I Wish More Writers + Fandom Analysists Understood That A Character Can Totally Work Through Their Guilt

If you want another actress for Annabeth, just remember what Rick Riordan said

The question arrives, who will claim the Soul Jam? The Jester? Or the King?

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[ID: Full rendered drawing of two characters, one right-side up on the bottom, the other upside down at the top. They're both reaching for a sky blue club-like gemstone in the middle which is glowing brightly. The figure in at the bottom looks like; Short, pale blonde hair split in the middle, tan skin with closed eyes that have white eyelashes and a star like mark in the middle of his forehead, big pale yellow hat that has a waffle cone pattern with the brim being a darker yellow and more pointed. Holding together his cape is a cross-shaped metal object with a light blue club-like gemstone in the middle and underneath flows two long tassels. His robe is white and loose with a bit of brown dripping down the middle like chocolate ice cream. He holds a staff with a flower at the top. The flower has a half opened eye and is staring at the middle shape. The figure up top looks like; Long black hair with blue eyes near the ends and white and blue bangs near his face, light blue skin with a teal [left] and deep blue [right] colored eyes. He wears puffy sleeves, one white one black, with blue teardrop shaped patterns in it. He wears a white ruffled collar with a steel colored diamond shaped object that has a upside down club-like gemstone that has a line through it to look like an eye. He wears a tight black leotard with teal diamonds on his chest and knees. He holds a staff that seems to hold a light-to-deep blue orb with a bright teal iris. Under the orb is something that looks like a milk splash holding it in place. He grows more transparent the further down he goes. The background is a deep-to-light blue with a dark-to-light squares-to-diamonds pattern. End ID]

Yeah okay update to this! I realized that uh- I was very wrong. Took a week of being sick from fuckin rona to realize my actual first comfort characters were the Kratt Brothers from wild Kratts. And they knew my dumbass when I was even younger- So,, the situation would probably go as follows instead:

Chris: So uhhh…

Mammon and Levi: . . .

Martin: Nice glasses

Chris: How’s she doing..?

Levi: ‘She’ is a he now if you’re talking about who I think you are

Mammon: If I’m thinking of the same person as well then.. you better back o-

Martin: Oh cool, what’s his name now then?

Mammon: …Robin

Chris: Oh like the songbird! Amazing name choice.

Martin: I knew we’d see him on the creature trail again!

Chris: Yeah yeah

Mammon and Levi: *confusion*

Also them trying to interact with Cerberus is a new thought to that- oh gods

Starting of my return strong, lemme add my ramble to the whole “first comfort character vs now comfort character” trend

And I’m gonna be honest, I never fuckin have had one- or at least I don’t think I have. But for the sake of making this easier we’ll go with Grimm from Hollow Knight + Eijirou Kirishma My hero academia meeting Mammon from Obey me. ..and the rest of Mammons brothers too

Honestly the main thing I see happening is like- Grimm going up to Mammon and the others and this happening:

Grimm: “So, how is he? He seems to haven’t changed much.” Mammon: “He’s.. doing okay I think but what does that mean-???” Grimm: “Well his odd taste in men hasn’t really changed.” Mammon: “..I suddenly don’t like this guy”

And also Kirishima totally telling all the brothers (Probably mostly Levi) that they are super manly even if they might do stuff that wouldn’t be considered manly- like how all of them wear nail polish. Also Beelzebub and Kirishima getting along would make my heart so happy- just two puppy attitudes getting along. Aaaa good shit

Ok that’s been my tumblr rant, I might draw this later not sure-

Starting of my return strong, lemme add my ramble to the whole “first comfort character vs now comfort character” trend

And I’m gonna be honest, I never fuckin have had one- or at least I don’t think I have. But for the sake of making this easier we’ll go with Grimm from Hollow Knight + Eijirou Kirishma My hero academia meeting Mammon from Obey me. ..and the rest of Mammons brothers too

Honestly the main thing I see happening is like- Grimm going up to Mammon and the others and this happening:

Grimm: “So, how is he? He seems to haven’t changed much.” Mammon: “He’s.. doing okay I think but what does that mean-???” Grimm: “Well his odd taste in men hasn’t really changed.” Mammon: “..I suddenly don’t like this guy”

And also Kirishima totally telling all the brothers (Probably mostly Levi) that they are super manly even if they might do stuff that wouldn’t be considered manly- like how all of them wear nail polish. Also Beelzebub and Kirishima getting along would make my heart so happy- just two puppy attitudes getting along. Aaaa good shit

Ok that’s been my tumblr rant, I might draw this later not sure-

I feel like the fandom and me included underestimate Gingerbrave a bit.

I feel like some of us underestimate him as the ‘generic main character’ and don’t really see what Devsis sees in him.

And sure we can make memes about his CrOB face or his ‘we’re all friends here!’ Type, but maybe we’re looking at him the wrong way?

As much as Gingerbrave is a little bit plain and generic, we have to remember that this guy was basically just…born? Like just born and he already escaped the most traumatic thing in his life and is still running and smiling like nothing happened.

