Yaana

redraw of an old comic cuz i can't looking at it no more (i got lazy at the end :p)

As I have said, my favorite episode in the arc so far! A fun breath of fresh air but still interesting and engaging. But I think what makes this episode so great to me are all the little moments/elements that are sprinkled about it and honestly deserve much more attention. 

Right off the bat, Espresso cookie is here and therefore it's immediately great! I’ll make it no secret that Espresso is my favourite Secondary character and basically carries every story he is relevant in. He is very funny here,charming as ever, and an absolute riot, which is consistent every time he’s plot is relevant.

Ah, the classic “wait, hold on  I never agreed to th–” *cuts to them doing it.  Never gets old!

Snapdragon! It's great to see ya! One of a few “baby” characters who I don’t find annoying in the slightest. They are actually quite adorable and it's awesome that they get to play such a big role in this dragon arc! 

Mango cookie! It's been a hot minute since we’ve seen you! I watch these episodes with a friend and mango is a favourite of theirs! Also this was a cute moment, aluding to his adventure with Princess cookie. 

Anana’s is neat. A good introduction to the prideful dragon. I like how despite their pride they are very aware of what's going on, but because of it they refuse to stoop to the levels of asking for help from cookies

Also Snapdragon lore and Lotus dragon mention! Haven't checked out the stories for the dragons in ovenbreak, this was a long awaited reveal. 

Thanks Espresso with your perfect negotiation skills, as a scientist who used to work in the republic, he had to learn to deal with the snobby bitches. Also I kinda wished Hollyberry had the chance to share these words with Anana’s, it's hilarious how they do not gel at all!

I really like the design of the Mango tribe kid, I honestly get Moana vibes from this entire story. The NPC is cute, and their little friendship with Strawberry crepe is really sweet, especially this little bit here. Knowing how much Strawberry Crepe internal struggle with not having a biological family, this kinda hurts a bit.

This entire interaction was hilarious. I really miss Espresso and Crapes’s interactions because they are so fun together. Then Hollyberry comes in and teases Crape as well, this is such a fun team. And it's so refreshing to have pure fun character moments again where they are just bouncing off of each other's personalities. 

Night Raven is so cool already. In the short amount of time he gets we get a lot of clues and information about his motives, personality and even origin. He is still upholding the laws of nature but in his own twisted way. 

I like how it's clear that Ananas still cares about his cookies, especially Mango cookies. Despite their bias against cookies. They shows it through actions while their words indicate disdain.

Also let Strawberry Crepe at em! I personally would not take that level of disrespect LOL! 

Oh, her design is so cute! I gotta say, it's nice to be back to the exploration/world building  aspect of Kingdom's storytelling. The first four episodes didn't delve much into their environments because the time was spent mainly on plot building and POV swapping. 

This episode did wonders for me, as a HollyPitaya enjoyer. I’m glad that the story is really emphasising their relationship and the guilt she has for not being able to prevent this from happening.

I want to ‘briefly’ defend the previous episodes a bit. While HollyBerry not checking on Pitaya after the war was a mistake on her part (although it is implied not that much time has passed) it's made very clear that they were constantly on her mind, but Holly still has a whole kingdom to be responsible for. Plus Pitaya is a capable powerful dragon in their own right, it just so happened that they had literally the worst case scenario. It makes a lot of sense that she wasn’t able to recognize the Chaos dragon because 1. They look nothing like, aside from the green (bro lost all their red) 2. Pitua shouldn’t even be capable of cosmic levels of Destruction. And 3. Most importantly this is incredibly uncharacteristic of them! Holly didn’t want to believe it was Pitaya because Pitaya would never do this, especially after coming to her aid in war. I get the dialogue was a bit repetitive (which is an issue Act 2 has been having here and now) but this ‘critique’ feels like a nothing burger imo. 

But hey, now we get some delicious Hollyberry and Pitaya angst!!!

Speaking of Angst, awww they miss their kin. Pitaya might be considered a ‘disgrace’ to them, but Anana still cares despite their pride.

Neat development here! I don’t see these two becoming friends but I would like them to be able to put aside their differences and work together. Hopefully by the end of this Holly can gain some of Anana’s respect, although I don’t see them fully overcoming their racism lol.

