Thread:Autumnlibrarian16/@comment-38973390-20190331120228/@comment-38973390-20190627205250

summer class is honestly super boring,,, like?? everything so far is review? I came to learn, not re-learn? hopefully it'll get harder since I actually almost fell asleep in that class today when I wasn't even tired? hhh imagining going through 10 months of this is just wow I'm glad I'm getting it condensed into less than a month although that also gives me no sense of pacing what so ever

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okay time to talk about Splatoon again yeehaw I love that game and since the final splatfest for Splatoon 2 is soon I've just been hit with the realization that 1. Splatoon 2 is 2 years old hflajfjfls and 2. I've only been able to partipacte in like 1 Splatfest due to the fact that I don't have the paid online service

but yeah!! the in-game announment finally came and wow finally Pearl and Marina get to actually say something with volume to it and not something that's just a silly joke or two! but uh in case you don't know anything about Splatoon I feel like there's a couple things to preface this with

In both Splatoon games, you play as an Inkling; a creature that's half squid, and half kid. Technically speaking, the game is a shooter, but all of the weapons shoot a type of ink or paint, and you can attack people with brushes, rollers, and paintbuckets in addition to gun-like weapons so that's fun. Splatfests are basically events where you choose a side (for example, a previous Splatfest was "which superpower would you rather have" with the sides being flight and invisibility), and then fight for that side in the online battles. There's also a story mode and a bunch of neat lore but for the most part what's important is to know that Inklings aren't the only creatures in the world of Splatoon; Octolings (half octopus, half human) exist as well and they're considered to be "evil". Pearl and Marina are basically two muscians who make up the group known as Off the Hook (the two who also happen to make the Splatfest themes) and while Pearl is an Inkling, Marina is very clearly an Octoling. (tbh I have no clue how people react to this since I never got to play the DLC, which is where the two actually get time to display their character)

actually I'm not even sure if I was rambling there so my apologies there's just so much I want to say about the Splatfest topic, which happens to be Chaos vs. Order (I also want to talk about how much I love Splatoon's game design in general but I'll save that for another time)

Pearl, being the cheeky chaotic gremlin she is, naturally choose the side of chaos, while Marina, someone who wanted stability for her life as an Octoling in Inkopolis sides with Order. honestly both of them have actually compelling arguments for their side; Pearl claims that she doesn't want complete disarray but rather something that's unpredictiable, while Marina argues that a world where everyone is safe and everything is balanced (which? seems like a more neutral ideal than a lawful/order one but okay) would be better. Both of them kind of take their side and raise it to the ideal, something that would probably be impossible in practice but rather appealing in theory. While arguing, Pearl invokes Splatfest Law (which is apparently a thing???), which basically states that the outcome of the Splatfest would actually change the world, meaning that the two now have direct control over the future, and what the world will be like. Both Pearl and Marina claimed that they didn't actually know what they were going to do if they win (thanks Nintendo, keeping us in the dark) so uh I'm actually really hyped to see how this goes since the outcome decided by the players will probably have a great deal of influence on the future of Splatoon

I'm like 90% sure that if Marina and Team Order win, a dytopia will pop up, while if Pearl and Team Chaos win, anarchy will be put into place. If history class has taught me anything, my guess is the idea that Pearl/Marina tried to put into place was supposedly pure and unharmful, but will end up being something that's really horrible. I'm kinda rooting for Chaos if this is the case since I'd much rather see a plot regarding anarchy, rather than a dystopia because that has been done. so much. But also I can't imagine the colorful game of Splatoon becoming so dark so idk (but if I wanted to go in circles there's also what happened to Callie and supposedly the Octo Expansion was also really dark) I'm also like 90% sure that Off the Hook will break up after this, which is,,, kinda sad, actually

Pearl and Marina have a really good relationship, but there's been like a good 10 hints dropped that the group will be destroyed once the results come out. For one, the release of the results of the last Splatfest had Marina ask Pearl (who lost that one) if they'd always be together, to which Pearl replied with a hesistant (?) yes. And once again during the announment Marina said something to the effect of "But.. Off the Hook might break up" like a good 3 or 4 times. But Pearl also gave Marina a ton of validation (which was probably one of the most blessed things I've seen all day,, Pearl supporting Marina is just. just great I have no other words) and even mentioned how Marina is a lot more popular compared to Pearl. I actually don't know what happened during the final splatfest of the first Splatoon game though so I don't know what hints were dropped there regarding Callie and Marie (the former lost and [spoilers for S2!] kinda ended up brainwashed) so I have nothing to go off of

darn okay this was way too long I'm sorry for all my rambling I love Splatoon and I'll probably ramble about it's music and general,, design later