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little-luna-llama · 14 days

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When are we ever ready?

Custard (at least in my mind) is such a pitch perfect mix of pure vanilla and shadow milk, and a parallel to both of them.

It's analysis timeeee

Contains: my analysis of canon custard iii, a quick parallel between him and Dark Choco cookie, A quick analysis of what I think made shadow milk turn into a beast and why and finally the actual parallel between custard, Shadow and Vanilla. (Being ready to handle something)

Custard is a kind vanillian cookie kid with a persona that's basically his entire personality(being king). He speaks in a way that could be read as bratty, but comes off as performative and a little silly goofy.

He's trying to step into shoes that are wayyy to big for him right now that comes with decisions he's not ready to make or knowledge he's not ready to know. His fortune cookie says "Watch, listen, play! Your memories will shine brighter than a royal crown."

It's literally saying stop trying to grow up and enjoy the now. Because let's be real: growing up sucks when it actually happens. Custard is yet to realise that because he's a kid still looking at adulthood through rose coloured glasses like any kid would.

In a sense this also makes him a parallel to dark choco cookie, who from what we've seen had a very hopeful and positive outlook when he was younger, trying to do what is best for the kingdom but seeming to lack understanding in some of the details, which deepens the rift with his father and fuels his need to prove himself. Which as we know didn't end well...

Custard I don't think is in it to prove himself as a leader. If you've read the bluebell fics I've actually stated that I see the kingly persona as a sort of trauma response. He misses his dad and we don't know what happened to him, and most likely custard doesn't know either. Custard is very young, arguably the youngest of the cast behind snapdragon who's a literal baby, I say about 7/8 years old and loosing your parents at that age definitely doesn't help you develop healthy states of mind or coping mechanisms because there's no supervision.

Custard knows he's of noble vanillian lineage, he heard stories of pure vanilla, this beloved King who was loved by all that grandpa was close to, he was powerful and navigated life's struggles with such ease and gentleness. A kid hears that and thinks "wow he had a lot of friends because he was King! If I'm King then everyone will want to be my friend and I won't be lonely anymore! And I can make the rules!" It's a very young mindset. It also puts him above the others so if they leave him, he can get the last word in and they aren't leaving him, he's banished them. He's in charge, he doesn't want to be friends with them and they should feel sorry about it.

I don't think it's intentionally toxic or anything, it's just the mind of a kid rationalising something to protect themselves from the trauma they've experienced. It's really common for childhood trauma to manifest a coping mechanism like this; finding a source of inspiration and power to project onto, to call on for emotional support. In certain cases it with even go as far as to manifest as d.i.d, but that's not relevant to custard. This also happens in adults as well.

This links to Shadow milk however: shadow has one of the starkest transformations in theme from ancient to beast from what we've seen. Eternal hardly changed, mystic seems to have simply hidden themselves behind a veil, burning spice hardly changed, and it seems silent salt simply put on their helmet.

Shadow milk however was clearly a scholar/Wizard archetype. Fits with his virtue being knowledge, much like how eternal hardly changing fits with their sloth, burning spices silhouette getting bigger fits with the overwhelming power of destruction, mystic hiding themselves away behind their veil to appear unfeeling/apathetic and like a god to their followers (its a literal separation) and silent hiding their face entirely so not even their expressions could communicate their feelings.

So why is did shadow go from a prim and proper scholar to a jester? I think it's all to do with knowledge.

All the beasts had to experience some great trauma, that one moment that solidified their descent into darkness(I have theories for all of them.) Something that, to them, justifies their actions (or lack thereof). Shadow Milks power is that of knowledge, and knowledge doesn't discriminate between the good and evil. Shadow would most likely be hyper aware of everything, to the point of near omniscience before creating dark moon magic. He would see the world and his friends suffering and want to stop it all, and he finds a way:

Using mind magic and trickery. It starts innocent but it builds and builds and it becomes addictive, then it becomes second nature.

