squiddoposting

in every single episode, Squiddo is either motivated by Ash or the major conflict of the episode is Squiddo doing something that goes against/could harm Ash. by watching solely her videos, you get the impression that Ash is Squiddo’s closest ally and have a generally positive opinion of him

this is contrasted beautifully by Ashswag’s s5 video. where Squiddo isn’t mentioned at all, and Ash isn’t running around protecting spawn and being a good person - he’s a shitty self-centred capitalist.

Squiddo also makes Ash look more impressive than he is. for example, in her nuke video, Squiddo implies that Ash was able to singlehandedly stop the nuke and help her kill Wemmbu. they conveniently leave out that Ash was working with a group, was only able to locate the nuke because Spoke gave him coords, that the nuke actually DID blow up spawn, and the fact that Wemmbu actually escaped from Ash. there are many moments like this but this is the funniest and most egregious one

lifesteal youtube videos are always great in how much of an unreliable narrator the creator gets to be (and god knows I am not the first person in this fandom to point that out). I love this particular example though because it’s remarkable the lengths Squiddo goes to twist the truth in order to make the story Ash-centric. this makes a LOT of sense in retrospect with the dating reveal. Squiddo also said that they didn’t have an in-character explanation to giving Ash a heart on their first day, so tried to play it as their character idolising him from there on out, so some of it is conveying their character’s idolisation of Ash

I just can’t stop thinking about the wider character implications here. just… the idea of cAsh genuinely being cSquiddo’s entire world and her having an incredibly distorted perception of him. the fact that he, though he does care for her, cares nowhere close to the extent she does for him. the fact that cAsh is an awful person, and not nearly as competent as she believes he is, and cSquiddo will never accept these things due to her unwavering loyalty

please. do you guys see my toxic unrequited s5 squidswag vision.

anyways, I present the fucking thumbs up vs heart hands art that Squiddo drew that one time, which perfectly encapsulates this whole thing:

Ash: Can I say something insane? I’m kinda scared of you.

Squiddo: Woahh, you’re scared of me? Come on.

Ash: I’m scared of anyone on the server, but especially anyone I trust a lot.

Squiddo: You trust me?

Ash: …What?

1. Squiddo called him ‘my liege’ and Ash said he liked that and they should keep the nickname

2. “Maybe I think of you whenever I see the color purple.”

3. “I’m afraid of you, because I trust you so much.” - Ash to Squiddo

4. $QUIDDO as a potential team name and Ash seemingly wanting to join FOCUS and change it to FOCU$ so that they can both fit in. As if that’s not basically a ship name

5. Smth about saying you want to isolate together with Squiddo??? I didn’t catch it fully

6. Sharing a bedroom together. They have a bedroom together, there’s a few scenes of it in the beginning of Squiddo’s episode today, and their beds are next to one another.

7. “I trust you completely.” From Squiddo

8. This is from 4C but, “I don’t think Squiddo would leak the tunnels to anyone, but if she did it would be to Ash.”

9. Ash procrastinated on going to discuss something serious with Derapchu and Zam to do neos in Squiddo’s base

10. Ash asking Squiddo if he should kill Kaboodle because he felt hesitant even if it was for a free heart, and Squiddo said yes because ‘she was mean to me’ and Ash responded with ‘That’s all I needed to hear’ and killed Kaboodle.

Anyways Squidswag is alive and thriving and more people need to ship it