#octo's yapping

[octodrawn]

the results of my research

[octodrawn]

I just said "CAN'T WAIT TO GET A MOUTHFUL" so aggressively I almost tipped my chair over.

if i answer wrong theyll fucking kill me

[urautismdiagnosis-wistie]

heights & barnacles headcanon

Crying over their heights (I'm going to add prof inkling later once I decide if he's gonna be small or large,I'm leaning towards small atm)

I just wanna share that barnacles purposefully adjusts his posture as a subconscious behaviour to make himself seem shorter and softer

He does things like curling his head downwards AND inwards, having his legs spread more wide apart so he's more lowered, tucking his arms inward so he isn't physically taking as much space and seems less bulky in his shoulders, and always leaning forwards or backwards

Its a habit he picked up from his college years in Manitoba, because he realized that even if he was just acting normal his sheer size not only could be a bit more intimidating

(bro had autistic blank face and didn't know how to give nonverbal signs of "hey im a chill guy,get it cuz I'm a polar bea-" and basically the blank look paired with Giant Size could startle people at times and etc and it made him very uncomfortable)

But because he was so much larger he also literally physically took up more space and stuck out even when he didn't want to, it was way too easy for him to dominate conversations which was just... it was really hard to talk one on one to people, much less a group of people, when they don't feel like they have the space to talk...

So he just kind of started picking up those smaller adjustments to his body language

He doesn't do it consciously to be honest, and no one ever really picked up on it, but when he Stands At Full Height suddenly and quietly it can be really shocking and even a bit startling

Because if you're like The Tallest and Largest Guy In Ever Single Room even smaller irritable behaviours can seem more aggressive to someone who's like 3 feet smaller than you

Heck,they can't even SEE your facial expressions! You know- the main thing that shows ur feelings and ur mood and *if ur actually just a friendly guy* And no way you can have every single conversation sitting down :/

[loolilyumm]

I am screaming. Sobbing. Girlboss and fail-wife is my favorite dynamic. The way you draw is so pretty and your colors are so good plus people who draw 3 with sanitization scars are literally so cool I mean look at acht, there’s canonical examples of it. But literally going aaaa rn because I love your ocs.

We got Reese and Margot, how about 4 and 8?

OMG AHH IM SO SOSOSO HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM..AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASKS I LOVE ANSWERING THEM!! 🫶🫶🫶

I want to yap about my agents in separate posts so this one will be all about 8!

THIS IS OLIVE! She became agent 8 in the deepsea metro and has been a super active agent in the NSS ever since! They are like family to her - she lived with Pearl and Marina for almost 3 years before moving in with Reese! (Captain/Agent 3)

She was 14 during splatoon 1, and 16 during the events of octo expansion. Now in splat 3 she is 19!

She mains the dark tetra dualies but can use any weapon. She's super fast and agile so she likes weapons that work well with her speed.

She was an elite solider in the octoling army - she had just become one before she was ambushed by Cuttlefish and agent 3 (Reese) and they all fell into the metro.

None of them ended up falling in the same area of the metro, and Olive ended up being found by Tartar’s sanitized octolings and taken to the sanitation chambers to have her memory erased.

Side tangent - I have a specific idea in mind about how octolings are sanitized. If you want to watch this video, it explains it really well - https://youtu.be/zu4czvg5ClI?si=wFz1lABgkv7hz8Wk

But TLDR, there are 2 stages of sanitization. Stage one includes being wiped of all memories. The subject then has to go through a series of tests and trials before Tartar decides what to do with them based on how well they did. Then they get either blended or brainwashed into oblivion! 😆😆 woohoo yay! J think based on the side order diaries it kind of confirmed that 8 went through that first process…it just never said how so I made that part up. Lol

ANYWAY..!!! At the same time Olive is taken, Reese wakes up and begins searching for captain Cuttlefish. He doesn’t find him, but you know what he does find??!!?!?

WHOAAA WOWWW HE FINDS OLIVE

He’s like holy cow..! That’s the girl that was just attacking me…😦 and he’s like ahhh! I gotta help her!

But by the time the two of them make it out, he realizes that it’s too late. Her memory was completely wiped. The sanitization doesn’t leave any physical effects on her except for her eyes - they turned turquoise. The same color as the sanitized ink.

