Itās not just that shadowvanilla takes up so much of ao3, itās the fact that
A.) smc is written horribly out of character in most of them, and is treated like a sad little meow meow whoās done nothing wrong
B.) a good chunk of theses writers seem to have beef with random characters (for whatever slight they perceive against smc or gingerbrave/bravegang for existing) ļæ¼
Now itās no where as bad as other pairings, Iāve seen take over the fandom *shudders in klance and byler*
But yeah itās not great, and is incredibly annoying when you try to find a story thatās about pure vanilla or shadow milk, that isnāt the pairing
It sucks because b-y (beast-yeast) episode 2 shadow milk cookie was so good, setting the plot as this menacing character we know nothing about that makes fools of everyone in the vicinity, just for him to become this obsessed crying baby out of nowhere (donāt worry I get shadow milk cookies writing fine but thereās a line of a fan favorite and the fan favorite
A fan favorite being a character that is praised by the fandom (example: derpy) but isnāt the one that takes over most of the plot because of fan popularity, sure there was the episode slice of life but she didnāt get all the episode, another example is mimiku even as a fan favorite and for good reason Pikachu is still the main PokĆ©mon you see mostly and I think if someone doesnāt know PokĆ©mon they atleast know Pikachu, even as little as the design they know it, itās like miku with her iconic design
Now, The fan favorite is the character that gained too much popularity and now has taken over the plot, with many shows and games being planned ahead of time there arent many examples of this, Iām not saying shadow milk cookie took over the plot because of his popularity since āit was planned ahead of timeā bullshit but the amount of merch, story relevance (even in dark enchantress cookies supposed 3 episodes I think he still has more screentime then her), and then him being squeezed into everything now (cue the 1 second instance shadow milk is in ovenbreak and the fans quickly jumped to him being the reason ob Dec sees the kingdom timeline) itās become very suspicious, sure I can see the argument behind him becoming the main antagonist but when you shift too much at sidelining the main cast you made yourself it gets alittle suspicious, and what hurts me is that no other cr game does this, it sticks to its main characters, some might get replaced (rip skater cookie) or added (dozer for wc or olive cookie and adventurer cookie for kingdom) but thatās it, any more and it feels like your slowly getting rid of what made your game so great
what really sucks is that the main cast that were so accompanied with is heavily under developed, sure they have character development here and there but most of the time it just ties back to the ancients all over again, thatās why the scene of de holding gb, ulti and gb, bravery hill, and run gingerbrave run were by far the only good things about episode 15 and I didnāt see a single person complain about it that isnāt āoh gingerbrave got too much plot againā since theyāre finally doing something with him, and what makes me really cry is that I just know theyāre trying to make the ovengang on purpose boring just so then they can make it seem like the ancients are the main characters and thatās not okay, itās bad! And you should be ashamed for totally ignoring the original main characters and donāt get me started on them slowly being rid of the cast and splitting the oven gang apart in episode 13-14, itās all a mess and I hope they fix it going forward because like I said millions of times gingerbrave is the fool card and the fool card is involved one way or another in the deck
but thatās just a theory, A COOKIE RUN KINGDOM THEORY! Thanks for reading
(also one more inbox ask about shadow milk cookie and ima start deleting them)