#pure sugar is not good

[mayisgoingnuts]

For the assumptions thing

You can't really tolerate spicey food but like it anyway

HALF TRUE!!

I just can't tolerate spicey food </3

Storytime real quick but there was this time years ago where I ate a sausage (not the one you put in hotdogs) on a barbecue, but I didn't know that it was spicey one

Results: I had to drink milk and eat pure sugar because my tongue was burning......

[cookierun-awesome-blog]

kind of dropped the ball on the cookie of the year at the end there i'm soooooo sorry /gen this is my make up post

[r-aindr0p]

Can I eat a few Mini Rollo's? :]

Literally why does everyone want to eat them, poor things.... :")

Anyway, I cooked up something

Bon appétit✨️

[makerofmadness]

Aight so. As promised (by that I mean: as the poll willed) here is: me rambling about design choices and stuff in my AU 'cus I dunno if people will ever ask me about any of this otherwise. (link to the post with all the AU designs)

Shadow Milk

His dress's diamond pattern was meant to kinda evoke stars in a dark night sky

His monocle is tinted yellow. Thought that would be a good sort-of parallel to PV's blue eye

Driftwood came up with the moon design on the bow

His hairstyle and other parts of his design were inspired by the silhouette of his pre-beast self

The bit of his hair that juts out is also somewhat of a moon

The choice for bows was kinda just because I thought it fit with his personality. Ostentatious.

Pure Vanilla

I already explained his flower after being asked

He's a pierrot <3

His face makeup is supposed to give him a subtle "crying" look. And yeah he's wearing face paint, you can still see his dough color on his hands.

Yeah his sleeves are huge. Driftwood was the real one who designed him just with my input on ideas just to be clear, but I do hope stuff like that makes him look "smaller" in more than one sense.

The black pupil shapes are meant to be like that one shape that's all over CRK you know the one it's like 'nilla's soul jam but with a fourth round part

His messy hair is a reference to his blueberry yogurt academy design

Mystic Flour

I was originally thinking her sword would just be generic because I imagine she doesn't really use it but driftwood gave it a cool design which is infinitely more based. Flour still does not really use it she's more a healer/commander than a fighter so it's more I guess symbolic is what I'd call it

The scar over her eye I imagine came from her first encounter with the dark cacao kingdom's wilderness

The dragons are actually in her necklace I imagine

Her design went through a long and arduous process because it turns out flour's sprite is just really hard to edit when you need to do anything with her arms lol

Her hair bun design was taken from another "redeemed flour" design driftwood made once. She said that the hair bun is meant to look like a dumpling bun

her and Cacao's soul jam shapes being mixed up was. Admittedly an error XD but hey it looks good-

Dark Cacao

The reason his eyes are all weird is because I thought the idea of him crying so much his eyecing ran permanently by the time the tears dried just felt like "video game lore" like it's something you'd read about in one of the split-second loading screens in the game or in his story bio. It just kinda came to me naturally, it felt right with the design- probably because it also resembles icicles.

His whole "bloom of apathy" thing is based on sugar blooming in chocolate. Have you ever eaten chocolate with sugar blooms before? The texture is all powdery and sad and it ends up tasting like disappointment (I am speaking from experience).

The clouds over his head are like the ones associated with Mystic Flour. Reference to the saying about having a dark/black cloud hanging over your head. (Expecting the worst to come/bad things to happen, having a pessimistic and/or negative mindset, etc.)

I call his sword the Ivory Blade. Idk if he'd call it anything in particular, to be honest. probably never cared to name it.

The white of his outfit isn't an even split as you can see with both sleeves; it tears up over his heart.

Originally he was gonna have two scarves and thank God driftwood vetoed that and gave him a cape instead because the second scarf would have not translated well into the sprite (I was going for something that would have referenced the black and white dragons but it would have looked silly in practice). She said the cape was meant to give a "snuffed out by apathy" feeling and I think that it fit way better overall so this is a Thank You Driftwood moment XD

That being said: his wings do take their color direction from the dragons so they are still referenced in the end. (Fun fact; they're nonfunctional, he can't fly with those)

Burning Spice

He doesn't have much on in terms of golden accessories because I wanted to emphasize him being more "modest"/not caring as much about gold

His parashu color choice was inspired by this one image driftwood sent me. I don't know where this comes from in the game exactly but the colors just felt appropriate for this:

His crown is made of cheese btw. It's cut kinda hastily like it was a last-minute decision...

He's mostly just in fettuccine wraps 'cus he spends so much time fighting and doesn't really care as much as he should for his physical well-being.

