We are getting playable Cuttlefish in Splatoon 3.
i dont like saying im totally certain about predictions, but the evidence is so subtle, yet so very intentional in the exact way that the splatoon team would do if they were trying to hint at something.
(under the cut because long post)
I’m sure some of you have seen PandaUniverse’s tweet introducing the cuttlefish evidence. first two images are from that tweet, putting it out there that i cant take credit for those.
exhibit A: train station gates
the splatoon team foreshadowed OE before release with a blocked off train station in inkopolis square....this seems even more obvious? no entry for squids, mysterious 2 finned squid thing can enter?
exhibit B: weird hat
again, two finned squid thingy like in the ticket gates. i saw some ppl saying “its just a weird octopus” but like. why would the splatoon team purposely model an octopus hat super weirdly? also @sprousprou sent me a better image:
that is not an octopus lol
After i saw the tweet, i remembered a thing that me and my friend dodo were scratching our heads at a few months ago while we were reconning all the s3 stages for details, because...
Exhibit C: that’s a fucking cuttlefish
again, 2 fins. found in Mincemeat Metalworks, it’s in the same style as the Angry Squid and Angry Octopus graffiti that’s been seen before.
So how do I feel about this? well...
not even a month ago i thought it would be weird to expect a new playable species, but the evidence feels so undeniable now. but i also mentioned in that ask, cuttlefish are pretty much the only species that would make sense with current lore. being ink-producing cephalopods in real life, unlike nautiluses or dumbo octopuses, i would expect cuttlefish to be ink-based shapeshifters like the inklings and octolings. and we have seen cuttlefish in splatoon’s canon before... albeit only once in the japan-only octo expansion artbook....and they look a lot like inklings.
However i find it a bit... weird... that they’d be introduced like this with next to zero build up, unlike the playable octolings which were hinted at from the first game. i’m also deeply concerned about the idea of this truly becoming a pattern, like the splatoon team potentially introducing a new species in each DLC, leaning on "play as this New Guy” as the main selling point and not “play this cool story.” I also would prefer if they just expanded on customization for octolings and inklings and not added a new species. but i guess it’s splatoon 3, gotta have 3 species too. and ill take it any day over salmonlings
also in the aforementioned ask, the only justification i could think of for a sudden introduction of cuttlefish would be that they happen to live super far away outside of inkadia/splatlands. combine that with the knowledge that the DLC is more than likely going to be a world tour of some kind...well, that’s probably gonna be the reason for their introduction: they just live far away.
tl;dr im feeling 100% sure cuttlefish are coming to splatoon whether we like it or not
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“Can't remember when we walked past the O.R. sign!
(sur-ger-y!)
Can't remember passing out with her hand in mine!
(my-my-mind!!!!)
I remember waking up with my mind repaired.
(A-OK! ^^)
I remember when I realized, she wasn't there...”
Amnesia was her name….. is. so. horrifically. sadly fitting for these two in literally every single line. And I’m gonna NEED ALL OF U GUYS TO GO LISTEN TO IT NOW OK… THIS ISNT A DRILL GO GO GO GO!!!
Anyway… uhh. the fact Betty “blessed” this guy to like. An eternally long lifespan w THIS FUCKED UP OF A MENTAL STATE IS SO SCREWED UP GHGH- Like poor Simon god damn…! u kno he’d rather just keep on not sorting out his baggage and trauma forever too cuz it’d be too complicated… too much… force him to admit things about himself and about BETTY that he really really doesn’t want to… better to just leave it all unexamined.. pack it all into lil boxes so he can just try to ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist… HE GOTTA LIVE FOREVER W IT THO… *ME BANGING ON SIMONS DOOR AT 3 IN THE MORNING*: “SIMON U GOTTA ACCEPT URSELF!!!! LOVE URSELF!!!! ACKNOWLEDGE N ACCEPT EVEN THE “BAD” PARTS OF URSELF!!!! SIMON PLEASE!!!!! SIMON EVEN PPL WHO LOVE YOU AND WHO YOU LOVE CAN HURT YOU!!!! ACKNOWLEDGE IT!!! ACKNOWLEDGE THE HURT AND ACKNOWLEDGE UR FEELINGS!!!! AND URSELF!!!!! SIMON!!!!” anyway… gGHGH YEA, SRRY. SIMON PETRIKOVS MENTAL ILLNESSES MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IM GONNA EXPLODE. ANYWAY HAVE SOME ART. W a bunch of diff versions cuz I’m indecisive!
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Going insane about an AU once again. I'm rolling around doing research about the gold rush, and remembering history lessons from a decade ago. I even put red dead redemption on my wish list since that’s a game I only watched someone play a bit, and I remember nothing about it except there’s cowboys. I’m even imagining so many scenarios where the cousins are arguing.
Oh, and uh… Here’s everyone’s role in this western:
Onyx Coyotes Bandit Leader Pico
Bandit (Explosives Expert) Darnell
Bandit (Scout) Nene
Scarlet Thorns Bandit Leader Senpai
Mayor/Saloon Owner Daddy Dearest
Saloon Singer Mommy Mearest
Sheriff Boyfriend
Deputy/Saloon Singer Girlfriend
Cowboy Otis
Shopkeeper Gibbons
Orphan Skid
Orphan Pump
Pinkertons = Tankmen
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I'm not a fan of gatekeeping but everytime I fucking see a certain type of white allocishet in kpop spaces I change my stance
Like I just want to watch cute videos of groups wearing rainbows and hugging each other without someone saying shit like "oh they only act supportive so they don't get cancelled, they're probably homophobic/racist behind the scenes"
Like yeah that has unfortunately been the case (Siwon go fuck your queerbaiting self in the ass with your dog) with some idols, but not everyone is like that?? Also citing that they're from South Korea which is very conservative like everyone there thinks exactly the same and doesn't have access to the internet. Queer people and poc exist in South Korea as well and the fact that people act like they don't really says something. For fuck's sake, part of my family came from a similarly conservative Asian country and managed to not be racist/homophobic, because guess what? not everyone from one country has the same beliefs.
It's also unfair that queer people/poc can't enjoy fandom spaces without being reminded that there are people who literally want us dead for existing like?? Yeah I don't know these people personally and don't claim to know what their beliefs are, but I like to believe that Mamamoo means it when they hold events to support queer fans or that Chan was making a concious effort to talk about periods in a gender neutral fashion or that P1H wasn't just trying to gain clout when they talked about cultural appropriation in the industry. But no, everytime a group comes around that seems to be safe people feel the need to ruin it for us.
I don't know who needs to hear this but just let minorities find joy in something oh my god
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