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strings 🎻 @ ANoVA
@strings.inkling.social
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[ 27 - they/them - 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - i: @leppabolte.bsky.social]
🎸 Artist. Anarchist. VGC Player.
🦀 HEdit, Death Crab for Cutie / The Coastal Service
🦑 Splatoon Tournament Organizer
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ID: a photo of topic taking the exact picture of my black cat Effy. End ID
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
strings.inkling.social
She likes to feel tall
ID: a black cat lying on the very top of a large grey cat tower. End ID. ID: the same cat on the cat tower as before, but a closer shot. She is peaking out from the tower and looking at the camera below her. End ID.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
strings.inkling.social
Bored at work. Here’s mine
ID: strings’s splatoon stats chart. I self-scored the following in my stats tenure - 4 needing - 2 game skill - 2 non-game skills - 7 responsibility - 6 affability - 3 An explanation of the stats are as follows: TENURE: how long have you been around. how much have you lived through in the scene (imo. a newer person who participates fervently in the offline scene is more "tenured" than someone who's been a smashtwt warrior for eons). O is "i just got here" and a 7 is "i've been here since the dawn of time" GAME SKILL: are you nasty like that. 0 is "I don't know dick about this game and i could not play it if i tried" and 7 is like, recognizably skilled player. goated RESPONSIBILITY: to what degree are you instrumental in the operations of the smash scene (ie. as a TO, community figure, stats person, panelist, etc). a 0 is "I'm just here for fun", whereas a 7 is more like "ngl i kind of run this shit a little bit. i Contribute" AFFABILITY: are you chill. do people fw you. are you normal in the ways that matter, a O is "i'm genuinely a pariah" and a 7 is "i'm getting straight swarmed at events, bitches love my Me" NON-GAME SKILLS: do you have other cultivated skills that you put to work in the smash scene. do you lead a balanced life. a O is "omg you people can't do anythinggg" and a 7 is like "I've got my shit together and/or my corner of the scene benefits from my skillset". if you drive you have to put at least a 2 NEEDING: no matter your niche (competitor, content, to'ing), how much do you Need it. a O is "i have no stake in any of this i'm just havin fun" and a 7 is "'m gonna rule the World just you watch. i need this more than air" End ID.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
strings.inkling.social
Happy Monday!
ID: shinji chair meme from evangelion, except sitting in the froggy chair from animal crossing. End ID
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
strings.inkling.social
She took my desk chair, now I’m at my computer balancing on a storage box
ID: a black cat curled up on a black desk chair. She is looking to the side at the camera. End ID.
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
strings.inkling.social
I gotchu
ID: my black cat Effy loafing on my desk chair, staring at the camera. End ID ID: my black cat Effy, cuddling with a pink blanket on my bed. End ID. ID: my black cat Effy, stretching on her side on the carpet. End ID ID: my black cat Effy, in a comedic blurry close-up of her face. End ID.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Riptide haul 🔥
ID: a collection of splatoon goodies spread out on the floor. stickers, cards, a poster, a clapper, some rubber duckies, a tacticooler pin, and a tacticooler keychain.
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
strings.inkling.social
Made it home safely
ID: my black cat Effy, flopped on the carpet. End ID
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Here’s my piece for the @splatlanart.bsky.social project.
I don’t talk about it much, but our dissociative disorder is a key part of who we are. Here’s (mostly) all our alters, hanging at Grandfest.
ID: a sunset scene of Grandfest, the splatoon festival in the desert. Multiple festival stalls litter the background, alongside an outdoor music stage in the distance. One octoling is hidden in the back, observing the concert. Another octoling is sitting on a Hydra Splatling, handing a soda can to an inkling in sunglasses. To the right are two inklings trying takoyaki. One recoils from the spice while the other laughs at him. In the foreground are an inkling and octoling pair taking a selfie and smiling at the camera. End ID.
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Hey look what @booparoos.bsky.social made of my octoling eve. This absolutely slaps, they did a great job!
I'll be wearing this at Riptide, if you want to find me and say hi.
ID: a laminated chibi badge of my octoling eve. he has medium-length blue "hair" pulled back into a ponytail. He's wearing a black-and-red face mask, a black leather jacket, grey jeans, and black boots. He's holding a tacticooler. End ID.
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
strings.inkling.social
Someone left a burnt loaf by my door this morning?
ID: a top down view of my black cat loafing on the carpet. She’s looking up at the camera. End ID.
September 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
strings.inkling.social
Got two stickers to hand out this Riptide: one an ode to Callie soda plush, and another your reminder to grab cooler before you dive.
