Absolutely Stupid Boys Will Be Boys Moments In ROTTMNT

the day people learn that they can express negative opinions about queer rep without misusing the word queerbait is the day i will know peace

Dissonant Melody: Part #10

Sometimes I forget that, in-universe right now, they’ve only met up to practice O N C E…

Comic Archive

The second to last panel features several guest characters that I’d like to give some shoutouts to! From left to right:

@yumeparadox ‘s sona: A wonderful member of the Splatoon community full of positive energy, and an amazing voice actor to boot! @aeorys ‘s character Lena: The winner of my Tumblr art raffle and an artist with a ton of cool Splatoon OCs. @whethervane ‘s OctolingTartar design: A new friend I met via this comic who’s ready to Stan and Share obscure pairings, extensive world-building, and quality storytelling~ @spinningrobo ‘s sona: A long-time reader who’s shown amazing support for this comic and who’s comments brighten my day. @butteryb ‘s avatar: A new friend who I automatically vibed with over Cuttletavio, and who’s always down to share that sweet sweet lore. Lastly, the announcer on page 1 who looks suspiciously like Croix Meridies from LWA is for my lovely partner @teir3s , whom inspires me to keep making art and telling stories every day ❤ 

HATERS WILL SEE YOU TELEPORT AND BE LIKE "HE CANT AFFORD PATCH 1.1.1"

Smartphones definitely didn’t exist during these grandpas’ time period. BUT. IF THEY DID.

Since Side Order, I've been treating pearlina as de facto canon, as have many. What i want to know now is whether it's known to the rest of the splatoon world or not

so I found something

hello to like, the 30 people that enjoy dedf1sh, I found something. TLDR im in a discord server and someone sent this.

it's all the signatures outside of hotlantis, right? but I noticed something very important

THEY GOT OUT OF THE DEEPSEA METRO!! THEY SURVIVED!!

THERE THEY ARE!! THEY'RE REAL!!

Ninjago textposts because. Yeah.

Sources: tumblr, Twitter, the onion, and screenshotsofdespair

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alternatively, YOU are the only thing preventing acht from having to witness pearl and marina making out

I made this drawing of Ladybug and Chat Noir if they were gangsters😚

Ain’t nobody gonna see this but I have theory of the Calamari Inkantation. Splatoon 3 Spoilers.

Okay so I was listening to Wave Goodbye, the Splatoon 3 Credits Song, over and over like a normal person, when at some point I realized when they get to the portion that starts the Calamari Inkantation lyrics, there are non-filtered voices singing. Humans Voices. (Pictured is around the point where that section starts)

Then I thought to myself: What if the Calamari Inkantation originated as a song humans made on Alterna? A song to help them continue despite their world falling around them. Then I started looking into the logs and reflecting on past events with the song and..

Let’s just say Sunken Scroll #23 from Splatoon 1 saying: “Nowadays, this song and dance may as well be carved into the very DNA of all Inklings.” ..might be a tiny bit more literal than expected. Let’s take a look at what we know.

The Calamari Inkantation is a literal incantation. Series of words, or a song in this case, that causes magical effects. It has, in many cases, been known to give strength, physical or otherwise, to those who have been in audible range of it. Ex. Giving Cuttlefish the strength to break out of his restraints and Smallfry to temporarily evolve(?) into Hugefry.

With that said, I believe the “Calamari” part could be from the place it was “founded” in and taken on as a traditional song for. Calamari Country. Which is where Callie and Marie come from. Perhaps the Inklings of the area long ago found the sheet music.

Moving on, the part of this that helps this theory’s case is Alterna Log005: Fresh Intelligence Awakens.

After the liquid crystals that retained decades of humanity’s wishes was absorbed by the squids, octopuses, and other sea creatures that inhabited Alterna’s waters.. it imbued them with fresh impulses that “bore a striking resembling to humanity’s passive desire to return to the Earth’s surface”.

Interesting. The desire to return to the surface was slowly fused into their DNA. You may be thinking “But what does this have to do with the Inkantation?” And that’s exactly where I’m going with this.

So if we are to think.. the Calamari Inkantation was made by the humans on Alterna, perhaps filled lyrically with their wishes.. and the sea creatures absorbed the desire and wishes of humanity to return to the surface through the liquid crystals.. and the Calamari Inkantation gives sea creatures the literal strength to move forward..

And the INKADIA-BORN OCTOLINGS, who were SUFFERING in poor conditions UNDERGROUND in DOMES heard the CALAMARI INKANTATION and suddenly their “SOULS WERE FREED” and THE DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE SURFACE AND THRIVE WAS EVOKED INTO THEM AGAIN?

AFTER YEARS OF LIVING A HARD MILITARISTIC-STYLE LIFE WITH BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AT A YOUNG AGE, THEY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO LEAVE THEIR ENTIRE OLD LIFE BEHIND? TO RISK IT ALL. EVEN THEIR OWN LIFE. TO JOIN WHAT THEY WERE PRESUMED TO BE THEIR WORST ENEMIES ON THE SURFACE IN HARMONY?

After thinking about all this and rewatching the Octo Expansion Surface Cutscene (from that last GIF), I nearly wanted to CRY. They had never seen the real sky before, the real SUN before. They made it. Not only the Octolings but humanity’s final wishes made it too.

That’s my theory. Perhaps I’m wrong but either way I would love to see what people think. Thanks for reading.

Oh and also, since it named the “Inkantation” that means someone knew of its power... This just in, did the Inklings cheat in the Great Turf War?

But that’s for another day lol