What I find really interesting is that we already know Shadow Milk failed countless times, yet he kept trying again and again until there was practically nothing left of the universe to reset.
The glimpse TK gave us of Shadow Milk makes that even more unsettling. It is clear that his mind is unstable, but it also seems like his dough itself has become corrupted. He is not just mentally broken anymore; he looks like he is in serious physical pain as well.
That is honestly what makes it so sad to me. Every time Shadow Milk fails, he refuses to accept it and creates another timeline instead. He keeps repeating the cycle until time itself starts collapsing, leaving behind nothing but chaos.
He cannot let go of his need to control everything. And with all those souls trapped inside him, it seems like he became more and more consumed by them. Each attempt only made him worse, but he still kept forcing new timelines into existence.
He started this whole “revenge” plan without any real direction or purpose. Unlike DE, Shadow Milk does not seem to have a clear goal or a structured plan. He is not building toward some specific outcome. He just wants to destroy everything, tear it all apart, and make everyone else feel even a fraction of the pain he is carrying.
He is already broken in every possible way, so he projects that suffering outward. If he cannot escape his own pain, then he wants the world around him to collapse with him.
But the real question is: what happens after that?
Once everything is ruined, once everyone has suffered, once there is nothing left to break, what does he actually gain?
Nothing, really.
Because revenge will not fix him. It will not undo what happened to him, and it will not give him back the parts of himself he lost. It will only leave him standing in the middle of the destruction he created, still empty, still hurting, and still completely alone.
I wonder if this could be like the thing with Bill Cipher. Every version of Bill Cipher drawn by us was canon. Or like Undertale with the timelines too. Is it possible that us making an AU where Shadow Milk heals with his friends could be canon in a sense too? A timeline official SMC hasn't found cuz it's not something he created?
Well folks! This is just more motivation for me! More reading on my part for LoveDrop Cookie and her story with the Beasts! Though whether to follow the canon plot to this point is debatable.