Oh ho ho! Now, I’m very familiar with ovenbreak, but I know that this Longan fella is really bad news. I plan to check out their stories once I find the time, but it is a very interesting omen for the future of this already chaotic story. 

I am very intrigued to how they will deal with Night Raven going forward. It is clear that Anana’s and HollyBerry are not powerful enough to defeat them on their own, but  o have a hunch that Espresso, Crepe and maybe even Snapdragon will find a way to amplify Anana’s power in the flutter. I like this cliffhanger, I really hope we get much more night raven next ep!

Glad,you like ananas.You are definitely gonna be interested in other dragons!They are a fun bunch speaking as ovenbreak player but we have yet to know ebony draogn deal(the one who in the back of act 2 trailer when they show the dragon.So it will be first for everyone lool)

Actually in hindsight, I can actually somewhat preduct how this would go down:

The mango villiagers already sing the dragon song, which was powerful enough to put Epresso in a good mood withough a single cup of coffee.

With the combined power of Espresso and Crepe's machinry, Hollyberry and Snaodragon's support and the voices of the whole village (Plus's Longan's orb) it woukd be able to empower Anana's enough to defeat Archie.

Then Ananas would have thus great character moment were he realizes "maybe cookies aren't that insignifant" or along the lines.

As I have said, my favorite episode in the arc so far! A fun breath of fresh air but still interesting and engaging. But I think what makes this episode so great to me are all the little moments/elements that are sprinkled about it and honestly deserve much more attention. 

Right off the bat, Espresso cookie is here and therefore it's immediately great! I’ll make it no secret that Espresso is my favourite Secondary character and basically carries every story he is relevant in. He is very funny here,charming as ever, and an absolute riot, which is consistent every time he’s plot is relevant.

Ah, the classic “wait, hold on  I never agreed to th–” *cuts to them doing it.  Never gets old!

Snapdragon! It's great to see ya! One of a few “baby” characters who I don’t find annoying in the slightest. They are actually quite adorable and it's awesome that they get to play such a big role in this dragon arc! 

Mango cookie! It's been a hot minute since we’ve seen you! I watch these episodes with a friend and mango is a favourite of theirs! Also this was a cute moment, aluding to his adventure with Princess cookie. 

Anana’s is neat. A good introduction to the prideful dragon. I like how despite their pride they are very aware of what's going on, but because of it they refuse to stoop to the levels of asking for help from cookies

Also Snapdragon lore and Lotus dragon mention! Haven't checked out the stories for the dragons in ovenbreak, this was a long awaited reveal. 

Thanks Espresso with your perfect negotiation skills, as a scientist who used to work in the republic, he had to learn to deal with the snobby bitches. Also I kinda wished Hollyberry had the chance to share these words with Anana’s, it's hilarious how they do not gel at all!

I really like the design of the Mango tribe kid, I honestly get Moana vibes from this entire story. The NPC is cute, and their little friendship with Strawberry crepe is really sweet, especially this little bit here. Knowing how much Strawberry Crepe internal struggle with not having a biological family, this kinda hurts a bit.

This entire interaction was hilarious. I really miss Espresso and Crapes’s interactions because they are so fun together. Then Hollyberry comes in and teases Crape as well, this is such a fun team. And it's so refreshing to have pure fun character moments again where they are just bouncing off of each other's personalities. 

Night Raven is so cool already. In the short amount of time he gets we get a lot of clues and information about his motives, personality and even origin. He is still upholding the laws of nature but in his own twisted way. 

I like how it's clear that Ananas still cares about his cookies, especially Mango cookies. Despite their bias against cookies. They shows it through actions while their words indicate disdain.

Also let Strawberry Crepe at em! I personally would not take that level of disrespect LOL! 

Oh, her design is so cute! I gotta say, it's nice to be back to the exploration/world building  aspect of Kingdom's storytelling. The first four episodes didn't delve much into their environments because the time was spent mainly on plot building and POV swapping. 

This episode did wonders for me, as a HollyPitaya enjoyer. I’m glad that the story is really emphasising their relationship and the guilt she has for not being able to prevent this from happening.

