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I enjoy trying my hands at comics

At this point my persona should be named "I"

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ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

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Many thoughts on Madeleine cookie (part 1)

1. Angelic design A fairly obvious one. I really enjoy how his design takes the shapes of madeleines and repurposes them as wings in some aspects (such as with his headpiece, or his shields taking on the shapes of wings).

But the most interesting part for me is that such an obviously angelically designed character has a personality that does not fit the image it gives. With the whites, the golds, and the blue accents, and being a paladin I'd expect Madeleine to fit the justice-driven, golden child, loving and compassionate stereotype but he's perfectly incompetent. He's self-centered, prideful, isn't ready to tarnish his reputation unless someone he explicitly cares about (Espresso) drives him to do so (by complimenting him, funnily enough) and isn't shown to care for others on anything other than a superficial level (Espresso excluded), such as when Financier was shown bringing in food for orphans and all he thought of he himself doing for them was to "be a role model" for them. No action, all words, which makes his development at the end of the Odyssey, when he starts taking action for himself, quite satisfying. If anything, Madeleine's personality is more befitting a demonic figure, despite it mostly being driven from ignorance. Pure to a fault, in a way (somewhat). Although I'm intending on making a longer post about this, Espresso and Madeleine were likely designed as a duo and their designs and personality reflect this angel/demon aspect to me. Espresso is designed and built in a way that makes him scary, even demonic, (with the eye motif and dark colors for example) while Madeleine is designed in a way that should make him the approachable, kind character. But Espresso is more befitting an angel with his wish to protect cookiekind with his scientific research while Madeleine is more befitting a demon with his self-centeredness and thoughtless speech. The Crimson Knight costume plays into the angel/demon theme he seems to have going on for him. Which, once more, I love. Madeleines are also shaped like shells which ties in to the Crème Republic itself with the Vanillian as well as sea heritage ! There is so much more I could say about this but I'll keep it as that for now.

2. Vanillian descent This is just a detail I've noticed that I really enjoy about Mansion Madeleine.

As you can see below the blue-pink-purple-yellow shape found in the Solarium of Unity and Council meeting room of the Vanilla Kingdom is almost the same as the stained glass of Mansion Madeleine. The only real difference is the shape and the colors being tilted to the left. And there are also the blue shapes on either side of the stained glass resembling Pure Vanilla's Soul Jam ! Elements of Vanillian descent being so present in the Madeleine mansion is such a good way of reminding where their heritage lies.

3. Potential French references A bit of a tangent on Grand Madeleine. This is likely a stretch but personally, the statue of Grand Madeleine present at Mansion Madeleine reminds me of the romantic french painting by Eugène Delacroix, La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830).

Once more, I'm going to stretch things quite a bit but this painting being associated with the French Revolution makes me believe that Grand Madeleine may have played a role in establishing the Republic. Not founding it, seeing as House Madeleine isn't one of the Great Houses and she isn't in the Council of Elders.

Then there's also, more obviously, the origin of the madeleine, which takes its roots in northeastern France, if I remember correctly. The royal blue color being the color which appears to be symbolical of the Madeleine house in the Crème Republic, seeing as no other Elder or house has nearly as much of it, also reminds me of french royalty. More generally, it seems to me that the Crème Republic has French inspirations (such as recurring fleur de lis designs, the name itself being taken from the word "cream" in French) as well as other European (English for example, with House Scone), Greek and Latin inspirations (notably with the architecture and the way the Council of Elders work).

Grand Madeleine's attitude regarding the Elders, the Republic's tendency for shaming anyone that 'steps out of line' in general, and the mention of her likely having been a great paladin with awards and such makes me believe she is well-respected and well-known enough to go against the Elders and still keep a pristine reputation. Notably with her encouraging Light Cream and inviting her over despite the fact that House Scone has fallen from grace. I'm straying from the main topic here, but the fact that Madeleine also seems to have inherited some of Grand Madeleine's accessories (such as her shield) points to the fact that House Madeleine may have a bloodline of paladins. The mansion resembling a church (notably with the stained glass and huge windows) also showcases their strong tie to religion and the Light/Divine in my opinion.