Uh the rest of his "apparel" is actually also meant to be based on specific cheeses which... well I was the one who took over on this edit and I'm not as experienced with sprite editing as driftwood so it probably didn't come across so well but uh I can point to pepperjack and liptauer. I forget what I was inspired by for the crown though other than MAYBE reaper cheddar? It may just be a non-spicy cheese with bits of pepper added in, otherwise

His parashu being double-bladed was literally for no other reason than "I thought it would look cool" I can be silly sometimes too okay-

Golden Cheese

Yeah I think the demon resemblance with the wings and her crown's horns go without saying. Her wings are also supposed to have a look like torn cloth.

She wears even more gold jewelry than she used to. The idea is that she tries to cover herself in more gold to make up for her loss of radiance.

Yes, those are in fact ✨Cheese Tights✨ (I imagine they used to not be torn but probably got scuffed like that after enough rounds of destruction that it wasn't worth getting them fixed up)

You can still see where the Virtue of Change originally went on her body :3 She plans to use that spot for a certain other light once she gets it back...

Yeah there's a massive crack in her face (we're kinda inconsistent about the design of it but tbh the way it looks doesn't really matter so much as what it represents). And yeah her eye is all glitched-out. You know what they say about eyes being the window to the soul? The day she finally cracked, it showed through more ways than one.

Eternal Sugar

Yes, those are sugarberries. And yes sugarberries are real things Driftwood was the one who found that out and made the choice to include them in the design X3

They don't have the demon wings anymore, but the tail is still present.

That is in fact the Hollyberry Kingdom's crown that the Soul Jam is in.

Their lyre's design was inspired by that one guild relic violin

Hollyberry

I went with the "tiger" theme because tigers are associated with Dionysus (Greek God of wine-making, festivities and madness) while also being associated with things like strength and courage which are fitting attributes for Hollyberry Cookie as she is pre-fall from grace. Plus, they're big cats, and cats are perfect for Lazy creatures :3 /silly

Her hair is meant to be more like frosting than icing, hence the fluffier (or furrier) look.

The markings on her face are inspired by face stripe patterns on tiger's faces, as in I looked at actual pictures of tigers and saw that some had face stripes that looked vaguely like smiley faces and I wanted to take advantage of that.

I will fully admit that I traced the ears from chili pepper cookie's tiger-themed costume from ovenbreak :'3

Originally I was gonna give her a jacket but I'm not as good at sprite editing as driftwood so I had to cut it. I feel like her ending up with a simpler design is better overall in the end. (Driftwood ended up doing the shield patterns/details, the hair and the tail though so thank her for that I couldn't do those things X3)

She isn't wearing gloves. Her hands are just covered in white fur. I originally kinda wanted it to be a bit ambiguous but I've realized in terms of actually writing her I kinda have to lean into one or the other in terms of descriptions so I went with the borderline-paws option.

Her tail is just a bunch of upside-down hearts. I thought it would be neat to like very vaguely give her an angel-devil look like sugar had but in a way subtler way to make them parallel, so the upside down heart tail thing and giving her a halo was kinda a means to do that. (The halo's made of berry juice btw! No you cannot slurp it)

Her dress having the huge heart over it is does speak true to herself. She still has a big heart.

Removing a lot of the sharper-looking leaves was figuratively "declawing" her but the ones left and then added to her shield are for a reason. The ones on the bell on her dress make it look vaguely heart-shaped while on her shield they resemble upside-down hearts like the light of sloth. Wouldn't be Hollyberry Cookie without a bunch of hidden and not-so-hidden hearts on her design <3

[a2zillustration]

August Baking 2024

Oreo Cakesters - 5/5

Genuinely impressed these turned out as good as they did because SOMEONE (me) used twice as much butter as necessary for the cookies. Can't wait to try this one again the right way!

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies - 3.75/5

These taste good but they're so much effort to make. Just find a really good snickerdoodle recipe you like more tbh, unless you want cookies that look cuter.

[renee-mariposa]

I think my resolution for next year will be to eat better breakfasts. My go-to right now is cereal, which is fine, but I’ve noticed that I get a sugar rush that crashes just after I start my work shift, which isn’t ideal. And I’d like to actually get some decent nutrition at the start of the day (ie vegetables and protein, and carbs wouldn’t go amiss)

Anybody have any breakfast suggestions for me to try?

[harveybwabbit92]

Tregear: *Hugs Taro from behind*

{He leans in close to Taro's ear}

Tregear, whispering: Eat all my cookie dough bites again and they'll never find your body.~

Taro, blanches: S-sorry....

