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Splatoon 3 addressing criticisms of the previous games’ restrictive gendered clothing items simply by renaming “gender” to “style” and letting members of the Style Formerly Known As Boy put on long hair and skirts is remarkably in character – after all, what could gender possibly be to an inkling but a fashion statement? – but framing it that way also has weird implications in light of inkling society’s attitude toward fashion. Like, imagine getting dragged because you showed up at a social event with an unfashionable gender.
A specifically insidious thing is how many p3dos and z0os PURPOSELY target communities like sparkledogs and sparkleanimals and scenecore, which were originated by 13 year old girls and associated with young girls and childish things. They KNOW these communities are filled with minors too and get off on exposing this content to children who can’t consent, and grooming them into thinking these things are okay.
As an adult running a scenecore, sparkleanimal, or kidcore/nostalgia blog IT IS YOUR DUTY to make sure minors in these communities are safe. Do not interact with people who create this kind of content, do not let others interact with them either. Otherwise, get the fuck out of a community that is focused around stuff meant for kids and teenagers.
Most likely looking too far into this but.. you ever look at Squidbeak’s ink colors?
In the first game we have og agent three with green ink, which is also commonly used to represent inklings/squids in official arts as well as the Race War.
For octolings/octopi, they are usually depicted with red or pink inks. Warm or inverse colors, essentially.
For agent four, their ink is usually a yellow-orange color in official art (+section one), but section two onwards they have all cool colors. Also, when it comes to fighting Octavio (+the last section), they choose the color green. But why would they change their color to that in the most important parts of that game? Why not use yellow-orange like they are usually depicted with? More on this later.
Octo Expansion comes around, and we see agent eight with pink ink, as expected for an octoling. Agent three is also seen with their green ink from the first game. But, during the inner three fight, they’re orange instead. This could just be a reference to the first game’s colors as eight has blue, but what if it’s more?
Now let’s look at the third game. New agent three with yellow ink. Close to green, but a warm color like red… or pink.
What I’m trying to get at is, what if these colors are meant to symbolize Squidbeak’s change in heart? Originally they were meant to exterminate Octarians, but now they are working together to (presumably) bring peace to both species and promote unity. To show this, their ink colors move away from the infamous green to a more “neutral” color. Which has a chance of implying that:
three being orange in the inner fight might mean that any hate they could have had for eight is resolved, and that fight is more for the fun of it than hate for each other
four possibly had a more positive idea of octolings until section two, where they no longer had warm colors. Possibly because of the scrolls and hypnotized Callie. The final stages could have too been the last straw leading them to change all the way to green
Just somethin’ to think about.
Also don’t forget about Callie and Marie’s colors! Which one is infamously fond of Octolings, and which one’s constantly throwing slurs at them? Just saying…
Not to mention Pearl, who is literally in love with an Octoling, and Marina’s teal/blue may be showing how she’s learned to love Inklings (or at least some of them).
AND WHAT ABOUT EIGHT IN INNER AGENT 3? Could the blue mean the same thing?
AND IT WORKS WITH SHIVER AND FRYE TOO!!!
I love where you’re going with this!
I was originally going to keep this to just the playable agents, but you make an interesting point there!
Callie’s pink definitely points to her being very close to octolings, and especially after Splatoon 2 when hypnotized she goes the extra mile and redecorates the octarian’s entire area so they were happier. She could have easily just stayed with Octavio and not had to worry about them but she actively chose not to and to get involved with the lower ranks. Perhaps during this time she began to grow a small distain for inklings after seeing what they were putting octarians through, too.
For Marie’s green, she might have been more influenced by Cuttlefish’s war stories (c’mon, he’s an old man. Of course he had war stories) and developed a more cynical view of them. When Octavio kidnapped both Cuttlefish and Callie— the two people closest to her— it made her cynicism for the race worse.
When they both change over to yellow in Splatoon 3, this could signify Marie’s growing tolerance of octarians as well as Callie’s re-acceptance of her kind, now seeing they’re taking the right steps to reunite the two species.
For Marina I definitely see loving Pearl/liking inklings as one of the reasons, but I have another one to offer. While we see she never really goes out of her way to hide her identity as an octoling besides her ears (like girl, you could easily rest them on your shoulders), she never talks about her life before Mt. Nantai except for Octo Expansion (while Pearl often talks about her childhood). What I’m suggesting here is she could be trying to make a good impression on inklings with her teal. Having a color close to green, plus never talking about at least the good parts of the domes seems to show some sort of anxiety about “revealing” herself. Doesn’t help that she constantly has that iconic nervous expression most of the time. When she changes to her new galaxy blue, this indicates a small step towards feeling comfortable with her identity, slowly moving away from green on the color wheel.
(For her records in OE, this could also hint to having thoughts of running away from the army, with the Inkantation being the final push)
For Pearl’s pink, I definitely agree that it’s about her love for Rina. Plus, being a rebellious spirit, that would make her more accepting of other’s in general, whether it came to fashion, worldview, or species. Bonus points for giving her chosen color on air in front of thousands a double meaning: the color of love, and the color of octarians as well as welcoming them (and Marina) with open arms.
Eight’s blue… now let me pull out my color theory hyperfixation for a second. Blue is deemed a color of sadness, but it’s also a color of wisdom and knowledge. Being a cool color like green, it could symbolize their acceptance of inklings, as well as their newfound knowledge that not all inklings are bad like in Octavio’s propaganda. Neat!
Shiver and Frye… hmm. Frye’s yellow could share the same symbolism as Squidbeak’s, as well as her overall energy. Yellow is the color of happy, after all. Shiver’s purplish-blue.. i don’t really know to be honest. I’ve kind of seen her as a Splatland native who’s never even seen the domes. Instead it could be a nod to her air of intelligence, like blue, but also her competitive side with the royal power of purple.
Finally, a personal addition: Cuttlefish. He has faded orange ink, a dull but warm color. Maybe this is a reference to his past closeness to octarians (cough cough and Octavio cough cough), now having faded away over the years.
(Thank you so much for giving me a chance to ramble more lol)
Figured I should post the last convention’s photos before entering the next one Just squids being squids ❤️ Green badass is viveeh.cosplay on Instagram Pink cutie is @pupusukka Orange menace is me First two photos and the last photo taken by elkingish on Instagram
does anyone else hate that work takes up like 90% of your life and you literally are always working and have to form plans and important things and even seeing friends or eating meals around work. it’s always just work. im spending my life just being At Work. i don’t have time for hobbies or for seeing friends bc it’s always Work. like two days off a week isn’t even enough because my days off aren’t consecutive so i just spend those days exhausted or doing errands or house chores. there is not enough Time. all the time goes to Work. WHY IS LIFE THIS WAY. humans were not meant for this
