your only companion in the prison you both pretend to love. She seems so much more in the illusion, but she is the one who gets to be free, despite you being the one fighting for it the entire time. A last minute realization saved her-- but knowing at the start didnt save you. And now, you are stuck here, your only hope shattered as the other half to the beast you serve leaves- along with the only one who could ever, in any world, understand you
Just had a dream through Shadow Milk Cookie's POV where he got lost in this dark underground stairwell, and when he started thinking of turning back the way he came, Awakened Pure Vanilla elegantly appeared around the corner. And my brain instinctively knew to be scared of this man, which led to me (Shadow Milk) slowly backing up against a wall in utter terror as Awakened PV asked "are you alright," trying to close my eyes and mentally beg him to go away like one does in a nightmare. Which is really funny now that I've woken up
Had another Shadow Milk POV dream where he used to have a bunch of minions, but they had all betrayed him except for Black Sapphire and Candy Apple, so he spent the day scaring off his former minions with cruel tricks. Then as the sun started going down, he stood on a darkening street thinking "hm. ...I wonder what Black Sapphire and Candy Apple are up to. They're all I have these days, aren't they? Why am I bothering with this?" so he went back home to the Spire and bothered them for a little while
I was so determined not to play CRK because it’s a mobile gacha game that I keep getting ads for, then you started putting that twink and his boyfriend on my dash and now I just stayed up until almost 2 AM rereading Community Gardens. How could you. Also would you happen to have any fic recommendations that you haven’t already mentioned asking for a friend
HEHELP??!?!? Also sure LMAO. Give me a minute to scroll through ao3, I have like 95 shadowvanilla bookmarks so I can surely find you some things
Okay here, I selected like... 20-30?
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Jambound by Anonymous
The room is too bright.
It’s quaint, in a nauseating sort of way. Polished floors glint from the gleaming honeycomb chandeliers overhead, make him squint. A few vases sprinkled here and there, filling the room with a sickeningly sweet scent – even a waffle-cone headrest framing the silken sheets of a neatly-tucked bed. Outside, the golden sun gleams, the gentle rays of light spilling past curtains that waver in the afternoon breeze.
It's meant to be beautiful. Luxurious. Welcoming.
With one sweep of his cane, Shadow Milk tears it apart.
T | Words: 203,399 | Chapters: 32/32
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The art of not being you by Tsuntsuns
Shapeshifting is an art.
It takes Shadow Milk a while to move and reclaim the magic that was stolen from him.
He gains. He loses.
One thing more than the other. In the end, the odds are never in his favor.
Still, he rolls the dice again.
M | Words: 12,829 | Chapters: 1/1
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Two Truths and Two Lies by TheGreatDezzy
After a spell gone wrong, Shadow Milk and the Sage of Truth end up swapping places in their realities. Now them, along with Pure Vanilla and Truthless Recluse have to find a spell to bring the two cookies back to their own realities.
G | Words: 31,030 | Chapters: 11/11
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what could have been (can still be) by ineedprovolone
Shadow Milk, created before cookies were baked with soulmarks, had always believed he'd never have a soulmate.
M | Words: 6,227 | Chapters: 1/1
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to err on the side of caution by thegoldenappleofdiscord
Pure Vanilla Cookie and Shadow Milk Cookie are...something. The other Ancients try to wrap their heads around it.
G | Words: 27,370 | Chapters: 5/5
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To cut things short, I recommend all of xoxotoast's fics if you want domestic shadowvanilla, they're all really good. This spares me the time of linking them individually as there's like 12 (8 sfw)
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I haven't finished reading it yet, I'm still a few chapters into the first fic, but there's this soulmate series by Bread_Mianbao
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Veridian Dreaming by MonochromeJokester
Pure Vanilla visits White Lily to talk about his growing feelings for Shadow Milk. She doesn't understand but if he was willing to stand up to all of them and give the Beast a chance to change then she supposes she has no other choice but to support him. Unfortunately for them, her faerie subjects get the wrong idea of why the two Ancients are meeting more frequently and decide to take matters into their own hands.
A potion to bring forth hidden affections given to the one cookie that has some form of love for every single person he's ever known means now White Lily has to try and keep an increasingly cuddly Pure Vanilla from embarrassing himself in front of everyone he crosses paths with. And when Shadow Milk shows up, she needs to keep him from making a mistake that may just drive the jester away for good.
Pure Vanilla is lucky she's always been good at figuring out spell craft... and with an extremely reluctant Shadow Milk's help, maybe they can break this lovestruck haze that her friend is trapped in.