[roseandgold137]

name one thing better than fried red onion. That’s right. You can’t

[castielsuneatenpussy]

i think it's the responsibility of anyone recommending an american buttercream to an inexperienced frosting maker to just let them know what we all know. that the tradeoff for it being so easy and foolproof is that it isn't very good at all.

[tigresslanzhu]

Some peanut butter carbonation, some Aqours music in the background, and Thou!

Meena: You know, Artica, not all elephants are crazy about peanut butter as you are…

[floofysmallbob]

this was actually a fairly easy redesign I like this one

Ok, it did turn out with a bit less detail than I would have liked, but I didn’t know how to incorporate every tiny detail into this perfectly, and it turned out really well anyway in my opinion. I did change his name, because “Sugarman” sounds dumb, and Sugar Rush is the name of his quirk, so like almost all of the other redesigns, his name is a pun of sugar rush and the fact that he has super strength.

So here’s my design for Sweets Hero: Sugar Crush

chef’s coat!

considered some sort of apron/apron motif but figured it wouldn’t be too practical

track pants

athletic shoes

essentially a tank full of sugar water, as consuming pure granulated sugar can be unhealthy

utility belt, mostly filled with sweets and caramels(caramelized sugar is easier to eat)

mask contraption containing straws connecting to the sugar water tank

unhooks for eating or drinking

gloves reminiscent of the sanitary gloves bakers and chefs wear

steel knuckled gloves

probably has a logo on the coat somewhere that I didn’t draw

not pictured because I didn’t draw the face but normal looking thick lips instead of whatever the hell this is

BODYSUIT:

underneath the chef coat and pants, I’ve added a one piece inspired by weightlifters!

WARM WEATHER VERSION:

short sleeves

looser pants

higher water to sugar ratio

WARM WEATHER VERSION BODYSUIT:

sleeveless

thats it

COLD WEATHER VERSION:

thicker coat

darker gloves

sugar water tank is heated up

COLD WEATHER VERSION BODYSUIT:

long sleeves

longer leg sleeves

i forgot what they’re called

turtleneck

thicker material

[cookieofearthbread]

@milk-and-trickery

"Silllyyyy Vanillllyyy~ Oooohhhh Puuuurreee Vanillllaaaa Cooookkkiiieee~" Oh no.. not him again. Would the Jester ever leave the Healer at peace? Never. "I just heard the FUNNIEST thing from one of my dear, sweet friends.. would you like to hear tooooo~?" ((SM taunting PV with what MF is doing? Maybe..)

The moment the healer heard a certain voice calling out his name, a heavy sigh could be heard from the healer, as he only fiddled with the staff for a brief moment. He knew the jester was here to torment him once more and rip apart any good mood that he had...

Those moods themselves becoming rarer and rarer with each passing day with everything that was happening.

...When was it the last time when he felt truly happy and at peace?

Regardless, Pure Vanilla shoved those feelings to the side for now, as there was more important things at hand, whilst gripping the staff in his hand tightly.

A small frown forming on his face whilst wondering what on Earthbread Shadow Milk meant by his comment whilst The feeling of dread crawling up his back.

".... And what would that be, Shadow Milk Cookie?" He asked cautiously, knowing he was taking the bait with asking such a question to the jester, and knowing that the information provided to him would most likely not be anything good...

However curiosity could not be shoved to the side and the healer needed to know especially when he brought up his 'sweet' friends....

The other Beasts. .... What did they say to him...?

[gingerbreadmonsters]

its so important to me that you know how much ive already cried over this wip and its literally only been two days

[citrine-elephant]

thinking about leon having an EXTREME fuckin sweet tooth and getting absolutely shitfaced on those fruity drinks at the bars

[g00seg1raffe]

Can i share something that happened to me last year

I'm minding my own business and this guy who I kind of know but wouldn't really consider myself friends with (trauma bonded on a school trip last year and haven't spoken since) comes up to me like hey, what are you doing? And I say: world-building the ancient history of Lord of the Rings. And then I proceed to tell him all about the various genocides of the first age, with a side note on Maedhros' Quenya name, which literally means 'the hot redhead who's third in line for the throne', with his mother name meaning 'hot damn', his father name meaning 'third of the king's name' and his nickname meaning 'redhead'. Then I explain that loads of elves get nicknames, like Gil-Galad and other people who I can't remember.

And he goes cool, can I have an elvish nickname? And I say sure, what do you want it to mean?

And he goes: big daddy

and I don't know what's more embarrassing: a) he thought that, b) he asked that, or c) I could translate that off the top of my head.

[the-names-quinn]

Almost forgot to post my latest Sidequest Sunday! Continuing the Ralsei theme, I made these cute little horn hairclips out of mini birthday hats I found in my junk drawer.

They may need an extra coat of paint :p