What Would Happen If An Inkling Dipped Their Finger In Water?
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- If an inkling dipped their finger in water.. would they dissolve and splat or would they be ok?
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Spoilers: Absolutely nothing.
Inklings and Octolings only dissolve when they fall into a huge body of water, where there is more water than the ink in their body.
For example, if they fall into the ocean, the ratio of water vs ink is like 99.99 to 0.001, so they dissolve. But if they just dip a finger in water, its harmless.
How else would they drink soda and juice, which is just water with additives and fruit?
So that means rain is deadly
@@thehatter9400 technically yes and no, rain is just little bits of water falling together and quickly, so i think that it would be safe to assume that if they move away and hide quickly it won't do anything.
Also consider their clothes,they may not be water resistant (i think they would be more water resistant than our average clothes considering water is a danger for them) but it's likely that they can hold off rain water long enough for the ink/octolings to find a safer place.
@@thehatter9400 Eventually, yeah. It's definitely something to be careful of for Inklings and Octolings
@@HSpungey well yeah i did say a drop of rain would kill them.
But something like a rainstorm with 8 inches of rain? Yeah that would kill them.
I wonder how they would react to a human standing in such rain, the 'lings and humsns look so similar it might triggers their uncanny valley response
@@thehatter9400 i guess that a literal storm would cause a lot of inkfish death,but they'll still probably have better "water repeling" clothes and stuff.
For the second part,intresting thought,but i doubt most ink/octolings would get the chance to see any images of humans in rain (only images,since humans have been extinct for years in the sploon universe),but i assume their reaction would start with confused fear and then just confusion (kinda going off of the reactions to the statue on octo expansion).
I think inklings work in a way which allows their bodies to merge and absorb small amounts of water, like a glass of it. When they're introduced to a large body of water, their body cannot absorb it which results in their body trying to spread it's molecules across the entire surface area in the efforts of absorbing it, which their bodies can't handle, causing them to be splatted.
Realistic Explanation here!
This…actually sounds reasonably accurate!
Or, they just can't swim...
@@knatkniht Bro stop
@@Bunz685 he’s right
In the splatoon 1 story mode it states that they can't swim because of their large heads and skinny bodies, making it impossible to float. There is nothing special about water, except that inklings don't float.
Inkfish skin is so thin that the pressure from falling into or being submerged into water that's more than knee deep will result in their skin literally imploding from the pressure. The skin is so thin in order to allow them to transform between swim form and human form. (as confirmed by a dev interview awhile back)
So no, nothing will happen if one dips their fingers or even hand in a glass of water. They may feel a bit more pressure than, say, we would, but it wouldnt dissolve them or do anything of that sorts
This should be the top comment
Nerd
@@bottle3124 attention seeker moment (not saying anything)
One yes
I take that to mean that if inkfish were to need to clean their body, they would either take a shower or need to sponge bath.
I think it’s similar to an oil in an emulsion, if there’s barely any water they don’t get broken apart, but if enough water coats them they start getting split up and dissolving
considering that they swim a bit before splattering when falling into water.
i can imagine they have SOME resistance.
but what i actually think would happen is kinda hard to describe.
the part that got wet would be semi dissolved and be in a slimey state of the ink.
maybe if too much of their ink gets dissolved they run out of energy, and well you know.. explode
im pretty sure its based on water pressure, so, based on that, i think the inkling would be okay. theyve also been seen drinking tea, which, has a lotta water
Im pettry sure they dont really swim
@@yanistiti0884 he means right before they die from the water, they tread for a little bit
@@macmadness5932 im pettry sure they drown
They would be fine as in grizzco salmon runs inklings can dip their feet in water before eventually drowning
In Salmon Run, you can actually dip your feet in water, so they should be able to survive, if they dip their hands in water.
In salmon run they wear the rubber suits and its not like they have different type of skin on different parts of their body, I think depending on how much water it is?
