thank the lord. i have millennial tree's one too but don't have him. i'll show you when i do get him (but knowing my luck it'll be in a bit of a while)
burning spice cookie's destruction is, yes, due to his nihilism, but i see it as him trying to take control (feeling powerless to the cycle of change). he is sick of his own passivity; although civilizations erect themselves and then fall again, nothing truly changes. the nature of cookiekind is stagnant, they err in the same ways over and over, and that leaves him feeling impotent.
destruction is cathartic and disruptive. he tries to defy the cycle of change by ending it, for if there is nothing left, nothing can prosper nor wither. (and i guess, to relieve himself of his responsibility as the Herald of Change)
golden cheese tries to take control in a different way, via the Golden City. she's in complete denial; as long as she can lock herself within Golden City in its digitized, forever stagnant form, she can avoid confronting the decimation of her kin, and convince herself everything is fine (good even!!!). she tries to avoid the cycle of change (better put, her loss) by constructing an idyllic illusion and secluding herself within it, basically.
she only closes the Golden City and ventures beyond her kingdom after she confronts the fact that she will lose everything dear to her if she doesn't.
i guess a difference between the two in this respect is that golden cheese cookie grows to accept the cycle of change - the passage of time with all the loss that comes with - and that burning spice cookie in all his nihilism is unable.
uhh. how to end this. uhmmm yeah. i like how their stories & character themes tie into each other's a lot. and also they're cute. here's two (2) cute images.
he's been got! i like his idle animations. they're cute but annoying to capture. i'd have to record him on my phone like some kind of wildlife videographer... i don't have the space, much less the patience! that being said, i did GIF his defeat animation, so here you go!
ALSO! since they're not on the fan wiki yet (at the time of writing), i transcribed the in-battle interactions that millennial tree cookie has (that i know of! but i think these are all of them?)
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Sea Fairy Cookie + Moonlight Cookie + Wind Archer Cookie + Fire Spirit Cookie:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "O Guardians of Nature!"
Sea Fairy Cookie: "…!!!"
Moonlight Cookie: "You've called for me?"
Wind Archer Cookie: "Yes, Millennial Tree Cookie."
Fire Spirit Cookie: "Ya called?"
or
Millennial Tree Cookie: "By the power of all Life…"
Sea Fairy Cookie: "With the power of the vast ocean…"
Moonlight Cookie: "By the power of the warm moonlight…!"
Wind Archer Cookie: "With a gentle breeze."
Fire Spirit Cookie: "Yeah! Fire it up!"
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Sea Fairy Cookie:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "I believe in your unwavering heart."
Sea Fairy Cookie: "I will take you to the farthest reaches of the sea…"
or
Sea Fairy Cookie: "Your roots reach down into the depths of the sea."
Millennial Tree Cookie: "The sound of your waves guides the Cookies."
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Moonlight Cookie:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Some paths are fated to cross."
Moonlight Cookie: "Ha ha… Yes, indeed."
or
Moonlight Cookie: "May all Cookies have the sweetest dreams!"
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Embrace Cookies on those cold nights."
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Wind Archer Cookie:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Where your arrow points."
Wind Archer Cookie: "Where your roots grow."
or
Wind Archer Cookie: "I will always fight with the vow I've sworn in my heart."
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Ha ha! I am truly glad."
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Fire Spirit Cookie:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "There are evils that only fire can purify."
Fire Spirit Cookie: "Oh, you know your stuff!"
or
Fire Spirit Cookie: "Your roots are on FIYAH!"
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Ha ha, indeed… They reach all corners of the world."
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Millennial Tree Cookie + Gingerbrave:
Millennial Tree Cookie: "The Millennial Moment has come."
Gingerbrave: "The Millennial Moment...?"
or
Gingerbrave: "Whoa! This mystical power...!"
Millennial Tree Cookie: "Truth is, I am always by your side"
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PS: sorry for any grammatical errors, especially for the first one… it was difficult to discern the punctuation symbols used at the end of Wind Archer's lines (because they're covered by the other text bubbles lol). also, the formatting is a bit ugly. i dunno how to make it less ugly. forgive me.
