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"Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Fresh-faced Meggy, 14 years of age, steps off of the train and into the chaos of Inkopolis Plaza. She's ready to grab her gun and get into Turf War. But, it's hard. She keeps losing. She needs some help. Enter Mentor Markus, an older Inkling who spends his time training younger players to get used to the rhythm of Turf War. Together, the duo plan to train, gather a team and take on the most prestigous accolade the city has to offer; Winner of the Golden Zapfish Tournament.

But from the depths of a Valley long forgotten by Inkling-kind, comes an Octoling. A member of a hated species, hating the Inklings in turn. Her mission from her overlord is simple; destroy the Inklings in any way possible. This newbie seems like a good place to start..."

Is this technically self-insert stuff considering I use Markus as an Inksona sometimes? Hard to tell.

As you know, I am a big fan of the SMG4 brothers' web series. I like more or less all of their characters, though some like Saiko had to take some time to grow on me. The only characters I dislike are sometimes Bob (it's 50/50, and he's a riot when he's funny, but a true scumbag when he's not), Francis (yes he's designed to be hated but his villain role was undeserved, out of nowhere and too jarring with the tone in place) and...Desti. Oooooooh Desti. A prime example of what happens when you design a character for one purpose and just don't take the time to make them anything more. Desti, from the very beginning, was designed to be an Alpha Bitch rival to Meggy, and that was kind of all she ever was. Take Meggy out of the equation, and you're left with...not a whole lot. One believes that's because of her only appearing sparingly until...well, the Anime Arc.

I have a lot of issues with the Anime Arc - timing, length of the arc, writing, Francis, the fact that Meggy was never in any real danger because I as a seasoned Sonic veteran can sniff Plot Armour from miles away - and Desti is one of them. Now don't get me wrong, I'm quite pleased they did attempt to make her an actual character...but they did it like two episodes before they killed her off. That's too little, far too late. And as a result, Desti isn't a character. Not really. She was a stopgap, the bare minimum needed for the story to progress. She now exists as a figment of Meggy, not an entity in and of her own right. And that, to me, is bad writing (as is the entire second half of the Anime Arc but eeeh). I'm still up for the concept for her getting some development, of course. But the only way to do that now outside of bringing her back (which would completely devalue every sacrifice Meggy made in Final Hours, why do people still use this concept in their work) or...a prequel series.

That's where this piece came in. I started with just "rookie meggy and desti" and then it went from there. Including a Splatoon 1 era Markus, with slight differences compared to how he dresses now; open hoodie, different glasses and the default hairstyle. Remember, this is Splatoon 1, there's only two hairstyles right now. XD Likewise Meggy is wearing the default gear, but I DID give her the beanie and headphones as...well, she looks too basic without them. That's the problem with Meggy's design, she's just Another Inkling without her headgear, which is not something her human form has to worry about. And yes, Octoling Elite Desti! I'm quite proud of the design, even if I had to slave over the Advanced Bone Tool to get her goggles both over her forehead and NOT clipping into them, and even then her front tentacle clips into her face but it still looks good. I even tried to get Axol in there, but I don't have any real clue how to cobble together a Young Axol version of the model and the one I DO have is the version retrofitted to be a Playermodel, and his face bones are backwards. Seriously.

I kind of got into thinking about how such a prequel series would go down, up to cameos from pre-idol Callie and Marie in Walleye Warehouse uniform. But I'll let you judge how it would really go. There would be a falling out, considering how Mario finds Meggy in "If Mario was in... Splatoon", so make of that what you will. Until then, laters!

Oh, and I made and uploaded a Dupe of Young Desti, should you wish to use her: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Assets Used:

Splatoon 1 Clothes: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 1 Shoes: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 1 Headwear: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Enhanced Inklings: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Inkopolis Plaza: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

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Description

"Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Fresh-faced Meggy, 14 years of age, steps off of the train and into the chaos of Inkopolis Plaza. She's ready to grab her gun and get into Turf War. But, it's hard. She keeps losing. She needs some help. Enter Mentor Markus, an older Inkling who spends his time training younger players to get used to the rhythm of Turf War. Together, the duo plan to train, gather a team and take on the most prestigous accolade the city has to offer; Winner of the Golden Zapfish Tournament.

But from the depths of a Valley long forgotten by Inkling-kind, comes an Octoling. A member of a hated species, hating the Inklings in turn. Her mission from her overlord is simple; destroy the Inklings in any way possible. This newbie seems like a good place to start..."

Is this technically self-insert stuff considering I use Markus as an Inksona sometimes? Hard to tell.

As you know, I am a big fan of the SMG4 brothers' web series. I like more or less all of their characters, though some like Saiko had to take some time to grow on me. The only characters I dislike are sometimes Bob (it's 50/50, and he's a riot when he's funny, but a true scumbag when he's not), Francis (yes he's designed to be hated but his villain role was undeserved, out of nowhere and too jarring with the tone in place) and...Desti. Oooooooh Desti. A prime example of what happens when you design a character for one purpose and just don't take the time to make them anything more. Desti, from the very beginning, was designed to be an Alpha Bitch rival to Meggy, and that was kind of all she ever was. Take Meggy out of the equation, and you're left with...not a whole lot. One believes that's because of her only appearing sparingly until...well, the Anime Arc.

I have a lot of issues with the Anime Arc - timing, length of the arc, writing, Francis, the fact that Meggy was never in any real danger because I as a seasoned Sonic veteran can sniff Plot Armour from miles away - and Desti is one of them. Now don't get me wrong, I'm quite pleased they did attempt to make her an actual character...but they did it like two episodes before they killed her off. That's too little, far too late. And as a result, Desti isn't a character. Not really. She was a stopgap, the bare minimum needed for the story to progress. She now exists as a figment of Meggy, not an entity in and of her own right. And that, to me, is bad writing (as is the entire second half of the Anime Arc but eeeh). I'm still up for the concept for her getting some development, of course. But the only way to do that now outside of bringing her back (which would completely devalue every sacrifice Meggy made in Final Hours, why do people still use this concept in their work) or...a prequel series.

That's where this piece came in. I started with just "rookie meggy and desti" and then it went from there. Including a Splatoon 1 era Markus, with slight differences compared to how he dresses now; open hoodie, different glasses and the default hairstyle. Remember, this is Splatoon 1, there's only two hairstyles right now. XD Likewise Meggy is wearing the default gear, but I DID give her the beanie and headphones as...well, she looks too basic without them. That's the problem with Meggy's design, she's just Another Inkling without her headgear, which is not something her human form has to worry about. And yes, Octoling Elite Desti! I'm quite proud of the design, even if I had to slave over the Advanced Bone Tool to get her goggles both over her forehead and NOT clipping into them, and even then her front tentacle clips into her face but it still looks good. I even tried to get Axol in there, but I don't have any real clue how to cobble together a Young Axol version of the model and the one I DO have is the version retrofitted to be a Playermodel, and his face bones are backwards. Seriously.

I kind of got into thinking about how such a prequel series would go down, up to cameos from pre-idol Callie and Marie in Walleye Warehouse uniform. But I'll let you judge how it would really go. There would be a falling out, considering how Mario finds Meggy in "If Mario was in... Splatoon", so make of that what you will. Until then, laters!

Oh, and I made and uploaded a Dupe of Young Desti, should you wish to use her: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Assets Used:

Splatoon 1 Clothes: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 1 Shoes: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Splatoon 1 Headwear: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Enhanced Inklings: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Inkopolis Plaza: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Like my work? Then support me with a donation on Ko-Fi! www.ko-fi.com/C0C413C70