#Octolings

[tristepinguino]

Ever notice how Little Buddy zones out a lot?

[palossssssand]

Elite soldier Kinoga

[rassicas]

are you in the opinion that inkfish (ig really just inklings) are viviporus, oviparus, or ovoviviparous? ovoviviparous would make sense seeing theyre trying to "imitate" humans to some respect but still have squidlike features... but as far as i know we only have proof as to where octarians come from and no proof as to if inklings do the same

reproduction lore posting 🔥🔥🔥 i see them as egg layers. maybe them being ovoviviparous could work maybe but??? idk, eggs have to be involved. also them being egg layers is weird and i like when inkfish are Weird. I've gotten into this topic before on this blog but it's been a couple years and i think it's worth rehashing First thing to address: bellybuttons. They have them and I hate it almost as much as i hate that they have breasts. i think both are just a result of "imitating" humans in universe, and for design reasons so they don't come off as too uncanny to us, the human playerbase. which is just cowardice to me but okay.<3 In this concept art for Callie in the Art of Splatoon 2 i think this is the only time bellybuttons are addressed, in the top right corner:

"I realized this while drawing, but inklings have bellybuttons..."

that really sounds like it was a design choice that wasn't thought about that deeply...

now there's 2 things that make me believe they have to come from eggs. first from the first artbook:

This is the growth cycle of a squid from its larval to juvenile stages.

larvae come from eggs.

second, this excerpt from the Splatune album jacket about the Calamari Inkantation.

Of course, when we talk about these girls, we can't leave out the "Calamari Inkantation" which is both heavenly to listen to and heavenly to sing. This song, which is also used as the train melody for the Inkopolis Line, is imprinted in the DNA of all Inklings. The sea is our mother, the place where all of life hatched from, and the place where there is no way to return. Since ancient times, this song has been filled with the swirling feelings of "love" and "reverence" towards the sea.

I translated this myself, the word there is specifically "hatched" like from an egg, and not a general term for being born.

One could argue that since this is referring to the squids of the past, it might not apply to modern inkfish. But still real life cephalopods lay eggs, and I don't think it'd be out of the question for modern inkfish to do the same. There are other sapient species that didn't "evolve out" of egg-laying, evidenced by Nishida's 247 siblings and this scroll on coconut crabs.

Regarding Octarians, Octolings develop in the same way Inklings do. so they too would likely come from eggs.

we're ignoring this because 1. it's clearly just concept art that 2. has more recent evidence going against this being the norm for octoling development. I think this is just a weird edge case or just straight up not canon.

baby marina matching the 3rd stage of inkling development shown on the above chart while paul looks like the 4th stage. There's also smollusk that looks like the first stage/ a real octopus paralarva, but since it's a digital entity, who knows how valid that is? Also, Mashup/Warabi from Diss-pair was also confirmed in Ordertune to have come from the same hometown as Acht (the underground) and was described in Haikara Walker as having parents. So Octoling development=Inkling development=eggs??? finally, not 100% if this is what you're asking but as for cut-tentacle Octarians, but with Inklings, this has come up...once

-- But the Octarians like the Octotroopers...? Amano: That's a different thing. Inoue: All together they're part of the Octarian species, but Octarians like the Octotroopers are a separate thing.  --Does that mean that there are some squids that can't take a humanoid form? Inoue: So far, none have been discovered. There may be some somewhere, though

I think the "there may be some somewhere" is just keeping it vague in case they wanna use that idea. but i seriously doubt they will at this point. the concept behind octarians is that octopuses have basically tiny brains in each of their arms, so those tentacle octarians are like if their arms grew into a separate being. Real squids are not built like that, and we even see in game inklings having less movement in their tentacles, and use more styles that cut into their tentacles compared to octolings.

ok that's all TL;DR EGG SUPREMACY 🔥🔥🔥

[gatoburr0]

im so bored so AU lore drop in the middle of the night

I did this in ms paint and yes I was lazy so it looks shitty a bit on purpose

does this mean anything? no. I will continue to draw feral lesbians ripping each other apart because this is just a dumb comfort au

[fernshawart]

[splatoon-confession-box]

"why does marina wear crop top" LITERALLY EVERY OCTARIAN WEARS CROP TOPS. THE SOLDIERS IN ALL THREE GAMES. AGENT 8. EVEN CALLIE WEARS A CROP TOP WHEN SHE'S DRESSED LIKE AN OCTARIAN IT IS A *CULTURAL THING* FOR OCTARIANS PLEASE HAVE SOME MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS I BEG YOU

[dr-spectre]

Oh man, i sure do love when I'm minding my own business and out of nowhere I get hit with the "Octavio is a pervert because he only has women in his army and he dresses them up in revealing clothing" take. And then that take bleeds into Hypno Callie because OF COURSE IT DOES!!!!

First, that take fails to mention that Octavio also has these fuckers in his army too. You don't see the Flooders or Octopods with octopus tattoos and bikinis now do ya?

Second, the "revealing" Octoling outfits are probably just a cultural thing within Octarian society. And it applies to both male and female Octolings as seen with Agent 8. Even the men expose the midriff.

Also, other Octoling characters like Marina and Acht have very similar fashion even when they aren't in Octavio's army anymore. Octarians just reveal more skin than Inklings, simple as is. The developers probably wanted to show the contrast between Inklings and Octarians, and their culture and fashion are some of those ways to show their differences.

It also explains why Callie looks the way she does in Octo Canyon. She wants to fit into Octarian society.

It's not because Octavio is some creep who kidnaps young women and forces them to wear revealing outfits against their fucking consent and knowledge.

The only sexual thing on Octavio's mind IS THIS GUY!!! GET IT RIGHT!!!!

You think Octavio wants girls? No, he only wants MEN!!! Why do you think he tied up Cuttlefish eh? Exactly. He's a freak. Get it right guys. Goodness. /j

[clannfearrunt]

Rill Nykur's High School Nightmare that causes him endless stress. Mostly just Belle and Rem though tbh he respects Nine and barely registers Trev's existence. I actually had a doc detailing what each of them think of each other lol but here's also a simplified chart

Every day Rill dies approximately 30 to 40 times

[redgbasp]

Splatoon 3 Grandfest 5/?

[plantibaut]

Editing rival octolings into Splatoon 1 artwork because I can

[tristepinguino]

“In a world of chaos, I might not ever get to see them again...”

[palossssssand]

leopard shark print

[rassicas]

Do you have a favorite fan-made Inkling/Octoling hairstyle?

eh, there's a lot of cool ones ive seen but that isnt something i keep track of. when it comes to splatoon oc stuff i p much just keep up with my friends and a select few people. more on brand would be to share some styles from official concept art that i like. for octolings i think these two are really cool, especially the one on the left. the way the upper and underside of the tentacles contrast is very cool

for inklings the one on the left im biased because i used that as inspo for my sona's style. the one on the right i like how its cut into. there's a lot of other concepts im drawn to less so for the shape of the hair itself but for showing interesting colorations and things like. grilling and frying the hair.

related to this, my splatoon OC design take is that its better to not break the 6 tentacle (4 for octolings) guideline. im a firm believer that limitations breed creativity, there is so much that can be done by cutting into tentacles and i think people dont utilize that fact enough. just look at the concept art for inspiration. if you want more strands u can cut into the tentacle vertically, or u can even give them hair extensions. i think you can also stretch the definition of what counts as a tentacle. (however there is some concept art that seemingly breaks this rule. most of it looks really old, and it gets more often broken in octoling designs rather than inklings... a lot of those guideline breaking designs dont look as good imo)

oh yeah, here's where you can see a collection of inkling and octoling hairstyles from the artbooks, for your reference!

[insert-creative-name-94]

Eight doesn't want to do this, but she's gotta.

[supersweetsunglasses]

More notes (doodles). I barely got two sentences in before I decided I had to draw the crisis core boys as spaltoon. These are rough sketches but I think I’m gonna expand on it later. There’s also other stuff but that’s not important

[jewelmoon17]

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