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bubblegum_moon on ao3 my cookie run: kingdom centric side blog main blog is a secret ;)

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Welcome!

This is my cookie run: kingdom centric side blog!

I don’t really have big plans for this blog other than to just ramble, because no else I know is as crazy as I am about these cookies.

I am an adult, so some content may be targeted towards an older audience because haha funni, but nothing crazy. I’d also like asks to have that same energy, and in general not being obnoxious. Other than that go wild lol.

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Chapter 18 of ATWAS has been posted!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

As I mentioned in the last update post, this chapter is technically the original chapters 18 and 19 combined. There was going to be more back and forth between characters included in the three sections I cut this chapter into. As much as i love taking my sweet time with this fic’s narrative I don’t want it to feel bloated. I guess as a special detail for the 1st anniversary, I at one point planned to include a clottedsapphire trip to Parfaedia (so BSapph can talk to another cookie he almost ruined the life of), but it felt repetitive so I decided against it. Still fun to think about tho. Anyways hope you guys like it (have been churning how I’d write these plot points in my brain for a hot second).

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I had a dream that the last chapter of ATWAS came out and just as Black Sapphire was abt to confess the house burned down and Clotted Cream died

IM CRYING THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY

Both Clotted Cream and Black Sapphrie probably had this exact same dream methinks

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I’m back bitches. Chapter 17 of ATWAS has been posted (in which I give clotted cream the parental figures he desperately craves)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65810620/chapters/224533496

Okay I mentioned this in the end notes but also wanted to mention it here, I am combining chapters 18 and 19. One of the cool and awkward things about writing fanfic for the first time (jumping right into the deep end with a slow burn) is that there has been many learning curves. The main one is planning. I did not go into this fic sure how I wanted to go from chapter 8 to my planned ending. I really underestimated how much I like to take my sweet time with writing any scene, so now that we are approaching the end I believe it’s appropriate to start locking things into high gear. We are officially entering endgame territory clottedsapphire club! Hope y’all are prepared ;)

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Chapter 16 of ATWAS is done! https://archiveofourown.org/works/65810620/chapters/218082646

I usually put some kind of writer's commentary for these posts but kinda don't have anything this time, we straight vibin before I destroy Clotted Cream Cookie's sense of reality next chapter yolo

[cat-dot-exe]

Little solace comes

to those who grieve

when thoughts keep drifting

as walls keep shifting

and this great blue world of ours

seems a house of leaves

moments before the wind

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (2000)

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I still can't believe that I had done this art in 1 hour (・–・;)ゞ

Quick art💔

This is so dumb and embarrassed 💔

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Clottedsapphire except Black Sapphire is over dramatic and wears his new costume at their wedding and Clotted Cream is the only one who loves it

Omg yes he’s such a mentally ill weirdo diva distinct from shadow milk and clotted cream is the only one who loves it wholeheartedly. It’s like that boy vs girl gacha game design meme.

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even if she did seal her away, DE would escape. Whether by biding her time or with the CoD help. Heck Pomegranate was willing to gather every single crumb to revive her so the sealing was a temporary bandaid for an actual threat

With the letters being revealed, she didn't even know what would happen when she faced DE but she had a hypothesis based on their connection; their lives were linked so merely an unfortunately consequence as she took that chance to save the cookiekind she loves. She spoke with such love for her friends and had a desire to continue living with them after the war but circumstances happened.

Character sacrifice is a common story trope yet strangely how this one instance is classified as a suicide compared to others...

This is all true.

My main point is that this sacrifice in particular was sloppily executed so there were elements that hadn’t been included into the sacrifice well enough to justify killing her off in that particular moment. Like on paper her motivations do make sense but I just don’t think they had strong connective tissue.

Which is a shame because the scenes you mention really moved me emotionally, they were very sweet and powerful. I just wish they had a better foundation. It is what it is I suppose.

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About White Lily Cookie (Spoilers for BY EP 15/Finale):

TW: Suicide/Suicidal Ideation mention. I don’t think this is too bad but proceed with caution

So I’ve seen a lot of debate surrounding white lily cookie’s sacrifice and if it’s equivalent to suicide. Of course everyone (I’ve seen at least) is perfectly aware that her death was foreshadowed, but that doesn’t mean they are happy about it actually happening.

I usually take a long time to digest a narrative before I decide if it was actually good or not, and WLC dying was a huge story moment that really emotionally affected me, so I needed even longer. But I think I’ve come to the conclusion that any kind of support of WLC unhealthy coping mechanisms and suicidal ideation was completely unintentional on devsisters part, but her self sacrifice was handled clumsily so it came off that way.

I really do think they were trying to go for a beautiful sacrifice made out of love rather than the alternative. They made it clear that DEC was enacting her plan out of revenge and hatred, while WLC was doing everything to save her friends and family. She was given the chance to gain perspective (ie. Gingerbrave), and she was able to live with knowing existential horrors without that knowledge swallowing her whole (literally and metaphorically). So conceptually, I don’t mind that.

Where they kind of lose me is the “atonement” aspect of her sacrifice. Like I thought we were kind of over her feeling the constant guilt and need to atone for her mistakes as DEC, but the writers brought it back. Though I don’t think Silent Salt’s toxic mindset really helped anyone. White Lily is the one who had her “What?” moment, not the other way around like the previously established. She has her worldview shook again, solidifying her as doomed by the narrative. But literally all of her friends have told her they forgive her and still love her, so I thought with the whole Dawnbringer would not only be about bringing the future for the whole world, but also a new tomorrow for herself through self forgiveness. This probably could’ve been set up if they let her and golden cheese cookie actually talk. That’s the one thing that bothers me most about this entire thing. Because all of that set up and for what? Very sad :(

They also could’ve gone the route of having her create a new silver tree by sealing herself and DEC. idk could’ve justified it by saying the seal is more powerful since she is solely sealing the other half of herself or whatever. The lore of this game is already really whishy washy anyways so if they said some bs like that I would just accept it no question. They put so much emphasis on sealing the beasts and they just kinda gave up on that. Like you need to have some kind of conclusion guys.

[deltamb3r]

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_(ˇωˇ」∠)_💖

[tactiqilinn]

Thinking very much abt a Twilight Clottedsapphire au 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 hot vampires pls int im not ok

[walentywka]

vanilla’s love is strong but his patience is thinning

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Art I guess(?)

[corvusapis]

truthlessage but they're silly

[sanydrawz]