In fact there’s a possibility that he still is traumatized by the fact Witches eat Cookies, honestly if he wasn’t accidentally made by the Witches, he would’ve ended up like Alchemist, Vampire or Purple Yam, who seem oblivious about the Witch’s true nature. (Except for Purple Yam, since poor guy was constantly rebaked)

In the kingdom’s canon, we hear that Strawberry Cookie woke up from the heat, yet Gingerbrave does know her, so basically he thought all the cookies there were possibly inanimate. So for all we knew, Gingerbrave yelled for both Wizard and Strawberry to wake up and they either separated or didn’t wake up. And for all he knew in that brief moment in separation, Wizard and Strawberry were dead, eaten by the Witch.

The trauma still continues when we see his wiki description canon or not. Gingerbrave does act like this.

And sure enough, when his friends are in danger, when the Vanilla Kingdom was in danger, when the Raisin Village was in danger, When the Dark Cacao Kingdom was in danger, when even the CREME REPUBLIC was in danger, he is willing to go apeshit on DE just because he doesn’t want to see cookies suffer or crumble. HE DOESNT WANT COOKIES TO FEEL THE SAME SENSE OF DANGER HE FELT.

Gingerbrave is even willing to LIE to DE about the Witches and their true nature because Custard Cookie III asked, Wizard and Strawberry didn’t even say a thing when he said that so basically they were all going to lie to DE about it because they know it will shatter the minds of many cookies. They want to protect cookies from the horrible truth cause knowing the horrible truth will cause cookies to be as scared as them.

And Gingerbrave’s whole explanation to DE, he wants to make a world where all cookies can be friends, much like Pure Vanilla. He wants the world to be SAFE and HAPPY. I feel like he doesn’t say this just because the world is in danger of becoming one with the darkness, but safe from the Witches, he wants his escape to have positive effects on everyone plus him.

This guy is only the happy-go-lucky character because he is the character who experienced that his OWN CREATOR was gonna eat him the moment he was BORN. Jesus- I feel like that’s why he didn’t tell the truth about DE in the Council Either, both Gingerbrave and Pure Vanilla were silent about White Lily as well. Gingerbrave probably thought Pure Vanilla already told them but by discovering that he didn’t.

He revealed it to Clotted Cream…

For all we know from the Council Meeting on Day 2 to Day 3 or even when he first meets Hollyberry and Dark Cacao, he’s been holding in the truth that White Lily is DE, something he’s done before with the Witches, he told Clotted Cream but at first he hesitated.

Gingerbrave hesitates here…as if contemplating whether or not the Truth is necessary for Clotted Cream to know, yet he has been bottling the truth ever since he got here, so he tells it to Clotted Cream, which he probably tests if telling the truth would lead to positive effects, except before Pure Vanilla reveals the truth, Clotted Cream uses it as an advantage…just by this, I don’t think Gingerbrave would tell them about the Witches at all, sure it ended up ok, but after Clotted Cream and the whole Mille-Fuille (How do you spell?) and was probably informed on who took the Soul Jam, and with basically Clotted Cream spouting out every last detail for reports, I’d say we aint seeing Gingerbrave telling the truth no more.

And even before this scene we forget that before that he was telling how he couldn’t believe Clotted Cream would propose to share the Soul Jam, even though he understood, his tone sounded like he was scolding Clotted Cream, rewatch the scene and listen to his tone. Even though in the end he understands Clotted Cream, he explains to him the Ancients’ side as well,and that didn’t really turn out well. Still this is one of the rare times we see Gingerbrave this serious about something, or sound this serious.

In this very scene, he also blames himself for being so weak.

Notice the use of ‘I’ “If only I were a little stronger”

“I could protect my friends against Dark Enchantress Cookie…”

That’s a lot of responsibility and guilt for a CHILD. This guilt and personality mirrors Pure Vanilla, except Gingerbrave sorta resonates more with Hollyberry.

Wanting to protect her friends by shielding them from dangers? Hollyberry herself wouldn’t give her Soul Jam because she doesn’t want her family to bear the weight she carried, this resonates with Gingerbrave as Hollyberry is much like Pure Vanilla, except for the ‘Oblivious Cinnamon Roll’ type.

Much like Hollyberry, Gingerbrave wants to focus on the present, yet once it’s serious, change the future, Gingerbrave wants to shield people from the serious threats for even just a short moment just to see them smile, just to see them safe.

He isn’t that one-dimensional character, he actually has more than we think.

Gingerbrave loves and protects his friends, and maybe the Witches have a cause to this seemingly One-Dimensional character thing, and Pure Vanilla knows it.

I’ve seen people say it literally makes no sense for Pure Vanilla to send Gingerbrave on a mission and probably he was a guise for Black Raisin Cookie, but I feel like in a way, he can see through that.

He can see he is much like him in a sense and much like Holly, wanting to keep everything and everyone in a good mood and wanting to protect everyone despite it breaking the good mood, he knows that Gingerbrave can be serious if he can, dude will literally go apeshit if one of his friends are in danger, like telling them to be careful or when a hound steals a crown, he’s willing to chase that crown till the end of Earthbread or when the whole world is at stake, he’s not willing to keep this happy-go-lucky state and is willing to charge ahead into danger once he realizes people he loves and cares for ARE in danger and he won’t back down, he keeps getting beaten up thrown and possibly turned into pulp, but he still DOESNT back down, he will DIE if it means that his friends are safe, he will die before they do, he will risk everything about himself if they are in danger.

That’s why his name is ‘Gingerbrave’ or ‘Brave Cookie’ in the Korean version, because despite his trauma and the fact that he is scared, he is determined to stand his ground and face dangers that his friends are even scared of, Gingerbrave is completely ordinary, but his determination and desire to shield everyone makes him different.

And that’s probably why Devsis basically worships him and puts him everywhere, they KNOW this character more, he was their first big success, he was something they cherished and they WROTE him, the CREATED him,Cookie Run wouldn’t have even existed without Gingerbrave at all, which is why even though Devsis knows they are writing him off as seemingly One-Dimensional, there is something in there that knows Gingerbrave is more than that.

Gingerbrave who may I remind you is a mere minor, possibly ranging by the age of 12, is willing to protect all his friends and those he loves from any harm necessary, he is the Pure Vanilla personality we all want, he is more than the cookie who escaped the oven.

He is a cookie who went through the most traumatic thing in his life, but is willing to pull a smile just so everyone else could be happy, in a way, he used his experience with the Witches to boost him and save the world so that his friends could live and finally have a happy and peaceful home. He is willing to lie, he is willing to die and he is willing to survive just so that he can protect everyone he loves and cares. In a way, he is positive reinforcement for all the characters here.

We can see at times, Hollyberry can reach even the lowest of the low, but Gingerbrave in a sense, even in the darkest of moments even if the Creme Republic, who statistically is as strong as they say, was attacked by the most powerful might we ever see of DE, he still smiles and he still tells everyone that their future can be bright if they fight for that happy ending, that they can indeed stop Dark Enchantress Cookie.

In a way, I get why Dark Enchantress has tension with Gingerbrave in Ovenbreak, and I feel like if we ever get a relationship chart in Kingdom, we’d see the same tension.

Because Gingerbrave in a way, IS like Dark Enchantress Cookie.

Gingerbrave is the only one who truly understands her. Understands what she had gone through, understands her pain and understands what she’s dealing with.

Strawberry and Wizard are more than willing to run the other direction or face it through their own means, heck we don’t even know if both of them wants to be in this mission or not, but Gingerbrave does, he wants to help cookies, and it’s clearly what he understands in DE

White Lily did indeed desired to help cookies with her research, which is why Dark Cacao’s medical field is solely inspired by her or her magical research in Yogurt Academy exists. And in a way, she does still want to help, but forcing them into the grim reality that is our Creators Eat us.

Gingerbrave does the opposite of that, instead of bringing the darkness he wants to bring hope and light so that he can see people safe, if DE really wants to help cookies by using Darkness, what good is there if there are no cookies to protect?

That’s why he wants to stop Dark Enchantress Cookie, he doesn’t want to defeat her, he wants to STOP her, because he knows what and who she really is, he saw her story he knows how she feels, he’s more of the empath of the group and he is the best possible chance of convincing DE to stop…

Gingerbrave is the opposite side of the same coin DE’s on. And he is the best shot they have.

Ive been seeing an increased number of people in fandom tags going “I want to do this- should I do this?? would people be interested if I did this?”

and im

i am holding all of you gently

do not let the validation of strangers prevent you from playing!!!

be “cringe”! if you let the amount of attention you get on the internet be the main motivator for your fun you will end up in a spot where you resent having fun because you’ve stopped having fun for YOU, you’re having fun for people you don’t know and it sucks!!

fandom is for fun not for making consumable content (ick)

do the thing! do it!! do it do it!!!

I randomly feel the need to apologize towards the blogs I follow for not interacting more

The concept of being perceived by people I look up to is a terrifying concept and I’m sure y’all can understand-

Ok I’m just gonna say I love the fact I stumbled upon this blog- as someone who loves to deep dive characters this blog is fuckin awesome and I love the stuff I see here! Super interested to see more :D

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😌❤ thank you for killing me dead with a single message

Also because I'm shameless in my self promotion,

Didya know I write fics for unnamed GN! MC x Mammon?

Well, now you do:

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Guys, the reason Koraidon's runs on all fours and doesn't use it's "Wheels" is because they AREN'T wheels.

They're gripping pads.

Koraidon doesn't have Miraidon's advancements, so it needs ways to function as an ATV without being mechanical.

What looks like tires is actually a inflatable throat sack and a portion of it's tail covered in firm, gripping spines.

It uses them to gain traction on vertical spaces or areas with slippery surfaces.

“Guinea pig getting cozy enjoying the back scratcher.”

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