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Wait, what do these even taste like-

Do any game sources + art books ever give us an answer on that?

HES IN WILLIES SPOT OMG- HES SO COOKED!!!!! btw since tuc is apart of shadow milk now, most likely it’s memory will dump how gb is important……oh no

yep, he’s done for again, don’t know where don’t know when but I know he’s done for

Also, his cutout seems like it was very recently made, mostly because shadow Milk's realizing that he's a bit more important than originally thought, and ultimate cookie potentially manipulating his thoughts.

Either way, gingerbrave has more importance, and is a bigger target.

not too big spoilers but i thought it was interesting

The fact that he can’t protect anyone because he’s plain and powerless, then a search for power would make him fall right into dark enchantress cookies hands, following her footsteps, since I have a reason to believe they’re hinting at not only tuc being gb’s body other half but Dec being gb’s mental other half.

gingerbrave is leadership at its best after all and Dec is at its worse, motivation vs manipulation, while tuc is basically what gb can become if he gives up and wants that power to protect others.

There’s a reason tuc is built exactly like him, it’s supposed to show what he can become and if he accepts then he’s just playing into Dec hands.

They even looked so similar in gb’s design and dec’s old design, really showing 2 sides of a coin.

then you also have to consider they both had to face the witches at their creation (Dec being rebaked is her being created) they’re very few cookies that actually know what the witches want and how they will do anything to get that, remind you of someone? Yup that’s Dec too.

Dec tho she’s trying to break from the witches she’s acting just like them, cruel and disregarding to others, I mean look at how she acts to matcha cookie, the poor baby that deserves better, and the doughs that were created to feel endless pain so then they can carry out their missions

while Dec uses fake hope to make cookies do what she wants gb uses actual hope to reassure cookies that have been effected by her, he’s gonna have to make a choice, keep going on hope that he won’t be as powerful as Dec could make him to be and accept true freedom, or accept power and control falling right into manipulation

And then look at future gb, he’s either really into the Dec vibe and it’s him mocking her keeping her color scheme alive but now with his own sense of Justice. Or this is how they show he’s falling into an anti-hero on the inside and doing the opposite of his morals becoming a new dec in silence, that would be interesting to think about. Former main protagonist falls into the ideals that the villain wanted, ahem the quote “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain”.

While I get ready for part 1.6 why don’t we try a cannon prediction instead

explanations: why is gingerbrave made out of ultimate dough? Well I have this theory that ultimate dough didn’t get its name because it’s powerful but because it’s really sweet and it has an ultimate taste, that’s why there’s a whole cauldron of it near the table, it’s basically dipping sauce and cookies made of it are a delicacy. However in the cookie world the ultimate dough is very durable and can hold a lot of power, that’s my reasoning on the fact that Dec is so powerful but gb isn’t because right now he’s only a conduit for this power that he didn’t even know exists

So many people seem to agree that dark enchantress is/or has been using bits and pieces of gingerbrave's dough in experiments-

And this would definitely fit the "fate" clue and the "cookie who escaped the oven shall return back into it" things from the countdown

Anyways I’m gonna try to break down my thoughts on the new comic thingy and some of the website

First of all. They DELIBERATELY made GingerBrave the one fighting DE here. Also, look at the little sparkle/light on his candy cane. I might be insane but also IT COULD MEAN SOMETHING (Soul Jam Soul Jam Soul Jam Soul Jam)

And here it is AGAIN.

Ok now onto the comic

I almost missed it at first, but IT STARTS THOSE OMINOUS FUCKING OVEN DOORS. They’re in the dark and honestly pretty foreboding. I like how this kind of shows that it’s been haunting him the whole time, even though he’s tried his best to push most of it out of his memories.

In this image, HE is the one that is in the front, and the one who is the most ready to fight them. The foreground focuses on HIM, even though they could have easily made PV the focus.

Yet another instance of GingerBrave being a beacon of Hope and Light for his friends… screams

GUYS.

HOLY SHIT. WE’RE DONE FOR

In this image, EVERYONE else is ready to fight. Some of them are even smiling, and they’re all prepared for battle.

Except for him.

HE is the only one in danger, HE is the only one not prepared to fight, HE is the only one who is scared, HE is the only one falling (to despair.) And where is he falling? INTO AN OVEN FULL OF FIRE.

And if you’ll recall, where did the comic start? THE OVEN. I believe that this is DIRECTLY showing the concept that he can’t escape his fate. No matter how far he ran, how hard he tried to escape it, just look at where he ended up. Exactly where he started. Because if you run away from something long enough, you’ll come full circle and find yourself right where you started. (Indirectly supporting my Ultimate Cookie = cannibal theory)

This whole thing is explicitly about fate, there’s too many examples for me to list them all. In specific, GINGERBRAVE is the one directly tied to fate. This was said by both Elder Faerie and Wind Archer.

Also, I couldn’t help but be reminded of these two images of White Lily, who is also very tied to fate and more importantly, the knowledge of the Witches.

Anyways he’s so done for he genuinely might die with how much the focus is on him. None of this is even involving the Ultimate Cookie yet💔

Next update is going to be really interesting for what it means for our favorite brave cookie!

