#lore talk

i don't really want oven wanderer cookie to be heavily based off of kingdom. yes, i do know cookie run: crumble is some sort of mix with ovenbreak, tower of adventures, kingdom, witch’s castle and puzzle world, but unfortunately kingdom doesn’t really take a deeper dive into gingerbrave as much as the other games

in my opinion and what i could observe overall for kingdom gingerbrave; they don't flesh out his genuine intentions and emotions, they don't let him speak in any of the previous updates but he’s rather treated as an accessory to the story.

my other opinion is how i don’t really like the ending for dark enchantress cookie’s story, mainly because i feel like white lily death scene is slightly disappointing to me in gingerbrave’s perspective.

I feel like gingerbrave’s charcater is more fleshed out in ovenbreak, tower of adventures, witch’s castle and puzzle world compared to kingdom. they take a deeper dive into his fears, opinions and thoughts on certain topics.

especially with how they wrote gingerbrave with him showing genuine hatred towards his own mother in the new witch’s castle update, how the ending for longan dragon’s story made gingerbrave be apart of the spot light instead of a side character, and how sundae cookie’s self sacrifice was an emotional scene for gingerbrave with how they were able to capture his genuine emotions.

-Mandi

I should,, okay,, uhm something cool about my toons that plays an important role is the fact that a lot of them,, are in isolated groups!

So after the show got shut down, a zombie adjacent apocalypse started and the toons are kinda on their own with distorted bodies due to exposure to radiation. In times like that all they really had was each other so, they made a lot of friend groups to help each other or keep each other out until things got more comfortable.

Some of these groups are

1. The circus trio

Blot, yatta and looey obviously and they are a group full of mischief. holding bombs, cannons and A LOT of soda.

2. Showtime gang

Mostly an extended version of the circus trio but they don't really do illegal stuff, it's just like,, full of jerks.

3. Holiday toons

Every holiday toons automatically made a group because their more familiar with eachother but people like ginger and soulvester like to explore other groupz

Okay low-key don't feel like talking anymore but that's some lore on my toons 👍👍

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It is the the rawest forms of themselves (hence. stars) underneath the masks, underneath their titles. Without all the circumstances and pressures of being Clancy and The Torchbearer. The blurrypaint drips down clancy's hand, it's a deeper shade of blue. It shields her hands from being burnt by the light of a dying star. Of course something like this wouldn't happen physically. They don't get this respite from each other's touch between Cycles. But someplace, somewhere, they are here. In this moment, they are both aware of their place in The Cycle, but nothing can be done anymore because it's ending. Then it's going to repeat okay? We're gonna lose if we try to hold on forever, so please let me hold you for a while. okay?

In the morning dawn it's so hard to be mad at each other. They were so mad at each other. for betraying the other, being pushed to their limits. Was it so wrong to want to live? Was it so wrong to want Dema's destruction? At some point they stopped being on the same page and things started moving faster, it became easier to fight and easier to hide. Everything kept on going wrong, and in the tower, the entirety of the universe was still, holding its breath. waiting for the explosion that marked the end of This Cycle. How dare they think they were going to make it out of This.

When two stars are this bright, you cannot tell what is happening. The birth from the supernova or the death of a neutron star? Both are heralding the next Cycle. They are both the same, imploding and exploding, collapsing and rising. Growing and dying.

Watch them burn, for they are beautiful.

(I've seen you for the first time a thousand times // I've relearned your face a thousand times // you are beautiful -@neonfretra ) <-- BTW. REALLY GOOD QUOTE. ALWAYS BEING MAULED ALIVE BY YOU OKAY?

Camellia the Compassionate

The small town of Voltburgh was not one known for letting outsiders come and go as they pleased, but that changed when Camellia showed up. Her kind face and peaceful aura was all the mayor needed to allow her entrance.

Aside from her unending compassion for those around her, Camellia was known for one thing; her skills in gardening. Being a nature dragon, she had an innate understanding of all things green, and with the help of some newly-acquired friends, she filled the village's greenhouses, (and the villager's stomachs), with as many vegetables and fruits as one could imagine.

After dying at the age of 86, she was buried underneath her favourite garden in all of Voltburgh; one of hydrangeas, azaleas and, of course, cammelias.

Marie oh Marie.

So yeah Marie is a witch but a sea witch. Yeah! We had two witches in town!

She's also a witch just like Enid but an mischief witch and a villain. Her name is Rosabelle Mariela or Marie. She is in love with Kyra and Akyra's fusion when They disguise themselves as a boy. Marie tries to make all the boys fall for her charms so she can take their value but when she meets Phoenix as a boy she tries to get him/her to be her slave but is shocked to find out Phoenix is a girl. Marie starts to develop hate and love for Kyra and Akyra, wanting to make them hers but she falls in love with Kyra for her being so kind and pure, adoring her for what makes her perfect and radiant.

When the twins moved to Lakewood half a month ago, she followed them and attended the same school as them. Akyra gives her a warning to stay away from the people they ally with and not try to mess with them. Marie was jealous and claimed KO as her rival after finding out Kyra found another crush again.

She and Akyra met first when Akyra was a Villain. She always stands beside Akyra, always admire how ruthless and fearless she is when it comes to dealing with weaklings.

Marie already sees how painful and sad Kyra was when she saw where Kyra broke up with Cyrus after her best date he gave her. Thats why she want to reach for Kyra's heart so she can be the one fill that void but unfortunately Kyra have another crush again.

Marie still try to reach for her heart because she can't trust any boys for Kyra. But after seeing Kyra happy face with KO, she decide to stay back and wait to see how things will work out.

Yeah Marie maybe a villain but after meeting Kyra she just want the best for that sweet girl. Even she can't have Kyra, but Will forever love Kyra in her heart. It's an Impossible love.

Also Marie doesnt like William because she thinks Akyra is William ''s favorite just because they were close aka Exes.

Or, I guess more broadly, are the changes to the overall story, plot, lore, etc. in this au be exclusively due to the changes in Bendy, Boris, and the Cupbros backstories, or are there other factors that have changed unrelated to them that contribute to this au's difference from the main story?

Sorry if that doesn't really make sense I'm not sure how to properly word my question ^^;

There are absolutely lore things from IM that also apply in the Just a Step to the Left series! One of the perks of working so close with Tap and M on IM is that I've known a lot of the lore reveals waaaaaaaay in advance and have been subtly working some of them into this series. The micco lore reveals aren't the only thing, either. :3

Most of the changes for this series are a result of things playing out differently five years (ten for IM) before the story starts. A lot of major events happened for everyone that year. Bendy was brought to the Upper (Surface for IM), Cup and Mugs fought the Devil, and Boris is separated from his birth pack and ends up at an orphanage. For this series, there are a lot of big things that those three events happening differently change for a lot of characters.

(There is currently one character who is not the right age compared to their IM counterpart, but that's more an oops on my part when I was figuring out everyone's ages . . .)

We are already seeing how things are different for Alice and Jake, Cazziel just changed his whole career, and Ortensia and the rest of the Circus crew are claiming Bendy as one of theirs. Cup and Mugs getting "the good ending" has toppled a whole tower of cards by freeing the Isles debtors and created several issues for the Devil. The changes from Boris aren't as far-reaching, but I hope they will be felt when we reach certain characters.

Thanks for the ask!