The two of them needed to find a way to find cuttlefish and get out of this creepy place, so they kept moving. Pretty soon they made their way into a train station and found cuttlefish waiting for them there!! And there was also a weird telephone that told Olive she was the newest test subject - and that passing all these trials was the key to getting her memories back and getting to the “promised land.”

Reese just went along with it because he assumed that was what octolings called the surface. He wanted to be a test subject too so he could help Olive, but the phone rejected him. No inklings allowed!

She was forced to go through hundreds of rigorous tests. She wanted more than anything to get back her memories and reach paradise. As she regained more memories, she realizes how different her old life was from the kindness these inklings were showing her now (and the two people on the radio called Pearl and Marina!). It just propels her toward finishing the tests, pushing herself to her limit, doing it not just for herself but for all of them.

She forms a really deep bond with these inklings. Cuttlefish is like a grandfather to her. Reese makes her heart flutter in ways she doesn’t even understand.

As the tests go on, she regains muscle memories from her days as an elite solider. She’s good at fighting. Really good. But these tests are really hard. 8 knows she can do it, but they’re really, really hard. And all these bad memories aren’t helping.

Through blood, sweat, and tears, Olive finally collects the 4 thangs and they can finally go to the surface! She is so proud of herself and feels on top of the world. Cuttlefish and Olive take the thangs to the telephone and wait for Reese, who’s out exploring the metro (one of the things he does to take up time and secure their safety). But the telephone is telling them they gotta go NOW and they can’t wait for Reese!

Cuttlefish and Olive say nope, nope, not happening. So they are forced into the blender and AHH!! OH NO VERY BAD!! EVERYONE FLIPS OUT AND…!!!

Reese appears and THROWS HIMSELF at the blender. Surprisingly, it works. The three of them leave the telephone and super jump through the hole Reese made in the ceiling. They’re going to get to the surface themselves.

Somewhere around the 4th phase, they are ambushed by a group of sanitized octolings. Olive gets separated from Reese and Cuttlefish. She is forced to keep moving and hope that they have made it to the elevator before her.

They have, but not in the way she thought! When she sees Reese’s partial sanitation, she doesn’t want to hurt him and holds back, resulting in herself getting injured very badly. She realizes this isn’t the friend she knows, and manages to defeat three and rescue him from brainwashing.

Soon after that she also saves the whole world and defeats Tartar. PERRIOODDD!! #slaythehousedown #girlboss

Reese and Olive got into a relationship soon after the events of octo expansion. They help each other through all the trauma of what happened down there and are the bestest friends and love each other so so much! Yay!!

And Olive got a new family that she loves so so much. YAYYY!!

AS OF SPLATOON 3…EBERYONE IS DOING AMAZING!! YAY!! Agent 4 is Olive’s new bestie. Margot (New agent 3) is like the little sister she never had. She and Reese have moved in together. She still does regular missions for the NSS and treats it as a full time job. She’s so proud of Reese for becoming captain. She couldn’t think of anyone more deserving.

I still haven’t decided what really goes down during the events of side order - I didn’t love that it was all a simulation, so idk how I’d write around that. I’ll figure it out! But for now, Let’s just say it’s not very fun for Olive.

BUTTTTT after the events of side order, she regains all of her lost memories (she left a few behind in Kamabo) and rediscovers herself.

HOLY CANNOLI I wrote a lot. I think about Olive so much and I hope you guys love her as much as I do.

If you guys have any questions about them whatsoever, please PLEASE feel free to send over an ask! I love answering them!!

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR…I love u. Mwah!

[octoberended]

I OFFICIALLY OWN ALL THE DUNMESHI VOLUMES AND BOOKS LETS GOOOOOO

[octodrawn]

:0 thank you for the tag!!!

Favorite Movie: I'd say my favs are Akira 1988 and the first Scream movie

Favorite Musical Artists?: They Might be Giants and Aqua

Favorite Color?: Pink (I prefer reddish-pinks to purpley-pinks)

Favorite Season?: I like summer ☀️

Do you have any pets?: I have a cat :3

Do you read or write Fanfiction?: Technically yes, but I wouldn't say I do either very frequently. I've only posted one fic before and I don't think I'll do that again any time soon lol

What song(s) have you had on repeat?: Right now I'd have to say Blue by PinkPantheress

I'm tagging you, @darwuzhere🫵

Thank you to @repairingahole for tagging me

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Favorite Movie: Jojo Rabbit, and The Yellow Submarine(mainly for its visuals).