I’ve got plenty of these, come find me to grab em
ID: two 2 inch stickers in my hand. One is a chibi doll of Callie, sipping a cup of soda in front of her. The other is of my octoling character holding a soda can with a neutral expression. The text below him reads “LIVE.” End ID.
August 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
strings.inkling.social
You got it boss
ID: my black cat relaxing on her side on a pink blanket. Her legs are fully stretched out. End ID. ID: the same black cat cuddled up next to me, the picture taker. She is belly up and has her paws in the air. End ID.
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
strings.inkling.social
No cheating, post the last photo of your pet.

Disgruntled that I woke her up when checking on her.
ID: my black cat Effy curled up on a gray blanket. Her eyes are half closed from relaxation, but it looks like she’s grumpy. End ID.
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Effy in Gamer Mode (she likes to snooze next to me when I play Splatoon)
ID: a black cat sleeping on a grey couch. End ID.
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
strings.inkling.social
can't wait to get a bunch of splatlings
ID: a backerkit screenshot of my weapin arsenal pledge. end ID.
August 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
strings.inkling.social
Higurashi is now 23 years old..... waow...
Happy Birthday to her specifically
ID: A screenshot from the original Higurashi Visual Novel. Rena, a girl with orange hair and a blue school uniform, stands behind a black background with a slightly unsettling smile. The text reads: "Rena had a disorder... that normal people didn't." End ID.
August 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
strings.inkling.social
Oops, got wordy on what I meant by this reply. TL;DR: you’re right about community organization. But there’s more we can do as a scene for curious outsiders.
There’s a thread that was made after SAC wrapped up regarding this topic, that I think about constantly. I’ll try and find that real quick.
ID: a screenshot of text. It reads: “You’re right, most communities are like that. Splat is a little different, with having a custom site for everything thank you sendou. The thing that sticks in my mind is, when we advertise our tourneys, we only do so to an audience of people already in comp splatoon. TOs don’t archive their tournaments outside of sendou, and players often don’t post their tournament VODs to YouTube. Unless you know where to look, it’s extremely hard for folks to find information on our scene. That being said, there’s been a lot of work put in by competitive content creators that I really think helps us out in this regard. Shoutout content creators. But there’s a lot more work non content-creators can do to make our scene more accessible to curious outsiders.” End ID.
August 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
strings.inkling.social
my end of an art trade with @lilalychi.bsky.social , ft. @sodachip.bsky.social ! The pose was quite fun to draw.
ID: a halfbody portrait of an inkling from the game splatoon. she has dark skin, pink eyes, and purple hair tentacles that transition to a lavender white at the tips. She sports a black baseball cap backwards, and a white graphic tee. she holds a mint decavitator weapon like a sword accross her back, and smiles at the camera. end ID.
July 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I’m real bad at posting about my trips as they’re happening. But I had a great time at GOML/Toronto.
Baseball, aquarium, karaoke, kbbq, a Splatoon LAN…. And a boat? I did it all this weekend.

Thanks for the memories, everyone.
ID: a view of the Blue Jays baseball stadium, from the nosebleed seats. I, the picture taker, am holding a can of beer in the shot. End ID. ID: a large aquarium tank. It’s rocky, surrounded by tall seaweed and small schools of fish. End ID. ID: a night time view of the Toronto skyline, taken from a boat sailing on the lake. End Id.
July 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
strings.inkling.social
All in on Moonlight winning. Here’s my silly little creature
ID: a black cat lying down on the carpet and stretching. End ID. ID. The same black cat from the first photo, relaxing in her side on the carpet and staring at the camera. End Id.
July 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Here’s what my team has been trying as of late
ID: an icon of the vanilla splash o matic from Splatoon 3. End ID ID: an icon of the vanilla 52 gal from Splatoon 3. End ID ID: an icon of the dread wringer d from Splatoon 3. End ID ID: an icon of the vanilla heavy edit splatling from Splatoon 3. End ID
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
strings.inkling.social
Drink rail tickets? For a decent price? AND it’s take your dog to the ballgame day? I’m winning.
ID: a view of Camden Yards ballpark from the drink rail barstool seats. I, the person taking the picture, am holding a margarita. End ID.
June 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The Pokemon that runs this account
ID: a slither wing standing up. Slither wing is a fluffy orange and white moth with a spiky dinosaur tail. The top text is the “Live X Reaction” meme edited to say “Live Slither Wing Reaction”. End ID
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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cool bug/fighting typing, extremely fluffy, and it's eyeliner is on point. I wish there weren't 397680 other fighting types in this game that outclass it, because I love this cute little bug.
honestly, I might try and run it anyway...
ID: Slither Wing from Pokemon Scarlet. It's a fluffy white moth crawling on the ground, with bright orange wings and mandible, and a spiky green dinosaur tail. End ID.
May 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM