After such a long trivial time of working and my phone crashing numerous of times, I finally bring you the comic that started it all with Tawa & Ikari's relationship!
If this already sounds familiar, this is because i've decided to remake Two-Toned Ink as everything to it prior was something i was unhappy with and wanted my goal for the series to contain to Splatoon 1 and be more of a little wish fufillment nostalgia thing as it was originally intended ^^;
So anything prior to this is now outdated and most likely deleted, I will also be updating the directory accordingly!..
Originally, there was meant to be a cover for this, but I worked so much on this comic (there is even inconsistencies because of it with Tawa's hair..) that there isn't really one. There is a total of 26 pages so I have decided to put everything under 'read more'
After finishing the reading I will also add aditional context and information to the story which is important
And that is the entirety of the comic, this took a lot of energy out of me, seriously ;;
And i was also able to actually make a more proper version of younger Ikari and Tawa! (even if Ikari's hair didn't change much..)
I even made this chart explaining!
There is also some things i especially loved adding in this comic, i wanted to emphasize more that Ikari also had feelings for Tawa at the start, as the original comic gave the impression that it was a crush only from Tawa's side of things.
There is some things i wish I could improve, im not very good at writing Octavio's lingo forgive me my english can only go so far!!;;
..So you are wondering, since this is a remake: What is the story? what did anything change from the original?
Well i will be here to tell you what the story and context of this comic is!
What is the Story? (This explanation is lengthy!..)
This comic follows from the POV of Tawa, who is at the time of the comic taking place; a 15 year old Octoling serving under Octavio.
For a very long time she hated Inkling kind, especially the Squidbeak Splatoon and wished nothing but for something to come to ruin for them as they were put into these poor conditions because of the Inklings. Feeling trapped along with the rest of Octarian kind where they needed to fend for power, until one day they had success of kidnapping the Great Zapfish as well as all the Mini Zapfish.
Tawa told herself she would make sure nothing would stop this plan of Octavio's as she wanted her kind to thrive and no longer be stuck in an isolated place while Inklings had Inkopolis.
One day, a light-teal Inkling had finally moved into Inkopolis after living in the countryside for so long, she was clumsy and not very good at many things.. many shops turned her away and she did poorly in turf wars as she simply wasn't "fresh" enough, feeling bummed out she went to sulk after leaving the lobby, only to see a strange man coming out of a drainage cover.
Curious about it, she followed him, to which she suddenly found herself at the center of a old man's ramblings, saying that the Great Zapfish had been stolen and that she, Ikari, was now appointed as the brand new Agent 3 of Squidbeak Splatoon, with the task if retrieving it back as well as the Mini Zapfish.
She felt a slight pressure coming on, suddenly this new Mentor as well as two other mysterious Agents were pushing her and encouraging her to complete her mission, while Ikari's skills began to improve with how she used weapons and she even built up confidence.. there was a question in the back of her head about the Octarians and the more that Craig and Agent 1 and 2 went on about them.
Ikari had eventually learned more about the real story of how everything started with the sunken scrolls she had collected and about what the aftermath came from it with Octolings being hidden away and seen as 'villains'. When learning this, Ikari felt guilt and sadness to how she had been splatting Octolings and enemies to get to all the mini Zapfish. So she decided to change her methods of how she would retrieve the remaining Mini Zapfish on her way of getting the Great Zapfish back!
She would begin to sneak around and traverse without direct confrontation, throwing bombs to distract enemies and swimming in ink so she could slip by easily.
This change came as very 'abruptly' to the Rival Octolings, as many of them were still under the impression Ikari was on an onslaught of getting past their defences with news now being she was getting past more and more kettles.
This ended up bothering Tawa especially, as her distain for the Squidbeak Splatoon was already through the roof, she decided the best course of action was to ambush Ikari directly on the next container she found the Zapfish.
Ikari was forced into a battle with Tawa, to which she still tried to stay true to the rule she told herself of not wanting to use her gun, she tried to get to the Zapfish the best she could without interfering with Tawa directly but nothing worked. This went on for some time, until Tawa began to tire out and so did her senses from how she was running on this plan from emotion and not rational thoughts.. she had ended up tripping on herself, backing herself into a corner.
She realized she was done for, and was expecting Ikari to finish her right there and then..
But instead what Tawa saw, was a hand reaching out to help her.
