#kumidark

[cosmicwhoreo]

Postin' my gift for the cookie run rarepair secret santa thingy I signed up fer-

for @sweetsuke who asked for dark choco and Kumiho! Had to do a quick research on who these two are but i think it sorted itself out fine!

[kumidark]

kumiho's my fave pt 2

[sweetsuke]

cookie run wip dump from the past year-ish~

[quibbs126]

Alright, so I finished the designs for the kumidark swap au

I don’t know whether to talk about the designs first or the characters. Eh, probably the characters so that people get the context

So like I described in the original post, the swap au is basically where Dark Choco and Kumiho swap places, with Dark Choco being the magic fox while Kumiho is the disgraced warrior

And as you can tell in the image, their names were also changed, particularly since Kumiho is named after being a kumiho, which she no longer is. I named Dark Choco Dark Kumiho because he’s now a kumiho, and put on the Dark prefix because it differentiates him from Kumiho, and also because he generally had darker colors, so it works. As for Kumiho, her name’s Marshmallow Fluff because Kumiho is called a marshmallow fox, but the name Marshmallow Cookie is already taken, so Marshmallow Fluff it is. I’m gonna be referring to the characters as such moving forward

So as might be evident, not only have they swapped roles, but also personalities. I’m not sure I want to call Dark Kumiho flirty, but he’s a very confident and sassy dude, who probably just follows Marshmallow Fluff to playfully tease her. However, his confident act is a facade, and in truth he’s very lonely. I’m not sure what to make his backstory though, and whether it has something to do with his father or not. The original plot point for him was that he was a male kumiho, since from what I understand, kumihos are almost all female, with me only finding one story where there was a male one (note that I originally made this au months ago, and I don’t actually remember where I found it, just that I did), so he Dark Kumiho is kind of an outsider amongst his own people, hence why he wants to become a Cookie. But I’m not sure about keeping it since that means no Dark Cacao, and I like Dark Cacao (though I’m not sure what his name would be here). Just know that Dark Kumiho probably has some tragic backstory which leaves him very lonely and wanting to be a Cookie so he can find companionship. I just haven’t decided what that backstory is yet

And as for Marshmallow Fluff, she’s far more serious than her original, and she basically goes around as a wandering mercenary, with no real end goal in mind. One idea I had (which I’m not sure I portrayed very well) is that she’s supposed to look small and kind of cute, so people don’t take her seriously, but she’s an absolute badass. But also she’s not fond of people and just spends her time being miserable. She also has some tragic backstory, either about being betrayed by someone close to her or betraying that someone herself, but I can’t really tell you specifics since, well…Kumiho really doesn’t have much lore to work with. Like other than wanting to be a real Cookie, I don’t think she has much lore, nor characters connected to it. She kind of just gets roped in with the other animal Cookies and that’s the most they do with her, and frankly I don’t think they’ll give her much lore going forward. So in terms of something connected to her canon and who this other character is, I don’t know. But the whole event basically changed her life and now she’s where she’s at. Also it’s probably where she got that scar

Okay, let’s talk about designs now

So for Dark Kumiho, I’ll be honest I think he looks much better. Probably because Dark Choco has other outfits that fit that I can work with. I gave him his long hair back since I thought it fit with him not having the same backstory as canon (I imagine Dark Choco chopped off his hair because of his betrayal, which didn’t happen here), and I basically just copy pasted his Vestments of Old Memories costume, minus the shoulderpads and cape, since I thought it worked. I gave him a ponytail instead of just having his hair down so it could allude more to fox tails, and it’s also why I gave him his white bits only at the ends

As for Marshmallow Fluff, she doesn’t really have much to work with in terms of her canon outfits, so I basically had to make things up. I knew I wanted to give her short hair, with the idea that she used to have hair like canon, but she later cut her hair short once after the betrayal event. Took me a bit to get the hair but I eventually did. So her outfit is mostly based on Dark Choco’s, though with different shoulderpads and a different bottom piece, which was inspired by some armor I saw at the Royal Armoury over here in Britain (I know I probably shouldn’t be taking inspiration from a western design for armor (specifically I believe it was French), but I’m pretty sure Dark Choco was originally designed with a more western knight look than eastern, so maybe it’s fine). I think the shoulderpads were originally going to look more like marshmallows, but that didn’t end up happening, so they look like that

Two things I didn’t originally plan to put in were Marshmallow Fluff’s eye scar and her streaks, since I didn’t envision her missing an eye and her highlights were supposed to be at the bottom of her hair, which she no longer had, but I gave Dark Kumiho Kumiho’s whisker markings and fox hair, so I thought it fair to give the eye scar and streaks to Marshmallow Fluff. Though to be honest I’m not sure I like how they turned out. Maybe I should have just stuck with two eyes and no streaks. I mean she’d still have a scar somewhere

