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I have never wanted something with blackberries as much as this

Of course, you may be inclined to say:

"Oh well, the witches wanted to make cute dessert world filled with silly little cookies"

While this is partly true, based on how much the characters constantly question their intent, and it being constant source of conflict within the narrative, I don't think that's gonna be the full story.

Now this isn't me saying witch of light was secretly evil or something.What I am saying, despite her being a powerful witch, she was mostly human alongside rest of the witches.Like the wizards, they are still flawed at heart as we can see first's saga from WC.

.....And as we know from the first saga, mainly from their trailer, the human world is...less than ideal at the moment. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

Things gotten so bad, it caused the witch of light to leave her own kingdom due it's falling into corruption.So safe to say the human world is pretty shitty at the moment.

Which leads into my point, as we know based on how the current story is going the themes of nature/world being unfair is going play more of a big role here in act 2.With shmilk, carrying themes of wanting control after being screwed over by this world.Similar to Dark enchantress cookie before she bit the dust.

So where am I going with this?Well, assuming this theme is going to continue, it's my belief that the witches made the cookie world for similar reasons...wanting control after being screwed over by the cruelty of the world.

A clear example of this is first salt and first sugar, who were wrongly nearly burned at the stack after being protected by witch of light from their attacker(mind you,who was let freed after jury found him innocent).That's why they are judges, never wanting injustice to happen ever again.

we know their beliefs are flawed, but those beliefs bleed into their creations:Silent Bum and Eternal Sugar.The same applying to the rest I am sure-

And of course, they aren't the only ones who suffered due the world, and wanting some type of control.

First grain never wanted anyone to go hungry again, First milk never wanted anyone to suffer again, First berry wanted to cling to the people who meant most to her, First Choco wanted strength to defend others, First sprinkle is just there First Sprinkle wanted to make people laugh, and I am sure that applies to the rest of the witches.

While these motivations are noble, they are still selfish, but that isn't bad thing.Humans are inherently selfish, what I am saying despite their different motivations.They wanted some control over in the world,but the world as we know is a bitch(especially in world of cookie run, which lead them to make a world.A fresh new start....but as we all know:History repeat itself.

The world of cookie run is wonderful but also unfair as well.Beasts', their creations made to lead cookie kind, corrupted before getting sealed away(not by their own hands)...eventually DE came into picture, with plans to overthrow the witches and yadda yadda.You know the whole deal.

To be clear this isnt me saying,this is all the witches' fault.What I am saying their plans of making cookie world was flawed from the start and was going to fail eventually.

So what does this mean for the future of the story?Well, we arent sure how/when the firsts are gonna part but when they do I think it would be interesting see them come to terms with what their world has become...but also their past lives as humans....It may take years, but I think eventually, we will end up in the human world....BUT HEY THAT'S JUST A THEORY!!A WITCHES' THEORY!!! THANKS FOR READING!!!

Made something related to my au

You know,before recent events abiut the soul jams, i was actually planning to replace them by having the firsts create newer ones and make the original jams become cookies

But after recent events,i ABSOLUTELY will do that concept in my fic lol

Anyways about the au,gingerbrave lowkey kinda failed escaping ultimate cookie,which resulted in the world kinda just ending,with the cycle of life falling apart and souljams lights fading

//This is about the new part of the prologue that just got released today... so spoiler warning I guess??

Okay, so we colectively agree that we need these stupid damn rocks GONE, RIGHT?

WHY WAS LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE TREATING THE VIRTUES AS IF THEY WERE JUST THINGS WHO FAILED TO FULFILL THEIR PORPOUSE OUT OF NOTHING???

“Art is a form of self-expression that reflects the artist.”

This statement rings true for all artists.

Including a sentient little AI with adventures of his own creation.

The TADC story has all been planned out before the Pilot even got released, so this likely means that none of Caine’s adventures were just random bullcrap written in. And Goose stated that the series was written in a way that any rewatches would have you rethinking your perspective.

With this in mind….

What I’m going to do is try tracing what’s lying in PLAIN SIGHT back to its creator and see if we can understand him better that way (I don’t want to hear “it’s not that deep!!!” in here, got it?)

Basically:

This post is going to look at most of Caine’s adventures and NPCs under the lens of my own personal interpretations. So if you disagree, that’s completely fine.

