I’m back with Sturgeon again for another day! Individuals of those first two images + ranting beneath the cut.
Baby!!
Sturgeon hatched without arms. Her parents and doctors were never really sure why, and despite being a regenerative species, new arms never grew in. Luckily this has never really hindered Sturgeon, as inklings are highly adaptable. At a young age, her parents started styling her tentacles to work as hands, which allowed Sturgeon to be just as capable of things like writing and other dexterous activities as other inklings her age. It was still a bit more of a struggle, and she still has some slight issues with dexterity, but it’s much better than if her parents hadn’t helped her get that freedom.
Teen :0
Sturgeon was so excited to leave home for the first time. She came from a small to mid sized commuter town. Out near Calamari County, but not as far as where the Squid Sisters are from. One of those towns that’s close enough that everyone goes on long drives for work, but far away enough that there’s no public transport, farms interspersed between the houses, and literally nothing going on.
City life was new and at first, kind of scary. She luckily got used to it quick, and was pretty decent at turf wars. Still, she felt kind of lonely. In a place so full of people, it was surprisingly difficult for her to make connections. If asked today, Sturgeon wouldn’t be able to tell you if following Cuttlefish down the drain was the best or worst decision she ever made. Sure, she got friends and a support system out of it, they got more skilled with inkweapons, but… was it worth it? The fun version of war that regulated turf war offered was just… not realistic. And Sturgeon wasn’t fully prepared for the reality.
When Cuttlefish and Sturgeon disappeared during their scouting trip to Mount Nantai, Sturgeon’s parents became frantic with concern and fear. Their kid, their oldest kid who used to call almost every day, just straight up disappeared. She had told her parents in advance that she’d be on a trip with friends in an area with patchy service for a month, so at first it was okay, expected. But then a month passed, and then two, and then three, and there was nothing. After an entire year, when Cuttlefish, Eight, and Sturgeon got out of the deep sea metro, Sturgeon had lost her apartment and had no way to charge her phone. (Kind of a really poor choice on Cuttlefish's part to let her just... go of on her own. After all that. She should've been hospitalized much sooner). When Sturgeon was hospitalized a few days later (those few days were some of the worst of her life), her parents showed up almost immediately and found out about everything (and they absolutely grilled Cuttlefish…)
Sturgeon wanted to stay in the city. Her parents, being understandably scared for their safety, didn’t want her to be alone. Sturgeon stayed with her parents for a month. Their parents only let her go back to living in the city after Four (Rowan) and Eight (Attka) offered Sturgeon a place as their roommate. The first year or two after the deep sea metro was really rough on Sturgeon and Attka. But it got better. Sturgeon’s parents visited every week at first, eventually every month because they didn’t want to hover too much. Sturgeon didn’t return to turf wars or the NSS in general until she was 18.
This is Sturgeon, my Agent 3 OC. It literally took me an entire year to find a design that I actually liked for her (oldest art under the cut is from September 2023)💥
I’ll be posting more info about her tomorrow for the ‘past’ prompt :)
Honestly I had a pretty hard time picking an OC for today, but I ended up going with Plight.
I have literally never posted about Plight ever outside of a small wings of fire discord server I was in when I was 13, so… definitely an under appreciated OC. Plight was the first vent OC I ever made. Poor baby. They are so weird and scrunkly and I don’t give them enough credit for all the times they were drawn with gore lmao. Silly little guy <3
I made Echo 2-ish months ago. Their fur is always dirty (they never shower) (water hater) (stinky). Also it’s tentative friends with Laurel. Unlike Laurel, she was very very young when taken by Grizzco, and doesn’t remember life before becoming fuzzy. Due to this, she had complete trust and belief in Grizzco and the scientists who worked with the fuzzy ooze up until recently (they had a crisis…)
Laurel! Only about 6 months old and she’s completely stolen my mind since creating her. These are all various arts of her from the past few months :)
Laurel is a fuzzy octoling (Splatoon), though in the AUs that I make up in my head, she’s been plenty of other things. She’s Aroace, she’s really tall (10 feet on back legs), she’s in an qpr, and I just love her so much <3
Laurel! Only about 6 months old and she’s completely stolen my mind since creating her. These are all various arts of her from the past few months :)
Laurel is a fuzzy octoling (Splatoon), though in the AUs that I make up in my head, she’s been plenty of other things. She’s Aroace, she’s really tall (10 feet on back legs), she’s in an qpr, and I just love her so much <3
nearly oc-tober time again - time for some prompts for 2024
F.A.Q
do i have to draw?
