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OH YES, SHADOWVANILLA (yeah wip)
or what should they call their ship? i love them, thuhtless recluse and sage of truth
mmm, love this dynamic
i want to cry because i never got these skins((
Sage of Truth is a cutiepie I'm sad we won't have any story sprite for him.
Smilk came home today 🩵
I used my last hope on that pull after getting 1000 rainbow cubes using a crk code. He pitied me and came home finally 🥹
MY NILLY CAME HOMEEEEEEEEEEE
wanna hear me yap about my Twisted Reflection Au for Cookie run kingdom?
so this takes place in the weird alternate universe where Shadow Milk Cookie (Light Milk Cookie) is the Sage of Truth and Pure Vanilla Cookie (Tainted Vanilla Cookie) is the Truthless Recluse.
this universe was actually created when Pure Vanilla Cookie (the one from the original universe) attempted to break his soul Jam and subsequently awakened. The Soul Jam didn’t break completely, but a shard broke off, and when the Spire of Deceit crumbled, the shard fell into a pool from the Yogurt River, which created the Twisted Mirror, and subsequently, the universe that the Sage of Truth exists in.
Like in the original universe, Pure Vanilla and the other ancients meet each other, and become friends. But eventually, for various reasons, each of the ancients “corrupt” ( an example I came up with is that Dark Cacao Cookie cuts off everyone and isolates himself from the world, believing that caring about others will only lead to endless suffering). Pure Vanilla is forced to Witness his friends become worse versions of themselves, and he almost loses all hope, becoming Wilted Vanilla Cookie (to distinguish him with the original Pure Vanilla) that is until he learns of a peak said to hold the great Truth of Existence at the top. He decides to travel to this peak in hopes of learning why his friends are suffering and a way to fix things.
At the base of the Peak of Truth, Wilted Vanilla receives various warnings from the Cookies living there to turn back, as many Cookies have tried to reach the Peak and achieve enlightenment, but none have ever returned. Wilted Vanilla is undeterred, and starts his way up, when he meets another Cookie. A young cookie around his age named Light Milk Cookie. This Cookie has come to the peak to discover the truth as well, and while Wilted Vanilla initially declines the other of traveling together (he already ‘lost’ many of his friends, and he doesn’t want to risk growing attached to this cookie if the peak is really so dangerous) but he ends up traveling with Light Milk anyway.
the trek is very tiring, and takes many days to complete. Many times Light Milk and Wilted Vanilla come across Crumbled cookies and eventually realize- these cookies killed themselves. The revelation makes them consider turning back (why would these cookies kill themselves if the truth wasn’t terrible?) but they have come this far, and refuse to turn back now. They reach the top, and they discover, The Mirror of Absolute Truth.
Now, When a Cookie looks into the Mirror of Absolute Truth, they all know immediately that what they see is their true selves. And what do Wilted Vanilla and Light Milk Cookie see? They see Pure Vanilla Cookie (the Ancient of Truth) and Shadow Milk Cookie (the Beast of Deceit) looking back at them. As they look upon their true selves they realize the truth of their existence. That they are but twisted reflections of these Cookies. They know (vaguely) what they true selves have done. They fall into despair, questioning their own free will.
Wilted Vanilla and Light Milk Cookie consider crumbling themselves like the other Cookies, but Wilted Vanilla says that will not fix anything. Light Milk Cookie says they can’t just tell everyone the truth! Wilted Vanilla proposes another idea: one of them remains at the peak of Truth to guard it, and the other spreads misinformation in the world to dissuade Cookies from seeking out the Peak by teaching them the ‘truth’ and satisfying Cookies’ craving for knowledge. They decide on they roles and that’s how Wilted Vanilla, now Tainted Vanilla remains on the Peak of Truth and how Light Milk Cookie returns to Cookie kind.