Innocently making someone forget the horrors they've experienced, or filling someone's mind with fake positive memories to turn them away from committing atrocities. Perhaps he does it to his friends: maybe he sees them falling and every time he fills their heads with sweet lies to buy them a few more months.

He's overloaded by taking on everyone's troubles while he was still coming to grips with his power, he has no one to turn to because of his spiderweb of lies. He's alone and he doesn't know how to cope. Just like custard

And just like custard he adopts a front: instead of feeling remorse or trying to reverse what he's done and accept that he made a mistake he just leans into it harder, forging a new identity to pick up the pieces and figure something out, unchained by the lies of his past because he is the director the playwright, the producer, he gets to make the decisions and nobody can question him.

(Obviously the first thing he would do would be to lift the lies from his friends and have them fall too.)

Vanilla also sort of does this with healer cookie, but he has amnesia at that point in the story. Healer cookie is more like the truest reflection of pure vanilla cookie, unburdened by the horrors of his life. I bet shadow milk watched healer cookie and seethed inside. For Custard though, I think it was something he had to see even if it hasn't paid off yet. He got to know pure vanilla completely outside of his idealised version without bias because he didn't know.

In the crumbs of content we do have both from in game and twitter we have seen Custards attitude change a little. He's mellowed out a little in the dark cacao episodes and by the time stories by the campfire rolls around he's much more an excited child who happens to like his prince costume and playing prince than a 7 year omd trying to actually be in a position of power with no help or guidance.

Since pure vanilla and shadow are supposed to be opposites I think custard is actually supposed to help convey what makes them the same and what makes them different. They share the acting performative parts of their character with shadow milk, but with vani we see custard genuinely trying to impress him because he wants to be like the vanilla he heard about in his bedtime stories. However custard currently runs the risk of stumbling into something that he's not ready for, which is something I think vani and shadow share. Vanilla wasn't ready to receive the light of truth and its responsibility, and shadow wasn't really ready to weild all of that knowledge alone.

This is also partly why I made the bluebell au. Shadow definitely smelt a kindred spirit but also "hey the kids connected to vani this will make good angst." And also In the fic I have custard adopting a few variations of his prince persona partly to make more people like him.

#cookie run kingdom #cookie run #custard cookie iii #shadow milk cookie #pure vanilla cookie #dark choco cookie #crk #dark choco crk #pure vanilla crk #shadow milk crk #custard cookie iii crk #custards clown era

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so-nightmary-ul · 2 months

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Situations in games, when according to the plot you are looking for someone, and this “someone” is literally on your team, will never cease to be funny.

Never criticize those who like non-human/weird/what the hell is this even characters. Because one day you might find yourself having a crush on the cookie.

#cookie run kingdom #crk #pure vanilla cookie #pure vanilla #gingerbrave #wizard cookie #strawberry cookie #custard cookie iii #chili pepper cookie #sugar swan #baker cookie

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inbarfink · 1 year

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kiraisrika · 2 months

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Me jumping to various fandom in a span of 1 week

Me and my friend think abt this au alot and i decide to draw them

Not necessarily next gen au but more of like successor au

Anw, Next Ancients au with the starter gang

Wizard cookie - Light of pursuit

Gingerbrave cookie - Light of bravery

Strawberry cookie - Light of courage

Custard cookie iii - Light of Hope

Chili pepper cookie - Light of resolve

#kira arts !#cookie run kingdom #Crk #crk au #Cookie run kingdom au #gingerbrave #strawberry cookie #wizard cookie #custard cookie iii #chili pepper cookie

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cartooname · 2 months

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To celebrate my other son's release, I made this ❤️❤️❤️

Also gonna add Custard in here too cause why not? They're both my sons.

