fellow jrwi + splatoon fans (who are better at the strategy combat splatoon stuff than me) please help me decide what weapons and gear jrwi characters would use and what species they'd be and whatever. currently i am thinking of the suckening but honestly all campaigns are on the table for this,,,also for the most part cast lore aside because i cannot IMAGINE how hard it would be to translate most of these fuckers' separate lore and worldbuilding into the world of splatoon jesus Fucking christ.
i've got it in my head that shilo would EXCLUSIVELY use enperry gear and weapons. he'd probably use the enperry dualies too. which is funny because i'm not even sure he really reads to me as a dualies user HOWEVER he and emizel are twins and given my own personal hcs for them in the splatoon world + how they are in canon it is Highly likely they would be famous if they were in splatoon. so it'd be on-brand.
(splat2 bc i feel like inkjet would be more enjoyable to him than triple splashdown)
they're inktolings btw ✌️ we're going a bit vague on the translations of like elves and vampires and humans and ratkin and whatever the fuck else jrwi pcs have been here into splatoon species- so for example two human pcs might end up as different inkfish species, yk- but i felt it worked for them specifically given the Everything.
though because i like the fanon stuff Emizel Specifically did give me vague salmoling/salmonling/whatever-you-want-to-call-the-fanon-humanoid-inkfish-versions-of-salmonids vibes, buuut shilo doesnt so instead. inktolings it is <333
viv and vex are inklings and that's pretty much the only other thing i've settled on. expanding to other campaigns- arlin specifically gives me manta vibes maybe? i know a lot of people hc that Big Man has a humanoid form and i am a BIG AGREE on that one- in fact i think most inkfish species that we don't see more humanoid forms of have them (for example jellies i think have slightly more humanoid forms, but the urchins like spyke and murch don't because they're already very humanoid...this also makes sense given that kiki from c-side, for example, is LITERALLY a peacock bass but she doesn't look much like that at all in her art which indicates she might have a much more fish-looking swim form)- so this opens up a lot of alleys hehe.
theo and the rest of the demons are users of improvised weapons, and theo ESPECIALLY loves swinging shit around- the pack of soda in episode 1, his nalgene later on, yk- but he does actually give me some Blaster vibes. unsure of what kind. emizel as well but again that might just be the general rough-and-tumble nature that group as a whole has. but i think emizel would be a dualies user like shilo. he'd enjoy dodge rolling + shilo would force him into it For The Brand hehe /hj
and ofc emizel and theo would love c-side HOWEVER given that emizel canonically also loves white girl pop music...well i cant really think of a splatoon equivalent to that, maybe the squid sisters? but also chirpy chips while not really that at all still fits in vibes 2 me. so emizel and shilo both would be big fans of the squid sisters and chirpy chips. 2 me. shilo is harmony's #1 fan if anyone cares
theo's music taste was never reaaally spoken on but i feel in my soul he would fuckin LOVE off the hook. marina especially- charlie said once that theo really wants to go into making music as a career and i feel like he would really really enjoy the djing stuff, idk what it is!! but he would love off the hook sm. he would also rpf ship pearlina (as would. most of the splatoon world if we're being honest here) i know this to be true. and his favorite song is nasty majesty (maybe. maybe not. however it is too funny to resist...i know he would at LEAST find the apparent lyrics VERY funny)
maybe theo could be the salmo....n..ling? the salmonids themselves are shown to have quite a punk look to them, actually, once you get past the Very fish-ness of them, and their "hair" is naturally red, so i'd imagine a more humanoid version of them (similar to how the octarians and the octolings have their whole separate-species-that-look-real similar thing going on, tho ofc with a VERY different lore explanation jhgdkfsjal) would look a lot like a theo!
i have no fucking clue about arthur dont ask me about arthur. deacon would be an inkling though. and edward (eugh) might be an octoling given that they are widely regarded as kind of the "prettier" of the two playable inkfish species
runt would be an inkling and so would troy. wd im a bit more unsure of but maybe an octoling? i have no idea how to turn an owl into an aquatic humanoid species dont ask me about blink.
rapid fire here. dakota inkling. william octoling. vyncent octoling. ashe octoling. rand inkling. kian octoling. rolan something fucking else man how should i know. gillion octoling. PRETZEL octoling. chip inkling. jay inkling. aurora inkling? uhhh isaac inkling norah inkling lui octoling maybe? lucia inkling. everett octoling. jin octoling...? paeon octoling. mel inkling. buck inkling or manta? jaguar joe jellyfish.. rumi octoling. peter inkling. thanatos ?????????????????????????????