not at all! you are free to participate with any medium that suits you... writing, artwork, free bases and templates, simple text posts, in-character-as-your-oc roleplay, whatever! (just no stealing or AI)
do i have to make new content?
nope! re-uploading old stuff that fits the prompts is allowed (and encouraged) ... old art that didn't get the appreciation it needed always deserves a chance to be shared again, it's a fun throwback!
do i have to post every day?
nope! only 10 days are mandatory (the ones in red with a star symbol) and everything else (yellow) is 100% optional! if you're busy or tired, please skip as many as you want
can i start early?
you can prep your posts in advance if you need to ... but please wait until the right day in october to share them!
can i re-upload your prompt list to another site?
i would prefer if you dont - i have accounts on most sites, so just reblog/retweet/share from me!
event tag?
#bweirdOCtober
have fun!
image desc/text version ↓under the cut↓ or on bweird.art/october
prompts:
WEEK 1: OC INTRODUCTIONS
WEEK 2: BUILDING BACKSTORY
⭐ 1: FAV OC
what makes them your fav?
2: NEW OC
how recently did you make them?
3: OLD OC
how long ago did you make them?
⭐ 4: UNDER-APPRECIATED OC
an oc you feel like you don't talk about enough, or you haven't fleshed out as much as you would like
5: RE-DESIGNED OC
an oc who has changed a lot (what changed about them?) or, if you haven't redesigned an oc: is there anything you might want to change about an existing oc?
WEEK 3: FUN + GAMES
⭐ 6: PAST
where is your oc from? what did they look like as a child?
7: LIKES
what do they like (and why?)
8: DISLIKES
what don't they like (and why?)
⭐ 9: RELATIONSHIPS
doesn't have to be romantic! can any kind of relationship (frienship, family, rivalry etc)
10: PERSONALITY
what are your oc's main personality traits
11: SYMBOLISM/THEMES
what represents your oc? is there a specific colour you associate them with, or a specific animal?
12: FUTURE
what will your oc look like in the future? do they have any plans or goals?
⭐13: MEMES
do any memes remind you of your oc? are there memes your oc would find funny? maybe you want to redraw your oc as one?
14: WHO/WHAT INSPIRED YOUR OC
are there existing characters that your oc looks like? was your oc based on yourself? is your oc originally from a specific fandom?
15: MUSIC
share a character playlist, write a songfic, post lyrics that remind you of them, etc
⭐16: EYES CLOSED or NON DOMINANT HAND
draw a picture of your oc with your eyes closed or with your non domminant hand, write or type a paragraph about them without your eyes closed, etc ... have fun, and don't worry about it looking "bad" -it's meant to!!
17: DnD ALIGNMENT CHART
put all your ocs into a DnD alignment chart, or any other similar chart if you prefer
i've compiled a few templates on my site, but you can find more easily if you google "oc alignment chart"
⭐18: SWAP
swap something between your ocs - their role in the story, hairstyles, personalities, fashion taste, species ... whatever you want! how would this difference change them?
19: PALETTE CHALLENGES
draw your ocs with as many of these colour palettes as you want (or just skip if you don't draw/don't like doing these!)
some ideas for what you could do: talk about a friend's oc you like, make gift art/writing of them, collabs, trades, reblog/appreciate ocs in the event tag, make interactions between your ocs and other people's
20-26: A WHOLE WEEK OF SOCIAL STUFF
if you don't have the time/energy to do every day this week, ⭐ day 23 is the only one marked as mandatory! you can skip the rest!
WEEK 5: HALLOWEEN
⭐27: FEARS
is your oc scared of anything? do they have any phobias? are they startled easily? would any of your ocs try to scare ppl on purpose?
28: MONSTER
what would your oc be if they were a monster (eg: werewolf, vampire, eldritch beast.. whatever) or, do you have an oc who is already a monster?
29: PUMPKIN CARVING
your ocs carving pumpkins, a drawing of a pumpkin carved to look like your oc ... or even carve it in real life!
30: GHOST
this can be literally a ghost, or a concept that haunts your oc! up to you!
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