They were both too worn out to do anything, Tawa had lost all of her energy and Ikari was far too worried about a possibility of Tawa's injury to leave.
She decided to instead have small-talk with Tawa and try to conversate, maybe make someone understand she didn't mean to really harm the Octolings, to her surprise Tawa had actually sat and listened!
Tawa at first only listened out of being worn out, telling herself in her head that this Inkling was naive and stupid to be letting her guard down, and that she could easily use this to her advantage.. but things slowly became more difficult as Ikari seeked her out more and more, conviently meeting in the other kettles when she was on a stage overrun with Rival Octolings.
They ended up conversating more and more until it became something that was engraved into Tawa's routine, Ikari would get a bit more ambitious and view Tawa as a friend, even holding her by the hand and dragging her to places no one would see them so they could talk more or even play.
Tawa ended up in a dilemma because of this, she could no longer tell herself to see Ikari as nothing more but an untrustworthy Inkling as she had ended up involving herself so much in Tawa's life that she began to see behind that Agent persona and genuinely enjoy Ikari's company as a friend which was new for her as she had gotten into solider duties at a younger age then others meaning she didn't get to make many friends.. and even began developing a crush for the girl.
but at the same time Tawa began to have terrible feelings as result, worrying if SHE was the one who was going to be tricked and fooled in the end. That if she was foolish for letting her guard down, but the thing that troubled her most was simply the idea of being abandoned because of the fact that she was an Octoling and that Ikari was a Inkling... this became heightened when for a while Ikari would not visit her at all and she did not know why, it distressed her and for the first time she found herself broken down into tears at the idea of losing a friendship that she did not even know that had true meaning or not. What Tawa didn't know was that the reason for Ikari's absence was that she had made her way to Octavio himself.
Without even knowing the full story, Tawa rushed to see where it was taking place. In that moment she didn't care about her inner conflict as all she wanted to see was Ikari, she ended up witnessing the fight in a area where many other Octolings were watching, she analyzed the fight and noticed how Ikari was still not attacking or fighting back even when Octavio was throwing his all at her.
The fight had eventually come to a stand-still when Octavio was worn out and had eventually gotten fed up, as nobody knew what Ikari's plan was, not even the other Agents.
Octavio commanded Ikari to stop messing around and say what she was even doing, to which she revealed that she didn't want to fight but instead make a peace treaty with Octavio.. this had stunned everyone into silence before small clammors of muttering began between the Octolings watching the fight: Thinking Ikari was being idiotic, trying to make Octavio not in his senses after being worn out, or trying to catch him off-guard so she could get a clean-shot at him..
Ikari tried to explain herself further, but everything would remain stagnant with conversations of 'What if' and not having a final say..
Until Tawa was the one who raised her hand.
She knew Ikari the most out of anyone, and hearing Ikari's words made all of the conflict about her fear of abandonment and that Ikari may not have cared about her due to their differences completely dissapear.
Her words supporting Ikari was genuine, and it rung true to Octavio.. his tune started to change and he began considering; if one of his own troops deemed this girl trustworthy, then maybe he can finally find a way to aid his people more peacefully.
He then agreed with Ikari's offer, making his own rules that if the other Agents try to stir any conflict with them he would break off the truce, allowing Tawa to go live with Ikari as long as Ikari takes care of her.
Which Ikari promised that she always will, hoping to make Tawa's first experience in Inkopolis unforgetable.. with the first thing they saw upon arriving was the first ever Splatfest the two would contribute to.
They were inseperable ever since.
And that is the story!
Sorry if it is a bit difficult to read, i tried my best ;; with this comic now done I can finally begin progress on other things!.. So i hope you've all enjoyed reading !!
if you recongize that name, you might know my sideblog @tawakari33 which I originally made as a place to just put my splatoon OCs somewhere and nothing else, well? this account has now been turned into a brand new main! and as a splatoon dedicated account instead of just locking myself to ocs (don't get it twisted i will still post them..) all of my tags are the same as usual.
OC/character tags such as #oc: ikari or #oc: tawa for example for easy surfing of any cephalopods you may like
#my art <- all of my artwork (sorry.. i didn't know what would make for a cute tag..)
#non oc <- when i post canon splatoon characters like the idols
#splatoon talk <- where i talk about splatoon, characters, etc. as well as #non art that i believe goes hand in hand with this, which is just posts not with my artwork
I have 2 agents/hero mode stories so far!!