dualies fit the brand (theyre twins. probably famous given they're literally princes in the non-splatoon canon.)
you canNOT tell me he wouldn't be a fan of dodge rolls
high mobility fits his celerity!! he's a speedy boy
in splat2 the special is splashdown, in splat3 it's reefslider. while splashdown DOES fit emizel well, i think reefslider despite having a less personal vibe to it (just going in on the shark thing instead of punching down w/ your fist which is a VERY emizel move) actually fits better because it's pretty fast going in (celerity) and then it fucking EXPLODES (i think he enjoys that. nothing else to it)
low damage but makes up for it w/ the fact that the user can do four dodge rolls in a row and the ink consumption is less. emizel is admittedly more of a "hit hard, get fights done fast" guy BUT i still think this fits excellently within the constraints i have set for myself and the constraints of the actual game.
mid-range which i think works well enough and i dont really feel a need to explain why but i might anyways. he likes getting up close and personal in fights BUT he also frequently likes to like. drop down from above. ambush. this is the closest thing i can think of to fulfill the distance thing besides giving him like a charger or something which i REALLY dont think he'd use
again i think he might be more of a blaster guy or something that allowed him to Hit Things with his weapon instead of firing shots BUT i think this would work!! idk!! whatever!!
.....splat3 light tetra dualies does have zipcaster which i think he would LOVE but the sub weapon is sprinkler for both splat2 and splat3 which i think he would Not be about
an alternative emizel weapon:
yes i KNOWWWWWW you can only get these in salmon run but LISTEN TO ME. their mom is rich and emizel regularly commits thievery i think he would manage to get these one way or another. the explosions are a blaster thing which is the other weapon i said i think he'd like, but it also has the benefits of still being dualies and having dodge roll!! plus the HUGE amount of dodge rolls available!!! thank you grizzco dualies ily grizzco dualies <3333 <-can you tell i am a dualies main with a love for blasters. this and the explosher are 2 of my favorite things ever. i used to be a roller main but i was really bad at it so i gave up
on the note of illegitimately-modified weapons: i think runt would use the grizzco charger. hear me out:
runt LOVES building shit. if anything she'd make this thing herself!! especially given that- as is the brand with splatoon- this is enhanced with a TON of repurposed material!!
to be honest this is reminiscent of her fuckin. deatomizer gun thing she had. you know the one. the railgun. 2 me. idk i just think she'd fw it heavy
high damage makes up for how physically weak she is- i don't think she'd ever use a weapon that requires the user to actually hit people with it, given her low strength.
the fact that it can't hold its charge also just kinda makes me think of her in a way. yk. the chronic illness, fatigue. she can't quite instantly charge up like the weapon (almost) does buuut she does kinda have the negative of it- it's hard for her to stay energized, yk. i think this weapon, similarly to the gear and mobility aids she makes in canon, would be built by her to make up for her physical weaknesses.
this thing doesn't have a sub or special weapon because...well....none of the salmon run weapons do, it's all the splat bomb and whatever the fuck else special you happen to get. HOWEVER since we're already breaking some rules with this i'll say: i think her sub would probably be autobomb (reminiscent of her little mites), and her special would be crab tank OR baller. both are able to protect her while also dealing a LOT of damage!! plus i think the crab tank would just endear her so much.
other special options for runt (btw i am looking at these in alphabetical order to refresh my memory. also because i am NOT a team-v-team guy i just salmon run dude. im much better at just getting the eggs and killing the bosses than like. actually fighting and strategizing. ij know what works for Me and nothing else):
ink vac: i have no idea how to explain this one just vibes man.
inkjet: cmon man. you cant tell me she wouldn't love that shit
killer wail or killer wail 5.1: again similar to the above
kraken royale: i just think she would be a really big fan of the strength this leads to her actual physical body, allowing her to fight using her own physical capabilities instead of relying on a weapon :] which i think is something she really, really does want
super chump: i am thinking of that move she pulled with the bot in the heist episode
ultra stamp: everyone loves the ultra stamp. when they're the one using it, i mean.
there's so much more i could say but it's been hours and i dont want people to just. not read this post. also i have other stuff to do and know i will burn out if this goes on any longer. so instead i will say one last thing: whatever troy uses his special is ABSOLUTELY the reefslider
