You heard of mermaid cookies, now get ready for-
Siren Cookies! Since everyone is making their own gem mermaid cookie oc, I decided to do something a little different. What about a siren cookie? I really love how his design came out, especially his siren form! I love him so much A-
Anyway, meet Blue Tourmaline Cookie: A member of House Tourmaline and a member of the Tourmaline family in the Creme Republic! The tourmaline family are secretly Siren Cookies, who got their way into power by manipulating the land cookies with their singing (y'know, typical siren stuff lol). Blue Tourmaline Cookie is the heir of house Tourmaline and is able to charm his way into someone's heart with only a simple smile. However, his only desire is to gain more power for himself and to take down anyone who stands in his way.
The Gem Mermaid Cookies and Siren Cookies do not get along for very obvious reasons. The Gem Mermaids stay as far away from the land cookies as they can because of how terrible they can be (I mean, look at Black Pearl.) while the Siren Cookies see them as a way to maintain their hypnotic powers and as a pawn to gain more power from the land cookies. The Tourmaline family, especially Blue Tourmaline Cookie, despise the gem mermaids and see them as beneath them and weak. Blue Tourmaline Cookie hates Black Pearl Cookie the most and sees her as nothing but a husk of a creature with no purpose.
The Tourmaline Family is made up of a few cookies:
-Blue Tourmaline Cookie (the oldest twin brother)
-Pink Tourmaline Cookie (the oldest twin sister)
-Purple Tourmaline Cookie (the mother)
-And Black Tourmaline Cookie (the father)
Also, I'm so sorry that the next comic page is taking so long qwq. It's mostly the backgrounds that're giving me a little problem.
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Lord Oyster is really going through it, huh
He seems to be some kind of controversial topic right now, and I think he's a really interesting case! I wanna offer my two cents
! I'm NOT seeking to apologize for or defend Lord Oyster's actions, that's not what I want to do at all. I'm gonna do my best to analyze him instead, just as someone who appreciates his character for what it is, no specific side
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◇ The common perceptions of Lord Oyster's character
One side conceives him as this big villain who's outrageously evil (or so it seems people think of him as, with this massive hate he's getting)
The other side isn't doing much better. at all. with their 'he's an angel! how can you hate him!!' claims just because he started of this story with kindness and felt remorse after his decision that ended with terrible consequences
How about considering Loyster a morally grey character?
He absolutely isn't purely good, but in no way is he purely bad either. Abalone is the villain of this story, everything he does is at the expense of others for his own personal gain. To Abalone, everyone is expendable, everyone's a tool to be used for his own success and he will do anything to achieve his goals
Seeing people compare Loyster to Abalone, or say they're similar, is. insane, to say the least . Hell, seeing him competing with Custard for most hated npc is WILD.
Lord Oyster has done good before, if you've seen the first half of the story, it'd be very clear that he cares for White Pearl! Ever since they met, they've been bonding with each other, and even towards the end, Lord Oyster harboured no hate or ill thoughts towards her. He still considered her his moon
That doesn't redeem him, though. In the end, he still made a bad decision, remember that as well as you remember the good he's done, too. I'll touch on this again later
◇ I agree, his decision was pretty ass, but let's look into it
Honestly, there appeared to be NO positive outcome in favour of everyone. A tragedy was always set to happen eventually
Had Loyster not sold the pearl to Abalone, the pearl probably would have been taken by force instead. Abalone was willing to do anything to get it
If the pearl was stolen, House Oyster would have fallen, and the mermaids still would have suffered another attack.
Abalone was always planning to return to sea and comb it for treasures that's rake in a fortune for him, with or without that pearl. He was always going to go back and attempt an attack on the mermaids again, the pearl only makes him stronger with its abilities (Cookies won't get soggy underwater, and they'll be able to breathe)
Had the pearl been kept and remained in Loyster's possession, the House would have fallen. His goals wouldn't have been achieved, it'd be over for his entire family. No one wanted to do business with them except for the Crab family, so out of desperation, he sold the pearl to Abalone, who cunningly made a 'steal of a deal' offer
◇ The hate stems from here, I'm sure
After everything, this really is not so easy to defend when you see that Loyster, even through his stressed state of mind and the burden of his House collapsing, still weighed the options.
Yes, he chose money over White Pearl's gift that she gave with love. Desperate at best, you can understand he needed this money for his whole family, not for selfish gain. But at worst, it wasn't the smartest decision. He knew what Abalone was capable of, I don't know why he was so shocked to see them go out to sea so soon after getting the pearl.
He knew what the pearl meant to White Pearl, and it was precious to himself, too
Ultimately, he chose the needs of his family instead. Which really isn't unreasonable, those are his loved ones, of course he'd want the best for them, and Abalone's offer must have seemed opportune at that time
BUT. Once again, Loyster should have taken more time than just like a minute considering the offer. Abalone gave him a chance to think about it if he needed to, and he didn't take it
*facepalms*
◇ The regret does not redeem him, however...
He can feel sorry, he should be, but that doesn't make him all good again. That doesn't fix the consequences of his decision, the one he made all on his own.
But his love and concern for White Pearl are still there, genuinely. He realises his stupid decision is aiding Abalone and his crew in a fresh attack so soon, and decides that rather than leaving it be, he needed to find her. To rescue her.
White Pearl's rightfully disgruntled, knowing the cookie who was once her sea had betrayed her, on top of everything else going on. She denies Loyster a chance to explain himself, and it's completely understandable. She's hurt and angry, her family is suffering, and Loyster is partly to blame for it. Abalone wouldn't be out so soon had he not obtained the pearl, and his power is at its peak now with the eclipse happening simultaneously
He didn't want this to happen, and he never would have wished for it. He feels remorse for what he's done, and he tries to fix it ever so slightly by going after White Pearl. That's something! It shows he does have heart, but even so, he messed up badly. Though nothing can really change that, his effort after figuring out he screwed up shows he means to be no villain.
His decision was bad, and really stupid, that's for sure, but it didn't come from a place of hatred, or greed, or pure selfishness. You understand what I'm saying here?
The main reason I made this post at all was really because the major misconceptions really bothered me (the 'he's an absolute devil' and 'oh no he's an innocent angel' takes, to be exact, because he is certainly neither of those)
Whether your opinion changes or not after reading this is purely up to you, you could have just read this for fun and that'd still be alright with me! So, that just about wraps up all my strong thoughts on Loyster so far, hope it was interesting at least
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