One thing I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull off with their swap looks was keeping their original eye shapes, but honestly I think I did good and they look fine with both

Also you’ll notice that neither have weapons or accessories of any kind. That’s because I couldn’t decide what those weapons/accessories would be; whether Dark Kumiho gets a fan and Marshmallow Fluff gets a sword, whether Dark Kumiho still has a sword, whether they both have completely different things, I’m not sure. Though I suppose now I’m liking them just swapping things. Though either way Dark Kumiho still can attack with his fox form, which is frankly much bigger than a normal fox

Anyways yeah, I think that’s about it. Sorry if you’re disappointed with how little I talked about them, especially how they interact, I admit the story isn’t thought out as much as I’d like, and I think I have a hard time describing people’s personalities and how they interact with others. I’d rather just draw that or something. I hope to draw more of these two, but I say that about every new character and au, so I’m not sure I will, at least not before moving on to something else

But anyways, I hope you still enjoy it!

Edit: I made another one with the original ideas for Marshmallow Fluff, and if I’m being honest I like this one a bit more. Which one do you guys like more?

[dark-posts-art]

Long time no these two

[ukarimo]

I forgot to post these! I made milk cartons based off of my partners favorite cookie run characters :>

[sondronism]

Fanart of my friend @sweetsuke's kumidark fanfic!!! Go give it some love it’s wonderful <3

[blueporl]

did something for @cookie-run-rarepair-week! the ship is Kumidark, and it's teeechnically the day 3 prompt, "Beach Episode" but i had an idea for it first so here it is now XD

[kingdom-cookies]

out in the warm honey-scented, I found the most peculiar of friends. but where did that beautiful person I saw earlier go?

(please only they/them for kumiho cookie)

[mint-of-space]

Me and @sweetsuke did a fic/art trade and this is my piece! I love these two so much EEE

[screamsofanoutlawbrain]

I cannot fucking believe that theirs only 3 kumidark fanfics on ao3.

this is complete bullshit.

[crshipoftheday]

The first Cookie Run ship of the day is Kumidark! (Kumiho x Dark Choco)

They are both trans.

Requested by anonymous!

[kumidark]

dark choco has thin scars down his back from one of the first times he met kumiho, when he tried to attack her and she defended herself to the point she deeply injured his back with her claws. the first time kumiho sees them, long after that fight, she feels guilty for having left such big scars. he says scars don't mean much to him anymore, not since he was banished. but kumiho doesn't believe him, sees the way he avoids his own reflection and flinches at any mention of his face.

after asking for permission, kumiho gently places her hand on his back, and traces her fingers ever-so-lightly over the raised scars. dark choco leans into the touch, and then opens his eyes when he feels her move around to stand in front of him. she looks at him for permission again, and he closes his eyes as an answer. her palm gently rests on his cheek, and her thumb softly traces his scar.

he melts into the touch, having never had anyone treat him as delicately as she does. he can't remember the last time he ever was touched by another being, other than by her hand on his arm, guiding him, or her hand on his, calming him down when he feels like he's about to break. and now, having her so close, feels so right his heart aches at the realization of it.

dark choco lifts his hand, and kumiho thinks he's going to pull her off of him, tell her he changed his mind. but instead, all he does is rest his hand over hers, holding her hand to his cheek. as if he was asking her to stay right there. kumiho melts at the display of affection, so unbelievably tender she wants to just wrap him up in her arms and kiss him all over until she's out of breath.

[sweetsuke]

thinking of doing mix n match cookie run ship keychains/stickers!! 💕💕

[quibbs126]

More stuff I’ve been drawing. Since drawing these guys initially, I wanted to draw more of them just in little sketches, but didn’t have the time. But I remembered earlier this week after saying I didn’t know what to draw that I had these guys I wanted to draw, so I’ve sort of been drawing them on and off for the past week

I was planning on drawing more, but this is what I stuck with. Also sorry most of them are Dark Choco kids

So for some of these guys, I have thought about them more since their initial drawings, but didn’t know how to relay those details, so I’m making these sketches to tell

So first off for Mandel, I wanted to lean more into the “Stanley Parable narrator” angle and so now he has a British accent. However as stated, it’s fake. He does it because he thinks it makes him sound more refined and professional (I’m not too clear what his actual accent is, since I want it to be some sort of New York accent, but also I don’t think Almond or Timekeeper have New York accents. So I guess just, an American accent or something). However, when he gets nervous or shocked, he ends up slipping into his real accent before realizing his mistake and going back to the British. I was going to draw him with that shocked expression and slipping accent, but I couldn’t get the face to look right, so I didn’t

