*Snorts Red Lyrium*

Like I played in 2021, but even I had no clue what they were talking about, since I stopped playing for like three years.

And oh my God… Doughael. Doughael was done SO dirty. Bro shows up, says cryptic things, and DIES. Like they really could’ve benefited from having more screen-time… or better yet, just making the fucking update longer. Like how did they know PV? What made them turn to the Order? They have probably one of my all-time favorite designs, and yet they get crumbs; and because they’re dead, we won’t get any meaningful level of explanation on these questions.

ALSO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIT THE AOD PLOT IN WITHOUT IT FEELING RUSHED? Like they introduce AoD as a serious threat in PoD, and yet how are we going to resolve that new plot? We have Ultimate Cookie, Millennial Tree, and Dark Enchantress coming up… how are we going to fit AoD between those three?

Yes, it’s my art. Reddit Watermark is my number one enemy tho.

I think Silent Salt Cookie will be the only beast to actually go through a redemption, or at least be the one to make the decision to be better than their past.

I think Chapter 12 is gonna focus on White Lily’s own guilt and shame over Dark Enchantress, and how that correlates with Silent Salt’s own guilt and self-loathing over losing his virtue. The last line of the newest video has White Lily saying, “only I can stop myself,” which is indicative that—at some point in Chapter 12–she is going to fully accept that Dark Enchantress is part of her, and that won’t change; but she’s going to also acknowledge that she is not defined by Dark Enchantress Cookie. She can grow from her past without ignoring it.

And I think Silent Salt will realize that too. I think he will realize that he is more than his lost virtue, and that he can be better—but that, to do that, he has to accept his past and forgive himself. He will remain stagnant until he can stop blaming himself and wallowing in his own self-loathing. His virtue was solidarity, and what is solidarity? Unity under a common variable.

My reference is the newest title screen from the recent video. Specifically the environment and Silent Salt’s own posture.

In the current screen, chains line the outer edges, and Silent Salt looks down—as if in shame. The chains, I believe, are not only literal, but also figurative to represent the ‘chains’ of the past. The ‘chains’ of guilt. They are chains of his own making to keep him tied down and stuck in his own despair.

Yet in the new screen, most of those chains are gone. Why? Because what else do chains represent? Oppression. And what is the antithesis to oppression? Freedom. Those chains are gone because White Lily will ‘free’ Silent Salt from them, even if inadvertently. The chains are his own oppression! She will make him realize that he can be more than his virtue, and when that happens, he will break those chains of guilt—the chains holding him back from being more—and he will grow.

Also, in the current screen, Silent Salt’s head is tilted down (as aforementioned). When his head is tilted down, it is also representing his shame. His grief. His loathing. Yet in the new one? It’s tilted up, as if hopeful. Not only is it tilted up, he is also facing the same Direction that White Lily Cookie is; as Silent Salt was already the first Beast to not be facing towards their respective Ancient in any way in the title screens. Him facing the same direction she is looking towards is a sign that, now, they are unified. They are in agreement. They are in solidarity and freedom. They stand not as enemies, but at least as cookies with a common goal, freed from the shackles of their past.

Also ALSO, Silent Salt’s Soul Jam is noticeably more teal than it is currently. Currently, the teal is faint—representing that, even now, he is not fully irredeemable. In the new screen, there is significantly more of that teal coloring. By forgiving himself and moving on from the past, he is not only becoming more than his virtue, but he is also purifying his soul jam to be one with his virtue yet again.

His Soul Jam isn’t fully teal yet, just as the chains aren’t fully gone. He can’t go back to who he once was, not fully, but he can be something better. He still has a lot of work to do, just as White Lily has a lot of work to do, but he will be more.

Silent Salt will be the Beast to change, and White Lily will be the catalyst for that. They will be more than their pasts, and they will work towards a future brighter than anything else. Because they are not enemies, they are two sides of the same coin.

I’d say the Grok weirdos are worse than the AI bf people, though, considering those guys are just actually incels. The AI bf people are just kinda sad.

The four fucking Elliots and Two Times about to make me have the most unenjoyable killer experience I’ve ever had:

Same server btw