Favorite Musicial Artists: The Beatles. Viktor Tsoi. And currently Alex G, and Sean Ono Lennon.

Favorite Color?: I like many colours but mainly Pink and Blue.

Favorite Season: Winter and Fall, because you can layer your clothes to stay warm.

Do you have any pets?: I have 3 pets, one dog and two cats

Do you read or write Fanfiction?: I've been trying to read fanfics more now, and I usually write Fanfics when I go camping, but I've been wanting to write more now.

What song(s) have you had on repeat?: Here we go by *Nsync, and Parachute by Sean Ono Lennon.

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I'm tagging @georgeharrisonswizardhat and @niixyx!!

[mika-chaos-bean]

octo snakes you

reblog to octo snake someone

[rosetheocto]

12 and 23 for chi :)

YAAAAAA ANOTHER EXCUSE TO YAP ABOUT HER :]

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

GOTTA GO WITH THE CLASSIC: SHE’S AN ORPHAN WHO GREW UP ALONE ON THE STREETS OF NEKSDOR BEFORE JOINING THE FAILFLEET MIIS BABYYYYY!!!! This one’s just so engraved into my mind that I just. forget it’s not actually an official bit of lore?? And like apparently it’s so prominent that some people in the fandom didn’t/don’t know Dan never actually said “yea that’s her backstory lol”??? but like, it makes sense to me that her life would be like that before meeting C!Fail and I just think it’s neat :] (also cuz I love giving the teenager/young adult trauma)

23. Favorite picture of this character?

I gotta go with the pelican one. it just. it speaks to me on a spiritual level

[pteropodhair]

Would it be wrong to say that the only reason Angel had rectangle pupils is because Nintendo was trying to make her and Marina look like the stereotypical octopus like the outfits they were put in, because octoling species who have those pupils don’t have them in the same way. Rectangle pupils evolved into infinite pupils.

Edited and unedited photos of Angel just so people who have no clue as to what I’m talking about can see what I’m talking about

And Angel’s species has round pupils, I’m being so serious when I say she’s a 7 arm octopus. This isn’t even a headcanon like I have probably devoted weeks worth of hours trying to figure out her species, and it also sucks because it’s a species that the average person would have no clue about so there isn’t a lot of research on them despite being the 2nd largest (sized, not population) octopus species (Angel why do you have to be so difficult all the damn time!)

Adding this in here too Octavio is a dumbo octopus (might change) and the average octoling is a flapjack because of the round pupils as well (they aren’t 7 arm octopuses too because their hair arms are the same length when naturally grown out)

[dazzlingqwq]

Um. hey guys. Major splatoon bad end yap sesh below. be careful!

im not sure if its just because i dont actually play the games (surprise, surprise.. i still know all the lore though. or at least most of it), but I have a strange gripe with how people portray splatoon bad end aus. Don't get me wrong, I love the concept of them existing and i especially love all the people's execution, but I just have a really tiny gripe for some reason.

Let me give some background info, in most people's bad end aus, Captain 3 gets sanitized, Agent 4 gets yhe hypnoshades, Agent 8 gets sanitized, and Neo 3 (which i see less often) gets mammalized (actually, in some regular aus i think they're mammalized too).

I just find it a bit wrong.. or a bit off that both Captain 3 and Agent 8 get sanitized (albeit in different ways, but theyre still both getting sanitized). It makes sense for 8 to get sanitized, from what I know that was the fate they were supposed to succumb to if it werent for them getting out of the metro.

But 3 getting sanitized too?

Don't bring up your pitchforks yet, I know it was a very big moment in the splatoon lore, but I still have my reasons.

Four's bad end comes from their own game, Eight's bad end comes from their own game, and Neo's bad end comes from their own game. Where does Three's bad end come from? Splatoon two (aka not their own game..).

Just.. messing up this pattern feels wrong in my head, and there are also a few other moments that could be described as agent three getting their bad end.

Theres failing to stop octavio, or getting abducted by the army. Both of these come from their own game, and are pretty plausible with the setup.

Most bad ends come from either the beginning or end of the story mode, which aligns pretty well with our two options.

