#soul jam

[thatpinkweirdo]

I wanna see the beast interact with the soul jams i think that would be funny

[zoethehead]

The extraction happens; and it ends with petrification

Edit: here's the statue/petrified ancients

[retro-stars]

I feel like more people need to explore the inherent nature of the soul jams in full. Because here's the thing: they weren't born with it. By all known logic and all previous flashbacks we've seen, the most logical conclusion we can come to is that the witches couldn't just bake a new batch of cookies with the soul jams without risking the exact same problem as the virtues, which is likely why the soul jams aren't physically embedded in the cookies but rather attached to their armour and clothes and stuff, since the witches would've "gifted" them once they proved worthy.

Imagine how viscerally terrifying that is, to be a teenager, young adult at most, who just got personally hand-picked by the eldritch beings you consider gods and then to be suddenly granted a piece of immense, impossible power that is now forcefully and painfully bound to your soul and memories, and then be told that you are meant to be a saviour, destined to save your people. They didn't have a choice. They didn't even get a thank you. What they got was an impossible situation where they were forced to go and risk their lives to, at best, end up isolated and lonely as they are held up to an impossible standard and have their trauma glorified and worshiped. At worst, they end up dead and have their entire legacy and death dragged through the mud, rewritten, turned into a martyr and inevitably forgotten. Can they even die of natural causes anymore? Or are they now borderline demigods in their own right, incapable of something as fundamental as natural death? How cruel is that, to be forced to continue existing in the dust and ashes of your own life?

[blobbycentral]

Ancient beasts CRK theory

In episode 2 of Beast Yeast, during Shadow Milk’s little plays he says that Dark Enchantress wishes to free the five beasts. To do this she says she’ll provide the five ancient beasts five cookie bodies. Though we have to take everything he says with salt, Pure Vanilla does say there is always some truth to it.

so five cookie bodies? Immediately you might think the ancient heroes bodies but Dark Enchantress never went to the kingdoms previously for the ancient cookies, she went for soul jam.

so what five cookies could she possibly sacrifice? I mean it’s not like she has five “loyal” cookies by her side.

Yeah I’m pretty sure Dark Enchantress Cookie is sacrificing the Cookies of Darkness. I have a bit of a theory of who should become who.

POMEGRANATE COOKIE < MYSTIC FLOUR COOKIE

Pomegranate Cookie, through all the episodes, is shown to care only for Dark Enchantress Cookie. Little empathy for anyone except the darkness. Apathy, Mystic Flour Cookie’s element, is characterized as little emotion or empathy towards others.

RED VELVET COOKIE < SLIENT SALT COOKIE

Red Velvet, either then non-canon events, has almost never shown up with the rest of the Cookies of Darkness. He works silent in the shadows with little company. Slience, Salt Cookie’s element.

POISON MUSHROOM COOKIE < ETERNAL SUGAR COOKIE

There is literally a joke in the fandom that this kid is high all the time. They can easily be seen as lazy or sloth, like Eternal Sugar’s element. Plus they seem pretty happy.

AFFOGATO COOKIE < SHADOW MILK COOKIE

Affogato Cookie is introduced gaslighting a village girl, lying about Caramel Arrow to banish her, and manipulating Dark Cacao as his right hand the entire time. If that doesn’t scream deceit I don’t know what does. Though I doubt he or Licorice would want to be involved with this dealing of cookies at all.

LICORICE COOKIE < BURNING SPICE COOKIE

I don’t exactly know where I could fit this silly guy. He doesn’t match any of the elements perfectly like the other characters. He is shown to take a liking to dark and destructive magic so I put him with the cookie of destruction but I can see him not being so.

[lolo3h]

So we all know that the five beasts had their soul jams corrupted by their own power and that the witches purified the soul jam, but can they still corrupt cookies? Just some theories and speculation.

The most prominent example I can think of is with Dark Cacao and the climax of episode 14. When Pomegranate tries to use her magic to take control of Dark Cacao, he resists and his soul jam turns him berserk. 

I think it's interesting that the soul jam is causing Dark Cacao to turn into a monster, it shows that it is a powerful substance that can possible control the use just as much as the user controls it.

Another example, although implied, was with Smoked Cheese and Golden Cheese’s soul jam. When Smoked Cheese tries to use the soul jam, it seems to reject him.

Afterwards when the soul jam causes the Golden City to merge with the real world, Smoked Cheese acts strange, wanting to destroy everything. 

This is really uncharacteristic of him, as he’s a careful planner and genuinely trying to protect the kingdom from war in comparison to Golden Cheese, who wanted to stay isolated. He also speaks in a strange manner, almost as if he is possessed. You could chalk it up to Smoked Cheese breaking after his plans failed, but I don’t think that is the case. My theory is that the soul jam may have affected his mind and caused him to act so strange.

