octoling #splatoon headcanons #splatoon lore #agent 3 has mental issues baby #this is mostly just me thinking these things kinda neat! #agent 8 #agent 4 #agent 3 #Captain 3 #captain cuttlefish #pearl #male agent 3

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Why the heck do I only know about this now?

Inklings wear fish hooks to show they're single and looking for a mate.

Little did I also know that the armor for Agent 3 in Splat 1 has this lure. Bet they don't have it anymore after Octo Expansion

#splatoon #splatoon 2 #octo expansion #agent 3 #agent 8 #agent 24 #splatoon lore #gaming #reblog

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Who is "Agent 4"? And why do I keep hearing about them? I've been in this fandom ever since splatoon 2, I think most people must be confused

Agent 4 is not real

And you cannot bring them back

#splatoon 3 #splatoon #rat rambles #side order #people collectively believing in a made up agent and getting mad at the fact they dont exist 😔 #kinda curious on who came up with this oc first! crazy ive only been hearing about them since side order came out #its the first in april and i jsut now started hearing about them- a cult i didnt hear about perhaps? 🤔

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Hello hi-

So what's up with birds?

Hear me out, in splatoon, there are literally so many birds still- existing in the world, and I mean- that's cool and all, but I feel like there is too much of a opportunity being missed here!

First of all, the weird lore implications- that certain birds somehow managed to survive while all humanity is gone ish- frankly incredible, especially since it's been enough years for sea life to evolve into humanoids! (And I know that there is an explanation for how this was made so much faster) But it's still incredible to think that these birds have literally gone through no changes even after so many wars and centuries, like-

Nintendo could have evolved birds too-

Now, I'm not saying that they have to go the humanoid route! I'm just saying that I want to know how these birds survived the post apocalyptic apocalypse so well! Maybe by having birds evolve to be ocean dwellers, like penguins and sucks- so how are sparrows still alive?? And more importantly-

Why are they not some incredibly popular pet?? Like- there are no mammals, there are close to no reptiles from what I've observed, so sea life would only know birds, and wouldn't they be curious about the animals that have tamed the skies? Or even more so, be curious about specifically pigeons given the fact that- pigeons would be a very easy animal for them to domesticate/tame, cause they where already animals that we humans have tamed! Nintendo could have easily just added in Inklings or octolings keeping pigeons as pets! Or even better

War

Humans have used pigeons as an war animal for the longest times! And given the fact this is a game very connected to war, wouldn't that be a very interesting idea? Having pigeons that are already in game as a animal that was used in war just makes sense! Especially given how octolings don't have a lot of electricity (given they have no zap fish) and are a very military based species, the idea of them still having pets that they use to send letters just makes me happy-

I understand the hype on making sea bunnies a type of pet that inkfish keep as pets- but c'mon! Make pigeons the equivalent of a dog in this world- or make a "crazy pigeon lady"-

#not canon-? #please pigeons are so cute- they need more love! #I'd love to hear what people think in comments or reblogs and whatever headcnaon they have made up! #please im so starved- #birds arent real #splatoon #splat2n #splatoon 3 #headcanon #rat rambles #inkling #octoling #The great turf war headcanons #splatoon headcanons

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I was looking for this post again! I love how detailed this is when it comes to the architecture! Good job!!

I know that Inkling societies mirror human ones because of plot reasons going back to Alterna, but I've really enjoyed seeing your 'convergent evolution' takes on the biology, so why not apply that same logic to something like, say, architecture? At a glance, sure, Inkopolis and the Splatlands look recognizable to us, but would for instance an inkling or octoling's home have a layout differently built for their unique needs and behavior?

Thank you! also yes this is a good point! I've been avoiding doing anything too outlandish with the architecture or much of any of the worldbuilding to be honest because we know very little about Splatoon architecture and... well, stuff like this, to begin with. And it's harder to try and change major things about the world itself than it is to work with alternative biology for a creature in my opinion; all we really know when it comes to architecture and city- and building design in Splatoon that it is very similar to those of humans, and a lot of the elements are based on modern day Japan. I doubt the developers are doing that much to differentiate the architecture from human buildings and stuff because granted it would be a ridiculous amount of thoughts and work to sculpt a society and buildings that accommodate like 500 different species MINIMUM.... there's some little things here and there, like the Giant Doorways in the Deepsea Metro, but then there's other things like the freaking escalator in Inkopolis Plaza that's literally the width of maybe 1 Inkling and no other species even fits in that. Hell, it's not even the width of TWO PEOPLE which is at least expected of escalators to my knowledge--- anyway....

my point being I don't like to make sweeping differences to human architecture when it comes to Splatoon, because whether I like it or not a LOT of their stuff is just human architecture a little bit to the left. But that doesn't mean you can't make any changes to it, and it also doesn't mean there aren't any changes, those changes just might not be as visible.