#cookie run #cookierun kingdom #crk #butter roll cookie #custard cookie iii #custard cookie the third #cookierun fanart #cookie run kingdom

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lemon-slushie · 9 months

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I wanted to do some au where the ancients pass down their soul jams to their successors so I made some really quick doodles to get my ideas down

I couldn’t choose between princess or wildberry for hollyberry soul jam

Originally I thought clotted cream or custard ||| would get pvs, but custard ||| is too young and clotted cream like isn’t really a pv descendent or something? So Madeleine got it because him and pv look pretty similar color pallet wise

I was gonna do wl and gc too but like I don’t think wl has a kingdom and gc’s is just full of birds 😭

Here’s the first design wip so it may change (he’s not prepared to be an ancient)

#madeleine cookie #dark choco cookie #wildberry cookie #princess cookie #clotted cream cookie #custard cookie iii #crk #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk fanart #cookierun kingdom #pure vanilla cookie #dark cacao cookie #hollyberry cookie #au

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raetreaderarts · 11 months

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Dammit I’m at it again, but with my newest fixation this time

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk #almond cookie #roguefort cookie #captain ice cookie #peppermint cookie #royal margarine cookie #hollyberry cookie #pitaya dragon cookie #custard cookie iii #poison mushroom cookie #pizza cookie #strawberry cookie #devil cookie #Christ that’s a lotta tags #btw lmk if any of these are horribly inaccurate #cause some of the characters I’m not completely informed on

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quibbs126 · 9 months

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So apparently these are the Chinese server exclusive costumes

I really want them, especially the 2nd picture ones

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk chinese server #costumes #custard cookie iii #wizard cookie #strawberry cookie #strawberry crepe cookie #dark choco cookie #pure vanilla cookie #parfait cookie #chili pepper cookie #gingerbrave #I want art of them

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crk-charaters-in-places · 2 months

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The gang ready to take down glados

You get a bonus Chell.

#chell #cookie run kingdom #crk #cr kingdom #cookie run #traveling cookies #Cookies suggestions #custard cookie the third #custard cookie iii #chili pepper cookie #strawberry cookie #gingerbrave cookie #gingerbrave #wizard cookie #glados #portal

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cuppacoffii · 2 months

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can't you see its almost his turn to be shaman? (hoping at least one person gets this or it makes someone laugh)(this came to me in a fucking VISON)

(live footage of that Vision happening ^)

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sharky-the-idiot · 3 months

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i shouldn't be allowed on ibis paint x

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screamsofanoutlawbrain · 19 days

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Me when I put every Cookie run Comic I made recently into the same post.

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cortlandkaard · 7 months

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#crk #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk fanart #strawberry crepe cookie #royal berry cookie #strawberry cookie #gingerbrave #custard cookie iii #wizard cookie #bitter mocha cookie #kaards art

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solanaeclipse · 4 months

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I drew the entire gang :333

#cookie run kingdom #cookie run #cookie run kingdom fanart #cr kingdom #crk fanart #crk art #gingerbrave #strawberry cookie #wizard cookie #custard cookie iii #chili pepper cookie

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the-friendly-entity · 3 months

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[ ~"A New Face"~ ] - Cookie Run

You are a Human who found the Earthbread! Meeting cookies all around! how do the cookies react to seeing a human in their kingdom?

In all the Cookie run fanfics I read the reader is a cookie, it makes sense but i am always curious how it will be if was well a normal human, things will get very interesting!

Part 2

What contains? None, Sfw

Can be visualized as? None, Cookies meeting you!

GingerBrave

-Oh poor little guy! already will be panicking seeing you near the kingdom! already have a bad experience with the witches

-but dont get it wrong! brave is in the name and will definitely try to stop you before even getting near the kingdom or trying to hurt someone, at least try to get the other cookies sometime to hide and run away!

-Seeing you dont fight back and you are visibly confused (and even scared) makes GingerBrave confused as well, and will start to ask a lot of questions

-of course, he will be more confused seeing you do not know anything about the witches (due he referring to you as "the witcher" and thinking you were going to eat the cookies) and even surprised seeing you asking how the cookies are alive and even talking!