Agent three failing to stop Octavio from keeping the zapfish really wouldn't do much to inkopilis, seeing as how they function just fine without the power it supplies (maybe they use solar, who knows? /j).

Agent three falling into the hands of the octarian army though.. It seems quite intriguing. The moment Agent 3 runs into some army trained octolings (keep in mind, they most likely have 0 training on how to legitemately fight on the battlefeild), they get snatched up and held by the octarian army! Maybe they get trained under peofessionals, maybe they get ransomed off, or used as a tool to threaten. The possibilities are endless!

Now, of course, this is just my opinion and everyone is subject to their own. This is just a little thing in my head I want to explain in detail!

[vgtrackbracket]

Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

#13 shade from Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

vs.

Yap Yap Yap Yap Yap ! from Adventures with Anxiety

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

#13 shade:

DJ DEDF1SH MY BELOVED <3 <3 <3 ough the laid back vocals, the more simple but intimidating backing track, the VIBE. so good it kills me.

Yap Yap Yap Yap Yap !:

To me, this song has an intense, positive, and rockin vibe, due to it being the song of the ending part of game. The songs fits well with the ending scenes/credits that the game portrays, helping the grab the attention of the player while watching the ending credits, scenes, and pictures roll. Happy rockin good vibing digital song :).

[octodrawn]

headcanon: its a wig

[thebugpaint]

Happy birthday to me and Octo since we both share birthday, i'm 17 now

[urautismdiagnosis-wistie]

Ramble about when dashi first joined the octonauts and some kwazii because I'm biased okay- AKA DASHI IS AUTISTIC TO ME

(Also I used ur screenshots @hers-underwraps 👉👈 uhhhh hope ur school stuff went well

(I think itd be a really cool thing if she was really nervous when she first joined but gained confidence and a sense of belonging after a bit)

she was lowkey kinda anxious in general when she first joined (esp in my au since she sorta ran away from home to become an octonaut but like she was an adult so does it rlly count)

Anyways, she was like yes I can do this job but I also wanna like show how passionate and serious I am but ALSO I wanna be friends 🥺👉👈

she tried to do the thing where u act a little playful so that you can, you know! Remove any awkwardness and make some gateways into conversations and getting to know people- especially since most of the crew kinda already knew eachother (other than peso he was new as well)

I'm gonna cut to the chase and just say she didn't realize that cats wagging their tails was a sign of annoyance and not happiness 💀👍 cuz like dogs are like oh! To make a friend i must show we may have fun together! So like she was tryna look all friendly with a wagging tail and lil jumps n sht and kwazii was like 💀 yo why is she being so passive aggressive thoooooo .... also dang girl personal space 💀

like kwazii WAS tryna be welcoming and yapped a bunch, and even helped her navigate the octopod since kwazii had a hard with that at first-

but like bro wasn't prepared to get playfully punched by someone he didn't know that well 😩 (she was doing that thing where u overcompensate friendliness when ur nervous 💀🙏 and also dogs playfight alot sooo).

or her joking about getting to the good food first cuz imma be so real there's no way kwazii isn't like a little territorial about food (being stranded on an island trauma) like hes totally willing to share but do NOT suggest ur gonna TAKE his food under any circumstances even if ur playfully joking 😩

She took the initial friendless and then tried to return it in a playful way.. only for it to backfire 😔

Anyways she (AUTISM) did NOT catch that...she was like OMG im doing such a GREAT job. And kwazii was like. ..Too polite to say anything cuz he tried subtly hinting he didn't like certain stuff but, but ur honor shes autistic she ain't picking up on anything 💀👍 and then she was like 🥺 👉👈 why is he avoiding me????????????????