However, Light Milk Cookie is overwhelmed by his burden of knowing the Truth, and eventually seeks a way for him to forget some of it. He casts a spell on himself that makes him forget his journey with Tainted Vanilla Cookie (he forgets their friendship) which rids himself of some of the more Painful truths. (He still somewhat ‘remembers’ them, but they’re too painful so he buries them away.) Eventually he begins to teach Cookies of the Truth, and becomes the Sage of Truth. He encourages Cookies to seek enlightenment and those cookies climb the Peak of Truth, where they are met with the Truthless Recluse.
Truthless Recluse eventually realizes that Light Milk Cookie is the one sending many Cookies up the Peak of Truth, and is deeply hurt by his friend’s betrayal. He becomes more aggressive in his protection of the peak, unleashing horrific illusions that drive some travelers to insanity. Truthless Recluse decides to never trust another Cookie again.
The Sage of Truth takes on two young Cookies as his Pupils, the somewhat childish but clever Tart Apple Cookie (Candy Apple Cookie) and the charming yet thoughtful Violet Sapphire Cookie (Black Sapphire Cookie). He encourages the two to peruse the Truth and joins them on their path up the Peak of Truth, where the Sage of Truth is forced to confront his past.
I think Truthless recluse and Sage of truth should kiss perhaps :D
hell yeah man
Oh yeah?!! *un-toxics your yaoi*
Sage of truth and truthless recluse again!! :3 (pls dont ask where their hats r still i ate them)
I like this one a lot more than the last one 😭
I'm just gonna keep posting sot and tr sketches until i finish the second chapter of the comic (+ i love these two smmmm) >◇<
Tagged/intended as a ship but can be taken platonically as well :}
Sage shutting tf up for once ver
they're waiting for their train and sage got eepy -0- zZ (dont ask where their hats are i am NOT drawing those fuckass things) this is tagged as a ship but it can be taken as platonic or not hshshfhrjshdbr
Sot and tr sketch since chap 2 of the comic is taking so long :p
Sorry if anyones actually waiting on that 😓
I love these sillies!!!
I don’t ship shadow vanilla but I love the fandom has done with these two
And I just LOVE the female sage of truth design this person made it’s so good
truthlesssage get out of my head 😭
On the first pull is WILD
i finally got the full costume set of the idiots today so i wanted to celebrate with very awesome art (not)
extra shitty quality ! kms help this took much longer than expected
Bro is not slick.... (swap au)
Fun fact: this had 3 pages originally but I kept fussing with it so much that I went- Nah... Nah........ . . .. .
Anyway Swap Au thingies! The sillies.
Short haired Sage of Truth Supremecy 🙇♂️💇♂️🙇♂️
⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾ Them 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆
[Original below the cut ^^]
Two Truths and Two Lies | Chaper 9 : When Worlds Collide by @thegreatdezzy
[Bit of yappering below the cut]
Absolutely loved the fic ^^!! I wanted to draw some of the scenes I really liked as fanart- especially a bit of SM and PV's interaction on Chapter 10 but after some sketching decided on drawing a little snippet of SoT and SM's convo on Chapter 9
Idk something about it made me realize exactly how different their character could be when I usually dont go farther from my picture of SoT being exactly SM just in different circumstances. Awesome character build!
Also some additional messy doodles ^^
Quick hair flipping Sage of Truth doodle I made while boredd— Inspired by this one X post by @breadstickz1 ^^
I can't help but wonder...
What if I got him by my side?
Oh, cookie angst. This duo is everything to me, the themes, the contrast, the parallels, the colors 💛💙 I don't know how to properly describe it, like they are meant to be together, as foes, as friends, as companions. I felt this since Shadow Milk got introduced; but with chapters 7 and 8, this feeling got stronger.
...I would have gotten to drawing this if I wasn't busy with college.
But anyway, since you decided to read whatever I wrote here, can I comment on the legendary costumes' story?
It's a post-corruption/didn't fully became a beast SMilk, not his pre-corrupted form. His whole conversation with Truthless Recluse, I admit, got my head spinning. He talked about everyone having their truth, noting that TR's is "to protect others from anguish". He also mentioned that he went through the same despair as TR (continuing the canon of SM seeing himself in PV).