#two-toned ink <- my first splatoon agent story thing, it originally spawned from my yearning of rival3 (Tawa who is a rival & Ikari who is agent 3!) and wanting to relive old days, and it became it's own thing!
#ink-stained hands <- my personal take on a serious more "edgy" agent 3 as my main girl ikari is alot more light hearted in nature, yes two-toned ink has some more heavy or darker stuff but this one is also not only to explore a take on that but brand new agent OCs of agent 4 and such
neither of these are connected! think of them like AUs.
I have two posts meant to direct you and give context on both these stories
For two-toned ink!
For ink-stained hands!
Now, before interacting, there is some rules, please read them, if read you can continue forward.
Before interaction:
I am an Adult running this account, and would rather NOT have minors liking/reblogging or anything in capacity with my work.. there wont be any NSFW or such, but it's rather if anyone is interacting with me I much rather it be other adults.
I do NOT create this blog for any kind of audience or to be treated as a flashy social media, I do love to post and decorate, but i treat all of my blogs as.. well, blogs. I do NOT want to become a big internet person, I know that I can't stop people but i would MUCH rather NOT recieve reblogs or followers. Everything I do is remaining in a bubble and for my own self-indulgent. Please respect and keep it that way.
TLDR; I want to remain small and out of sight, i do NOT permit reblogs or followers unless it's from a irl/friend/friend-of-friend.
(If people I do not know or aren't friends etc will end up following me.. i softblock to keep my following very small unless i've become comfortable with that person.) these blog i create are usually for myself ONLY, even if i have a habit of sounding like im interacting with an audience with the way i talk… I don't want to sound mean but i really do mean it when i want to stay small.. I will interact with people of course but.. yeah.
if this bothers you in any capacity it's okay to block me or not interact further, i don't want to cause trouble for anyone..
About me?
I am someone originating from Asia (so my english might not be best at times) , when it comes to Splatoon i have been invested since the start of the first game's lifespan, having been gifted an Wii U that had Splatoon 1 on it.
My love for the game has been present ever since then, I would draw it non-stop everyday.. I struggled a lot with keeping OCs that had myself invested, but Splatoon is where I found my passion with making fandom-related OCs.
As for what i love? I've collected a few blinkies to show a list of favourites of mine, I really love colorful things I can't just do a normal list haha..
So you will most likely see these things from my interest, i lean very heavily to a more ''nostalgic" feeling I have with Splatoon's fandom eras, which you can see from my story with Ikari & Tawa. This will primarily be a S1 and S2/OE centered blog.. I do have all 3 games but I haven't yet warmed up to Splatoon 3 oddly enough..
there is not much more to say, enjoy your viewing and respect the rules, please.
This one was so fun to do!.. I've been wanting to create more characters that looked less then just boring humans with ears and tails tacked onto them.. and i think i finally achieved it! Meet CR33PIE everyone! A Centaur-Bodied Creeper that has morphed over centuries to mimic and behave similarly to the abilities that players/humans in the minecraft world have!
I was really proud with how this turned out ;; seriously!! there isn't a single part of it that i find myself disliking.. im proud of the patterns and how i did the centaur body, and how CR33PIE reminds me a lot of older minecraft skins i used to own.. I hope you all will love her as much as i do! ^^
After lots of vagueposting on my main about having an AU centered around the ship Crystal/Kris x Silver, also known as redemptionshipping or krissil, i am proud to show my AU's introduction!
What is Pokemon Gemstone Heart?
Pokemon Gemstone Heart (or pokemon gemstone.. i didn't want it to sound like a romhack but still follow the theme of pokemon game titles haha..) is a Pokemon AU fanwork that is in the timeline of Gen2, where Pokemon Crystal & the Johto Remakes merge together into one world after Crystal's contact with Celebi.
It is a redemptionshipping centered fanfic i made turned into comic in which everything is created by me! There is a lot of canon-divergence not existing in any of the original G/S/C or HG/SS games present here, such as Crystal being here or that Silver & Crystal knew eachother before Giovanni leaving. Personalities are also different, Giovanni for example has elements of what made him so scary to me.. he is more inline with his original gen1 counterpart which was the most serious and even had more of an effect on Silver negatively with his treatment .. (im embarsssed it will seem edgy when i write it..)
As always for my AUs and OCs, i created a prologue comic of how this world came to be!
