Farewell
Not "farewell," but "see you later."
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...Time to blather on under the cut. I've got thank yous, some notes about potential future comics, and if you scroll to the end of the post, I've decided to compile Croissant Adventures into a physical book. It's mostly for me, so I can hold all TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE of these strips in my hands, as a brick, but if you'd like to own a copy as well, I'll have a link to the preorders down below. If this is where you're going to stop reading, I'll extend a quick heartfelt thanks to you for joining me on this adventure!
Thank you, reader.
This is undeniably the largest project I've ever tackled in my art career; it was never supposed to be this big, and I expected maybe a handful of people to read it, at most. Instead, it became this massive project that I've been working on for ten months straight, and in the end these characters meant so much to me. I'm incredibly grateful for everyone who's bothered to read my little comic strips, whether it was just one or two, or if you've been here since the beginning, following Croissant's adventure from the minute they plummeted off the nautiloid. Thank you so much for being here and supporting this project. Thank you to everyone who left kind words and comments, sent me asks about Croissant, liked or reblogged these posts, or just read these and enjoyed them! While I was determined to finish this project no matter what happened, you certainly made it all the more fun and kept me excited to tell you the next part of Croissant's story.
Thank you, Larian.
If by some chance someone at Larian ever happens to see these, I also want to give an immense thank you to everyone who was a part of making this game. I don't play that many games these days, but BG3 rocketed to the top of my all-time favorite games almost immediately. (It was also the game that made me feel the most out of anything I've ever played; I got legitimately depressed for a few days during my run don't worry I'm fine now we're all good haha). You can tell there was so much work, and so much love involved in this game's development, and I'm so happy the studio has been rewarded with multiple awards in recognition of that dedication to making a fantastic game. Thank you again for sharing this story with us, and I can't wait to see what the studio does in the future.
Is this goodbye?
I'm hoping this is less of a "goodbye," and more of a "see you later." I'll probably take a bit of a break, since I've put off other projects for months, and art fight is happening, but I have many more things I'd like to add to Croissant's story! I have yet to play the epilogue, and I intend to illustrate parts of that depending on what happens. I also have a handful of comics for post-game Breadweave, in addition to some scenes I thought would've happened in-game but weren't canon so I left them out of the original story. (If I haven't gotten to these in a few months and you find yourself wondering about Croissant again, my ask box is always open, feel free to give me a good kick to get me back into their story, lol).
...A book?
I said I never intended this project to be so large, and I meant it. But now that I'm sitting here with two hundred and five Baldur's Gate 3 Tav comics, I really wanted to compile them into a physical book for me to hold. This is mostly for me, but if you'd also like one, I'll have a preorder available in my shop until the end of July.
✨✨✨ Croissant Adventures Preorder ✨✨✨
If you made it to the end of this post, I can only thank you again, from the bottom of my heart. I hope Croissant's story brought you joy, and if you're able to play BG3, I hope that you're having just as much fun in your own tavs' stories.
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I wanna say something to you. I don't need to hear anything back, I just need you to hear me. Hard words and soft words. The hard. Our life is shit. It's been shit, it is shit, it's gon' be shit again. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. No one's watching, no one cares. A shit life beats no life. But where we're going now we can't be running away again. Doesn't mean we forget what we saw, what she did in front of us. If I see you going that way, I'm gonna pull you back. I don't need that from you. As long as you walk the Earth, I'll never taste the fire, you understand me? We're going to find others like us. And if it ain't here, 'cause life is shit, or I fuck it up again, or you fuck it up, we'll go to the next place. We can't be the only good ones out there.
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literally where can the zelda franchise go after totk. this is it. we've reached it. the pinnacle of video game entertainment. the whole dev team should just pack their stuff and enjoy a long and comfortable retirement. whoever decides their team has to follow-up on that with the next zelda game should answer for their crimes at the hague. what the fuck. I haven't even beat the game yet but what the fuck.
and how are AAA video game devs everywhere not losing their minds. how the hell did nintendo do any of that? and on that console?? you mean to tell me I can stack 15 differently shaped objects on top of each other and they don't vibrate violently into the skybox?? you mean to tell me the physics engine gladly accepts whatever I throw at it and holds it all together without dropping a frame while running on a machine that was outclassed two generations ago??? this is not witchcraft it's a grandiose demonstration of mastery over every aspect of game development that casts an immense shadow over every other AAA studio. fuck. fuck!!!!
everything about this game is crazy to me. the visuals are crazy. the soudtrack is crazy. the complexity of all systems and how they interact is crazy. the sheer amount of non-repeating content, NPCs, quests, dialogue, puzzles, environment variety - all crazy to me. every time I boot up this game I am humbled by the monumental effort and obvious love that went into every facet of the resulting experience. no cut corners anywhere. mirror-perfect chrome polish.
it's so rare we get something like that, in any field. I'd understand if nintendo never made a zelda game ever again because how do you follow that. god I hope everyone who worked on this game got the fattest check and the sloppiest head. I'm so happy I get to live in shigeru miyamoto's world
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listen, please - Daniel Ricciardo
Words: 316
Summary: Daniel and his girlfriend break the news of their relationship and cause quite a splash with their age difference. (Social Media AU + Blurb) (Olivia Rodrigo as faceclaim and uses her music for reader’s)
Masterlist | Support Me! | listen, please verse
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yourusername: I learned from my mistakes and finally listened to them. And thank god they were right about you.
