#splatoon stephanie

[sketchhead-thoughts]

I said it on twt and I’ll say it here

[mako-the-tako]

FUCK

Im back in my Splatoon era. Cod dammit. (yes a Splatoon era I never posted)

[jgn13]

[minusecko]

Splatoon 3 Promokids Lovelanguage Headcanon Thing

i really dont know how to title stuff.

Anyways, just below the lovely "Keep Reeading" button is a list of what I think each of the promokids' favorite forms of love language are and a brief explanation as to why!

Veronika

Favorite to give: Acts of Service

Favorite to recieve: Physical Touch/Words of Affirmation

Vero is literally just too awkward to initiate anything else, so they'd rather silently help with chores or something similar. They also have an underlying need to prove themselves constantly and a desire to feel needed somewhere.

They do still admit that they love getting hugs and cuddles even if they're unbearably awkward about it. Also, there's a 50/50 chance they burst into tears if you tell them "I'm proud of you" (just ask anyone in NSS) because those are words they almost never hear.

Hiro

Favorite to give: Quality Time/Acts of Service Favorite to receive: Quality Time/Physical Touch

Hiro just adores their friends and loves spending time with them. They also like feeling useful and tries to help around a lot. It's partially driven by feelings of self-doubt and a need to prove themselves- wait a second I've heard this before.

If Veronika is awkward, Hiro is fucking mortifying. (Joking! Kinda-) The difference is Hiro is absurdly awkward with physical intimacy because they're touch starved. Veronika is just kinda awkward with social interactions in general sometimes. Anyways, Hiro is a simple creature: they just wanna be the little spoon when cuddling.

Anemone

Favorite to give AND receive: Quality Time/Physical Touch

There's not much of an explanation needed here. She just loves causing mischief of any kind with friends. She's also just a very physical person in general, so she's constantly fistbumbing, high-fiving, arm punching, light elbowing- Ok you get the point. She likes bops and boops.

Likes to box her friends, nothing serious but will just kinda playfully jab at them like a cat slapping it's owner. Usually they just let it happen or jab back.

TakoTruck

Favorite to give: Acts of Service/Words of Affirmation Favorite to recieve: Gifts

She has like 5 million different skills from the many, many, many, unique experiences she's had during her more nomadic lifestyle, so she'll gladly put them to use to help her friends. Also makes sure to go out of her way and say how much she appreciates everyone because she knows that they might not always hear it.

She still struggles with not crying whenever she gets a gift, and will 100% shed at least 1 tear if she gets a handmade gift of any kind.

Stephanie

Favorite to give: Gifts/Acts of Service Favorite to receive: Quality time

She has the money to buy basically anything, which is great because she can get her friends practically whatever they want, including services like housecleaning and catering, but at the same time receiving gifts don't necessarily hit the same for her because she can buy anything. If Steph says "I gotchu!" then you'll never know hardship again.

So instead, she does love spending any sort of time with anyone. She doesn't get a lot of quality time, or much time at all, with her family, so she's down for basically anything to distract her from that.

Calamar

Favorite to give: Gifts Favorite to receive: Words of Affirmation

They're surprisingly attentive despite their aloof appearance, so they remember small details from random conversations that lets them pick the perfect gifts.

They're still a really simple person too. If you tell them "good job!" that will be the highlight of their day. Also they didn't get a lot of affirmation from their parents so...

Yarwhal

Favorite to give AND receive: Quality time

They did not get much time with their parents because they died while Wally was really young, so they treasure literally any time at all with the people close to them.

Kayoss

Favorite to give: Words of Affirmation Favorite to receive: Acts of Service

He's really busy a lot of the time, so words are most convenient. Also he very much realizes that his friends really, really need someone to verbally acknowledge all the things they do, and is more than happy to do so.

He loves acts of service because it helps him manage his workload a bit easier.

[xx-sushi-xx]

[nadineartyt]

Some iridescent sillies

One of the rare times im able to make a finished piece with the splatoon 3 promo kids

[glassphinix]

if no one else is gonna blorbofy the promo kids i’m gonna do it and none of you can stop me

stephanie

she/her (transfem)

rich as fuck. not a multimillionaire like pearl, but her folks are super well-off. can afford to spend money like it’s water

plays turf war for fun, not glory. loves bringing in memey weapons that are fun to use, even if she sucks with them. can she hit the broad side of a barn with a slosher? not really. but is it fun to beat people up with a washing machine? OH yes

wallace/wally (YARRwhal)

he/they

chronic cool guy syndrome. everybody wants to be his friend!

knows one of the members of c-side. always the first one to buy their new songs

LETHAL in turf war, probably super high-leveled. plays for fun AND glory (but still mostly fun)

nina (AnemoneNo1)

they/them

LOVES retro gaming, has a massive collection of arcade machines and old consoles

left-handed. mods some of their weapons to suit their needs, but in turf war they do tend to just use their right hand so they dont fuck up the hand they write/draw with

speaking of writing/drawing they totally use the splatooniverse equivalents of deviantart/tumblr

stephanie’s cousin

veronika

they/she

the leader of the friend group despite having moved to splatsville the most recently

a squid of few words, but that doesnt mean theyre not down to go crazy go stupid at any given moment. perpetually participating in weird girl wednesday

hangs out with a smallfry she calls their little buddy, or “the destroyer of ankles” and is even teaching it a little bit of inklish

dating nina

trinity (TakoTruck)

she/her

used to be an elite soldier in the octarian army, is now taking an internship as a civil engineer

extremely competitive and hates to lose. plays every turf war like its the battle that’ll win the war. she’s trying to get more resilient about losing, but it’s something she clashed with stephanie over a lot when they first met

street food connoisseur, knows where all the best cafes and food trucks are. favorite food is tacos (obviously)

hiro (Hirooooo)

he/they

listens to a lot of beach music and reggae

almost never takes off his headphones (its the autism)

doesnt get to play turf war a lot because his schedule is so busy. he’s coworkers with trinity, but he mostly does admin/desk work

kayoss (kay0ss)

he/him

biggest hearts of the whole group. apologizes to people he splats in battle 99% of the time. gives amazing hugs

the reason hiro listens to reggae now

ceo of cool weird clothes. best fashion sense of the whole group. goes shopping with stephanie all the time (they’re dating)

calamar (C4L4M4R)

he/she (bigender)

LOUD. mans has no indoor voice and gets excited easily. the resident funnyman

will do anything for clout. once fired her e-liter into the sky and changed color while the ink was coming down to try and snipe himself for a squid-tiktok

loves to go camping, has a lot of fond memories at camp triggerfish

absolutely DEADLY aim. if she brings a charger into battle you’re already dead

[snailvibes]

I have an unhealthy obsession with Stephanie from the splatoon promos

I just think she💖