For your CRK Ghost Light au if you don't mind answering some questions about it!
1: What role, if any will the witches play in the story? What's their relationship with Earthbread and Cookies in general?
2: You always refer to the group as "the party", who all would be in this party during a majority of the story?
3: Does Shadow Milk Cookie go by Shadow Milk in this au? Or does he have a different name due to not being corrupted?
4: What would Shadow Milk's relationship with Gingerbrave and Pure Vanilla be in this au? If they even know each other at all?
Love your au and art btw! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the ask anon! And I don't mind answering questions so don't worry!
For the first one, it's not entirly lore relevant so I'll answer in full, the witches have a very little to do with Earthbread in present day. They abandoned the cookies at some point in Virtues era, and haven't really returned since. Most witches have probably forgotten about the cookies entirely, though one or two may rediscover them, the interest is short lived, and most oven made cookies are brought alive by accident due to being mixed with too much magic.
As for the party, it'll change and grow throughout the story. With it starting near the Raisin cliffs with Healer cookie. They'd be joined by the Brave gang, and the other ancients as the story goes on with temporary additions in each area.
Fount does not go by Shadow Milk in this au! They go by Fount, or their full title Fount/Fountain of Knowledge depending on the situation. In this au the virtues didn't have names pre-corruption to add to the fact that they weren't considered people by most of cookie kind.
As for the last one, I'll try to keep it vague, but once meeting Gingerbrave and the Brave gang he more or less views them as kids because they are not only being much younger than him, but also due to the fact that Gingerbrave, Strawberry, and Wizard Cookie were all came out of a witches oven as adults, a case of a witch accidentally creating living cookies.
Also to note, the Brave gang (or Brave brigade as my brain keeps calling it lol) have the emotional and mental maturity of an adult (all three are around early 20's) and will be treated as young adults.
And to keep the second part of the fourth question short, for most of the comic Pure Vanilla and Fount are going to have a platonic relationship, however it will be something of a slow burn into a romantic relationship though I'm not sure how deep it'll go. The reason for this is because at the start of the comic both of them are deeply traumatized individuals, and neither are ready for a relationship, especially not Fount.
I hope this answers all your questions! Thanks again for the ask!
And as a Lil treat, some art for the GL au (also testing out ways I can draw the comic without completely murdering my hands 🥲)