Gingerbrave's getting a focus here, and it's going to be VERY interesting!

ask-omnipony:

I don’t really believe this mumbo jumbo

I mean it’s a goddamn hat.

Right..?

The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-

I wonder if this works with other kinds of hat…

Nothing ventured, nothing gained…

WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

oh boy…….

Luckily, this nonsense doesn’t work on girls.

Observe…

And it can’t possibly work on motorcycle helmets.

I must test it.

Nothing happening so far…

What in the world?

Oh why not? This should be interesting.

Here we go!

Were all mad here in Underland!

What the hell! Never Again!

… Actually …

Alright, I gotta try this!

Can’t be that bad!

….

LOL

i wonder if it works for flower crowns?

here goes nothin-

w HAT THE

DID I JUST-

Okay Clearly something is up.

Hmm… I wonder

I’m sure nothing could possibly…

I wonder what happens when you wear 8 of these at once…

And this could mean nothing.

This could mean absolutely nothing but.

Just what if.

After all, didn't she take Red Velvet from that very same hut? She probably tried to do the same to GB, sensing the magic powder in his dough, but he stayed on the fence or maybe even agreed with her but changed his mind afterwards, which is why she's confused and even disappointed that he's opposing her but still tries to push him to changing his mind and join her again. (Embrace the darkness.)

Although I personally disagree with them being made of the same dough (the banquet happened centuries ago), I do think the dough used to make him might have been similar to the ultimate dough (because of the magic powder), either way the parallels are definitely there.

Fortune. GingerBrave is mentioned as defying fate several times/being tied to it.

The timing doesn't match up for Gingerbrave and Dark Enchantress sharing dough but maybe the freaky magic Witch dough has no expiration date. What is possible is that maybe they were baked by Ultimate Dough or maybe even the same Witch.

Now as for the Dark Enchantress knowing Brave knows cookies are made to be eaten thing: I could be delusional and say the reason Dark Enchantress knows Gingerbrave knows is because Strawberry told her. Or I could be honest with myself because there's no way I'm right.

Dark Enchantress could totally have spies or something or she's been watching us the entire time which is... worse.

Gingerbrave, despite being our protagonist, getting multiple call outs is super suspicious. Because Dark Enchantress isn't taking interest in him because he was baked by a Witch, if she was, she'd be after Wizard and Strawberry as well.

It's something else, it has to be. The magic powder? The potential for corruption? The Ultimate Cookie?

The spies thing is true in a way👍

Pomegranate can track and watch cookies from her mirror-

And it's implied she's tracking gingerbrave via the pink juice incident story (but it's not completely clear on if it's Dark enchantress's orders or not. Probably is though)

But yeah, he's specifically targeted.....and my guess is it has something to do with his dough.

Strawberry crepe said that gingerbrave's dough is 100% bravery. Every other cookie we see an analysis of is a mix of different ingredients, no 100%.

That seems like an odd fact to me.....and gingerbrave apparently getting nightmares outside the spire of deceit doesn't help-

Also, what is Shadowmilk's reaction to this? He kinda got what he wanted... right? But it doesn't seem that way.

Hellooo AAAH thank u sm!! regarding implicationss, the Trio are still themselves! The way they were brought back to life was pretty much just reassembling them togetherr, so theyre not autonomous puppets thankfully- but there's still a catch, mayhapssss it makes it easier for Pallid Vanilla to spot the kids better through psychic sensing bc they were brought back with his magic,, but only when they're within his range (which would be the territory of the Vanilla Kingdom) and have no protective spells on them :0

AS FOR SHADOW MILK.... yes, he indeed got what he wanted... but it certainly backfired-

Here's a little sneak peek (?) oke maybe not rlly sneak peek atp i dont think LMAOO but here's what he looks like in the auuu (a side view)

Also, lmao, why is it practically every crk blog I see says that brave gets a soul jam-

I get why, the foreshadowing is clearly there (life --> hope and despair, de and the ultimate cookie dispair)

There are 3 main types, but from my research, this looks to be American Gregg Shorthand.

As you can see, there are set symbols for every letter.

Let’s break one of the words down:

Using the Gregg Alphabet as reference, we can see most of the letters in “atrophied” are present. But why no “o” vowel, and why is “ph” written as “f”?

Simple. In shorthand, you cut out all vowels in a word when writing it down, with the exception of words that BEGIN or END with a vowel (hence the “a” at the start being present), or like in the “i” in “atrophied”, to make it more readable when the sound could be harder to distinguish if it isn’t written. In “atrophied” if the the “i” isn’t written, it could be hard to tell if the writer meant a “fud”, “fad”, “fod” or “fid” sound, for example.

Also, since Shorthand is a phonetic writing system, you are encouraged to write down the phonetic sounds of words rather than the actual letter blends - in this case, write an “f” instead of a “ph”.

So in actuality, these aren’t just meaningless scribbles - it’s Gregg Shorthand, a writing system developed to take down notes more quickly than when written out in full, which is very useful in a medical or journalistic environment.

Some people can even write over 100 words in a minute! And, it’s been in use since John Robert Gregg invented it in 1888! Wow! So old!