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who's the stinkiest elemental legend?? Surely it isn't you, im not assuming it would be you, i'm just asking for research for something ^^ -Signed "A rather nosy merchant"~

Wrong assumption! Wind Archer is the stinkiest elemental. He never washes! 100% does NOT smell like a sweet, spring breeze. Don't let him fool you... Btw he got scorched after this! -

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You have this post till midnight September 1st 2025, you may do whatever you like with it, but afterwards reblogs will be turned off

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Ask box is closed!! I plan to answer them as soon as I can. Thank you for your submissions! ⋆｡°✩ -

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i can’t believe sophiegtv confirmed we’re getting another epsiode this year

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Spread misinformation, feel sigma!!

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Did that man REALLY make matching skull necklaces for him and golden…? 👁️ Absolutely shameless.

Real men wear matching jewelry with their beautiful perfect vengeful murderous tyrant wives 😍😍😍

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Ask or Dare Fire Spirit!! - Not sure how long I'll have this running for, but for now, ask the flaming menace. Nothing bad has ever come from Fire Spirit using the internet, right...? -

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"History is nothing but a series of unfortunate events. Lives begin only to end, civilizations rise only to fall, and the in-between is wrought with pain and strife, much of it self-inflicted... all of it destined to repeat itself, ad infinitum. And Burning Spice Cookie prides himself on being that which brings about the end to that neverending story; the keeper of the record of destruction. The guilty, the innocent, the questionable - all are to be swallowed whole by the Tide of Change without mercy nor exception, for destruction, though cruel, is fair and indiscriminate. For eons he nursed a grudge against the world and savored the dark allure of wanton violence alone. But now, with his other half swayed to his side, he has never relished jamshed more. Finally, someone who, like him, grew bitter in the face of that endless repetition. Someone who wished to bring the cycle to its knees, after it had held them in chains for so long. With their new, shared freedom and power, they shall unleash their cataclysmic wrath upon all Cookiekind undeterred. Alone, he was a catastrophe. Together, they are inevitable."

(Burning Spice's costume! Now the set is complete. Here's Golden Cheese's)

(Design notes under cut)

As we all know (at least I hope you all understand it by now), Burning Spice is based on Shiva, Hindu god of destruction. As Shiva has many forms/avatars, some good some bad, I thought it would be interesting to take from the "bad" one(s) - namely Rudra and Bhairava (the latter to a slightly lesser extent. From my understanding, the former is more explicitly malevolent while the latter is more "benevolent" destroyer; a destroyer of bad habits, to put it extremely basically), both being considered extremely frightening and wrathful aspects of Shiva

Gave Spice a tiger skin to wear around his waist, instead of his old dhoti. Shiva, in both his OG form and many of his other ones, wears a tiger skin (tiger skin has a lot of rich symbolism in Indian culture, including representing strength and royalty). Spice didn't get his from just any tiger, though...

Gave Spice 4 arms. Both Rudra and Bhairava are often depicted with 4 arms (sometimes more, sometimes less). As he once had 6, then went down to 2 with the power loss, now that he and GC have merged Soul Jams, he regained a pair in the power share. (She also has 4 arms, so they match. I explain it a bit more here if you're curious)

He's supposed to also have a ring of fire behind him like he does as Herald of Change (and also when you promote him enough times in-game) but I'm tired. I'm so tired, you guys. Do me a favor and pretend it's there. I'll draw him with it next time

Gave Spice his bow and arrow back. Rudra is famously known for wielding a bow and arrow, used to strike down hated enemies. (That might be where Devsis got Spice's from tbh.) No reason Spice can't have one again. Show that he is indeed capable of precision and planning and patience (all of which archery needs) in his destruction if he so wills it

Got him that nice garland of skulls not only to honor Rudra and Bhairava (both wear one (they're actually technically severed heads not skulls but whatever)), but to match with his other half ;)

Crumbs on his hands and in his hair, like in that one Dominion of the Beasts sprite, to match GC again and to hint at previous bloodbaths

Extra jewelry to match GC (they match a lot ok?). I know 1 arm has the bracelet around his bicep and not his wrist, but.... idk. I like the mistmatched look + I didn't want to cover up the wrist tattoo

... Sigh. The crown.

In real life India, crowns are called mukuts; they come in many shapes and designs and are worn by gods and kings. (The Herald of Change is actually wearing one of his own.) I combed through, like, 5 different artistic depictions of Bhairava for the style of mukut I wanted to give Spice. I tried. So. Hard. To copy it. I couldn't do it. I thought... "You're handicapping yourself by trying to do it 1:1. This is a fictional character in a fictional world, it doesn't have to be exactly the same. You care too much about accuracy." So I tried to let loose a little and make it a little strange. I still used a specific painting as a reference, but nevertheless I tried to allow myself a bit of freedom. I thought... Wouldn't it be funny to play with the shape? Wouldn't it be neat to make it more angular? Sharper looking? Wouldn't it be ironic if... it sort of looked like a riff of her crown? She loses her crown, he gains one...

... I know it still sucks lol. My amateurish art and character design skills really shone through this time. At least I tried...?

I thought it would be neat to give him shoulder armor that mimics the Avatar of Ruin (thank you so so much to my friend vial-of-bane for his advice on how to color those + the crown so they actually look shiny/metallic, I couldn't have done it without his help. I gained +1 Art Skills thanks to him)

Look at all them red trianglez 🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻

"Would." - Grieving Warmonger (Golden Cheese)

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me, covered in my blorbo’s blood after I wrote a fic about them

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I had a bit of a hard time turning Ric Rac into a cookie, but he's here! Wasn't too sure on what to do with his outfit either lol. Anyways, here are 6 Ric Rac facts! - When he was just a hatchling Picky Pyro Tiger tried eating him... Twice!