Also Mandel has gone from a weird cryptid to just sort of a weird guy that also controls time at his leisure. I imagine he likes to just mess with people and send them to other timelines just to see what happens, while also being a voice in their head watching from an unknown distance. But also they’re aware he’s just a dude (the people he sends I mean). I imagine the two he spends the most time around (as in the ones he likes to mess with) are Golden Raisin and Gancao, who know he’s not all he hypes himself up to be and just bully him, though not relentlessly. Also I’m considering that he also works for the TBD? But given the time messing he does, maybe not. Though maybe he just does it in his free time in between work and nobody knows. Now I’m imagining a scene where he’s narrating someone’s journey through another timeline, and is like “oh, sorry, it’s time for my shift at work, see you chaps later!” and they’re like “wait what hang on-” and then they hear a door slamming in the distance and he basically just leaves them on their own for 8 hours

Next up I drew Gancao because I just wanted to. I drew her with a licorice servant giving her a health potion for just a bit of energy to not overexert herself. Whether this is her servant (because I remembered that she’s technically licorice flavored and thus would have that power) or her dad’s, giving his daughter a little pick me up, I suppose you can interpret either way

I’ll be honest, I really like Gancao, she is a favorite of mine, but I also feel like I need a different one. Like, first off, her name and design do not match, and she’s the only one to really do so. Either I need to change her name to fit her design, or her design to fit her name. And second (and more what I meant), I feel like I could have done more with a darklico kid. Like, for Mallomar, I gave him mind control powers due to a combination of the Strawberry Jam Sword’s leftover influence and Kumiho’s seduction powers, and I feel like I should incorporate the SJS more into other Dark Choco fankids. And I feel like that’s especially prevalent with a darklico fankid, considering they met and their relationship would likely have started within the Cookies of Darkness, when Dark Choco had the Strawberry Jam Sword (I suppose this is true of any ship with Dark Choco and CoD member, but this is the only one I have so far, so it only applies here). Like, I feel like a kid between these two should be more weird than Gancao; all things considered, aside from her lack of reaction to body horror, she’s a very normal person. So honestly I’m planning on doing another one

I think I may have decided to get this sketch dump out just so I can say that, since I had already drawn her here

Anyways moving on, then we got Turtle Fudge. So you remember how back in his thing, I said that he ended up getting kidnapped by Affogato, and I believe in one timeline he never gets found and rescued? Well this is that timeline’s version of him, now a loyal disciple of Affogato, who reveres him as the one who took him in after his parents abandoned him. Though he might somewhat see him as a father figure, he only calls Affogato “Lord Affogato”, since that’s what Affogato prefers. Basically Affogato and his disciples did brainwashing to the poor kid to make him believe this. In this future, Affogato might return to the Dark Cacao Kingdom to reclaim his throne (or something, I’m not too sure Affogato really wants it, but maybe it’s about being petty and getting revenge), with a new group of disciples, Turtle Fudge among them, but Dark Choco and Caramel Arrow don’t realize it’s him, at least not until some dramatic reveal of his blindfold coming off. At the end of things, he does eventually realize that Affogato tricked him and turns on him, but how mentally stable he is at that point I’m not sure. The version I personally favor is the one where he stands there (possibly without Affogato knowing), Affogato having let slip his true intentions with Turtle Fudge (aka he’s just a pawn he stole from them to get back at them), and he ends up being the one to kill Affogato with a surprise spear throw that not even Affogato sees coming, and afterwards he just collapses on the floor, having a complete mental breakdown as his entire life has been a lie, with him crying and taking off the blindfold, so his parents know it’s him, but he’s been so broken by this that he never really recovers from it, spending years with his parents, but still a wreck from everything that’s happened to him and never really being a stable person again. I recognize the nicer (and more typical) version would be him turning on Affogato earlier, declaring his defiance of him and dramatically taking off his blindfold, and then after he and his parents defeat Affogato and his forces, they have a nice happy reunion, and I recognize the ending of that scenario I present is probably overdoing it, but I like my angst, so let me have this. Or at least everything up to him killing Affogato and having a breakdown afterwards

Anyways so then I drew an older Mallomar, which I’ve been wanting to draw since I first made him. I had the little ponytail envisioned, but I’ll be honest, I half assed the outfit like normal. I swear, I’m just really bad at outfits. I mean it looks fine, but I basically just took this from Dark Choco’s Vestements of Old Memories design, instead of something of my own. Ah well. Also I don’t know where that white streak in his hair came from, I just thought he needed one. Basically the idea with Mallomar when he’s older is that he’s mellowed out from when he was a little kid and is a lot more genuine, if not a bit nervous sometimes. He gets embarrassed easily, I’m sure plenty of it coming from his mom. Also he’s really big like his dad and grandpa

But yeah, some drawings. Hope you like them!

[ukarimo]

Art of my partners favorite cookies for her birthday <3 She's onto something here look how perfect they are together! @sweetsuke