And with the Theater of Lies story, we see Shadow Milk directly using Pure Vanilla's soul jam trying to control him. I know it's not just the soul jam that is affecting Pure Vanilla, but that fact the the soul jam is being used as a vessel to control Pure Vanilla is interesting.

So in summary, Dark Cacao's (and to a lesser extent Golden Cheese's and Pure Vanilla's) soul jam might have the power to corrupt the user, just as it had corrupted the five beasts before them.

[empty-emmy]

So several days ago I noticed this small detail about Dark Cacao's outfits and the fact that Soul Jams do materialize Ancient Heroes armors/outfits

About Dark Cacao. Look closely at these screenshots. Before and after receiving Soul Jam Something on them remain the same in Dark Cacao's clothes.

Can you see it? If not, here's another hint, look closely.

The answer: crown. The crown isn't the part of Dark Cacao's armor from Soul Jam. Because on screenshots from his gacha animation we can clearly see that he's indeed wearing his usual armor, but not crown.

Why I think like that? Well, bc he has his crown BEFORE taking Soul Jam, but has it AFTER. And I think it's because Cacao doesn't see himself as a king, more of a warrior.

I like to speculate that he never wanted/intended to be the king - all he wanted is to protect people of lands he belonged to. I guess it was people themselves who coronated him, due to his victory over two dragons, and he just accepted it.

But why it stays after receiving Soul Jam? Because as we saw with Pure Vanilla and Hollyberry-

There's nothing left of previous clothes. But why the crown remains?

I think it's because how serious Cacao takes his responsibilities as king. He cares about his people. He knows that he is in charge of so many lives.

Although, he doesn't really enjoy being a king - he says himself that this burden is heavy, and in video of "Dark Cacao Cookie's Sorrow" he admits how heavy crown is.

[quibbs126]

So these were the original traits of the Soul Jams, as well as who they corresponded to, and then what they turned into when they became Beasts

I’m gonna be honest, outside of Knowledge and Deceit, I’m not entirely sure how those second ones are vices of the original virtues. Like, I feel like Volition and Sloth, as well as Happiness and Apathy would make more sense, right? At least if I have their definitions down right. And I’m not sure how Silence is the corruption of Solidarity. But ah well

And so I was wrong about how the Soul Jams work and how they change traits; it isn’t that they change traits depending on the worthy user who now wields it, rather the traits we see now are the purified part of the original traits. But it said nothing about the color change

So my guess is that if they were to change to a new wielder, the trait would stay the same, but the color might change

And so this tells us that the Ancients earned their Soul Jams through whatever means, likely individually, and I assume they got them soon before they became rulers of their respective kingdoms/when their nation was founded

Still doesn’t say when they got their Soul Jams in relation to if they had already met or not, but ah well. Based on what information I can gather though, Pure Vanilla and White Lily at least likely already knew each other back from their days in the Blueberry Magic Academy, though I can’t say whether they knew the other three by that point or not

[monkieninja]

Random thing:

On some scenes with Ancients , I noted something..

THEIR SOUL JAMS LITERALLY GIVING THEIR ANCIENT CLOTHES!

I mean.. This happened not to only Hollyberry, but also other did this too..

And.. after all this scenes, I imagined, how Ancients are giving their soul jams to Gingerbrave, Wildberry and Crunchy Chip under their protection. And after that they're transforming to their "present" outfits...

[randomspagetti]

[Swap Au] (because I've lost control of my life)

I didn't try on the souljam bc I'm sick of drawing that thing istg

TW: DISSOCIATION/this au is a bit darker than my usual stuff, not too much but look out for yourself

You can pretty much tell what this au is about by the title but anyways:

Choco: I want to get this sword!

Cacao: No. I'm not letting you go out and get killed on a wild goose chase. Lemme.

[Tl;dr Cacao gets the sword, and while the soul jam is able to protect him from the curse, the curse starts seeping into it. (I've been making a lot of soul jam Aus recently 👀) ]

He notices that he's been more easily agitated, his mind has been being corrupted, and just generally stuff involving his beserk form (curse au who?) at an unprecedented amount, all while the sword is being inspected for any issues by researchers in the citadel for any issues. Realizing he's becoming more and more dangerous, and things might reach a boiling point, he runs away in the dead of night. Leading him eventually to the COD, but at that point the curse infecting his soul jam has corrupted enough of him to be unable to refuse their offer.

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In this Au he's kinda unhinged but also silent, the voices in his head and the pain and regret surrounding him make it hard for him to think. DE despite some sorrow for her old friend is able to use this, because he doesn't have the mental capacity to deny any requests of bl00dshed. He's pretty much kinda dissociated from his actions. This all leads to the beginning of fights, attempts to help him, and issues at PV Kingdom.