Some random things I've thought about: Modern housing in Inkadia has VERY strong windows. Glass in general is very strong in urban environments, especially buildings near Turf War areas for obvious reasons... you don't want people Super Jumping through your window nor your window blasted to smithereens by a Trizooka shot that missed.

In apartment buildings, if there are mail slots on the doors, there's a container on the other side. Prevents people from slinking into your house through the mail slot. Apparently this is a common thing to have in Japan? We just have mail slots or postboxes out in the yard or lobby.

Also to prevent people from slinking into your house: residential buildings have dense grates, nets or spikes in their ventilation shafts. In some older buildings and non-residentials, these might be missing. But without things like this, any Inkling (typically) can just fit straight through a pipe as long as their beak fits in it, so you would end up having guests you maybe don't want.

Quickly about apartments; they're actually a very popular form of living not just for cost-cutting and because there's a fuck ton of residents in Inkadia, but because inkfish are mostly very social and do better surrounded with lots of people living in close quarters. The two most popular types of apartments are single-person ones that are basically just a single-room hole, and bigger apartments that have several small rooms and a community area that are meant for a whole school of squid (usually a friend group) to live in. People who live in the single-person apartments typically just go home to sleep and maybe cook or something... unless you're an introverted squid, or not a squid at all, and just settle for very little when it comes to space.

Inklings ALWAYS have some type of direct heating in their houses, from space heaters to a kotatsu to heated blankets to sun lamps. This is because Inklings are mostly cold-blooded and become very sluggish if their body temperature falls too much (for example from lack of physical activity or from cold room temperature), so there's a focus on keeping one's living quarters comfortably warm. Most lamps marketed for inkfish are actually heat lamps to the point where finding a lamp that Doesn't Make The Room Hot if it's on for too long is kind of hard.

Inklings are pretty vulnerable to dry air due to their thin skin and dependence on humidity to keep them thoroughly hydrated. As a result, you'll find air humidifiers in like, every house. In some AC units, a humidifier function is included. From a human perspective, the average Inkling apartment feels warm and humid - but to them it feels just normal. Due to the relatively high humidity, it's pretty common for electrical outlets to have covers for when they're not in use.

It's common for Octarian homes to have "sleeping holes" or "dens" carved into the wall. These haven't really become trendy in Inkopolis yet, but they probably will. It's also quite common for inkfish homes to have stacked furniture and interior made in layers - because they can fit in very tight spaces in swim form, maze-like interiors are still fully usable to most inkfish. Though it's rarer to find people who actually want to deal with the clutter.

Most Inkopolis bathrooms have a combined shower-bath. Inkfish showers come with a shower head that only really lets mist through on the default setting. (You're expected to test this BEFORE you take your first shower and replace it if necessary because you don't want to get into the tub and then find out it's a normal cross-species shower head on fucking Jet Mode.) Bathtubs are mainly used for re-absorbing moisture and soaking in ink rather than cleaning (because inkfish don't do very well with actual baths).

Most flooring is specifically made to be ink-resistant and non-absorptive. The combined humidity of the air and the ink that inkfish naturally get everywhere would ruin wooden floors IMMEDIATELY.

Toilets usually have a flap or gate blocking the drain that flips open when it's flushed. There are too many historical cases of people falling into toilets and just fucking dying or going missing forever because it's difficult to get out. (Mostly kids, but also people who fell asleep or too far into thought and just slinked into there. The world is full of danger when you can fit into any gap.) also lots of people accidentally laying eggs there which for obvious reasons is REALLY BAD if there's nothing to catch those.

All modern apartment buildings are required to have elevators. I'm pretty sure this is also just a real-life requirement nowadays. A lot of older buildings in Inkopolis don't have any, though... and while Super Jumping on street level is usually prohibited, most apartments have roof access, so a lot of people still jump between work/hobbies and their house. It is A LOT faster than dealing with traffic or walking (but it's also mostly illegal).

uh probably more things. My brain is empty now but hopefully that's some kind of inspiring ty for asking!

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Love these ideas!! Especially squids taking care of their sucker teeth to "show off" and be all proud of themselves, it's honestly cute!! I love it!

How would inkfish take care of their “hair”? If at all

Yes

My tedtalk. Thanks for asking! (Sorry it took forever lol)

#reblog #trypophobia #splatoon headcanons #splatoon tentacle #everyday life #tentacle teeth 👀 #i wonder if they can eat with those suckers-

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Inklings feel like very excitable puppies at time, I wouldn't be surprised if they where to be so happy to share with people what they believe to be "Fresh" but I do think that some would be very judgemental (like how you can't enter many stores until level 4 because of how disgustingly not fresh you are-) but I like your headcanon!

