#splatoon headcanon

[leixo-demo]

I was doodling the other day as my bf finally pulled art (he's in constant artblock) I asked him if he could imagine what skeleton bit Dedfish, he answered "Those tiny fuckers surely" and it ended with this thing (((He also answered that it should have blue blood tho my hc is that they have red one :] it gives a good contrast too!

What skeleton do you think bit them?

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatband #splatoon headcanon #dedf1sh #ahato mizuta #Side Order

[nintendoteuthis]

Trying a new format to break my long squid science silence with ^^

#splatoon #splatoon headcanon #splatoon biology musings #my headcanons #oc

[squidthusiast]

I’m so normal about them-

Here’s my personal headcanons cus I thought it would be fun to share

+ bonus of both together

#dont be afraid to send asks about them yo #love them sm #my art #pearlina #off the hook #marina ida #pearl houzuki #splatoon fanart #splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon art #splatoon headcanon #squid rambles

[aeriona]

HI HELLO! Welcome to my completely unnecessarily detailed analysis on how I think Inkfish languages could work! + with art! yay! This is all pretty rough and not fully fleshed out (I don't have the time or patience for that lmao). THIS IS A LONG POST.

Okay, so there's dozens of languages spoken by cephalopods in the Mollusc Era but the main two I'll talk about are Inkling (or Inklish) and Octarian, spoken mostly by Inklings and Octolings respectively. 

In cephalopods, speech is formed using the syrinx and larynx, two fancy vocal organs that most other species don't have together. The larynx makes sounds using the radula (tongue) and vocal folds in the throat, it's clear and pretty easy to understand as the sound itself resembles human speech, albeit warbled. The syrinx makes noise by vibrating air at the base of the trachea, it's often trickier to follow as it can sound more like droning background noise than words sometimes.

An inkfish can use both of them at once, resulting in an EXTREMELY complicated language system where words can be made up of multiple layered syllables, and several words and sentences can even be said at the same time.

As you can probably imagine, all of this is LITERAL HELL to learn for species who don’t have both a syrinx and a larynx (so basically anyone who isn't a cephalopod). But fear not! There are many simple and more inclusive alternatives, dialects and other cool stuff like sign language and instant TTS technology for people who physically can't pronounce Inkling/Octarian or even vocalise at all (eg. jellyfish).

Both main Inkfish languages can be broken down into laryngeal words (made with the larynx), syringeal/drone words (made with the syrinx) or a combination of both, called dual-toned/layered words.

Keep in mind that both word-types can be spoken at the same time. Layering can be used to add additional connotations to a word, or to even make a new one entirely. For example, the laryngeal noun ‘bird’ combined with the syringeal noun ‘metal’ spoken together will create the layered Inkling word ‘aeroplane’, like a compound word in English.

Dual-toned stuff is more common in Inkling than in Octarian, as the language is older and has more loanwords. Inklish's dependence on the larynx gives it a higher-pitched, clearer sound whereas  Octarian's more monotone syrinx-based structure results in a deep, almost guttural sound.

Both cephalopod languages are heavy on tone and pronunciation, resulting in a plenty of accent indicators in written scripts. I used the in-game fonts for the art but if I were to rework it, each letter would probably be more complicated than traditional Mandarin on steroids. So hell on earth, basically.

On a side note, all of these language features open possibilities for some very cool poetry and literature. An inkfish author could write a poem with two lines of thought occurring at once, or a book with vivid emotional undertones written inside the prose. Pretty cool.

OKAY that's all I have to say thank you for reading! Hopefully this makes sense, feel free to send asks or whatever if it's confusing and I'll do my best to explain it better!

#I should go outside instead of analysing the silly squid game #I tried my best with my scientific and (limited) linguistic knowledge don't yell at me if I get something wrong lmao #my art #splatoon #xeno tag #xeno inkling #xeno octoling #splatoon 3 #splatoon art #speculative biology #speculative zoology #conlang #splatoon headcanon #inkling #octoling #splatoon theory

[rassicas]

was having a Moment over ink tanks last night. i think this is how its supposed to work

required reading <3 for a long time i imagined that the ink tank hooked up directly to the inkling's back and into the ink sack somehow. but with the issue of clothing getting in the way, there being no mention of how the tank would be directly connected to the back, all the motifs of ink tanks being drinking receptacles, s3 ink tank literally supposed to be one of those hydration backpacks you drink from, and the s3 artbook confirming that they can drink from the ink tank...this just makes more sense to me

#splatoon #splatoon oc #splatoon headcanon #splatoon lore #yeah it can go in that tag. #rassicarts

[zikadraws]

POV : you just complimented two young punks about their ear piercings and they thank you by schooling you to hell and back

-Long story short ; I have a feeling that since they have no visible eardrum hole to actually serve the hearing function, the inkfish "ears" aren't actually their ears, but the humanoid version of their fins ; or more accurately of the floppy bits on their heads from their original species.

So they aren't actually ears, but they're used for fashion, conveying emotions (they can move them more or less consciously, much like a cat), and also and mainly for protecting their actual ears, located behind them, from weather conditions (like wind or sand storms), from direct impact during fighting circumstances, and from currents, like when they swim.

Their headphones are actually always designed to somehow cover the little slits that are their actual ears. (The fins play as mere structural support then.)