Design:

His hair was slightly matted from his time in the woods, so DE had to cut it, along with that he's mostly wearing what he had under his usual clothes, but I'd imagine hed get something new later (like choco). He also got a bit of a gradient on his hair ^^ and some corruption on his face.

[some random disc stuff I wanted to include ^^]

[thatonepizzaman]

Remdering

[galaxiiaa]

AAA, pure vanilla angst goes brrrr

anyways, my take on how the dark flour war ended! Everyone lived except from pure vanilla and dark enchantress! Don't ask me how PV became healer cookie, I do not know XD

Still on stage 5 on the normal map, but I am HOOKED!

[bouquetshark]

lil clotted cream and cg financier maybe? :3

Dreamer!Clotted Cream Headcanons

As a general baseline, Clotted Cream is a respectful and helpful individual who only wants the best for the Republic and it's citizens. And if it means to shed the coat off his back, then he will do so. But even the most reliable leader's of the Conviction need time to rest; otherwise it's fruitless.

• Clotted Cream found out what age regression was through the internet, and started age dreaming by himself year's prior to telling Financier Cookie. The reason why he age dream's instead of regressing is because he simply doesn't have the luxury of free time. He has to be ready for just about anything to come his way as the Consul Leader. Age dream's to 1-4, is usually non-speaking during it.

• When dreaming, he usually sleeps or does simple thing's like watching TV or doing a puzzle. Thing's that are unassuming if Custard Cookie or the other Elders we're to walk in.

• Doesn't have any gear of his own, and certainly cannot do playdates with his position-- primarily because he doesn't know how his father would react if he found out.

• Age dream's to cope with stress and to wind down after a long day; normally very reclusive during those times and will not speak unless it's absolutely necessary.

• He wonder's why Financier hasn't told anyone as a Paladin and his personal guard. But he's thankful nonetheless.

• Listens to death metal, believe it or not— it's his own little secret he indulges in. A Flyleaf enjoyer.

• Sometimes Clotted Cream wishes he wasn't the leader of the Conviction of Elders so he could live a normal life and not have to worry about much. But he does not share these feelings with anyone, not even Financier or Lady Oyster.

Caregiver!Financier Cookie Headcanons

As a general baseline, Financier Cookie is a straight-laced and calm Paladin with a soft heart of silk. As an upstanding Paladin, it is her job to ensure the safety of her Consul at any costs. And that includes making sure the Consul rests diligently; she won't let Clotted Cream work himself to the dough--not if she can help it.

• Insists on doing Clotted Cream's hair, he doesn't get it—but allows her anyway. He has chronic bed head and does not realize it. The Custard's are known for there soft and thick hair that never knot's up.

• Does Clotted Cream's paperwork and forges his signature when he's age dreaming or sleeping; the amount of work Custard gives him is downright ridiculous to her.

• Sometimes she'll go and do an art class with Sablé Cookie -- will bring a painting or two back for the orphan's at the orphanage.

• Feed's the stray cats in the Republic and is a big funder of the CNR (Catch Neuter Release) project. ^^

• Love's spicy food, like way too much for a Republican.

• Can play the drums, but hasn't told anyone.

• Prays to the Divine Light's less since she saw Millie filuee Cookie indoctrinate the orphan's into stealing the Soul Jam. She can't help but blame herself for all of it; she could've prevented it, or at least done something. Sometimes she'll see golden bird's she knows aren't from the Republic in the corner of her eye, or in the early mornings before work.

[zoethehead]

Part of my crk fanfiction idea;

[shmolish]

GENUINE RANDOM AHH QUESTION

Do you think we can take a bite of the soul jam 🧍

I mean, you can take a bite out of anything if you put your mind to it, right?

[queen-rainy-love]

It's late, I know, but does anyone know the shape of Pure Vanilla's Soul Jam? I read that it's ice cream shape but my head is saying sharp club.

What do you guys say?

[empty-emmy]

I'm alive bruh and I'm posting finally another design of Cookienalization of Soul Jam

This time it's Pure Vanilla's!

Greet Bluejam Cookie!

His character is smart, sassy and confident scientist. He's the smartest Soul Jam, close second is Golden Cheese's.

Sometimes he regrets choosing Vanilla as his holder since this man is wet doormat and let's others push himself around. His choice was made under his previous experience with Shadow Milk Cookie. So he made sure to choose someone who won't ever go down evil road.

(during Odyssey, Bluejam was internally screaming through the whole thing. He was offended from very beginning when Vanilla agreed to let his Soul Jam into whole other country without any security)

Bluejam in nutshell: