yeah I don’t really get it can you explain please? (/genuine /lighthearted)
It’s the fact that NO ONE IS SURPRISED. The fact that this knowledge wasn’t known and was the CATALYST FOR THE ENTIRE STORY and they NEVER ACTUALLY REVEALED IT. We don’t even know if they retconned it entirely or had the most important reveal in the ENTIRE GAME happen offscreen WITHOUT EVEN TELLING THE VIEWER. And the thing is they KEEP doing this. First they don’t give GingerBrave any PTSD from the oven or Witch, and then have him casually mention that he escaped the oven DESPITE THE FACT that up to this point he has gone out of his way to lie in order to hide this information. Strawberry has NEVER told anyone about this aside from the start of the game, and now with no explanation, she’s openly speaking about it and nobody’s batting an eye?!
Pure Vanilla has been SHOWN to have worshipped the Witches in the past, and it was shown as recently as Beast-Yeast episode 14 that he still didn’t know. Even SHADOW MILK (former FOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE) and THE BEASTS don’t know. The entire first arc hinged on this forbidden information about the Witches. And it was never revealed by Dark Enchantress or White Lily, and now every character somehow knows and doesn’t have a problem. As if this isn’t worldview-shattering information. As if this revelation isn’t the most horrifying thing anyone could learn about the deities they have worshipped their entire lives.
Imagine you’re religious, and suddenly find out that without a doubt, the gods you worship created you as food. Not for sustenance, not even as a delicacy, just a silly little sweet treat. I don’t think you could EVER refer to that information casually for as long as you live, let alone presumably only a few weeks after finding out. ESPECIALLY when you’re on your way to where said gods reside.
One of the things that drew me to Bravetrio as characters and cookie run as a franchise was this exact information. It’s SUCH an interesting concept to have a society of characters worshipping gods than unbeknownst to them made them to eat them. Child characters who have witnessed this information FIRSTHAND and then been forced to stay quiet about it and go along with the popular narrative that Witches are good for the sake of everyone else’s sanity and peace of mind are INTERESTING! That’s why I fell in love with these characters, the concept is incredible and I’ve never seen another piece of media that has something like this.
And they wasted all that potential, retconned all that worldbuilding and information and events OFFSCREEN.
I wanted to see them reveal it SO BAD, to see everyone’s reactions, how it went, who did it and why, and what the trio would do after their secret was blown wide open.
But Devsis never delivered, and is pretending that they never promised the viewer that they would. When you have a setup like act one created, it communicates to the audience that this information will be revealed, especially since it was Dark Enchantress’s ENTIRE MOTIVATION. And she somehow never revealed it in the finale.
THIS is why I don’t like devsis’s new writing. They’re taking away so much of what makes them interesting characters, and harming other characters in the process. Because if everyone knows this about the Witches, how the hell do explain White Lily’s reaction at the banquet? Was she just stupid or something? And you could argue that they learned it after the finale, BUT WE WEREN’T SHOWN THAT. WE CAN’T KNOW. Because the writing is BAD. This was a conversation that deserved to be on screen.
I feel like I’m starting to talk in circles now, so I’ll end my rant here, but good god Devsis has ruined possibly their best plot point. It makes me really sad.
I wrote this pretty quickly, so there might be some mistakes
