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I am an adult. I do not post nor plan to ever create NSFW. but I do not want minors interacting at all, whether it be liking/following/reblogging etc. it will be a block with no exception. if there were someone that wanted to interact with me, i much rather it be another adult..

I am an account that wants to remain small forever, i cannot control what people do but I really only created this as a personal blog. So i only allow irls/friends etc. to follow me, anyone I don't know that follows this account will be blocked. I know, it seems a very odd thing. But this was not created with any kind of intended audience. I apologize if that is mean. I may interact with other artists on occasions but that doesn't mean I am open to getting to know them on a personal level even if i chat pretty optimisitcally..

I want to remain small and out-of-sight, likes are fine. reblogs are a bit much unless I specifically created a gift for someone or it's an friend interacting.

the rundown is essentially this blog is treated as an blog-space for myself and not a social media account, even if many others do for their account, i did not create this with an intent of being a flashy artist or a popular person.

If you have read this and understood, you can continue further with seeing the text to know more about me..

What about Me?

I have a few tags on this account, to make sure that everything can be nicely organized atleast..

#flareon used sketch <- when i draw, unlike my previous account where i divided everything up into side blogs, im going to share art i make on this account instead

#gemstone heart au <- name of my crystal x silver centered Johto AU! you can learn more clicking on the link!

#playtime <- when i share stuff of gameplay, currently i do a lot of pokemon and play other games with my fiance, i can't do videos so the best i'll share is screenshots

#flareon barks <- this is basically for text posts.. thats it ^^;

I also 2 other users for my specific much longer interest

The first being my Splatoon Account! @tawakari3333 where i post all about splatoon as well as OCs and art.. sometimes i might be a bit more active there, It's a decade long love of mine that never seems to simmer down..

And the second one which is a bit newly made is @zekromchara999 where i post all about Undertale and related AUs and Deltarune as well, being another long life interest of mine..

As you can tell from my user, i love pokemon! my favourite is eevee and all the eeveelutions!

With my Truesona even being an Eevee!

My favourite generation is Johto, however I cherish the Pokemon franchise as a whole very specially to me.. I mainly will post about generation 1-5 when it comes to Pokemon however.

I have been on the internet for a very long time. And have a very large fondness for free-range of creativity and the ability for people to be self-indulgent, whether it be to decorate web-pages however those wish, customization in games and the uses of themes and colors. Naturally i have a very large nostalgia and gravitation towards media of 2000-2010s for example. My favourite consoles are handhelds! I am very fond of them, my favourite being the DS family of nintendo.

The biggest thing i am passionate about when it comes to self-indulgent works, i am VERY excited when it comes to fanwork creations of AUs and other fanwork of existing media even if it could be considered an "insult" to the canon or source material with how it is percieved by people; Gijinkas, AUs, headcanons, noncanon-ships, drama, angst, reader/OC x character, OCs.. you name it.. I truly believe anyone should be allowed to create things for themself if it makes them happy & it means they are indulging!

It's how i started drawing when i was barely understanding speech.. i love to see fanworks & AUs a lot, my main love that started this comes from my interaction of Undertale AUs for over a decade now. Even if i don't draw Undertale anymore or it is much lower on my list of interests compared to now.. I am still very graetful for it being a big part of me..

I am primarily a fan-artist: i have AU works of my own, which i usually don't share with people..

with the creations shown on my blogs being the works on my Splatoon account

as well as on this account being my Johto AU centered around redemptionshipping known ss Gemstone Heart which i have linked in the tags!

I also have a love for decoden works such as oshikatsu, ita bags and others. essentially work of a personal interest as a whole is what engages me!

If this doesn't seem of your cup of tea then i apologize but this is for me & my blog.. so you may find a better place elsewhere.... ^^;

What Are My Interests, Then?

This section.. many of my interests i feel are percieved as a bit "childish". I have a very large love for things such as: Videogames, Figurines/Plushes/Toys, Cartoons/Shows and other things of the sort.. which i have a very strong attachment with these objects and games and such and think of these things as very precious to me, however. I won't let that stop me.

I think that just a plain list of things would not do this justice, so instead I have gathered graphics & blinkies of the collection of things I love:

this may not be everything, but it's a good list i think.. ^^

That's all! Thank you for reading this far and enjoy your stay, please remember to be respectful to everyone..!

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.

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!

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.