A furiously protective father vs the killer of anomalies
Anomalies like… little Splatter?
Wait… is her soul… human?? But… she’s a monster…?
This truly is a central conflict for a story
Ink is by Comyet
Error is by loverofpiggies Aka Crayon Queen
and we all know who created Splatter by now I think ;3
Some further rambles under the cut 👀
Alrighty, so! As stated about this art shows one of if not The main conflict of Splattertale, with the reveal of our main antagonist, Error!
Because ofc no Ink-Centric story is complete without Error as an antagonistic force of SOME kind.
I kid, there are obviously options where he’s not lol.
But yeah. Also he’s not really a villain here he’s just, opposed to the protagonists. Which makes him an antagonist! Because he… wants to kill Ink’s kid for being a glitch… Okay maybe that’s a BIT villainous, but he’s just doing his job! It’s nothing personal… right Ink? Right… ?
Also I know Ink looks SUPER pissed off and protective here but I wanna make it clear he DOESN’T hate Error in this story. Has some.. complicated feelings about him (None of them romantic, Sorry-not-sorry ErrorInk fans, I’m just not into it), but none of them are Hatred. In fact he’s tried to befriend Error several times in the past! Though that can’t exactly work out now… (trying to hunt down someone’s kid to delete them for being a “mistake” kinda puts a damper on your potential friendship with them :/)
Splatter’s soul is indeed a human soul. How this is possible I will explain later, but for now just know that her creation isn’t exactly natural. It’s devoid of any trait, which is why it’s white like a monster soul, and has very low DETERMINATION for a soul of its type. Still way more than a monster soul can have, but low for a human’s.
Being a “freak of nature” like that has landed her quite on Error’s list of “Things to Destroy”
This drawing also features my personal interpretation of the Doodlesphere! I sorta combined the two canon versions, the Floating Islands and Buckets. The Splattertale-verse Doodlesphere is comprised of floating islands that hold deep lakes of paint as entry points into the respective AUs. Each island is decorated with items that represent the AU it leads to!
With this in mind, try and guess which AU is which ;3
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okay I’m gonna give the answers anyway
We’ve got Underswap (specifically Star Sanses Blue’s underswap)
Underfell right behind Ink
XTale in the top right
Outertale in the distance near where XTale is
and Dreamtale on the bottom left!
The appearance of the island also reflects the state of the AU, hence why Xtale is cracked and leaking (because of its destruction), and why Dreamtale looks so dull. With its stump of a tree and unbalanced paint-lake (it used to be a beautiful mix of yellow and purple)
So yeah, I think that’s all I have to say abt this piece for now! Don’t worry I’m gonna elaborate on these little lore bits in time! This entire story rotates in my brain like it’s in a microwave on a daily basis lmao
Hope you like it! :3 (And thank you if you read this far!)
Ink’s paints are just- Well, paints- To everyone else, right? Including Splatter, I presume- But! It is the imperative of all children to try and eat or drink whatever their parent is eating or drinking, even if it’s bad for them.
Which lead to the (potentially very weird) idea, in my mind, of Ink having “herbal tea days” with Splatter or something like that. You know, those cool teas with the flowers in it that look all colorful and pretty? It feels like a good meeting point- It’s something safe for her to consume! And, to be honest, it seems like something Ink would be fond of, as well- It’s such a pretty form of tea, and they do love pretty, artistic looking things…
Or maybe I’m just weird, but! I thought it was cute!
Omg that’s adorable.
Fun fact, Splatter actually HAS tried (and succeeded on a few occasions) to eat Ink’s paint when she was very little. It ended up getting into her system, which, alongside just general exposure to Ink’s paint magic, caused the stars to appear in her eyes!
Ink thought that her eating paint was normal for a second (I mean HE does it and he’s her dad so 🤷) until Dream and Blue got concerned and Ink realized “oh shit wait okay she Should Not be ingesting paint” and got her to stop. She kept trying for a while though.
But yeah the idea of Ink using a different, more safe to consume drink to stop Splatter from eating literal paint, and it becoming a bonding thing that they do, is really cute. Maybe Ink also makes the tea change into different colours, so they’re still drinking colourful liquids. Even adding different decorations to the cups, and forming the flowers into intricate designs, so they look extra fantastical. They can’t help but get artistic with it lol!
I imagine Splatter would like the sweeter flavours of tea the best. If those exist I presume, I don’t know a lot about tea 😅. Either way I’m sure Ink could create some sweet-tasting teas for her regardless.
Thanks for the opportunity to ramble about these two, anon! I liked this ask very much :3
