#cookie chatter

[fairy-bread-cookie]

The fact the faeries just...dumped? mercury? on burning spice is funny as hell actually you just know he was so fucking done with this nonsense war he looks SO STUPID

[mymarifae]

What do you think about Espresso Cookie?

i adore espresso! im a bit mentally ill but basically he is like a sibling to me i love him he's one of my favorites

im fucking sick of cookie run fans though!

everyone is so obsessed with shipping him with that white BEAST madeleine that they completely ignore what both of their personalities are like and how their dynamic works In Canon.

espresso is not a stuck-up, haughty bitch. i don't understand how this is the consistent view of his personality - i mean, i do; it's because his interactions with madeleine are the only ones anyone ever pays any damn attention to. Like, look at the way he talks to other people for once? he is not the tsundere of your fujoshi bait ship. straight up he just doesn't like madeleine.

he is kind, relaxed, and very, very mild tempered. yes, he's proud, but? he deserves it goddamn look at what he's accomplished? he's also just busy af. but not once does he look down upon other people like they're less than him. unlike a certain white beast i know (MADELEINE? no one remembers how much of a DICK he was to knight over something as superficial as ARMOR.)

look at how comfortable snow sugar was with approaching him in the puppet theatre event. yes, he tells them to leave long requests in writing but think about it. he was probably actively busy in that moment, which means snow sugar was not only comfortable with approaching him, they were comfortable with interrupting him. snow sugar is shy as hell! but that is just the aura espresso gives off. he may be busy, but he is friendly and patient.

his teaching methods are. unorthodox. he's certainly not as eager to actively teach as latte for instance, but that doesn't make him an ass either? something something, being employed at the institute allows him easy access to the materials he needs to continue his research, but the specific magic he specializes in is volatile and genuinely complex, as we see in the teaching event. i don't think he's necessarily wrong in being reluctant to teach it to inexperienced magic users. especially a full class of them. like that could get dangerous very quickly. it's hard enough for him to keep an eye on just one kid doing it.

aside from a few instances of being irritated at formulas going wrong, the only times espresso's irritated/angry sprites are used are when madeleine is around. because he doesn't like madeleine. at all. and even then, he is, for the most part, outwardly polite to him. i know it's an insane concept for some of you. but black people are not always angry and irritable. espresso is genuinely friendly and even playful and teasing to everyone who is not Madeleine Cookie.

but the yaoi-esque ship is too important to yall and you just haaaaaave to re-interpret espresso in the most racist way imaginable. i know. 🧍🏾‍♀️

it's not cute. they do not have a healthy dynamic. the bait from devsisters means nothing they only do what makes them the most money. like. is this your cutesy wootsy "theyre soooo gay and in love" ship?? really??

in case i wasn't clear before. espresso does not like madeleine. maybe stop shoving him together with this yeast beast. it has looooong passed the point of "ugh annoying" and we are now at "if you ship these two dont even fucking talk to me."

anyway i love espresso. no one appreciates him because of the stupid obsession with espresseleine, though. i hate it here

[fairy-bread-cookie]

I love when a new cookie game drops and they add Dark Choco he keeps seeming more and more out of place sir why are you in the neon technicolor streamer battle royale beach city, shouldnt you be brooding on the edge of a cliff in a thunderstorm what do you MEAN darkness brought you to the vtuber sponsored turtle pushing contest

[fairy-bread-cookie]

Honestly with all the first milk and shadow milk interpretations and talks im surprised just how mentally fragile first milk is doesn't come up very often. Like I know most people want to focus on Shadow Milk but girl had to have an entire plot line of "hey its okay to be comforted and its not selfish to ask for One hug" she is NOT okay. I can easily see any dynamic between the fount and his creator being strained by First Milk's cookie immense guilt complex making Fount think he can't rely on her.

Like, picture a scene where the Fount goes to talk to her after seeing a cookie die for the first time looking for comfort and reassurance only for her to start sobbing about that poor cookie and Fount feeling like he needs to comfort HER instead. I don't think First Milk would do it on purpose and she might be able to at least try and hide it. However I think Fount would be perceptive enough to pick up on it and start trying to actively avoid setting her off, frustrated by the fragility of his creator and inability to truly discuss with her. Love me when good intentions and genuine love aren't enough to break the cycle.

[fairy-bread-cookie]

Well Elder Faerie, I have good news for you!

[fairy-bread-cookie]

Sugar of Happiness be like: please happiness?? NO RISK!! ONLY HAPPINESS

[fairy-bread-cookie]

so has anyone done this?

[fairy-bread-cookie]

I do love the part of the sage of truth storyline where towards the end after learning timekeeper lied in an entertaining and invigorating way sage of truth is all "oh maybe deceit isnt so bad actually that was clever" and timekeeper has to spray bottle him like a cat thats getting on the counters