☆ Mutt ★

More fount doodles I made (I should sleep)

What's the meaning behind their name? Why did you choose it?

What's their augment and why? (If they don't have one, explain why.)

Are they from the Stratospheric or the Heliopause? What do they think of the other ship?

Which canon characters would they get along with? Who wouldn't they?

How do they feel about the yearly Glow attacks?

How do they feel about the Gardeners? Do they know they exist?

What about them changes if peace is established on Vertumna? How do they feel about it?

Do they prefer life in space or on Vertumna (or Earth)?

What would be their preferred gifts?

Which locations are they associated with?

What's their job? Why?

If they could choose their own augment, what would they pick?

Do they have any xenofauna pets? Do they want any?

What are they like in the Life on Earth ending?

What would their relationship cards be called? (Ex. Anemone's Loyalty, Dys' Secret)

What's their favorite season?

Are they happy with their life?

If they could, would they become a Gardener?

What stat would be associated with them? (Ex. Marz and persuasion, Dys and bravery)

Watching the fandom go back and forth between hating him and loving him, seeing people blame him for their favorites dying (BY THE WAY. HE DIDNT KILL THE BEASTS OR ELDER FAERIE. SILENT SALT KILLED THE BEASTS AND ELDER FAERIE DRAINED H I M S E L F OF HIS POWER KNOWING IT WOULD COST HIS LIFE TO TRY AND STOP SHMILK.)

And then I’m starting to see people actually want to kill Shadow Milk themselves.

And why is this an issue to me when I too hate characters for what they’ve done to my favorites (cough cough Endeavor)? I so deeply and personally relate to Shadow Milk that half the time it feels like we’re the same person.

Now before anyone calls me insane or anything, yes and I already know, thanks! :)

But because of that, it hurts a little more to see those comments. Plus my extensive knowledge (hehe) of his story and my deep understanding of him, but on a personal level it just hurts. I don’t really know how to explain it without sounding pathetically sensitive, but I’ll just blame it on me being a Pisces it’s fine.

But good god… I haven’t gotten actual death threats yet but I know other people have just for what ships they like or for liking Shadow Milk, and it’s just exhausting… I first saw an “I wanna kill Shadow Milk” comment under a post about Pitaya being corrupted, and they (the commenter) were ranting about how Pitaya was their favorite and the reason they got into the game, blah blah blah… that part I get. That’s literally Shadow Milk for me, he’s the reason I started playing (don’t discredit anything I say because of that, yes I know the lore I read/watch it repeatedly and analyze everything. Just keep listening).

But wanting to kill a character because they “corrupted” your favorite? I don’t even go to such extremes with Endeavor, and I HATE him (my bias for Toya and Shoto are too strong to ever forgive him but I wouldn’t wish to KILL him)

I’ve been defending Shadow Milk since I actually read the lore enough to be able to. That said, yes I know he did horrible stuff, I’m not stupid or blind to that. But people hating him because he’s continuously relevant in a story that’s been planned years in advance, because of what he supposedly did to their favs in the story (most of which have to do with killing them, which he didn’t do, I guarantee you…), etc.? It’s actually draining.

He’s not a saint blah blah blah, yes he was actually going to kill Silent Salt before Salt shattered his own soul jam to prevent Shmilk from getting his powers, but he didn’t kill Salt.

The Time Traveler Whose Entire Job is Showing Me My Past Faults - Submitted by SeesawSiya

Note: the file for the first half of the comic corrupted, I had to go through absolute agony to avoid redrawing these panels so I apologise for the poor image quality

A little after...

Pure Vanilla sure knows how to keep a Cool Head! :D

Next up: The Three Spirits

(previously)

A bit of Rambles:

So that's the surface level introduction done! I'm going to experimenting with the artstyle/presentation of these posts to make itmost easy for me to create but still appealing

There are going to be two types of posts in this AU:

Plot posts: these would be longer, more dialogue/art heavy posts. Theywill advance the plot of this very loose story. I am no writer, but l amgoing to try my best to keep the characterization and story flow welland make sense. They would be more like my regular comics. sometimes sketchy or coloured depending on how I'm feeling about it.

Exploration post: like the first two posts they exists to explain andexplores the characters and the ideas behind them. They are shorter andless dialogue heavy and would probably have longer walls of textbreaking up the art. These would be more frequent than the plot posts,because this AU is more character exploration focuced.

I'm having a lot of fun making these redesigns and conceptualising character interactions and exploring the characterization of all of this. Wish I could make these faster but l want to take my time with this (unless this somehow gains a lot of attention lol)

Oracle of Truth is a character who l want to balance the more wholesome and sweet side to Pure Vanilla's original character and the more sinister and corrupt elements. The Ascended Virtues aren't completely evil and neither is he. But DT!Pure Vanilla character flaws are going to be quite exaggerated, but also hidden from most of the world except a select few characters he interacts with on a deeper level. He is a Villain though, which will be apparent as I gradually reveal the darker sides to his goals and mentality.

But l think the hardest part of character writing is likability and l do want him to be likable, despite his villany. But know this: Oracle of Truth is genuine in everything he does. He genuinely believes that everything he does and believes him is right.

I'm going to much telling, now onto showing!

Work in procress sketches/Sneak Peaks:

The founder and overall leader of the Order of Truth, the largest Religious Institution on EarthBread with thousands upon thousands of followers across the continent of Crisipa. Batches of thousands of cookies crowed all around him to listen to his teachings, bask in his holy presence and receive his blessings. The Oracle appears rather spontaneously, wherever he deems he is needed, often standing with the common and unfortunate and occasionally with political and educational leaders. It is said that the Oracle spends most of their days either Teaching the Virtue of Truth or defining it through writing his many scriptures.

The Oracle has a very holy presence, an aura of self assured warmth and gentle grace. They have a rather floaty and pristine demeanor, humble yet seemingly all knowing. Yet it feels as if he is detached from everything despite his boundless compassion. Few notice, but the Oracle's hands and feet have never been seen since their rebake, they move as if hovering just above the ground. While the Order of Truth stands to be a symbol of peace and providence, the ideology of the “Destined Truth” seems to be quite controversial across EarthBread. Most noticeably within the only Three kingdoms in the continent that don’t have an official “Department of Truth” within its governance.

The Oracle of Truth rarely ever opens his eyes, the few cookies that have seen it can’t even remember what it looks like. The Oracle only seems to open his eyes during the rare occasion that a cookie or few need to be… re-educated. Or… when Pure Vanilla experiences emotions he can’t easily suppress.

The Oracle of Truth is full of secrets, here's one: While it is well known that Pure Vanilla cookie is bound to another cookie spirit, we is actually bound to three: a Guardian angel, a fallen angel a Vanquished demon and a Wondering spirit

Next up: The nature of Truth

(When? When I finish it lol)

Work in procress sketches/Sneak Peaks: