Analyzing the new costumes for Black Sapphire & Candy Apple because I have a mouth and will scream
Candy Apple first
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Forgive the terrible picture I scrambled to make (I missed so much on her's and BSC's but I will die if I try to make them again). I fully believe the theme for this set is swapped responsibilities. BSC is Fount of Knowledge, or at least takes over SMC's job for whatever reason. CAC, then, becomes the second-in-command, taking over BSC's role.
She has BSC's colour palette for one (with some added pink) and has a golden swirl pattern on her dress that is also found on his vest. She also takes his poison motif with her poison apples and dripping wings.
As for SMC, she has a similar collar to his base design, with the same exact golden pattern found on SoT's sleeves. SoT & FoK also have drips on their designs (to tie them to Pure Vanilla I think) which she has. Although it could just be a reference to BSC, I thought it could be referencing both. Her dress is open around the stomach which matches base SMC's midsection. She also has eye motifs on her ribbons and these little circle highlights (circles are found all over SMC & his costumes).
I can't help but wonder if this CAC will be more mature, helping BSC like he did for their master? He certainly looks like he needs a nap if the eyebags are anything to go by. Speaking of Black Sapphire.
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Firstly, his color palette is still mainly purple, but a little lighter? A little blueish? He also has more gold present throughout this outfit. While we can't see his other eye, he matches with SMC with the different sclera/pupil colours. Granted, his base eye is black sclera/purple pupil. So we'll have to wait and see what his other eye looks like.
He shares drips with SMC like CAC does, and has plenty of open eye motifs as well. He has 6-pointed stars on his design, which are also seen on FoK. The top of his staff shares a similar shape with SoT & FoK's staves. He even keeps the crown on top, blended into the eye. Like with FoK & SoT, he has long sleeves which transition into scrolls.
Another detail not easily noticeable in this image is that he has black wings with feathery white on the inside (you can see them better in the recent livestream showing their idle animations). This, and the fact he shares more in common with SoT/FoK leads me to believe he IS the Fount of Knowledge in this timeline. Or something happens to SMC and he takes over the role. He might even be in the transition phase of Fount to Beast. He gives fallen angel vibes with the wings (like ESC), but the only way he could be "fallen" is if he was once an "angel". Him gaining so much gold in his new outfit also hints at this, since base SMC doesn't have any gold in his design. Only silver. That could also explain why BSC's staff is turning silver at the bottom, he's giving in to deceit. Or why he has star motifs when base SMC doesn't but FoK & SoT do?
I'm genuinely excited to see what the story behind this set is going to be. There's so many interesting ways to take this. What if BSC takes on SMC's position to fulfill his mission, but it breaks him instead? In a more meta perspective, he was never meant to be a beast in the first place. Despite the knowledge he has that no other cookie does, he was never meant for the role of "all-knowing". Plus, he doesn't even have a soul jam, so he really does just seem like an impersonator. Wish me luck on the costume banner because if I don't get them I'm going to explode. Thanks for reading <3