But first and foremost, I want to redirect my focus on Episode 3’s horror adventure. Because that’s where most things are going to hinge and start from.

NOTE! I’m also going to be analysing Caine’s character as a sentient being complete with his own emotions. Not just code. Even despite his limitations.

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cannot emphasize enough how horrifying this awakening was and seeing people react to it as 'touya was good enough all along if endeavor just gave him a chance' makes me want to put my head through a wall.

touya was not good enough. flat out. touya's quirk had next to no hero potential. as far as we can tell from canon, there was no work-around. (if support gear existed that could've allowed him to use his quirk to its full potential, endeavor wouldn't have had kids. the weakness endeavor wanted to overcome was the same thing touya was experiencing, overheating, but on a considerably smaller scale).

and the fact that touya wasn't enough should've never mattered to endeavor. he should've been able to care about his son, even if he couldn't be a hero or didn't want to be.

to me, this scene showed how far touya pushed his body out of desperation to be enough for his father. this was what he had to go through to be perfect for him. its a horrifying visualization of a decade worth of abuse and the festering resentment that came from it.

Not because they're bad stories. It's because they're usually so good that it makes me emotional and wanting that kinda intimacy despite knowing I'd never willingly go through it myself and would likely never survive it...

Cinderella AU

This is inspired by not only the original stories, but also other versions of the story (Into The Woods, Cinderella's Castle) Each character's part in the story is as such

Ash Salt (Cinderella)

Ash Salt was a daughter to a family of high nobles. They loved her and tended to her needs well. However, in her youth, her mother was accused of dabbling in dark magic, being burned at the stake. And her father, died by grief (or so it appeared).

His last will declared that she would be taken in by Azure Cookie, a noble who has two children of her own. Yet ever since she was brought in, the poor girl began to live a life in servitude. Slaving away to the whims of the horrid stepmother and stepsiblings.

Dreaming of escape from this hell, she schemes to ensure Azure Cookie never achieves her goals, of which she gains these means by a faerie cookie giving her the tools she needs for revenge.

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Azure/Shadow Milk (Stepmother)

Lady Azure Cookie is nothing more than a facade that Shadow Milk adopted. Over his years, he has been finding ways to collect the powers of the SoulJam. Artifacts left behind by the witches that he wants to use for his own goals. To avoid suspicion, he uses his powers of Deceit to worm his way into society. Pinning crimes on those who are innocent and eliminating those who are in his way.

When he stole the powers of Freedom and Silence, Shadow Milk knew Solidarity must have split off into the daughter of the White Lily and Silent Salt. To ensure he could gain it later, he adopts the poor girl and makes her work as his servant. Ensuring she never discovers this power and remains under his thumb.

Now he has a new target ahead of him at the announced Heroes Ball. Where noble houses would gather to celebrate many years of peace and harmony. Sounds like the perfect place to gather more of the SoulJam and achieve his goal.

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Blue Mage/Black Sapphire (Stepbrother)

Black Sapphire is the second hand to Shadow Milk. He will ensure Ash Salt is always working to the bone. His false identity is Blue Mage, the eldest child of the family and a promising wizard that works hard everyday to graduate at the top of his class.

He also eyeing a cookie that could be a useful pawn in getting the Souljam.

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Green Apple/Candy Apple (Stepsister)

The youngest of the family, Green Apple is a sweet soul who wants to help the image of Azure Cookie's family by attending to social and charity events. Helping those in need while spreading cheer to all.

All a part of her ruse, Candy Apple wants to gain the good will of the public so when she pranks others, she can pin the blame on someone else. And no one will question her innocent facade.

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Clotted Cream (Prince Charming)

Future heir to the Custard family, Clotted Cream is attending the Heroes Ball to look for a wife on his father's orders. He doesn't really care for this and believes he can get through the ball with no one catching his eye.

To ensure he keeps his father from suspecting things, he spies a fair maiden in the party who is willing to pretend to be his date. They both understand they have no relations, but slowly become friends over the events of the ball. But what is her name? And why is she here tonight if she is not one to enjoy such celebrations?

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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.

He is right in the sense that Shadow Milk will end up sitting on a pile of ashes, surrounded by the destruction he caused. He will have brought nothing but despair, both to others and to himself.

But I do not think Elder Faerie is right about Shadow Milk eventually “understanding” that his actions led him there.

That is the real tragedy, in my opinion. Shadow Milk might destroy everything, but even after there is nothing left, he still will not understand why he feels so empty. He will not look around and regret what he did. He will not reflect on his choices or admit that he was wrong.

However, I do believe Shadow Milk knows the Truth, he has always known the truth. The reason why he can ever accept it is because the Truth has done nothing but hurt him. He has buried it under so many lies, and souls that the line between truth and deceit has blurred.

Shadow Milk would rather continue in deciet than give in the truth because He has "control" over deciet. He would rather take up an eternity of suffering in order to cling to the illusion of control.

Jenny was originally designed to be a shape-shifting superhero; her “pigtails” are rocket thrusters, and her entire body can morph and shift to create weapons. Given her standard appearance is more to look like a humanoid girl, it seems reasonable that that’s an appearance she chose, rather than her default, especially because we know she can modify her appearance however she likes, albeit restricted to her two base colors unless she gets a new paint-job.

Though her mother learns to be more supportive of her later on, Jenny was originally confined to house arrest save for doing her job, supposedly because the world around her wouldn’t accept her.

She is canonically six-foot-six, which is rather tall, though it seems the average height of humanity has also gone up. So it’s not too uncommon for other men to be taller than her, but she’s also taller than most people. She has so far only dated other men who are taller than her.

She gains two different disguises for looking human. The first one doesn’t pass at all, while the second passing one convinces her to behave like a normal human girl, whispering into her ear to not only look, but behave like a “normal” girl, even if it’s not in her best interests.

It’s evidently quite common for androids to be made from different base personality points- Kenny, a boy she dated for a little while, was a re-purposed dog robot, and still carried over some of his dog traits.

The two most popular girls in school specifically have it out for her, because she’s a robot “pretending” to be a girl.

I’d suspected Jenny was trans coded for a long time, but this scene was what had me 100% convinced. 

Prior to this episode Jenny had always treated Ms. Wakeman as her mother, always referring to her as “mom/mother”; which caused Wakeman to be mocked by her peers. Ms. Wakeman was typically cold towards Jenny, always referring to her as XJ9 (essentially Jenny’s deadname) and usually treating her as nothing more than a defence droid. But in this scene Ms. Wakeman is actually seeing Jenny in danger and rushes to protect her, finally calling her “my daughter” for the first time. As soon as she does, the pure joy and amazement in Jenny’s voice just makes my heart swell. 

It was no use. Every argument you make against Dark Enchantress Cookie seems to only reinforce her resolve that what she's doing is for the betterment of Cookie kind.

And making counter arguments is the only thing you can do, as you're helplessly trapped in a prison Dark Enchantress Cookie designed to keep you trapped. You, a witch who transferred your soul to a cookie because of your desire to be one with cookie kind. But no matter how sincere your love for cookie kind is, Dark Enchantress Cookie can only look down on you with disgust.

She doesn't believe that your love is true, it's merely what you deluded yourself into believing now that you saw how much of a threat Dark Enchantress Cookie is.

At least, that was what Dark Enchantress Cookie would like to believe.

You continue to watch as the battle between light and dark continues and Dark Enchantress Cookie watches on with you.

"The plan is following my grand design. Just as expected." She then turned to you.

"So, how does it feel? To watch everything slowly succumb to darkness. They'll be at the cusp of my destiny (Y/n) cookie. And soon every witch will bow before me and I shall usher in a new path to freedom for all of cookie kind."

You remained silent for a while and Dark Enchantress Cookie assumed that was you giving into defeat.

Until you uttered the words "Coward."

"What was that?" Dark Enchantress Cookie says.

"I said, you're a coward." You said a little louder and you continued on.

"You say you'll usher in a new age of freedom for cookie kind, yet you can't even find the courage to accomplish it without the powers of the beings you claimed to oh so hate."

So uhh hey guys I’m back. Anyways yeah Beast Yeast Ep 15 pissed me off so bad I made a 16 page long Willy and DE cannibalism comic. So yeag *kicks a rock on the ground* I have many not so fun words for that update and am fueling that into Willy. Who Is Alive.

Tumblr stop crustifying my art...