#yikes folks

[fyr-rphub]

Hey, uh, I should probably stop reading fics about suicidal characters when my own mental health is spiraling rapidly out of control due to lack of structure, huh?

#yikes folks #i am being real dumb tonight #suicide mention #ooc

[deep-dark-fears]

Hi folks, it’s been a while. Here’s a fear submitted by Achintha to deepdarkfears.com/submit - thank you! Looking for a holiday gift for the friendly weirdos in your life? You can find original artwork in my Etsy store! CLICK HERE to check ‘em out. Thanks!

#comics #Deep Dark Fears #deepdarkfears #Fran Krause #scary #fear #artists on tumblr #Sorry folks I know I haven't posted in a few months things have been crazy busy #the truth is that I've continued to do this comic every week for a newspaper in Burlington VT called Seven Days #So I have a bunch to post over the next few weeks #I hope you're all having a lovely holiday! #In three weeks #I'll have been making this comic for ten years! Yikes!

[turtlesandfrogs]

You can actually grow mint in the ground. It takes a bit of a trick, but you can definitely do it.

But first, a personal lesson on why people tell you not to plant mint in the ground (and yes, I knew better, but life happens and I didn't actually intentionally plant this):

This is my apple mint patch, which started by accidently dropping some minty debris and thinking, what's the worst that could happen? This. This is what can happen.

As you can see, it has engulfed potatoes, rhubarb, strawberries, and raspberries. It has received no care. It has out competed the invasive species that was there (bindweed), and replaced it. It's about 4 feet tall in the center, 5 feet wide, and 7 feet long. I really should do something about it this year.

And here's my other mint patch which is lest than 10 feet away, started at the same time, looking a little rough because I pulled some out to give a friend the other day (well, and it's shaded, and that corner of the yard is pretty weedy- but still! It gets the idea across!)

Take a closer look at the soil between the pots:

Notice something? Something like the mint not escaping? Yeah, there's bindweed that's gotten in, but ignore that for now*.

Mint.

In the ground.

Contained.

I also know someone who planted theirs in a chimney flue bricks, and it too, has not escaped- even after 5 years.

Why is this important? Well, because mint likes it moist and pots dry out quickly (which means that if i had to keep an eye on it, it would have died 4 years ago).

But if you half bury the pot, the roots (but not the runners!) go down and out and can use the moisture in the soil. I actually lifted these pots up a while ago to check, and they had sent roots down but not runners- and it has been multiple years.

Meaning I haven't had to water this mint. Not even during the 100+ weather days, and we have a summer dry period where we don't get any rain for months.

Now, truly, I was a bit concerned and not trusting of my own idea when I started this, so let me draw a picture of what this system actually is, for folks like me who think it's too good to be true and want some extra insurance:

So, as you can see, I didn't put the pot straight into the ground- I actually mostly buried a bin (that had holes in the bottom for drainage), and planted mint pots into that. I have not seen any mint escaping from the pots, but that's there, just in case.

*bindweed/perennial morning glory is awful. If you see it starting in your garden, remove it without hesitancy or mercy. Get every little bit of root. It's harder to get rid of than English ivy or Himalayan blackberry.

#adhd gardening #for folks who don't know mint is the glitter of the gardening world #gardenblr #gardening #my plants #grow your own #mint #did i make this whole post because someone told me not to plant mint in the ground even if it was in a pot? yes. yes i did #I'm probably going to redo this whole post in a couple weeks after I've cleaned up this area #because yikes

[kingandrewburnap]

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#andrew burnap #jordan donica #camelot musical #camelot boot gifs #edited to add: #the delusions are strong on this one folks #yikes a doodle

[fairy-verse]

What would happen if a Big Folk child from an abusive household were to seek shelter in the fairies' land?

Sweet child of the Big Folk, I know the song of the fairies are tempting to follow, and I know their pretty wings draw you in, but the land of the fairies is no place for the Big Folk, much less a child. Some of the fairies may grant you sanctuary for a time, but you are not safe here. They do not understand how delicate the Big Folk can be. Your body may remain intact, but your mind will shatter, less you leave them and return to your own people.

The fairies are not cruel, they are not kind; they are curious, wild, magical, confusing, and mind-troubling to behold. They are beautiful, sweet child, but they are not your friends.

Remain cautious when interacting with the fairies. They are of another world, one far away and much too different from that of the Big Folk. And in the end, you should never fully trust a fairy. It would do you good to seek help from your own kin, and instead observe and admire the fairies from a distance.

#aufairyverse #utmv #ask for the fairy #general fairy info #i'm sorry but the fairies are not like the big folk when it comes to lending a helping hand #not in the fashion that we are used to #they might make you laugh and smile for a bit... but never stay near them for too long #I am very fond of dark folklore #so some of that will apply to fairyverse #not too much... but a little #i say whilst writing something dark for another ask yikes

[ophernelia]

fighting the urge to do another render of imogen. i just love her. she's like my self insert except i got two black parents and could talk at 4 so. oh and no musical talent. yk what maybe we aren't that similar.

#honestly if i knew i was gonna keep lykaia going when i first started it cale wouldnt have been white #i mean i love him as he is but i just dont think imogen is biracial in my head #like shes fully black cale's genes were just a suggestion lmao #like idk a damn thing about the biracial experience so ... yikes #my gameplay save was just 99% black so i was like lemme do something different and be diverse and thus cale was born #and then came eloise and then came lou and then came the rest of the folks those two are connected to #text post #lykaia #*imogen sumner

[khaleesiofalicante]

me after working all day about things that revolve around gender and feminism: man i wish i could go home to a woman who'd take care of me

#WOMEN OKAY >>> #also it is not un-feminist to say this #but yikes a 14 hour work day #im gonna pull do a face mask and then watch a rom com and call it a day folks bye

[maingh0st]

@belabellissima's tags on this post deserve a post of their own, i—

#muffled screaming YOU GET IT #i think the ghost watched jude pull the riskiest gambles and repeatedly come out on top— #bloodied but with what she wanted—and was like. oh shit. she's not just a spoiled gentry kid #so taryn shows up and it's like. hm. yikes. there might be two of them #i'm not sure i subscribe to the idea that he fell for her while she was married to locke #(i think his feelings toward locke had to be so ugly that taryn would've gotten wrapped up in that at least a bit) #but i do think he never underestimated her #and had he not been otherwise occupied. i think he immediately would've noticed her posing as jude #i know holly is trying to telegraph romantic interest at the end of qon with him watching her #but i read it more like “you're a potential bomb that could detonate at any moment; there's no way in hell i'm taking my eyes off you” #she knows his TRUE NAME #he owes her his life #but i think that level of suspicion and vigilance would very naturally become fascination and admiration #she's lovely and kind but crafty and underhanded all at the same time #she's just human enough to make him ache. but she's just fae enough to accept him #oops this got long #anyways bela LOVE your tags thank u for giving me thoughts to chew on #tfota #the folk of the air #taryn duarte #taryn x the ghost #tcp

[lxvvie]

To be completely honest, men who have a ‘special interest’ in the World Wars (specifically the Second World War) are immediate red flags 🚩 (one of my peers in my graduate school who heavily studied WW2 turned out to be a member of the Proud Boys and a Neo-Nazi)

#yikes. #that's kinda like the folks who will argue you down into the ground that the Civil War was fought because of 'states' rights' #but ABSOLUTELY refuse to finish that sentence. #okay I won't broach that subject because we could spend hours on it

[taintandviolent]

Your Pinterest board she looks just like me

uhhhhhhhh first of all, read that board title again. doesn't say she LOOKS just like me. her ridiculous, chaotic energy in the 90s especially? absolutely yes. doesn't say anything about looking like her. so uh... no. wrong.

second of all, not sure how you found my personal pinterest, but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?????

#please leave me alone now lmao #questions answered #anonymous #folks do I have my first stalker!!???? HELLO???? #i also made that board like.... forever ago so you're really digging and prying #big yikes

[kissporsche]

anon, I am so sorry, I tried to publish this but tumblr ate the post AND the ask 🙃 so I hope you see this!

okay okay so. I tried to answer this ask so many times but I kept getting stuck because my brain wouldn't work unless it was part of An AU. so obviously I drafted in @lu-sn to help, assume anything good or fun or clever in this response was her doing

Here's what we got: post-canon, the outbreak starts slow. Infections are just freak accidents at first, but eventually there's so many it starts to cause panic. The compound is well protected and well-stocked with both resources and weapons, so they hide out for as long as they can, essentially locking down the place, but not before consolidating their assets: Vegas, Pete and Macau are brought in for their own protection.

Eventually, it becomes clear that the situation is only getting worse, and the only viable option is to get out of Bangkok while they still can. Korn, the pragmatic forward thinker, already has an Escape The City plan in place, which he triggers just as zombies are breaching the walls. He calls helicopters in to get everyone to safety, and during the chaos of the evacuation ends up killed. If anyone saw Namphueng push him into the horde, they don't mention it.

They're deposited somewhere far from the city, presumably a safehouse with a lot of land around it, and have to try and figure out how to survive not only the zombies, but living with each other for the foreseeable future. The priorities are self-sufficiency and protection, and not killing each other before the zombies do.

Kinn and Vegas make a surprisingly good team on the logistics side of things, Kinn has the loyalty of his men and a good head for large scale organisation, whereas Vegas has much more experience working on the ground level of business, making sure everything is running smoothly and efficiently. There's definitely a learning curve, and a lot of this survivalist stuff is very much out of their sphere of knowledge, so-

Porsche and Pete are invaluable when it comes to the day-to-day. Coming from lower income backgrounds, they have so much more to offer in terms of practical knowledge, how to make food stretch longer, mend clothes, get enough nutrients from limited supplies etc. We saw in episode 6 that Porsche has some legitimate survival skills, so I think those are essential things he can bring to the table and teach to others.

Basically everyone is a good shot and can play their part in protecting their little commune, but it's frequently Porsche, Pete and Kim who leave in search of resources, information and survivors. There's much less hierarchy between family and guards now, there can't be when everyone needs to work together to have a hope of survival, but Kinn is still the de facto leader and Vegas is still recovering from his injuries, so these three end up as the primary scout team.

Kim needs to learn to rely on other people most of all. At the beginning he would disappear for days at a time, take too many risks, and although his kill count was ten times anyone else's he would come back to a hysterical Tankhun, disappointed Kinn and quiet, withdrawn Chay. After that he stopped going out alone.

Lu came up with the galaxy brain take that Tankhun might cope surprisingly well with the apocalypse, the violence of mindless creatures being much easier to conceive of than the deliberate, cruel violence of humans. It's freeing, in a way, to know there's no malice behind the ongoing threat. Despite being the least suited to this kind of life he takes Chay and Macau under his wing, and the levity he brings is as valuable as his perceptive wisdom.

Okay uh this got away from me a bit and has sort of become a fic premise/outline but I hope it still answered your question?!

#answer #anon #kinnporsche #kp orig #YIKES NONNY I'M SO SORRY THAT THIS RESPONSE IS THIS LATE *AND* TUMBLR FUCKED ME OVER WHEN I FINALLY ANSWERED IT #other stuff we came up with: porsche also tries to collect tem and jom but they're missing by the time he calls #he does manage to find yok though who comes with them #time and tay are part of mafia families and have their own escape plans #arm fixes up the tech they have and turns to more engineering pursuits #pol should probably be dead but i don't want him to be so instead he survives via a series of comedic scooby doo esque hijinks #if ken was alive he would be That One Bitch who gets bit and doesn't tell anyone about it #if porsche and pete didn't have people they loved they would be GREAT survivalists out in the wastelands on their own #pete DOES threaten to kill people to go get his grandma and has to be talked out of it #(he goes anyway) #(macau helps him escape and then also helps vegas to follow him) #(and then he also follows them both) #(it turns out grandma is VERY helpful to have around because she knows lots of folk remedies and practical manual skills)

[sophsun1]

God Brian kicking Justin out of the loft when he finds out about the cancer is such a brutal moment oof, I get that he's under stress from his diagnosis, scared and insecure about his body and how his worth is tied into his beauty etc. But I honestly want to kill him when he does it, Justin DID. NOT. DESERVE. THAT. He literally vaults him out the door with such force and what was his biggest crime? Wanting to stay in and watch some movies with his sick boyfriend whilst trying to keep a secret that was killing him?!

Especially as Michael snitched and got comforted and Justin got alllllll the heat for it. He really took Brian's shit during that arc as prior to this he yells at him when he goes to "Ibiza" and yes he was more apologetic about it but still grrrrr.

#britin #queer as folk #im giffing that scene as i want some angst #but yikes off the back off the posse arc #🔪🔪🔪 #im digging his grave as we speak

[an-honest-puck]

why do I have the feeling the Phillies tried to play big ball (i.e. trying to hit home runs) instead of playing small ball and keeping the line moving??

*sigh*

they're a proud team and that was their downfall

#philadelphia phillies #red october #mlb #baseball #mlb postseason #postseason 2023 #day says hey #baseball with day #and beaten at home?? #geez i'm getting second hand embarassment just thinking about it yikes #as a lot of folks have said: it was the phillies' game to lose

[foodlesoodlesdoodles]

✨DOODLEDUMP✨

Plus, merman!! (Stone)

#art #oc #the invisible man #addison oc #mermaid #merman #deltarune addisons #jack griffin #yikes sorry folks #potluck post #realized I hadn’t posted in a while so here’s something #jupiter #?? #what do you call a space personification #space oc #hhghghghgnj????

[onlyhuis]

guys do i post too much am i annoying 🤒

#[💒] — june.txt #i try not to spam in case ppl have notifs on (i doubt it but u never know) and also i dont like reblogging 800 posts a day #i reblog 2 things and go yikes thats enough for today #anyway switching gears the minghao fic has got me stuck i will try another jun wip 🙏🏻 happy thursday folks

[centaurianthropology]

The Critical Role reddit is wild, man.  Every now and then I check over there, and I am consistently amazed by how ... out of touch that entire community feels?  I know it’s a reddit thing that no one hates a thing quite like the reddit community for that thing, but damn do they really not like CR.  Most of them seem to have not liked it since, like, C1, but they keep tuning in every week for 4+ hours?  It’s bananas!

There is also a definite vibe of really wanting Senpai Travis to notice them.  He and Sam get rained with praise.  The girls are mostly ignored, except occasionally Marisha, which I feel like might be compensation from the old days when she was the favorite punching bag.  Taliesin is now the favorite punching bag.  They fucking loathe him for no reason in particular, but every post praising his work is inevitably filled with people hating on him.  They also seem to forget Liam exists most of the time.

They hate C3.  They’re divided on C2.  They love C1.  They seem to think that there’s no way Imogen and Laudna are getting together because they’re Gal Pals.  Even after the last episode, when it was more or less confirmed that was the direction Laura and Marisha are going with the relationship, they dismissed that and talked about when Laudna and Ashton were going to hook up, because if an even-sort-of-male-presenting person and a woman talk in depth, they have to hook up.  But god forbid lesbians exist in this not-at-all-queer TTRPG show.  Another apparently popular theory over there is that Matt is going to kill off the C3 characters to bring back the C1 characters for this campaign, which ... huh?

It’s like they’re watching this show, but reacting to it like it’s a 90s network television show rather than a live-play series filled with actors who are both very progressive and at least two of whom are openly queer, and all the others seem intensely supportive of that and interested in exploring their own sexualities and identities through roleplay and acting.  They have this weird, warped view of the cast wherein the ‘normal’ jocky and funny men (Travis and Sam) are the obvious protagonists of the group (this is completely ignoring the actual unhinged and delightful personalities of Travis and Sam and instead slotting them into these weird stereotypes), Laura’s okay because she’s with Travis but is rarely acknowledged to be her own person, Marisha is the girl who got a glow-up (they no longer acknowledge how they treated her pre-glow-up), Liam and Ashley are ... there, and Taliesin is the weird guy that everyone else secretly hates.

They cling to C1, I think, because it’s ‘traditional’ fantasy, with clear tropes and a bunch of non-colorful, potentially straight-presenting characters (most of the characters were, in fact, bi, but most also ended up in opposite-sex relationships).  Queer and ‘weird’ and ‘cringe’ characters were the least prominent in C1, so C1 to them is the best one.  C2 is ‘edgy’, and C3 is ‘cringe’.  And despite all this, they still watch every single week just to complain?  Do they not have anything better to do?  That sounds fucking miserable, but then again, maybe they’re into being miserable. 

Sorry to rant, but every time I go over there I am promptly reminded of why I tell myself NOT to go there.  It’s like watching the worst wildlife documentary.  The Twitch comment section may be the biggest cesspool for CR, but the Reddit is the most persistent.

#Critical Role #apologies for ranting #cw: reddit #which is the first actual content warning I've used in a while #but boy howdy did it feel appropriate #some reddit communities are delightful #but this one is a pit #and apparently there's an even worse one for the folks who hated CR too much even for the main community #which #yikes #why is the CR reddit like this? #CR spoilers #minor spoilers