Or in this cup theory, i think their hand would sizzle or melt or turn into some type of ink like another comment said
Now when you say it, your probally right! You have a good point! Like you said, in small amounts it should do no harm. Maybe even melt too like when they drown!
there's also mahi mahi resort, at least in splatoon 1.
You can actually go abouve knee deep before actually dying iirc
@@invaderlava you can also wear flipflops on map that consists of mostly water, and you can still live
I have been avoiding this short for a long time because I was expecting an extremely graphic depiction of an inkling having their finger dissolved down to the bone. I am pleasantly un-mortified.
...they don't have bones though
They can only dissolve in large amounts of SALT water. So this explains why there are swimsuits in splatoon, as Marie and Callie recall an embarrassing role in an advertisement.
If they were splatted or fell into water, where would they respawn or would they respawn? Like outside of matches
SHHHHHHH don't spoil a future video :)
@@TrinityRBG Red from TrinityRBG? Posting a video in the future?
@Mr. Markstar impossible.
Salmon run gives us the answer to that
they do not respawn their little squid soul would stay there waiting to get rescued.
hope they have a lifesaver!
death
One of my friends theorized actually it's not based on how much water covers their body. Rather it's based on the water density.
Inklings can drink water, and they shower too according to Marie. What my friend theorizes is if the water is fresh water, for say drinking water, showers, and sinks, they can survive. However, if the water has too much density, especially containing salt, they would dissolve. Pools and fountains are known for using chlorine to disinfect, which happens to contain sodium chloride.
Inklings are not hurt by water itself, they are just unable to swim in it and get overhydrated when they enter in contact with water this is all due to SALT.
inklings are adapted to a high osmotic pressure environiment created by their own ink which is rich in Sodium, this keeps their squishy structure in a constant balance of water and electrolites, but when they enter a low osmotic pressure environiment like regular or salt water their cells get bloated with water molecules and they take cellular damage.
a little water wouldn't hurt them (like we see in game) but prolonged exposure to it and specially swimming in it would cause more serious damage although not as instant as we see in game.
this is the exact same reason why we can't put salt water fish in freshwater environiments.
TLDR inklings absorb and release salt constantly from both their ink and their environiment, if you put them in water it would not kill them immediately but they wouldn't be able to swim in it, just like how a human has an easier time floating in salty water compared to freshwater
water is toxic, according to the lore.
@@kip258 a mistranslation of lore if I remember correctly
@@kip258my guy just write one of the best comments related to water in Splatoon and Inklings interaction (The best in my opinion) and you just threw the word "lore" When we offiacially know that if an inkling fell on water he dissolves and respawn at the closest/last respawn point he spawns the last time, the same goes if he gets splatted, no more no less.
@@aquilessd2536 One of the newscasters (I think marie? Maybe Marina) literally days "But water is toxic to us, so..."
@@kip258It was Marina, I remember. Pearl goes “Remember to stay hydrated!” And Marina replies with something like “That sounds like it would be good advice, until you remember that water is toxic to us!”
No issue.
The cannon lore is Inklings and octolings desolve specifically in ocean water. Nintendo stated their skin is too thin to deal with the ocean water.
(Now, the theory behind that is its too toxic, why they evolved to be on land)
This is confirmed by Judd, they simply can’t swim, touching water is okay, which is how they’re clean
I think the problem is that the inkling COULD in theory survive in water, but instead of just prolonging the inevitable they allow themselves to dissolve, so that they respawn faster (the attempts to swim likely natural reactions). Otherwise, how would they drink water? Also, the pool in Mahi-Mahi Resort implies that inklings and octolings CAN swim. I think the issue with the water in salmon run is that it’s akin to enemy ink, which would cause them to splat.
Since they hold themselves together with ink, I assumed they dissolve when the amount of water (or other liquid) is enough to "disturb" the ink concentration. So a few fingers isn't an issue, but falling into a pool of water is.