-surely a conversation will be made, trying to understand each other point of view, GingerBrave seeing you dont have bad intentions gets him very curious, maybe is the first chance can be friends with a human? (still, he will keep his guard up!)

Wizard Cookie

-This is the scariest moment of his life, and he already has lived a lot of does moments, a human as arrives in the kingdom, or dear god, what we do!?

-He will try his best to act brave, he will try to make a spell or something to make you go away or a spell to make everyone run away faster and safe!

-if one of his magic gets you (surely a thunder hurting you badly) and sees you hurt, he will gran confident and start asking you questions, or more like accusations

-Seeing you confused or you dont know about witchers or cookies dont make Wizard Cookie 'fall', he thinks you just pretending to keep all cookies guard down for your strike!

-He will continue attacking with his magic, he is confused seeing you not attack back and mostly starts to cry due to how hurt you are, but he will not stop! surely you just playing along!, only Gingerbrave stop him from taking this more calm

-After that conversation he not believe you, he will still think you just pretending to be weak and dont have knowledge about magic or cookies, even if the other cookies give you a chance to be with them, he will have his eyes on you, ready of any suspicious actions you do

Strawberry Cookie

-I hope you have your ears ready, becuse you will hear the highest peach scream you ever hear in your life, and that is from Strawberry Cookie

-She is so scared she will run away and hide, already crying, pleading this is just a horrible nightmare! this is not our doom, right?

-She only will come out when she see GingerBrave as taked the situation

-She is surprised you dont know anything about witches, magic, or alive cookies! and how confused and scared you are, of course, she agrees with Wizard Cookie, and she will also keep his guard up, normally seeing is the cookie how must distant keeps from you

-Nonetheless, she is interested about you, like, is the first-ever human she could be close with, and even talk with! and she can see your feelings and emotions, surely you will grow a fast conection

Custard Cookie III

-He will be scared, confused, everything! everything is happening so fast he can't process everything asap, soon realizes, OH CHEESE, IS THAT A HUMAN!?

-As see GingerBrave and Wizard Cookie are ahead fighting the Human he will try his best to participate too, fixing his 'neck' and announcing to you "Begon to my kingdom, witch! you are not welcome here! better leave soon before you suffer the consequences!"

-Even he is scared inside and tries to act brave/stronger, He is worried and confused seeing you hurt and not even fighting back, like, why are you fighting, why are you crying!?, he agreed with GingerBrave to stop this, and solve this talking

-After that conversation, he does a small laugh, well this is the first time there is a good human, and maybe the first good human in his kingdom, "Well there [Y/N]! I'm glad to announce that I! Custard Cookie III, you are welcome in my kingdom! but first, you need to do small tasks due to all the chaos you cause, no pressure!"

-Of course, you gonna do Custard Cookie III duty he gives to you, is a good chance to show the rest of the cookies of the kingdom you mean no harm, and you are very thankful he allowed you to be in his kingdom (but Wizard Cookie dont like this)

Chili Pepper Cookie

-Same as Custard Cookie III, she will be hella confused about why everyone is screaming and running away, what is going on!? after can hear all the fighting going on and see the human, she gets hella scared!

-"Frick this shet im out", she will not participate to help, she thinks GingerBrave and Wizard Cookie are lost of their mind, she already knew they are kinda crazy for face thing is more they can bite, but this cross the entire line

-She surely takes this chance to steal A LOT of stuff while the cookies are running away, literally, this is the golden opportunity she was waiting for!

-Sadly the party is over for her when Gingerbrave takes this situation to solve this talking and everyone arrives at an agreement, soon after is discovered Chili Peper Cookie stole everything >:(

-Hell no, she will not face you even if the others force her she will not be not even slightly near you, so you only know her from the cookies talk about her, even if she dont trust you, she mostly there observing you, after all, she curious about you, this take Wizard Cookie a chance to make a deal with Chili Peper Cookie, even she 'dont tell me what to do' she actually do what Wizard Cookie said, possibly any sneaky suspicious about you can get her to get some sorta reward!