Gotta get this off my chest for Cookie Run Kingdom.
So I'm gonna get this off my chest.
The Ancients aren't stronger than the Beasts, not by a long shot. We canāt deny it and no amount of bias can change it because even Devsis showed throughout Beast Yeast and even in Act 2.Ā
Each episode of Beast Yeast from the first to the last of Episode 15 showed that the Ancients, even after awakening still pale in comparison to the power of the Beast Cookies. Literally the first half of each Beastās episode is the Ancients getting mollywhopped by said Beasts. Who I must remind yāall are weakened and are in false bodies.Ā
Literally Burning Spice ripped Golden Cheeseās wings and threw her into a gosh darn cell.
Even in the last three episodes of Beast Yeast (13,14, and 15), the Ancients were at an disadvantage with each encounter with the Beasts. Pure Vanilla was about to get another despresso cup with decaf (mind you even the other Ancients went down when Shadow Milk pulled up with his Kaledoscope of the Void), Dark Cacao was trapped and about to get Thanos slapped, Hollyberry Cookie was about enter the sequel of Doki Doki Literature Club-
HELL, Burning Spice Cookie was dominating the battlefield when they reached him and Golden Cheese had an army AND Hollyberry Cookie with her.Ā
In Act 2, Future Timekeeper had to come tell her other self that nobody was beated Corrupted Shadow Milk in every timeline he destroyed that wasnāt āperfectā. She had to go find Sage of Truth to understand how Shadow Milk Cookie works cuz she wasnāt gonna get that cheat sheet from the Ancients (sorry Pure Vanilla fans but he really needs a cheat book everytime).Ā Ā
The Ancients only had one saving grace. The element of surprise, them getting caught off guard. āCheap tricksā and probably (pfft probably) plot armor.Ā
Shadow Milk was busting their doughs as a SPIRIT when they were in the Faerie Kingdom and if he didnāt play with his prey they would have been crumbs. White Lily caught him off guard when she resealed the tree instead the two choices (what good that girl? āYouā aka Dark Enchantress still busted them out in the end).Ā
Mystic Flour was caught by surprise when Dark Cacao awakened with the dragons and called out her view of the world. Mystic Flour saw him being a stubborn rebellious pupil.Ā
Burning Spice was caught off guard with Golden Cheeseās awakening but letās be honestly brother did not care about her fancy upgrade. He wanted a challenge and she caved his temple on him which he laughed about.Ā
Pure Vanilla had to tap into deceit himself and lie to Shadow Milk to get his souljam back. Brother literally took a peek of Shadow Milkās therapy files and said it out loud. He caught Shadow Milk by surprise. Plus dude really hit Shadow Milk with a whole damn ship and still said he wants to understand him. Yeah, no, spend the beginning of your existence being worth how much you provide cookiekind for eons first with no sense of self and freedom of choice THEN maybe you can talk.
Eternal Sugar was caught off because she thought Hollyberry would submit to sloth and run from everything after biting the fruit from her tree that made witness and feel pain from other cookies. Instead Hollyberry awakened and still wanted to leave. Honestly, I would book Eternal Sugar a ticket to the nearest psych ward but thatās probably Hollyberryās saving grace at the same time. ANYWAYS-Ā
Iām not gonna go deep into White Lily and Silent Salt cuz everyone and their mama knew Silent Salt could have easily dusted White Lily if he didnāt put her trial. She caught him off guard too but honestly aināt that deep. A lot of people were theorizing either he was gonna put her on a t-shirt or he wasnāt fully corrupted like the other Beasts were. Still think he should have smack her at least once with his sword.Ā
Now letās go back to episodes 13, 14, and 15. Now I know yāall saw put cheap tricks in quotations. Thatās because the Ancients didnāt really have a hand in the cheap tricks but it was still coming from their side of battlefield. Like I said, the Ancients and co were getting their doughs handed back to them on a silver platter. The ONLY, and I mean only, reason they made to Dark Entrantressās castle was due to the Guardians of Nature joining the fray.Ā
When the Beast Cookiesā guards were focused on the Ancients. Which the Guardians probably shouldnāt have joined because their powers were one of the MAIN (weakened btw) foundation for the cookie world. Weakened because other foundation being the Souljams but then it was someoneās (*cough* screw those rocks *coughs*) bright idea to split the souljams and weaken said foundation already.Ā
Ya know, the irony that ambushing was from the heroes side when the Beasts were fighting head on with their own powers instead of trickery.
Pure Vanilla was gonna lose if Wind Archer Cookie didnāt step in and brought out the lawnblower. Literally had to put distance so Pure Vanilla can escape.
Dark Cacao was gonna lose if Stormbringer Cookie didnāt serve the electric chair to Mystic Flour Thor style. Really shocked her from that ambush.
Burning Spice was BUSTING their doughs on that battlefield! They were not getting past him at all. Golden Cheese was getting humbled and Hollyberry was being put in a crater from him bashing her shield with just sheer strength. Moonlight Cookie literally had to snipe Burning Spice with gas bomb of Bernadryl mixed Vics Nyquil just so they book it out of there, not win, and even that didnāt hold him for long.Ā
Fire Spirit Cookie roasted Eternal Sugar like a sugared smore so Hollyberry and co could escape from being swallowed by literal giant mouths.Ā
Hell, they couldnāt even get to the darn island without Millennial Tree Cookie breaking the dang barrier surrounding Dark Enchantress Cookieās stronghold. With Sea Fairy Cookie speeding up their travel with a watery speed boost.Ā
They werenāt winning with Silent Salt Cookie. The dude with the most experience of combat under his belt aināt losing to the Ancients, with his loyal, disciplined knights too. Thatās like ChiChi from Dragon Ball beating Storm from Marvel.
The Beasts were certainly caught off guard when Silent Salt was revealed to have betrayed them and was the real culprit behind their sealing in the Sacred Seal Tree. I guess that was also their saving grace cuz they werenāt getting past Silent Salt at all if he was actually on the Beastsā side.Ā
So yes, the Ancients are powerful, make no mistake, especially together, but even Devsis showed the power scale difference in the end.Ā
Best bet of them winning Act 2 is Sage of Truth joining the fray literally cuz I am not seeing Pure Vanilla getting to Shadow Milk without plot armor or following cliches.
Thank you for reading my ramble.