Yeah thats why in salmon Run you dont die imedially to the Water because inklings can resist to the contact of a exact amount
It’s a pressure differential thing. If the pressure exerted onto their body is greater than X, their body cannot handle it and they splat. Water has a density high enough to cause enough pressure for them to splat. But the thing is, you need enough pressure exerted across the ENTIRE body to cause a splat. In this case, while it would likely be uncomfortable, they still have enough internal pressure elsewhere in their body that this would never be able to splat them. You need a total sum of pressure across the body to create enough pressure to overpower their internal pressure, and a simple hand in water simply cannot achieve that.
They actually have an organ in their body that reacts to pressure change from water causing it to expand to the point the inkling/octoling explodes; though its more around their waist/belly thats why they can dip limbs and submerge parts of themselves and be fine.
I think the best example would be the pack that C.Q. Cumber has strapped to your back when you fail the mission/objective. Now just imagine it actually inside the inkling/octoling
Cool theory that can be true
Get it checked by a developer and you will know
@@thebestbakers9993 it's true, I actually spent time looking for Lula's comment just cause it's in splatling lore if u look deep enough
Lie
@@paizonedout it's not
my canon is that the water has to be covering majority of their body for them to dissolve. Like, a light rain wouldn't hurt, but falling in a pool would kill them.
Agree
I feel like their ink based bodies can tolerate small amounts of water, but too much disrupts their biology too significantly. I think of it more like hot sauce. The body can tolerate a fair bit before you regret ever taking that first bite.
Bro talks like an angel
That's kind of adorable ngl
I always imagined that they die in water because they are made of ink and enough water causes them to dilute. I'd imagine that being partiality in water causes instability in that area of their humanoid form.
OPTION 1:
Take an inkpatrone and set all the ink from it on your finger. now put your finger in a cup of water. What would happen?
Exactly. The ink on your finger would dissolve. And an inkling/octoling consists fully out of ink. So the inkling would just die. Not instantly, but painfully for sure. It's unknown how fast thhe inkling/octoling would die/dissolve cause it's just his finger.
OPTION 2:
If the inkling/octoling dips his finger in the water, nearly or completely nothing happens.
What do YOU think which option would apply?
Let me know!
From what I read online, inklings can survive being in water they just can’t swim
I always imagined that inklings splat when they touch water during turf battles due to their equipment, not because of their biology.
OH MY GOD ME TOO Im so glad im not the only one who thinks this! It just makes so much sense
According to the Japanese script, they’re able to at least drink plenty of water fine. I think only if they’re fully submerged will they dissolve, but just their hand should be fine
THEY DON’T DISSOLVE
THEY SPLAT DUE TO WATER PRESSURE.
@@thebestbakers9993 i dont even think pressure is canon theyve been inconsistent and vague. in the past they said it was things like salt water is dangerous and fresh water like their pools are fine (hence why callie likes swimming or they can own swimsuits) theyve said before it was pressure, and another time they said it was polution in the oceans (same as the salt one but different cause)
Inklings don’t know how to swim. This was apparently confirmed by Judd
(Insane splatoon theory)
Inklings and octolings can turn into gas.
Turf war is a sport and if they go outside the playing area the rules state they turn to gas and travel to spawn, same when they get inked by the enemy team.
Also during the story modes you assess levels by going into kettles and coming out as steam to travel to the next level.
Also this would mean inklings and octolings can ba a solid(kid form), liquid(squid swimming though ink) and a gas (respawning/ quick travelling / ect).
There was a scene in the manga where the whole team was just chilling submerged in shallow water. They were completely submerged but it didnt go too far above their heads and they sunk to the bottom.
What? No no no no
But that is not possible
If they were in SHALLOW water then it would not go above a head
They would not sink since there would be nowhere to sink to
How can people look over this
The real body of an Inkling/Octoling is just a Squid/Octopuss. They controll ink to create the bodies that we see. If they fall in water then diffusion happens and all that ink is mixed with water and their ink body dissolves. If they put hand in big body of water than it would happen but it would be slower and probably would just dissolve their hand. If it's only glass of water then the water would turn into ink or maybe it would be absorbed by ink body.
I imagine the way it works is that inkling guts are highly hypertonic with porous skin, meaning water would flow in very quickly and basically flush out any ink and guts in the part of the body dipped in water. This is why we see ink splashing out of an inkling when they fall into water. This could also be the case with how splatting works: the enemy ink flows into the inkling and flushes out their ink, then basically filling them and popping their skin with the ink, creating the ink explosion when an inkling gets splatted.
Very disturbing, but likely the truth.
Hindi bawal ang walang isyu.
Ang kanyon lore ay Gutsu at Truffles desolve partikular sa karagatan lava. Sinabi ng Sony PlayStation 1 na ang kanilang nova schin ay masyadong manipis para sa happy meal na may lava ng karagatan.
(Ngayon, ang teorya sa likod nito ay masyadong xankfolandic, kung bakit sila nag-evolve na nasa lupa)
Since they are composed of ink
It’s the active thrashing around in the water that makes them splat
It’s like when you put honey into a drink it doesn’t dissolve into the water you have to stir it up first
They are composed mostly of ink
They would need cartilage in the absence of bone so they can stand up or be in human form
Also they have some normal skin and most likely blood to
Thin skin allows for the Squidkid shapeshift process. In a larger body of water, the thin skin cracks under pressure, leaving the internals vulnerable to dissipation.
I can imagine small bodies of water may affect the skin, but it heals so fast that nothing major occurs. It might feel funky or slimy for a hot second.
YOU ARE THE MOST EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT AND YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
@@thebestbakers9993 Thank you. There is no need to praise me. I simply study a lot. And there’s plenty more with this same level of knowledge.
They also survive rain without any problems, water is more a problem in fights, e.g. if you fall from the ship arena onto the ground you also die
Cotton candy effect: they hand dissolves and slowly spreads but doesn’t dissolve the whole inkling
The way I see it, the water in stages have some sort of damaging property to prevent the inklings from “cheating” (ie hiding in water, swimming to the enemy spawn) but outside of the games they can interact with it normally
not at all, its cannon that inklings dissolve in water. although, they definitely did that so they could have an “out of bounds”
salmon run disproves this theory, since salmonid territory is just straight up the ocean and there's no way any anti-cheat additives can be poured into the sea. it's a cool take tho
One finger: fine
Two fingers: -SQUIRT- *SPLAT*
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@@EcoFreindlyWoodVeneer0 I laughed
@@germanguy2 okay?
They gotta be covered above their knees to dissolve iirc
I thought it was waist deep, but either way the glass does nothing
Game mechanics go brrrr
It's really just if fully submerged. In the first art book I remember it saying something about how they can't swim, so I assume that's the inkling/octoling water limit, swimming. That's why there's still pools because they can wade and float, just not swim
Edit: also, it could just be a splat battle thing where it's a rule that you can't go out od bounds, and those bounds are the water, and in salmon run the gear is too heavy so they sink. If I remember correctly there isn't water in the story modes that could also be a good theory
@@TopEye64 I think the reason for them to die while out of bounds might be due to the limiter, which was mentioned briefly by marina in octo expansion during the agent 3 battle.
@@_bbb444 Oh yeah, I forgot about that tbh
I'd like to think it's polluted ocean water or water with some additive that dissolves them since they drink water and other water-based liquids; distilled water probably doesn't do anything even if they're submerged
So I believe that inklings only get splatted when they fall into saltwater. Freshwater is fine because otherwise they wouldn’t be able to drink the drinks that are available to them in the lobby.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT SOME WATER COULD BE SALT WATER
NOT ALL OF IT IS FRESH water
So consider that
@@thebestbakers9993you made no sense lmao
@@thebestbakers9993...saltwater isn't in drinks. we drink freshwater ☠️
You pretty much right.
The cannon lore is Inklings and octolings desolve specifically in ocean water. Nintendo stated their skin is too thin to deal with the ocean water.
(Now, the theory behind that is its too toxic, why they evolved to be on land)
You're forgetting that lake stage, which is freshwater
My head cannon is just that they disolve when they are in ink producing mode to use ink weapons.
There’s got to be a inkling to water ratio.
For example I don’t think little amounts of water can dissolve an inkling.
The inkling probably has to be almost fully submerged in water.
And normal rain would be no problem as I think that the ink storm only splats because it’s enemy ink
But that’s just a theory a Game theory
Inklings only dissolve if they're completely submerged in water, so things like rain, showers, and dipping your finger in water shouldn't affect them. At worst, their finger will dissolve but not their whole body
The Inklings and Octolings would be fine. Inklings can put at least 20% high in Salmon Run, possibly distributing the said water through their body to even things out.
Edit: I am just now realizing that the Salmon Run water is unfiltered. So, Inklings and Octolings *should* be fine with specially filtered water!
Inklings have a fascinating reaction to water. Despite being based on aquatic creatures, they dissolve when they come into contact with it in the game. This is a surprising and unique feature that adds a layer of complexity to gameplay. It's a strategic element that players must keep in mind, as it affects movement and positioning on the map
It’s questions like this that gave me the mental image of Inklings showering by using highly diluted water, and utilizing how it messes with them, to basically slough off the dirty ‘skin’ like a snake
I'm pretty sure they only dissolve if their entire body is completely submerged, or all of the ink on their body can't withstand the amount of water.
Fun fact: an inkling will spontaneously die upon contact with water due to there biology not knowing anything other than the ink they were born in
Is this a bad time to ask if inklings and octolings can.. pee? I mean if its water then.. would it burn them? or is it ink?
I hate the mental image this gave me, thank you
Do octos/squids pee? If not, inklings cant pee
they pee ink
they arent mammals, idiot. they dont have... you know
it's confirmed in the manga that they pee ink.
now for other bodily fluids...
I have a theory that Inklings and Octolings can touch water under normal circumstances, but the water on Turf War stages are mixed with a certain chemical to prevent them from going out of bounds.
Thats true and in the story mode, the water is probably polluted too. (Especially alterna)
It's all about pressure as well I think.
If there's too much pressure,here goes our cute inkling
Inkling can walk slightly into water and have half their bodies submerged. Even when they fall into water they flail around for awhile before their body fully dissolves
I think it's they can take up to a certain amount of water before they die
ignoring the fact that it only works depending on water to ink ratios, it's not like it's an all-or-nothing deal. if they wave their fingers around in a pool, for example, it's not like they'd splat entirely. they'd just lose their fingers, no? what's the water gonna do, travel up their arm and into their body like ferrofluid up a magnet?
the ink in the inklings body basically diffuses into the water when they fall into a pool or the ocean or similar (and as they are nothing but ink and cartilage for the most part, this is not good). a small amount of water wouldnt be awful but it shouldnt really be advised to stick their hands in and keep them there, rather dry it off quickly. prolonged exposure or exposure to a large quantity of water would kill them fairly fast.
Well from what i've heard the reason why they dissolve when falling in water is because of their ink sack being very fragile, so the pressure created by large bodies of water simply makes it pop
I’m pretty sure it’s just that inklings can’t swim so then exploding in the water is then drowning. They specified specifically that they can’t swim somewhere.
Theres a comic panel out there of inklings being completely submerged in water...it feels more and more like lost media each time I remember that it's out there
Little drops for a quick time won’t kill them if the inkling goes into a body of water up to there waist then it splats them
Kind of weird how their main weakness is something that covers the majority of the planet, and basically every living thing needs to survive.
The only capacity in which water is dangerous to Inklings or Octolings is that they can't swim. You exploding when you're submerged is a gameplay-ism because they didn't want fully animated, in-depth cephalopod drownings on screen.
Is nobody gonna talk about how inklings go underwater in Mario Kart and are fine?
Theyre made of ink, they would begin to disolve, the only reason the explode in the game is for gameplay purposes and because its kinda funny.
If you ever watch the animation when Inklings fall in water, in squid form they just poof. But in human form they struggle a bit and flail around.