AKA
Someone wanted Viridescent Outfit PV but with the ShadowVanilla ship. I decided to make it thousands of words of angst repairing many cookie's relationships while I'm at it.
G | Words: 32,231 | Chapters: 6/?
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Judas by gryx, humiiingbyrd, yusuine
Carrying a burden none could share, Pure Vanilla Cookie lived in a world where Dark Enchantress has finally been defeated, yet the cost had been far too grievous of a price.
After the collapse of the spire, his and Shadow Milk Cookie's path diverge, never crossing each other again until the fateful battle that left him without his other half.
In his grief, all he wishes is for a second chance, to protect those he loves, to hold those he cherishes all the more closely.
T | Words: 30,345 | Chapters: 9/?
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Community Gardens by Anonymous
There's no sweeter lie than a dream. Your brain takes in memories and snippets of wants and fears and turns into a big ol' mush of nonsensical information you're free to interpret as you wish. Logically, it follows a liar would take interest in making use of this.
Or, Shadow Milk Cookie decides weakening Pure Vanilla Cookie before their next encounter would be an excellent strategic maneuver. What better way than by turning all of his dreams to nightmares by his own hand?
T | Words: 63,546 | Chapters: 19/?
(Note: not shadowvanilla, but I also recommend Seeds of Deceit from the same series)
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Dollfaced by Anonymous
Three brush strokes to the right. Two to the left. A hand smoothing over his forehead, sweeping his bangs aside.
Shadow Milk knows the pattern well. His hair is always brushed the same way, in movements that seem almost robotic in how perfectly they’ve mastered the repetition. The bristles of the brush always skim over his closed eyes with such care, nimbly avoiding anywhere they might prick or poke. It always ends with a few final touches, tucking any stray wisps back into place before the brush is set back down on the dresser before him.
Pure Vanilla’s hands smooth through Shadow Milk’s hair, coming to rest gently on his shoulders.
“There. Ready for the day?”
Shadow Milk does not answer.
Shadow Milk has not answered in a long, long time.
M | Words: 4,653 | Chapters: 1/1
(Note: psychological horror)
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From the Spire to a Peak by FaeMytho
The final battle in the Spire of Deceit goes wrong. A last ditch effort by Shadow Milk, an explosion of magic causes the space-time distortion of the Spire to malfunction, transporting the cookies within it into a strange, diverged reality.
Pure Vanilla meets the mysterious Sage of Truth, who can't seem to contain his manic curiosity about him... or the others who came with him. Shadow Milk meets the hauntingly familiar Truthless Recluse, who gently convinces him that everything is going to be okay again... misunderstanding everything in the process.
Their second problem is getting home.
Their first is figuring out they're not home in the first place.
T | Words: 28,625 | Chapters: 8/?
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What the Bluebird Carries by loser_lenny
Truthless Recluse and the Sage of Truth exchange a series of letters with one another that plunge them deeper and deeper into the throes of infatuation.
NR | Words: 9,305 | Chapters: 1/1
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with you by my side (everything will be alright) by ilarion
Update on my cookie run kingdoming: Fire Spirit Cookie is now my highest power cookie so far with 939k, and I have finally tipped my arena team into 3 million power
I still need 1 singular Shadow Milk Cookie soulstone to promote him, can we attack him
Since you like SifLoop, I think you can answer this
How selfcest is SageShadow (Sage Of Truth X Shadow Milk Cookie)
Sage of Truth is not Shadow Milk Cookie's former self like the Fount of Knowledge is, Sage of Truth is an alternate universe entirely I believe? If I'm not wrong?? Therefore, through technicality, I think Sifloop is a bit more selfcest than SageShadow is due to the ISAT timeline only really differing upon entering Dormont, while SageShadow was likely different from the very start. But, due to the similarities in appearance, perhaps illogically, SageShadow feels more selfcest in my eyes. Either way, the answer is "very"
“Would any of you gentlemen be so kind as to explain why you're accosting my child?” He spits, tilting his head as his grin widens. There's a noticeable pause as the guards stare at him in bewilderment, before the apparent leader narrows his eyes and draws himself up. A feeble attempt at intimidation, pathetic really. Shadow Milk may look no stronger than the stem of a vanilla orchid in this form, but he's not going to act as such.
A perfectly ordinary family in the markets of the Hollyberry Kingdom. This isss fanart for the fic Community Gardens, I wanted to try drawing my interpretation of its Deceit Trio market disguises
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Bonus barely legible page in my notebook from when I was taking notes on what the fic says about their appearances
turnnoffyourmind
snowghoul
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origamiaround
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