Desti

Desti was an Octoling character from SMG4's bloopers. She appears in If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2 as the main antagonist. In the episode, Mario was helping Meggy train for the next Splatfest. Later, after Mario refused to join her team, she sent her Octoposse after him, which resulted in a fight and rivalry with Meggy. She is the first character ever to die in the series.

Background
Desti is a female Octoling who hails from Inkopolis. She is very popular, becoming shocked when Meggy doesn't recognize her. With her high skill in the Turf Wars, she is the leader of her team as she gave the commands in both SMG4: The Mario Showdown and SMG4: The Splatfest Incident, named the Octoposse, which only consists of Octolings. She becomes enemies with Meggy and Mario very quickly.

Appearance
Desti has fuchsia tentacles, purple-colored ink, tan skin, and yellow eyes, with a silver heart tattoo beside her right eye. Her gear set consists of Fake Contacts, a Shirt with Blue Hoodie and Neo Octoling Boots. The Shirt with Blue Hoodie has a unique design containing a light blue octopus wearing a Octoleet Goggles on its head on the left and light blue lines on the sleeves. Like many other Octolings, she also wears black fingerless gloves.

Personality
Desti is usually arrogant, vain, and competitive. She’s usually represented as an unfair and sadistic bully to Meggy and she was shocked when she found out that Meggy didn't know who she was. Her goals and personality can be seen as rather simple-minded: she only wants to embarrass Meggy and win Splatfests. She's willing to do anything to win, even if she has to forcefully ask people like Mario to team up with her, steal Splatoon weapons from her rivals, or using unfair cheating as "strategy".

Despite this, she is sometimes good-hearted, as she agreed to find Meggy when she went missing. She claims that she still hates Meggy, but in a friendly way.

It is revealed that she wanted to save Meggy because she doesn't want to see her die instead of getting humiliated.

Weapons

 * Blaster: Her primary weapon. However, she is seen to use other ink weapons as well.
 * .52 Gal: Only appeared in If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2.
 * Wasabi Splattershot: Only appeared in SMG4: The Mario Showdown.

Appearances

 * If Mario Was In... Splatoon 2
 * SMG4: Meggy's Bootcamp
 * SMG4: The Mario Showdown
 * SMG4: The Splatfest Incident (Semi-Minor)
 * SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances
 * SMG4: Mario and the Experiment
 * SMG4: World War Mario

Trivia

 * According to Luke and Kevin in The Waluigi Arc EXPLAINED, Desti was originally going to have a role in the arc, starting with SMG4: Waluigi's Time.
 * She reappeared in SMG4: Meggy's Bootcamp as a minor antagonist, marking her second appearance in nearly 10 months. She became a recurring character afterwards.
 * Her name might be taken from the word "destination" or "destiny" due to her confident, competitive, and ruthless personality.
 * She has some similarities to SMG3, but does not assemble nearly as evil or large-scale schemes as he does.