Despite never hatching from an egg, Pitaya still refers to them as their hatchling. Their tailbands and charm were a gift from Fire Spirit for their 20th birthday. Similar to those they wore as a child. From a young age, Ric Rac knew he wanted to join the circus. One day, he learned of the Pudding Cup Circus! Feeling confident, he auditioned. After some time, he would become their wild cat tamer. He met Nettie when she was just a cub. Forming a strong bond with her as he trained her into the pantheress she is today. Not once has he struck Nettie with his whip. He would never bring any harm to her. No relationship built on fear is a good one. He trained her with love and respect, not violence. -

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:/c

Gordon Ramsey fursona reveal!

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"From the moment she returned home from the Dark Flour War to naught but the ashes of her beloved kingdom, deep within Golden Cheese Cookie's heart burned the flames of wrath and resentment. Never did this fire truly go out, even when she tried her best to rebuild and move on. In the heat of her battle with Burning Spice Cookie, they rose, crackled, expanded into a raging inferno - and in the wake of her defeat, only dying embers of bitterness remained. But instead of living up to his title and destroying her, he offered to spare her life; more than that, he offered her a choice. An opportunity to seek the cruel vengeance he knew she so coveted deep down, for he has long hungered for something devastatingly similar. And in the end, she agreed. Now she acts as the Great Destroyer's right hand, inflicting her unanswered suffering onto others with his aid and encouragement. Justice, relief, personal amusement... all of these she heard spoken, promised, in that siren song of destruction."

(Costume set AU part 1! Burning Spice will be posted soon)

(Design notes under cut)

Grieving Warmonger takes after Kali, the ultra violent and vengeful form of Parvati, Shiva's wife and goddess of creation and beauty (among other things). She lords over time and destruction, and is known for having slaughtered many people (mostly guilty to be fair. She's actually quite just) in pretty gruesome ways, but still having a caring, motherly nature deep down despite her constant rage and bloodlust. Along with her, she takes a lot from Burning Spice himself, both his original look and the AU one (you'll see that soon). They share a lot of colors and jewelry.

Kali is often depicted with 4 arms (sometimes more, sometimes less). As she and Spice have merged Soul Jams and share the power in this AU, she acquired an extra set of arms as one of the results of their exchange

Kali is described/depicted as having blue or black skin. I chose to stick to black (for her clothes) since black is a more "ominous" color

Gave her a trishula (technically Spice gave it to her but whatever) plus a khopesh sword. One weapon from her old culture, one weapon from the new. (Both Kali and Shiva (in many of his forms) wield a trishula as well)

Kali (and Shiva again!) wears a garland made of either skulls or severed heads. Kept it to skulls here

Skirt is a loose nod to Kali's being made from severed arms (didn't do the best job with this part, my bad. Used red outline and tried to keep cookie arm shape)

Red tint in her hair, eyes, wings and Soul Jam, to hint at her no longer suppressing her anger and embracing Destruction

Crown has been abandoned. Soul Jam now made as part of a beaded headdress (this one is a common style of Indian women's head jewelry)

Crumbs in feathers and on hands to demonstrate lack of care for appearance + hint at past fights (got this from that Disheveled Spice sprite, I liked it a lot). Wings are also messy/ruffled

Made eye makeup red and changed pattern/shape so it sort of looks like blood streaks/bloody tears

Long, messy hair kept in a single ponytail (Kali has very long and matted hair + GC grew out her hair to match Spice

Extra bracelets, same as Spice's

Tried to make the pattern on the trishula tips look like blood stains/ blood dripping down idk

R e d t r i a n g l e s 🔺🔺🔺

Gold belt with little red triangle jewel. Destruction upside down basically. Plus the patterns on the sides are supposed to mimic the pattern around Herald of Change's Soul Jam

Please ignore how shit the khopesh sword is I wasn't sure how to render the grip/handle and I botched it mea culpa mea maxima culpa

Look at this fucking bozo down here lol cringe ⬇️

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Shitpost comic based on a true story... 🕷

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Wind Archer things 🍃

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please share just HOW you come up with the user "vial-of-bane" just uh HOW? i can understand a user like burningcheese-merchant but VIAL OF BANE? where do you find such a name? what sort of thinking process happens? it reminds me something like world of warcraft of some gorey indie game or something no no it SOUNDS like the name for a Chilla's Art game

Chilla's Art mentioned!!! On a side note, I absolutely love retro style horror games. Sorry We're Closed being one of my personal favorites, you should check it out!! Gay Silent Hill, my beloved... (I'm yet to finish it actually lol) To answer your question, my name was inspired by potions! When I first joined the Cookie Run fandom Prune Juice Cookie was one of my absolute favorites, and still is. My blog was originally based around him. A name like Vial-Of-Bane only felt natural. Like a potion of poison, but I wanted something that had more flavor than just that, y'know? Another inspiration for the name came from the OST of Alice Madness Returns. "Vale Of Tears." It had such a ring to it, a wonderful track in itself. Thus Vial-Of-Bane was born. I also liked the sound of it. That being said, there's the origin story of my user. ⋆｡°✩ (Bonus fact; my original title used to be "My mind is in ruins!" It's a quote from Alice Madness Returns. Which I quite like, so by the time this is posted it'll be back to that lol) Here's my original icon! I drew it ages ago.

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Me remembering I have total free will and the power to draw what ever I desire... Have this thing I was mega lazy with lol -

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