I want to ‘briefly’ defend the previous episodes a bit. While HollyBerry not checking on Pitaya after the war was a mistake on her part (although it is implied not that much time has passed) it's made very clear that they were constantly on her mind, but Holly still has a whole kingdom to be responsible for. Plus Pitaya is a capable powerful dragon in their own right, it just so happened that they had literally the worst case scenario. It makes a lot of sense that she wasn’t able to recognize the Chaos dragon because 1. They look nothing like, aside from the green (bro lost all their red) 2. Pitua shouldn’t even be capable of cosmic levels of Destruction. And 3. Most importantly this is incredibly uncharacteristic of them! Holly didn’t want to believe it was Pitaya because Pitaya would never do this, especially after coming to her aid in war. I get the dialogue was a bit repetitive (which is an issue Act 2 has been having here and now) but this ‘critique’ feels like a nothing burger imo. 

But hey, now we get some delicious Hollyberry and Pitaya angst!!!

Speaking of Angst, awww they miss their kin. Pitaya might be considered a ‘disgrace’ to them, but Anana still cares despite their pride.

Neat development here! I don’t see these two becoming friends but I would like them to be able to put aside their differences and work together. Hopefully by the end of this Holly can gain some of Anana’s respect, although I don’t see them fully overcoming their racism lol.

Oh ho ho! Now, I’m very familiar with ovenbreak, but I know that this Longan fella is really bad news. I plan to check out their stories once I find the time, but it is a very interesting omen for the future of this already chaotic story. 

I am very intrigued to how they will deal with Night Raven going forward. It is clear that Anana’s and HollyBerry are not powerful enough to defeat them on their own, but  o have a hunch that Espresso, Crepe and maybe even Snapdragon will find a way to amplify Anana’s power in the flutter. I like this cliffhanger, I really hope we get much more night raven next ep!

While Shadow Milk isn’t a favorite of mine, What makes him most appealing to him his this interesting trait of his: His genuine fascination for other cookies. It's one of his very few redeemable qualities, and while it's rare to see, but we get more of it throughout the story.

I noticed this most in Timeline of Fates episode 2. The first half is one of my favorite parts of Act 2 so far, Croisant vs ShadowMilk + Her girlfriend: Ash Salt cookie. The climax of Croissant outsmarting the father and daughter was a great character moment for her, but also an interesting character moment for Shadow Milk.

Despite tricking him, he is able to be genuinely impressed by her craftsmanship. Why this matters so much is because this completely conflicts with a significant trait of his: Hating being tricked/outsmarted.

We see this quite a bit with Dark Enchantress as well (which is why I adore their small little evil relationship, and why in my ideal ShadowKeepr dynamic would be similar to theirs but Shadow Milk takes teeper more seriously)

Note: Shadow Milk’s Dark Enchantress’s “human” form is one of my favorite moments in ep 15. I could spend a whole post dedicated to why.

I know there are one and two other moments in the story like this, but they feel less genuine and more condescending as he is more in tune with the Jester persona there. This moment in BY 2 here is an example.

The reason why I consider this quality “Redeemable” is because its implied that that's one of the factors that kept Sage from corrupting

The reason why Shadow Milk’s insanity has escalated to the level it has in the story is because cookies keep betraying him. Everytime he gets outsmarted in Act 1 he comes worse afterwards. In the War alone he gets betrayed twice, leaving him more powerless than he has ever been. There is nothing more that Shadow Milk despises that being betrayed completely off guard.

Despite briefly ranting about this he is later able to applaud her efforts. Probably because he did see her attempt coming but he is able to appreciate the thought. The cleverness and Intelligence able to pull it off. 

Shadow Milk loves “interesting cookies”. It's why he's so drawn to complete messes like Pure Vanilla, Silent Salt and White Lily. And why he loves it when noble cookies corrupt, because it his eyes it make them more “interesting” characters (also self variation + control)

The significance of it is that this fascination is a genuine trait of his. It's purely honest to who he is as a person and not a ‘role’. Sure you can say it's a fount of knowledge thing, but it's more deeper than that, because it's found in Sage as well, who is the ‘true’ Shadow Milk in a way (Sage is still a performance though, just a more genuine one). 

This joy of learning about interesting cookies conflicts with his hatred for them. Its why Sage would never deploy the methods Ultimate Shadow Milk would, it's why Shadow Milk gets tricked, because he gives these cookies the opportunity to impress him, but also take advantage of him. 

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