#aod

Firstly, let's do some important stuff and establish the timeline and place.

If you notice, Doughael is praying in what's possibly the ruins of the Vanilla Kingdom with candles lit.

The place is atleast near the kingdom/around the raisin hills where he meets Pure Vanilla too

Since Pure Vanilla Cookie's hair is completely fine and clean unlike how disheveled and unclean it later became, this encounter must be in his earlier days as Healer.

So their ties def go a long way back.

Now interestingly.. Pure Vanilla Cookie used to be offered candles as well if you look at the Timeless Kingdom Sprites as well.

If you notice the candles in particular... Do you see something similar amongst these pictures?

This leads me to believe Doughael here was praying for or perhaps to Pure Vanilla himself which is why he instantly knew who Healer was and specifically came to the Raisin hills:

What's more interesting is, he seems to also take up the role of a Prophet.

Does this imagery seem familiar?

And ONE VERY INTERESTING FRAME

Look at these:

Right after the middle frame, his eyes lit up as he opened them almost like...he found his purpose.

This leads me to the theory, after the horror of Dark Flour War and the fall of the kingdom.. not all denizens of the Vanilla kingdom left for Creme Republic and some stayed behind for multiple or personal reasons just like Custard's grandfather holding onto hope of PV's return

This hope was carried on by many cookies as even in present day, you can find pilgrims searching for Pure Vanilla as he was truly a beloved figure.

But what the older pilgrims say…may come off as what they witnessed after-war.

That they didn't see a lively place for ages.

And after Pure Vanilla Cookie's death, the remaining population of the Vanilla kingdom who stayed despite the war...didn't have anything to hold on to for even their last hope, their beacon and hope, Pure Vanilla Cookie died himself.

This leads me to the belief, in those trying and painful times of hopelessness and helplessness, Doughael cookie emerged. To rally the masses closer to their faith and the teachings of Pure Vanilla Cookie

However...with a twist to them.

It is a common fact that War often drives people to be superstitious or even very religious for it is easier to believe in a Higher Existence's fate design than accept the man-made disasters and horrors of reality Perhaps Doughael simply took advantage of that fact.

Doughael might have come with good intentions BUT the path to hell is often paved by good intentions.He also refers to his followers as "Flock" and guess who is known for his love for sheep and was a shepherd?

I believe Doughael's ultimate interest was in seeking the divine truth and who could provide him that other than the Beacon of Truth himself? Perhaps that is why...he modelled it after Pure Vanilla cookie himself... In efforts to revive him...

This is why you keep seeing parallels between Pure Vanilla Cookie and AOD: "the Avatar of Destiny", the deity whom the Order reveres too deeply to the point of sacrificing their very soul even when in doubt

The Members need quite a lot of mental gymnastics inorder to justify this madness even as you can see here: They aren't ready to end it all mentally but will do so because they have been brainwashed into thinking it's the higher cause.

This is where the "All dough shall be one" ideology comes in.

For after the war, seeing the different suffering for different people.. Doughael might have come to the conclusion if everyone was one...then the pain would be one and none as well.

To share the burden of pain.

The highest form of kindness.

A twist to Pure Vanilla Cookie's teaching which is:

After the death of Pure Vanilla Cookie, his words, his teachings, even his image itself might have been twisted to fit the narratives or mentality of the masses of the time. Not too unlike our real world itself where religions were twisted to fit with the people's agendas.

Perhaps this is why Avatar of Destiny shares so much parallels with Pure Vanilla in terms of appearance:

Perhaps that is why there are so many similarities down to the very eyelashes he has:

Perhaps this is the reason why even the waffle cone architecture and the Chapel itself is that similar to the Pure Vanillian one.

Because it was modelled after it.

Down to the light symbols that hung above the original.

Perhaps a lot of Vanillian descendants joined the Order... In order to preserve what little they had of their cultural roots now that their very religious head is gone with no heirs.

This was their ultimate way to carry on his teachings and even Witch worshipping ideology

Perhaps this is why Doughael's ultimate goal to complete AOD for that is their twisted ideological view of Pure Vanilla Cookie whom they have deemed as their God, their symbol, their inspiration, their Avatar.

All of this is to carry on what they believe PV would be happy with

This is why I think Pure Vanilla Cookie may not just have past ties with the Order or the founding members of it like Doughbael but this whole cult may be centred around him and his words to the point of worshipping him and reviving him.

Could Healer Cookie or well...Pure Vanilla Cookie have come back to life because Doughbael and his order's sacrifices? That is why they kept visiting him even during such time and look at knowingly? Could AOD be a dark secret of Pure Vanilla Cookie that he has hid purposely?

Was his revivation from the dead, the reason he lost his memories? Or could it be he CHOSE to? Is that why the light of truth asked him if he understood "HIS consequences of HIS actions"?

Could it be that Pure Vanilla Cookie eventually learnt how he became alive again and that despair of how lives costed that transgression of nature itself....is what led him to erase his memories himself? Just so he doesn't have to face the truth anymore?

Perhaps that is the reason why...the moment he was awakened by the light of truth itself...he calls him worthless and a failure to save lives of everyone including his friends?

Could Pure Vanilla Cookie be aware of the Order but has kept his mouth shut just to not relive the pain?

Could it be that Doughael is aware of his feelings? But he doesn't care and will carry on his "holy mission" regardless? Either way, all of this is a theory.

A CRK THEORY!!

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