I wondered if the story shed some light into how Shadow Milk turned into a Beast. It is already known that he turned to deceit because of cookies around him choosing it as well and there's no further elaboration.
So, did he just corrupt just because? No, absolutely not. I think there were two traits of the Fount of Knowledge that were at play. First, I think he was somewhat of a crowd pleaser, as the Sage, he always tries to put on a show, make something entertaining, answer any inquiries. As a Beast, sure his showmanship is to entertain himself, but his whole deceit thing is giving those cookies what they want.
Second, and most important, I'm quite sure SMilk fears/hates rejection. Turning to falsities is rejecting knowledge after all.
Shadow Milk Cookie became who he is as a way to lash out at the rejection of his knowledge, to give them the performance they wanted to see.
Tangent but, when Pure Vanilla offers him his friendship, the whole fearing rejection explains why not only he rejects it, but in such fury, leaving the whole showman act. (Image below to break monotony, I'm just proud of this little section)
I want to go back to the truths the Sage comments on, what's his that make him curse himself? Going by the Recluse's, I guess is 'to give others knowledge', but that alone couldn't give him despair. I think there has to be a second part to the statement.
At the end of the story, the Recluse is gone, and the Sage hears cookies still pursuing the truth. So, the Truthless Recluse 'complete' truth will be 'to protect others from anguish (here, the cruel truth), but there would always be cookies seeking it' And with that logic, the Fount of Knowledge is 'to give others knowledge, but there will always be cookies that will reject it'.
No matter his title, prestige or merit, not everyone will like it. Could the Fount had gone insane searching for a knowledge that will get everyone to accept him, could it be that when he reached the Peak of Truth, he felt like the universe pulled a sick joke on him.
The Sage's eureka at the comment of the Peak of Truth having nothing be his realization that what he found was technically something he already knew, but denied for so long. Laid there, not as a sick prank, but a challenge to finally shed the lie. I mean, his other theory was that someone took all there was. (Does this make sense?, I'm still doubting my read)
But yeah, that Sage of Truth overcame his despair by accepting every part of that truth and still trying to live by the first part. And can I gush about his characterization? He's so jolly and enthusiastic, open for new ideas.
And the way he describes himself, a scholar and academic, but also a performer and an artist. Is just lovely how his showy persona is not just part of the charming liar act. Though that got me thinking, was the Fount also like this?
I mean in that era, cookies sought him out, he had his Spire of Knowledge and is very hinted he is connected to the Blueberry Yogurt Academy. Then is the Sage's "Not like those academics" line.
Wouldn't it be interesting that as the Fount, his way of giving knowledge was restricted by academia, that he wasn't able to be fully himself and when he became Shadow Milk Cookie, in a way he found freedom.
If that were the case, the Sage is even a happier situation as he can do what he wants as himself. And hey, I can make a parallel to Pure Vanilla, as he forgoes his title, like PV stops being king. He is in a humbler position, no spire but talking in a town square, where he found his crowd.
Though is kind of a sad that in a way the story still implies that he has no friends. Sure, lots of cookies see him every day, but they are there for the knowledge, not the Sage himself as they don't know or want to know about him. I guess his path would only be lonely...
Unless someone who understands came his way.
Anyway, thanks for reading my very long essay, I wanted to also speak of my early prediction of SM and PV switching sides and how this costume set somewhat gives me some of that, but again this is long, so I'll just leave it there. Have a sketch of the Sage of Truth and Compassionate Pure Vanilla having a tea party.
Below the art background without effects.
And the main part isolated.
Y’ALL GUESS WHAT
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME
2 PULLS. I ONLY DID 2 FIVE PULLS WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE??
This is insane I just what.
silly little humanoid sage of truth doodle for my college au
why is the quality so shit.. idk how to fix it... why you so SHIT.