Everything will be explained below of the characters and story too! it's VERY important you read this entire post to get a grasp.. ^^; especially since i am not good at pacing with comic alone so i always provide explanation
And you have reached the end of the prologue comic.. for those of you who still didn't quite understand the comic I will explain it here and provide extra information:
Crystal growing up was pretty lonely, in the original G/S games and Crystal, you didn't have an NPC as your friend following you trhough the entire game like the remakes did. The only other person she had for company was her Mother and her neighbour who was an friend of her Mom's.
Crystal's dad passed away when she was young and she felt she stood out in a way, she struggled to make friends but loved Pokemon.
Sometimes she would sneak off into routes of wild Pokemon to hang out in, where she came across Illex Forest, she came here often, but wanted to look deeper into the forest one day.. noticing Hoothoots would oddly flock to the pathway of the shrine.
There is where she met a very young Silver, prior to any of the situation with Giovanni leaving. He was shook out of his mind being spotted by someone, but softened up upon realizing he was in a safe place with someone. Crystal would share everything with him, and he would in return.. howevrr anything about his home-life was off limits.
They kept this up for very long.. an unspecified very long amount of time infact, that they saw eachother as their most precious people.. now Crystal being slightly older, she wanted to finally introduce Silver to her mom with a gift she made to signify how she will always see Silver as her best friend, as she had always talked about wanting to take Silver to New Bark Town and even sometimes talked about him to her Mom..
however, this was also the day after Giovanni was defeated by Red. Instead of meeting with her friend, she saw a man she had no clue of. When he saw her, he seemed to immediantly try to attack, but was cut off when Silver yelled.. Giovanni having came here knowing Silver would go to this place to 'hide away from trouble' as Giovanni put it. He never expected to see Crystal but it had made him lose his sense even more then Silver ever thought was imaginable, Silver went at him. He was afraid himself of the man but wanted him to stop this nonsense..
Giovanni, instead of yelling or hitting, decided "fine. you want to be a man and step up to your father? be a man." And began taking his leave, Silver was taken aback by this.. wondering where he was going. He tried to call out, but Giovanni turned back and uttered words that completely broke his soul. (i wont spoil what was said haha..) This was the final straw to Silver.. he was finally feeling himself break, he thought it was nonsense and wanted to go after him, belieivng "no way.. this guy is just having a bad day.. he wont leave.. he.. he wouldnt.."
This of course troubled Crystal, she didn't had a clue the two were related, and only saw that Man as a dangerous person.. she wanted Silver to not chase after him and also wanted to comfort his pain, but Silver too overwhelmed by what he witnessed and unintentionally snapped at Crystal.
He tried to apologize, but he felt a horrible pit in his stomach.. feeling as though he was acting like his father. He was scared of himself, but didn't know what to choose.. stay with Crystal. Or go after his father..
He felt like a monster for yelling, Realizing how Crystal could have gotten hurt because of what he believed to be himself. Because he had hid what kind of person his Father was for all the times they had met.
He felt it was too dangerous.
That he had to throw himself out in order to protect Crystal.. not from Giovanni only, but that he saw himself as a danger too.
This broke Crystal entirely, she had never felt so close to someone and now it was ripped away from her without reason, she spent a long time inside of her house as result, her Mother worried deeply for her.. she had decided to get in contact with the Professor and set out Crystal on a journey, hoping having Pokemon companions by her side would make her less lonely.
It helped, but only slightly, even when Crystal felt excitement, surprise, shock, happiness.. and so many other things. She only seemed to connect with her Pokemon.. and not people like how she had wished to.
She thought that by collecting all the badges she would somehow find someone along the way to become her companion, but even after becoming a champion this seperation of herself to people around her worsened.
She spent her days as Champion feeling isolated, and still lamented her losses. One day she returned to Illex forest and went to the shrine to leave her parting gift to her friendship, being the amulet she never shared with Silver.
However, her conflict woke Celebi from slumber.. giving her another chance to make things right.
And that's everything! atleast what i can explain from the prologue.. Here is also some important character info for the AU of main characters
i hope to create a lot more in the future of this AU!
i will give directory links at the bottom for any new art made for this au! whether be connected comics or singular illustrations!
areudirty
pixelskylines
stormborns
blakekathryn
janainaart
origamiaround
dailybridgerton
discoholicmusic
theartofmadeline