...This is a theory of mine that just kinda jumped in my face when thinking about how Inkling ears are completely flat, and even if it isn't going to stop me from drawing their fins like actual ears, it's cool to have an explanation about that design. Hope you like it too 🤗

(Also side note but I love coming up with random Inkfish designs when illustrating this kind of stuff. Enjoy heavily tattooed Inkling guy, blue-ringed Octoling with the toupee tentacut and OctoGirl with lesbian flag-themed tentacut. Happy Pride.) (:

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #splat3 #inkling #octoling #xeno inkfish #xeno inkling #splatoon headcanon #character design #scanner #theory drop be like 💨 #anyway enjoy #neo agent 3 #splatoon biology

[splxtduxlies]

a little bit of my agents, while im going through my splatoon phase again lol

feel free to send asks for headcanons or dont im gonna give em to ya anyway 🤪

(click for better res)

#splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #splatoon meme #splatoon headcanon #octo expansion #agent 8 #agent 3 #agent 4 #agents #agent 24 #my art yo #my art

[shroompocalyps]

my agent Hcs :3

#fanart #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon fandom #splatoon art #inkling #octoling #neo agent 3 #agent 3 #agent 8 #agent 4 #splatoon agents #captain 3 #splatoon headcanon #splatoon oc #artists on tumblr #splatoon fanart

[flamingskull28]

I love the "person who's pallet you are using talks with you" headcannon idea thing.

4: Really splatted again by those snipers? Come on you can dodge them I have seen how agile you are~

8: 4! NOT IN FRONT OF PEARL AND MARINA.

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Callie: Hey uh... I get you're having fun 8 but don't you think it's high time you move on to the next level?

8, rolling around crushing jellytons while laughing madly: 5 more minutes?

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8: How do you even use a slosher with flippers?

Big man: Aye!(There is a handle... but it flies out my hands often and sometimes hits people.)

8: so that's why Fyre and shiver always headaches after turf war...

#splatoon #agent 4 #agent 8 #callie #big man #agent 32 #side order #splatoon headcanon #splatoon shitpost #suggestive

[dogtoling]

New post! Everyone come read it now.

This one is about Splatting and the Inkling (umbrella term) body structure. I hope you enjoy! (It’s under the cut.)

#squidthoughts #splatoon #i forgot if i had a tag for these but whatever #splatoon headcanon

[nether-before]

I think Dedf1sh and Marina both went to Slimeskin Garrison Elementary at the same time. They were BFFs but drifted apart as Marina got put into more advanced classes while the opposite happened to Ahato.

#my art #splatoon #splatoon fanart #splatoon art #dedf1sh #mizuta ahato #ahato mizuta #marina splatoon #marina ida #splatoon headcanon

[leixo-demo]

concept art about salmon run and humanity

#splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #splatband #splatoon headcanon #The Patagonia

[sofy-tofy]

On Team Hugs Forever 💙❤️💛

(Bonus: drawing process)

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon deep cut #splatoon shiver #splatoon frye #splatoon big man #shiver hohojiro #frye onaga #big man #polycut #shiver x frye x big man #splatoon headcanon #artwork #fan art #fanart #digital art #digital artwork #digital drawing #digital illustration #digital work #nintendo #nintendo fanart #video games #videogames fanart #video games fan art #medibandpaint

[squidthusiast]

Smollusk looks so much like wet slime, I bet you could throw it at a wall and it would make a wet slap noise, pathetically

Pearl would throw it at walls like those sticky hands for sure

#Pearl would have a violence era with smollusk I think #’you put Marina in a machine imma put you thru hell’ #but I love how as you progress thru the palettes everyone starts feeling bad LMAO #like wow we’re really bullying a child this is awkward #I think Pearl would reluctantly have Smollusk grow on her #like ‘I gUeSs we can play games on my phone together’ #off the hook #smollusk #marina ida #pearl houzuki #pearlina #side order #side order spoilers #squid rambles #splatoon headcanon

[aeriona]

babe wake up new squid lore just dropped

This is just me trying my damndest to rationalise inkling development, mainly how all the guts move around in the body. The internal anatomy is pretty rough, but it gets my point across.

All Inkfish hatch with only four limbs, but they eventually grow more as they get older. This totals to 8 in octolings and 10 in inklings.

the digestive and respiratory tracts are also completely separate from each other up until around age 2-3, where the trachea and esophagus fuse together and inkfish then gains the ability to speak.

Very young paralarvae are fed bits of meat as it's all they can really digest as their digestive tracts are rather short. However as the torso develops, the intestines also elongate which makes it a lot easier for the little squid to digest tougher things (like cellulose/plants and other junk). It opens up a lot more dietary options too.

They will have no problem chewing anything though, as they have very powerful and sharp beaks right from birth. And kids LOVE to chew on things, so hide your computer charger and keys. Even worse when you've got a squid with sucker claws, it's like having a boneless cat with a hyperactivity disorder and a can opener for a mouth. Nightmares.

#Harlow was an utter menace as a kid don't let her lies fool you #my art #splatoon #splatoon 3 #speculative biology #xeno tag #xeno inkling #splatoon headcanon #squid #inkling #splatoon inkling #splatoon art #splatoon oc

[rassicas]

did you know the brains of real squids are shaped like a donut, and the esophagus runs through the middle of it?

i drew this up a few years back because i wanted to try and see if i could apply that to inklings somehow and this is what i came up with

#splatoon #splatoon headcanon #inkling biology #inklings #biology #If I were to change this I'd make the jaw more beaky rather than based on the skull bandana #rassicarts