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Shooby! She/Her| 🇲🇽🇨🇴| tired, sensitive, and stressed out 24/7| 20⬆️ | // I draw what I like!! | No A/I 💜 💙💜💙

[shoobaydoobay]

₊˚⊹⋆ little intro post ₊˚⊹⋆

Hii I'm Shooby!! WELCOME TO MY PAGE 💖 I DRAW STUFF THAT I LIKE !!

♡ about me

Mexican-Colombian artist

Birthed Feb 2nd

I like sweet foods

⟢ stuff that I like

CRK

Sly Cooper

TMNT

Spy x Family

Genshin Impact

ALL MY LINKS ARE HERE 💖💖💖

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social links

ENJOY YOUR STAY (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

[va-vaki]

Was talking with my homie and thought about papa spice and HAD to draw him with his babies that he adores.

[burningcheese-merchant]

Merchant! Please, rant to us about the mythological inspirations of the BurningCheese!

The fact that I came home and sat down and wrote out a detailed post for this ask... The fact that I did research into Hindu mythology for BurningCheese inspo in the first place... (sidenote: Hinduism is legitimately interesting, I had genuine fun learning about it even outside of cringe shipping bs)

THE FACT THAT THERE'S ACTUAL SHIT TO WORK WITH...

Buckle up, buckaroos lol (I'll put it under a cut in case it turns out really long)

Do note that I am not a religious scholar nor a follower of Hinduism, and I didn't do a suuuuuuuper deep dive. I spent a few hours reading different articles/sources and looking at some paintings and the like. Whatever I say is what I derived from my own personal understanding (and my old notes), which may well be flawed!

Let's start with the obvious.

Burning Spice is directly inspired by Shiva, Hindu god of destruction. Important note: in the actual religion, Shiva is not malevolent; the destruction he brings is considered a necessary part of life and the foundation of cosmic balance. He can be temperamental and violent, yes, but he is by and large a pretty decent guy and performs his duty in the cycle of life and death without complaint (obviously, this is where Spice deviates lol)

His hair is a fucking pitch black jungle. Matted af. Just like Burning Spice's. I just felt like saying that lmao (they both look like shit, Shiva wears animal skins and dead people's ashes and doesn't brush his damn hair. HE WENT TO HIS OWN WEDDING LOOKING LIKE THAT! (Until Parvati told him to please freshen up and he went "yes dear, anything for you <3" and manifested fancy groom attire))

Now let's poke our heads into the rabbit hole.

Parvati is Shiva's wife, whom he adores and is wholly devoted to (and vice versa).

She is revered as a life-giver. A goddess of creation, love, devotion, and... ABUNDANCE.

Parvati has many forms. Her original form is that of a beautiful woman wearing a red sari, with a GOLDEN HEADDRESS/HEADBAND and LOTS OF GOLD JEWELRY AND PRECIOUS STONES, WHICH SHE LOVES.

She's very beloved by pretty much everyone. She's elegant, vivacious, and revered as a doting wife and mother

I'm not finished.

One of Parvati's forms is that of a fierce warrior woman called Durga. She is powerful, confident, and no less beautiful than her original self

She has many arms, and a sacred weapon in each one. One of which is a GOLDEN SPEAR.

Durga is regarded as a goddess of protection, war and destruction - but not the malevolent sort. She fights and destroys the forces of evil, for the sake of others'; the destruction she brings is in the name of protecting and liberating innocents, and empowering creation

One of her epithets is Mahamoha, which means "great delusion" - and in this context, the delusion/ignorance derives from intense desire and attachment

Now, with all of that said, I'm gonna tell you guys a story.

Shiva's first wife was Sati, daughter of Daksha. Though they were madly in love, Daksha despised him and never approved of their relationship

The blood between them was so bad that Daksha declined to invite either of them to the yajna (VERY important ritual sacrifice) he was hosting. Against both social norms and Shiva's advice, Sati showed up anyway, which led to her father cruelly insulting her, her marriage and basically her whole fucking life in front of everybody

In protest of everyone's derision of her and the life she chose to live, she throws herself on the sacrificial fire and thus kills herself (extreme and unnecessary, I know lol). Shiva finds out and LOSES. HIS. SHIT. Shows up, goes on a rampage, hurts a bunch of people, beheads Daksha (whom he revives and pardons eventually)