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danielricciardo: forever happy they were
⤷ yourusername: ♥️
user01: excuse me???
user02: Uh what?
user03: I’m sorry, Daniel??? What are you doing here???
user04: When did this happen?
user05: honey, no. he’s in his 30s
user06: well, already counting the days for this ending
user07: this is going to last all of a month
user08: yourusername please, no. Taylor went through this already. Learn from her mistakes!!!
user09: Am I the only one picking up on the lyrics from Vampire? We stan using our own lyrics to announce a relationship
user10: can’t wait for Dear John yourusername’s version. Gonna be a bop.
⤷ user05: I will sob if she covers that or would’ve could’ve should’ve when this ends.
⤷ user11: will simply die
user12: i’m an f1 girlie, but no. This ain’t it. Mick Schumacher is right there, yourusername. Or even Oscar.
⤷ user13: Lando is right there and you went for the nepo baby and a guy who already has a girlfriend
⤷ user12: he was an example! And nearly all the drivers are nepo babies in some way.
⤷ user03: so true
user14: how are you going to be such a big swiftie, know the woman yourself and still date a man older than you and believe it’s going to work out?
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danielricciardo: Over a year with this one and many more to come, Sweets
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yourusername: so many more to come
⤷ danielricciardo: 😉
maxverstappen1: never seen you happier
⤷ danielricciardo: love ya maxie!
user01: first daniel isn’t racing and now he’s taken??? 2023 is the worst
user02: daniel, she’s practically a child. What are you doing?
user03: weirdo
user04: she’s barely 20, what are you doing???
⤷ user06: yourusername is 22. She’s not barely 20
⤷ user04: yeah and she turned 22 like barely a month ago
user05: Daniel, not like this. I beg
user07: well him and pierre have something in common 😆
user08: she’s a baby!!! Get away from her!!!
user09: disgusting. Absolutely disgusting
user10: you guys are acting like she’s not an adult??? She’s literally in her twenties.
⤷ user04: and he’s in thirties. It’s fucking weird.
user11: jail, sir. You go to jail now.
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f1_wags: New WAG Alert! Daniel Ricciardo just announced his relationship with Y/N, a three time grammy winner and musician.
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yourusername: Congrats on the new wine, Danny! Little sad that it will no longer be for just us and our baths together, but happy to see it be shared.
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danielricciardo: thank ya, sweets.
danielricciardo: girl in the second picture is absolutely gorgeous
danielricciardo: bath tonight? I’ve still got a few bottles
⤷ yourusername: I’ll always want a bath with you
user01: why is his face on my feed
user02: throwing up at their comments
user03: well, this made me feel incredibly single
charlesleclerc: another great wine. Thank you for convincing him to let me try it before the launch!
⤷ yourusername: of course!
user04: leave him!!!! He’s using you for free promo of his wine!!!
user05: taylor must be pissed!
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taylorswift: Was a pleasant surprise to see these two when I stepped off stage tonight. Lovely to see you guys and will see you again for dinner next week!
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yourusername: not a single better performer. Watching is you magic every single time. And dinner will be fun!
danielricciardo: amazing show!
user01: taylor???
user02: i’m sorry what
user03: my 2023 bingo card is in shambles
user04: living rn. all of you fuckers were saying that taylor was disappointed and now look. She knew before we did
user05: some many clowns staying silent in these comments
user06: i was at this show!!! Wyd mean that yourusername was there?
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daniel3.jpg: my two favorite subjects: you and us
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landonorris: do you two do anything but take baths for date night?
⤷ daniel3.jpg: we do. Just like our baths y’know
user01: um, i’m sorry. But that last photo
user02: lando is so real. This is the second bath photo we’ve gotten
⤷ user03: i don’t want that water bill
user04: gross
user05: how do you feel comfortable posting this with how young she is?
⤷ user01: you’re acting like she’s a kid. She’s in her twenties. Fuck off
user06: am i supposed to just act like i don’t know now that daniel likes car sex???
⤷ user03: i’m doing my best to not think about it
user07: daniel, thank you for feeding us.
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Daniel could feel his grin grow, eyes softening, and his shoulders loosening all at the sound of her name. It takes him a moment to register the question, but when he does his grin grows more.
“I wasn’t really expecting it, you know? But she’s just great, I mean absolutely fantastic.”
“And the age difference isn’t an issue?” The reporter presses, though more gently than expected.
He scoffs, shaking his head. “No, not all. We want the same things in life and we both have very similar timelines for when we want them. We talked about all of that before we even went on a date and us wanting the same things, just helped finally take the next step.”
“And has the backlash affected you two at all?”
“No.” Daniel smiles at the confused look the reporter gives him, letting out a chuckle. “We knew it was going to cause a splash. We’ve never ignored the age difference between us. It’s there and ignoring it wouldn’t do anything.” He pauses, “I understand why people are so concerned, there is a history of large age gaps not being great. But there’s also a history of them working out great, I’ve got plenty of examples in my personal life. Besides, it's not really the age difference that matters, it’s where you're at in life and what you want to come next. We just happen to be in the same place and want the same things to come next.”
The reporter is looking at him stunned before they finally manage to find their voice. “Thank you, Daniel.”
“Of course, cheers mate.” He winks, before throwing up a hand to wave at the camera before he jogs off, already knowing that he’ll have a text or two from her calling him a sap over his lovesick grin. And he’d hate to not see them as soon as they came in.
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