4. The Light's favorite (?) Despite Madeleine's less than compassionate attitude, he still is blessed by the Light and was chosen to become a paladin. This, as well as his angel design, the angel wings he's shown to have when activating his skill in Cookie Run: Ovensmash, and his shields taking on the shapes of wings when activating his skill in Cookie Run Kingdom makes me believe that, for some reason, Madeleine is the Divine's favorite.

The way people praise him despite his lack of competence also stirs me this way, although I have a lot more to say about that point in particular, which I'll develop in a later post. Not even Financier, who is a much more competent, compassionate and willing to learn paladin has a design that reflects any favoritism from the Light, or any angelic features bestowed by the Light. Kouign-Amann is in the same situation, being a much better paladin but nowhere shown as favored. I also like how his self-centered personality is shown through his skill with healing himself only and how the Light grants a shield to him and only him, whereas Financier shields someone with her. He so is the favorite. I wonder why.

(Note that Madeleine's Power of the Light is his Magic Candy buffed skill, whereas Financier's is her basic skill).

Anyways he's a Devsisters favorite as well as mine, so I'm happy and well-fed.

Closing thoughts, I really hope he appears again in a story. As you can probably figure out, the Odyssey is my favorite CRK story (which I sadly wasn't able to experience) and I love how much lore was given on my favorite cookies. Since Espresso appears on many official arts near the cookies of darkness, as well as his association to Butter Roll, I do kinda hope we get more of him and Madeleine on opposing teams. It'd be very interesting, especially since it's been shown time and time again how Madeleine wants to stay close to Espresso or earn his validation. I could go on for much longer but this is the longest post I've ever written, so I may make another 'analysis' post like this someday ! I have a lot more to say about him so you will probably see me in these tags again.

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forever impressed by people who when they're hyperfixating on a media or character come up with complex headcanons and analysis and make up scenarios with them. all my brain does is this for days on end

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Florelia x The Apothecary Diaries 🌺🍄

Full resolution picture and a desktop wallpaper available on Ko-fi ☕

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Xikers‘ Full Storyline Explained - Masterlist

Ateez's Full Storyline Explained - Masterlist

Ateez's label, KQ Entertainment - Everything you need to know.

Creative Spotlight Masterlist (Ateez Solo Projects)

Like with Ateez, I've decided to also dedicate some time to putting together Xikers' storyline. As new lore is dropped and content is released, I'll be updating this and all other posts to keep y'all in the loop. Regarding performance videos like Koong and Tsuki (Lunatic), I've left those out since they have no plot-relevance I could find.

NOTE: I organized the parts, not in order of release, but chronology!

Masterlist:

Part 1: Rockstar

BONUS 1: TRICKY

BONUS 2: The Maze of Choice

BONUS 3: Namoo

Part 2: 위치 (WITCH)

BONUS 4: HOUSE OF TRICKY #1

Part 3: BREATHE

Part 4: Bittersweet

Part 5: DO or DIE

Part 6: Tricky House

BONUS 5: Homeboy

Part 7: We Don't Stop

BONUS 6: Complete the BREATHE

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GOD I LOVE JOE. Kojiro Nanjo the man that you are. Nr 1 housewife and nr 1 whore. Won nationals in yearning for your best friend 9 years in a row and “dad of the year” for the stupidest 3 dipshit teenagers to ever grace japanese soil. So buff when he kicks off a fucking cliffside the cliff starts crying for mama. Toxic masculinity is scared of HIM. Joe babes i’d say hmu but youre so intensely in love with your best friend I’d feel rude for even asking.

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birde

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On todays menu is @anartingkey !

Their art always blends characters into simple, comfortable scenes that we just KNOW will be so cozy for a rainy day scene.

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i just met an actual wizard on the train and im grieving because i know i’ll never meet anyone that cool for the rest of my life

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#when I think about edible art this is a perfect example of what I mean #THE BLORBOS.. #meow #and then they kissed but no palmtrees this time #or maybe palmtrees for comedic effect

A couple of doodles from 2024 I never posted

I think I'll make a lot more art for them this year, I have some fun stories in the making. :D

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tiktok stunt haha funny. please talk about the ice raids

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No explanation just angst <3

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stop putting boobs on old men

no.

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Etsy shop is now live! :)

Hello! Happy to report that my etsy shop is now live! I’m selling the SK8 designs as keychains and the two HSR ones as standees, as well as a variety of prints.

Go check it out, and thanks for your support! <3