In his grief, Shiva basically decides to retire from everything and seclude himself in the mountains, denouncing the world and everything in it and refusing to interact with anyone or anything

Sati ends up reincarnating as Parvati. She remembers exactly who she is/was, and made it her mission to return to Shiva's side and rekindle their relationship

Shiva doesn't buy that that's his beloved and rebuffs her. She doesn't give up. She tries over and over again to convince him and win his affection. She endures harsh weather without appropriate clothes, starvation, the faces of her own fears and doubts, endlessly; all while continuously performing acts of religious penance/piety. So unwavering is she in her strength and devotion that Shiva eventually, finally realizes that that really is the woman he loved and lost

They reunite and remarry quickly (and it was a big blowout event, too! Very important, there are even several sculptures depicting it!) and they live happily ever after

And a short summary of their union:

Shiva and Parvati are considered complementary forces; one without the other does not make sense and simply cannot be. Parvati is the warm, life-affirming, creative force that balances Shiva's cold, world-denying, destructive one. She's portrayed as having lured Shiva away from his lonely, ascetic lifestyle and showed him the value of life, love and marriage. They're almost always depicted together in artworks, as they're admired/adored not only for their loving partnership, but for the way they uphold cosmic order together. They are life and death. Attachment and detachment. ABUNDANCE AND DESTRUCTION.

It's commonly stated that Parvati is the outright source of Shiva's power. His shakti (not super sure how to explain what this is, it's not very simple. It's... ultimate cosmic energy, basically). She encourages and energizes him. Without her, he is incomplete

They have two kids :P two sons, Ganesha and Kartikeya. (I DID NOT KNOW THIS when I first made up the fankids, I just happened to guess the correct number of kids to give them lol. I thus decided to partially base Pepper Jack on Ganesha and Matar Paneer on Kartikeya, enjoy those links where I explain properly haha (and you can look through their tags to see more abt them if you want))

They also jointly represent harmony between sexes. Shiva is the male aspect, Parvati is the female

They also jointly symbolize love, devotion and sexuality and are said to have a lot of sex (and are also often depicted having sex)

Let me walk you guys through it all one more time. A god who, in his endless rage and grief, chose to forsake the world and all within it, for he believed he had nothing left to value from it...

Who is temperamental, violent, and is not above lashing out at others when he feels wronged... who can and will destroy everything in his path... (You don't need screenshot evidence of this but whatever lol)

Who will lash out at others if they dare to lay their hands on his counterpart, or otherwise keep him away from her...

... And his counterpart, a beautiful, vibrant, benevolent goddess who can take many different forms, including that of an elegant queen adorned with gold and gems, and a great, fearless warrior... (You notice how there's some red in her Soul Jam now? There's that bit of Destruction, used to defend others...)

Who's known and loved for the boundless love and warmth and charity she bestows upon one and all...

Who's known as a creator, a life-giver; who so cherishes the world and what she makes that she allows herself to descend into madness in pursuit of preserving it all... Whose desire and attachment led to ignorance and delusion...

Who, in stubborn defiance of the cruelties she faced, chose to remove herself from them and from the world itself for a time, only to eventually return with her identity and life's purpose still intact, and livelier than ever...

Who takes the form of a hero, a protector of the innocent, a warrior who battles against evil and seeks to vanquish oppression and tyranny...

And together, she and he make up the foundation of the world. The threads with which the great tapestry of the universe is woven. Life and death. Attachment and love for the world, and detachment from and contempt for it. A woman dressed in the finest garments and jewelry, and a man who embodies the unforgiving wilderness in which he sequesters himself.

Abundance and Destruction.

In conclusion: Burning Spice and Golden Cheese are literally Shiva and Parvati, they are husband and wife, they NEED each other and are meant to be together, together they create and maintain the balance of life and the universe, we must all band together and demand that Devsisters release the cutscene that shows their wedding, they are the bride and the ugly ass groom fr fr

[shoobaydoobay]

as a hindu i want that wife theory to shrivel up and die 🙏 any shiva & parvati comparison you could make for burning spice all leads back to burningcheese so i don't see the point in creating an entirely new character. i do like the idea that the previous ask talked about though, about it still being connected to golden cheese in some way

i'm not really gonna take the statue in the concept art's background too seriously but me and my friends were joking about it being another form of spice and genuinely that would be the funniest plot twist ever so lets hope it turns out to be wrong like the salt & faerie being the same person theory was

trueee all roads lead to burningcheese in the end 🔺🧀

[va-vaki]

O Herald of Change, thou, whom've seen it all, what are thou content to share with us?

[shoobaydoobay]

Honestly, I'm still thinking of different ways for the dead wife theory to NOT be canon.

I mean, people theorized that Elder Faerie and Silent Salt were the same cookie and that ended up being false.

Maybe that shot we get of Goldie isn't necessarily her arriving at the Spice kingdom but having a final look at it before departing.

Maybe that statue/carving I keep seeing screenshots of didn't exist before she got there. That carving could even be GCC herself.

Maybe she was given a different outfit during her time there. If she did a great act for the kingdom, the Herald of Change could have thanked her by carving her into his castle for all to see.

At this point in time, I'm feeling anxious about the whole thing. I love both Golden Cheese and Burning Spice as characters and I'd hate for this update to ruin my enjoyment of them.

Honestly yeahh me and oomf Mouse were talking about it and how there's a very slim chance of there actually being a dead wife, since yeah there's basically no proof putting the whole cake hound thing aside.

I JUST WANT HERALD AND CHEESE INTERACTIONS!!! I've been starving and am hoping to be fed at least a little from that update-

I'm still a bit anxious too but even if it somehow does end up that way I will continue to make burningcheese art because I refuse to give up on them just because of devsis's horrendous writing skills- THEY WILL HAVE TO PRY THIS SHIP OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!!!

[shoobaydoobay]

I'm just gonna add my cent and wonder if what if golden cheese is the reincarnation since that is a possibility, because before pavarti there was Sati who got reincornated into pavarti, because following the cookie run storyline it's clear golden cheese is going to time travel since that's the only explanation for why she is there in the picture, also even if it turns out he had no spouse it's weird people would metion it since the only thing we have of Jasmine is a cakehound, her not being mentioned at all is weird especially from the other spices

While it would make sense that Golden Cheese is a reincarnation of Spice's wife, the whole thing just kinda makes me feel nervous about the update bc this could literally make or break the ship for me-

Like I feel like if it turns out that he does have a wife people are gonna start saying things like "Burning Spice already has a wife" on burningcheese posts, it's hard enough being a burningcheese shipper but that would make it 1000000 times worse ( i don't want to stop making burningcheese art but it'd be a pain to deal with those people)

Also yeahh i just find it weird that there is literally little to no mention of this mystery wife and she just pops up out of nowhere????? The whole thing feels like sloppy writing and just feels super bleggghh to me.... anyway if Spice really does have a wife honestly my heart will be a bit shattered...💔

[purristt]

he is confused but doesnt mind

[shoobaydoobay]

high-key scared that devsis is gonna ruin the story and characters with the herald meeting pre-souljam gc bc they've done it before so i'm bracing myself!!!! 🙏🙏

I also saw some people say that they confirmed the cake hound theory and that also makes me scared like PLEASE DEVSIS I DON'T WANT BURNING SPICE TO HAVE A WIFE UNLESS IT'S GOLDEN CHEESE 😭😭

[criaha]

EVERYONE SHUT UP RIGHT NOW

[va-vaki]

PLEASE.

PLEASE DEVSIS

DON'T RUIN THIS

[shoobaydoobay]

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I'M GOING TO SHAT MYSELF WHAT'S HAPPENING!?!?!?!??!?!/..12

[asknillamilkfam]

7/22 is the day Ash Pepper was officially taken in by Burning Spice and Golden Cheese!! ❤️💛🧡

[eightpng]

how i look trying to interact with my cool, delightful, funny, witty, talented, amazing, popular, outstanding, brilliant, cool mutuals

many such cases

[shoobaydoobay]

it was so hot today i actually fainted while at work😭😭

the whole thing was really embarrassing ngl it felt like some kind of humiliation ritual

[wrnxiety]

Burningcheese🧀🔺

[shoobaydoobay]

warm summer nights are rough

especially if your husband is super clingy + literally emits heat

extremely busy lately but popping back with some burningcheese!!!

[wrnxiety]

inspired by the statue “Paolo and Virginia” by Puttinati



[purristt]

sp request