Okay thinking a lot about inkling culture.

Don’t you know they’d love subcultures!! Don’t you know they love stuff like that especially when it comes to music and fashion but I also think the idea of a “ poser” wouldn’t exist to them. I think they’d be excited to see people share in the fashion and music even if they’re not super in depth into the subculture itself

Like punk squids being excited to share the fashion with more mainstream people cause it means there’s more people to take excitement in something they love

Goth inklings happily sharing the music with the cute preppy Octoling who rides the bus with them.

People delving into multiple aesthetics and not having to worry about not being “ goth” or “ hardcore” enough for it,

They wouldn’t gatekeep subculture like the way a lot of people do

I also think they’d be excited to see new subcultures rise. Like long time punk squids excited to see the rise of e-girl fashion

I think they’d have a very different reaction to stuff like that than I find humans do ( tho I’m sure it’s different irl this is just been my experience in online spaces)

#octoling #inkopolis #inkling #squid #splatsville #splatoon 1 #splatoon 3 #splatoon headcanon #splatoon #reblog

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I really find this interesting! I don't think it should stop people from making heftier ocs, but I also like the scientific explanation behind it! Nice job researching :D!

the body types of the inkfish in splatoon, what's with them?

this post will obviously have vague references to weight, but not in a serious way. warning you regardless though!

the anatomy of inklings and octolings, or the inkfish in general, is something that continues to interest me. this post will be mainly revolving around them. as you know, there are many defining features between the two species. round or pointy ears, a/symmetrical teeth, connective eye masks or a lined eye look, ten or eight tentacles, the list goes on. however, something that stays consistent within either species if that their body types remain the exact same.

the squid sisters and off the hook for reference. as you can see, putting aside obvious differences between the two species and height, their features are identical. this also applies to any player characters. why is this? let's look more into it.

as i'm sure you are aware, beauty standards more than likely play some kind of role in the designs of idols and avatars. real idols and celebrities are really skinny a majority of the time so it makes sense they'd incorporate it into the designs because of this.

that's not all, though. wouldn't that be too easy?

while typical standards of beauty definitely contribute, personally i believe that isn't the only reason.

something important to remember when talking about the anatomy of the octolings and inklings is that they aren't humans, and naturally will not have the same features. anything from their lack of bones, sensitivity to water, {water isn't lethal to them and can only be harmful in staggering amounts} ink assumingly playing a part in their hydration, their lack of actual hair, thin skin, really the only things "human" about them are that they have limbs, {along with fingers and toes} skin, their facial structures, and the fact they can speak.

bigfin reef squid

real squids and octopuses, even cuttlefish, are really low in fat. from what i can gather, octopus and squid have anywhere from one to six grams of fat per a few ounces. going back with what i said earlier, inkfish are not people, and it's highly plausible that they have a different acceptable body fat range than humanity, and can survive and thrive on very little. this, along with the fact that essentially all younger inkfish are very active, i believe play huge roles in their physique. fat also likely stores in them in the same places, as with real cephalopods.

caribbean reef octopus

conclusion,

do beauty standards have a part with appearances in splatoon? i can almost guarantee. though, it's crucial to remember that the way inkfish present anatomically and the way humans do have a large contrast. inkfish are very heavily based on real cephalopods, and the developers of splatoon are very intentional when it comes to character design and referencing what species they're based on, so i'm going to say that it's safe to assume that this is another huge reason for how they look physically.

what do you think? feel free to let me know. this is something that's floated in my mind on and off, but just today i started really thinking about it. thanks for reading.

#splatoon #inkling anatomy #splatoon headcanons #splatoon 3 #octoling anatomy #splatoon lore #reblog

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I love this! Really would make the warm more interesting! Given the fact that inklings are shown time and time again to be the less serious and less hardworking, maybe the octarians had been sure that they would have bested the inklings! Especially since the war seemed to start off in the octarians favor!

HEADCANON TIME

Back before the war there used to be wrestling competitions held between Inklings and the Octarians, competing with each other to test their physical prowess.

The Octarians were on a near perfect winning streak, due to extensive training and preparation. The Inklings on the other hand were just doing it for fun and were just happy to be there. Some Octarians were soured by their opponents not taking this seriously.

Bonus headcanon for my personal indulgence: Octavio used to take part in wrestling more casually from time to time, he enjoyed putting that size of his to good use. It was one of the only things he could ever truly best Craig in.

#:00!! this is such a cool headcanon! #splatoon #headcanon #octarian #dj octavio #octavio takowasa #inkling #capn cuttlefish #craig cuttlefish #octoling #reblog