In the OG Splatoon people were just said to "not know how to swim" rather than water being fatal in some of the dialog. Which suggests that their humanoid form is probably actually as water resistant as most humans. And the fact that they drop so fast in a Turf War if they fall in water is them intentionally respawning to get back to the action.
My guess for why they dissolve in water is because they instinctively go to the squid form when they are drowning, but because they are basically ink, they dissolve.
Honestly I personally think water dissolves that part that has been touched by water, then after a few seconds, the inkling/octoling’s system just creates a whole new body part like it was never touched
Iirc, the only reason Inkling and Octlings splat in water in gameplay, is because they’re ink weapons and tank are hooked up via a tube connected to their ink sack.
This allows them to supply ink to their weapons. And when they enter water when hooked up to their weapons and ink tank, water gets into this system and floods their ink sack organ. Basically drowning them.
Outside of wargames, they enter water like pools, showers and baths fine.
This made me think of an interesting mechanic for an ink based character
The ink they're made out of is water soluble, meaning they're able to dissolve in water.
Water elements can make them get "thinner", giving them higher movement and attack speed, as well as transparency, but lowers their attack damage, defense, and max health
If they get too thin, they die, and when they respawn, they're back to the default stats and thickness
Ah, the classic Theseus's cephalopod child paradox, how much can you water an inkling before it splats.
They can only splat for safety reasons like drowning because they can handle water but if drowning they can’t
i feel like they only get splatted by drowning because they dont immediately splat, they just try to keep their head above water to breathe because they canonically lost the ability to live in water
I believe it's been confirmed that inklings are able to filter smal portions of water through osmosis, and it only becomes a problem when they fall into a large body of water, or whenever there is more water than ink in their bodies.
I headcanon that the reason why they dissolve in water during turf battles is because they are using all their access ink so they can't resist the water anymore.
I will never find the sense of them dying in water like they're literally squids, they're made to be in water and yet they fucking die just touching it
it's like people with devil fruits unless there 50% under pretty much nothing
What a failure of a squid itself
I remember there someone made a video debating about whether Inklings could take a shower in water. They went on for like 20 minutes discussing theories only to have it all disproven at the very end with a post-recording edit saying that Nintendo had the answer to that question: Inklings and Octolings have thinner skin than humans, which is why they burst/splat when submerged in water- they simply can't withstand the water pressure. However, that makes it perfectly safe for them to take a shower/be covered in water.
Now, submerging a fist or finger in a glass of water? I'm not sure about that front, but I'm willing to wager it would slightly hurt for someone to dip their finger or fist in. Something like adapting to a change in atmospheric pressure. (I flew from MNL to LAX a couple months ago, and when I landed my fingers started swelling up to the point where I thought they were going to burst. I assume the pain would feel something similar to that.)
theres next to zero pressure in a glass of water. so being that these cephalopods are practically made entirely of ink, nothing will happen. however, something like an 8ft pool of water for example would definitely dissolve them due to higher water pressure.
although, they may be able to float cuz water is more dense than ink, making them prone buoyant in water. that wont last long tho since again, they'd be dissolved already.
another example for the heck of it, cephalopods would also be fine in the rain and showers since its only droplets of water. it would take a simple garden hose to splat them.
side note, theres some puddles u can find somewhere like in inkopolis square that u can walk on and even swim on. meaning so, its withstandable water.
btw, im just taking all of this logically :P
If they disolve, it's because of sudden panic, think about it: they disolve before landing if they fall from a high place, it's the same for disolving in water.
If they are covered in pernament ink they would not dissolve in bodies of water but if more ink is covered and the ink isnt pernament they will melt dissolve when inklings or octolings come with bodies not covered in pernament ink
The result depends if its pernament ink or normal ink because really its sticky ink and not pernament ink because a inkling is splat by another inkling or octoling and the ink spreads off with time so definitely dropped in water and hes melted as normal ink
Full body of soda or acids can dissolve the inkling
Eg: Acids enzymes dissolve the inkling in a pool of water or hand like food in you body traveling to poop
Inklings or Octolings should be careful of Water, acid or soft drink
Inklings and octolings can't swim, so when they jump into water with a fully developed body, they struggle to keep their head above the water for a split second before dying due to being splatted by drowning. They'd be perfectly fine if they were in waist to lower chest deep water, but anything above that point would kill them.
Apparently it was canonized that they just can't swim? But I like the theory that while they can stand in water, if they end up fully submerged it ends up being too much and they well, splat themselves. The gear they wear must be heavy, which makes it hard to stay above water which is why you see them struggling.
This also supports that one picture of callie and Marie in swim gear, something they won't need unless they're able to be in water. There must be pools, and beaches that are safe, and if this theory is correct these pools are all definitely shallow
Tldr: in this theory I enjoy, they can drink, be in the rain/snow, and even take baths/showers as long as they're not fully submerged.
If you look at the footage of an inkling/octoling dying in water, you would see that they drown, they only explode because they can't breathe is what it seems. All they have to do is learn how to swim.
My personal theory is that Inklings don’t get hurt by any ol’ water, but water that is polluted or is saltwater of anykind! That makes the most sense to be anyway, also maybe if the amount of water is bigger to the ratio of ink in their body
I'm pretty sure them falling into water and dissolving is purely a game mechanic. They might not like it, but touching water is actually perfectly fine.
Iirc in Splatoon 2 there's a convo between Pearl and Marina that tells us that they can drink water just fine, but drinking too much water splats them. I think a cup of water is totally harmless
Inklings don't dissolve, they can stand knee deep in water just fine, but the water pressure will break their skin if they go too deep, they're fine drinking water and even taking showers, they probably can even take baths as long as the water isn't too high and leaves them half out of it
The reason the inklings and octolings can't go into water is actually cause they are too dense so they would sink so putting their hand in water would feel like putting their hand in a bag of marbles
Inklings/Octolings only dissolve when they fall into large bodies of water, since they have no bones, they cannot swim.
I'm not sure exactly where I've heard it, considering i don't even play Splatoon, but:
Technically, they're mostly fine inside water, however, it's their equipment that makes it lethal.
Apparently, they themselves create the ink they use, and their equipment just extracts the ink from their bodies and readies it.
When they fall in water, the water infiltrates the equipment, which being connected directly to the inkling, lets a ton of water enter their bodies all at once in places where it isn't meant to be, which makes them dissolve.
But theoretically (this is the part when I start speculating), if they fall in water without equipment, they should last a whole lot longer before dissolving, and dipping the human part in water should do absolutely nothing.
I believe that the cephalopods simply don't know how to swim, and them dissolving has the same logic as the fact that they poof when they fall off the stage or disconnect: it's something that they just do.
my theory is that inklings don't have a weakness to water; its just that most of them can't swim and the battle gear and weapons are too heavy to let them float so they drown (and die).
I always figured it was their gear thar caused them to splat. Some of the weapoms certainly look heavy enough or awkward to swim with. So, I never truly believed inklings or octolings were ever actually killed by the water alone. That, and it's just common practice for water to be a level hazard in games
Inklings and Octolings are just very dense so they cant swim, they also cant breath water.
Water isn’t anymore lethal to them them it is to us. The dissolving in the games is just a visual indication of DO NOT DO THAT
This is absolutely the most out of the ordinary question I’ve ever ever heard of my entire life
I know a lot of this is all been speculation, and everyone has their own different canon, but I always believed that inklings/octolings can interact with water, just in certain amounts. I fully believe they would be able to do things such as take a dip in the pool or even take a shower, but as long as they're able to stand.
I guess maybe assume it’s fine as long as they don’t drown. Like the situation with the devil fruits from one peice. That they just can’t swim in water and they drown immediately because they’re make of mostly if not all ink
The best explanation for inconsistencies with water tolerance has to do with the amount of salt vs fresh water, seemingly rain and fresh water don't nearly have the same effect as salt water sources.
They’re like sponges.
A little water is barely anything, but if they sit in the ocean up to their necks for a while, then they absorb too much and explode