His pupils are big and happy and his tail is wagging so why doesn't wanna play ping pong with me anymore 🥺🥺🥺 maybe I should do more little hops to show how excited I am to be here, surely it shant be perceived negatively by a cat 🙏 (its bad in cat body language 😩😔)

anyways she totally wasn't sulking in the library when professor inkling noticed her and asked her to help her organize some of his books. Then he disappeared and she was like 🤡 well I SURE HOPE I DIDNT MESS UP AGAIN hahaha better at least finish doing the books-

Then he returned and was like 🥰🥰🥰 ah! Thank you dashi! You seem to have done quite a splendid job, sorry I took a moment to return! You see I had gotten rather distracted, you see i found some extra copies of some books! Hmmm... oh! You know, perhaps you'd enjoy them, I insist you take them! You did mention feeling as though your room was a bit empty after all, dear 🥰

And then he basically (politely) shoved her out the library and when she got back to her room she just found like 3 manuals on reading other species body language. Peso admitted that he found the same book randomly appear in his medical bag. Perhaps.... even a few other octonauts had received the book as well... (lol they all did, kwaziis adhd *ss just forgot it existed 💀)

Dw tho, it all turned out fine. Dashi had heard that kwazii was in the kitchen and went to apologize but then found him trying (and failing) to make cupcakes for her 😭😭😭 cuz he thought he wasn't bein a good matie 😔 they laughed it off tho <3

[fuzzyoctoplushie]

This is a bit of a went, so if you’re only here for silly stuff and icons, just keep scrollin’. I’ll seeya in the next post, plushlings.

When you accidentally yap a bit too much to your school counselor and now a bunch of adults are worried about you and constantly checking in on you

[loolilyumm]

I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR CAP 3 PLEASE MORE IF YOU WOULDNT MIND???

JUMPING UP AND DOWN IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED I WILL SO HAPPILY YAP ABOUT HIM

THIS IS AGENT THREE! Most of the people in the NSS call him “Three” or “Captain,” but his real name is Reese.

(SIDE NOTE- I really have to do proper character sheets for them. Please stay tuned for that!!)

He was 15 when he was hired by Cuttlefish and 17 during the events of octo expansion. Now he is a mature 20 year old inkling. So so mature.

He mains the E-liter and typically uses chargers or shooters.

Despite his “cool guy” persona, agent 8 brings out a different side of him… the loser baby side…!!! In Splatoon 2 When the two of them fell underground, Reese was actually the one to find 8, and he had to rescue her from sanitization chambers (you know, the octoling selection screen at the beginning of octo expansion?) but couldn’t save her in time to restore her memory. But she was (relatively) okay! And since then he’s been really protective of her. 8 was registered as a test subject and Reese had to stay behind and watch as she went through rigorous testing.

At that point Reese was really descending into a dark place after realizing that he wasn’t really the big hero he thought that he was. But 8 helped him through it and they formed a really close bond deep in the underground. (Cuttlefish was also there third wheeling. LOL) Reese started to feel flustered and shy around her. He’d never felt that way before, and definitely didn’t expect it. And it CONFUSED HIM!! He was like wtf? Why is this happening to meeee waahwaahhhhh ueueueuee

And then y’know……the rest is history! The blender incident happened and it was the scariest moment of his life. Reese was about to lose the only two people he had ever cared about. He has a tendency to throw himself recklessly into dangerous situations, so he just THREW himself at the blender and well. It worked! In my version, he never got knocked out, and he travelled upwards with 8 and cuttlefish until about the 4th phase. Then he and cuttlefish got separated from 8 and attacked by Tartar - that’s how he was brainwashed.

The battle between agent 3 and agent 8 was BRUTAL. Reese harbors extreme amounts of guilt for what went down - he blames himself a lot and thinks he should have been stronger. 8 got really hurt but she managed to save him and THEN save the whole world. #girlboss! Period.

The two of them are working through the events of octo expansion together! If you want me to yap about 8 too I will gladly do that. (Also maybe I should write a fanfic about it. I am cringe but I am free.)

Cut to 3 years into the future - During splatoon 3, Reese becomes captain of the NSS. He doesn’t think he deserves the title but is honored to accept it.

The new agent 3 that they recruited reminds Reese a lot of himself. Her name is Margot. She’s the quiet kid that he used to be. He sort of takes her under his wing and teaches her how to defend herself and her comrades. She is like a younger sister to him. They bicker and bond just like siblings. I LOVE THEM.

I actually haven’t really thought through what happens during the events of splatoon 3. I’m running with the idea that agent 4 and agent 8 go missing during the events of side order. (I know it’s all virtual but like I might add other things to it IDK IDK) I don’t really know yet. But Reese is a good captain and he can find them ☺️☺️

BUT YEA. AFTER ALL THT IS SAID AND DONE - they’re the NSS! And they are all besties.

Thank u for coming to my ted talk.