the sleepiest shrubbery

Shrub, local cryptid. Artist in theory, fanfiction acolyte in practice. any neopronouns

[sleebyshrub]

currently losing my mind over how my silly little mpreg fic ended up blowing up and is now is the most liked mpreg fic in the fandom and has the most comments in the entire fandom tag. i dont know how to cope with this so im just gonna write more pregnant qifrey

[sleebyshrub]

yall im super excited to be opening up for commissions! ive been wanting to do it for a while, and ive gotten into a really nice groove with my art lately so i think its the right time! i have more examples of my work, as well as more specific details for pricing and such for anyone interested!

more recent art I've done under the cut

[sleebyshrub]

Xelqua

aka i drew my boy in my au, Underground

version without the backround under the cut

[sleebyshrub]

taking my hand at a s11!joel, i love his clowny gettup, it was begging to be a cartoon!!!

[oneandonly-troubledaddict]

Help me and my girlfriend settle a debate

Do you sleep with a top sheet?

Of course I do

No, I just raw dog a comforter

Voting ended onNov 29, 2025

REBLOG TO EXTEND THE ANSWER POOL THIS IS IMPORTANT

[the-greater-grief]

Literally had the hugest discussion/argument about this very topic at my family gathering yesterday. Very divisive subject. Most of the older people (50+ years old) said yes, while others said ‘absolutely not, what fresh hell?’

[sleebyshrub]

not a comforter person i just use my soft blanket bc anyrhing else is wrong texture

[kaijuno]

[evilwizard]

[smokedrac2004]

[pussyhoundspock]

joining the war on kids reading any book they want on the side of kids reading any book they want. simply you will be fine. it's even good to be confronted with things you don't understand and even find upsetting, uncomfortable and difficult. it's a surprise tool that will help you later.

[nonevahed]

prev tags:

literally ok so not a funny story but kind of funny? when I was nine I encountered rape in a book and I was like hey mom what’s this mean and she explained it and I was like oh. gross. and then like two weeks later a girl on the bus abruptly disclosed her csa and we were all like ????? what ???? but I was like wait hang on there’s a word for that ☝️🤓 and explained what it meant and that it was illegal and that you could talk to a teacher or my mom if it had happened to you and everyone was like ohhhhh I see I see and very somberly comforted the girl (she was safe she was removed from her home and living with my neighbor at the time so it wasn’t Urgent)

[zarohk]

And this is a perfect illustration of why it is important for kids to read or variety of things, and why abusers don’t want them to.

[daggerdoggy]

Hey bro on a scale of nothingburger to everythingbagel how would you rate our gay sex last night

[sleebyshrub]

none pizza with left beef

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you love archive of our own and how they firmly refuse to let censorship have any place on their platform

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

ao3 turns 16 today.

reblog if you’re older than archive of our own

[blueishspace]

Tilly death do us apart...again? (1?)

"Tilly Death do us apart Pearl, Tilly Death do us apart!"

And just like that he's gone, you can feel the burn envelop your body for just a second before it disappears as though it was a string being cut. You don't know what is happening, you smell smoke and blood as the world itself begins to spin around you. You clutch your head, your vision goes dark and-

~~~

You open your eyes? Ugh, you can't believe he- wait, did you win? That has to be what happened, you were the last two players and he- You feel alive.How are you still alive? And why does this place looks so different?You look around, why are you in a cave? That's... weird, you weren't in one a second ago. It's especially strange since you can't help but feel that this cave is familiar somehow.

Suddenly, you hear a voice...no, two-three voices. Jimmy and Joel and Martyn? How- they are dead! You saw the death message! ...Are you a ghost? No! No, Joel's talking about his soulmate not being careful, you remember this conversation. You don't even pay attention to it as your body begins mining towards them on It's own. You don't notice until you breach trough the cave wall.

"Hello? I can't even see you!" That's Jimmy. Last time... You remember last time you laughed a bit too high pitched and they made a witch joke, if this was some weird memory thing before death you would have done so again...you don't, you stay silent.

"Hello? I am not imagining you, am I?" ok, so there are...two options for what is happening here: Either everyone was right about you and you really are fully insane and hallucinating or option two, you are actually back to the beginning... You hope It's not the first, you really don't want to give Scott the satisfaction... You should probably say something, just in case. "Hi? It's me."

"Pearl? What are you doing here?" and that's Joel, It's so weird hearing him talking normally like this. "Heard you guys talking, wanted to check it out" you say as you climb down the cave, landing in the mine-shaft... Everything is the same as the last time, It's eerie...

Wait, you just remembered something from this moment. You go straight towards the minecart chest, inside is exactly what you remember there being. A golden apple. If you're really back in time... If this is somehow real and and not an hallucination then you could just break the soulmate bond right here right now. You hesitate. It's right here, you could do it so easily...but you're conflicted, Scott did end up killing himself for you maybe- no, he abandoned you! It wasn't your fault he started that stupid ex girlfriend thing... All it would take is a bite-

You bite the apple, you feel the string cutting again, this time luckily without the pain. It's sharp and quick and still you immediately regret it. You still don't even know if this is real, your mind is moving so fast and if it is real you- you can't help but feel free and can't help but feel like you messed something up. That's fine though, it wouldn't be the first time.

"Pearl! What did you do?!" It's Martyn? He sounds surprised. You can't look at him, he left you too! He came back... And then betrayed you again! "I am free Martyn! Mate, don't you get it?" "What the...what are you talking about Pearl?? Grian told us not to eat golden apples!" And since when did he listen to what Grian said!? You don't understand, he's so- oh right, he doesn't know what will happen. You forgot. Your thoughts are sluggish, jumbled up, you need to calm down but your heart is beating so fast.

You are holding onto the wall of the mineshaft one second, you blink for a moment and now you are holding him by the neck, you don't understand why you're doing that, It's like your body is moving by itself. Your vision goes...red? But you aren't a red life anymore- No no, Grian's here now, that's his sweater, he wasn't supposed to be here though. He wasn't here last time.

"What's wrong with her Martyn?" "I don't know! She ate the golden apple and attacked me!" "I... I we can't let her stay like this... I'll ban her temporarily, maybe It's something we can fix-" Ban? You clutch your head, your vision goes dark and-

~~~

Ok that wasn't good, at least your thoughts are much clearer now. You still don't know what happened there. Your heart is acting normal again, better then last time at least. It takes a second to sink in, Grian banned you? Of course he did...

You open your eyes, you are back in that first cave???? Did you go back again? You're starting to lean more towards this not being an illusion or a dream... just in case you pinch yourself... yep that hurt. You hear Joel and Jimmy again. No, you aren't going there again, you don't want to see Martyn right now. You get up and walk out, the outside still smells of fresh grass and not of smoke and blood. You missed it, It's weird how easy it is to take things like this for granted... So, time travel, you can't believe it, it sounds crazy. And twice? How does it work? Grian banning you sent you back and so did- oh gods, how are you supposed to do all of Double Life again? You can't help but groan at the thought. Your mind is still trying to play catch up, so much to think about it... perhaps too much, you barely hear the hiss before-

PearlescentMoon was blown up by Creeper. Smajor1995 died.

Oh- you died. That was embarassing. You place your hand on the floor, grass and not stone. You're at spawn, you did not go back...dying once is not enough.

"Pearl!" That voice, your body freezes, It's Scott. "Scott?" You turn around, there he is, yellow eyes glaring at you. "Pearl! What was that?! I can't believe you killed us so soon!" Oh, but this feels so satisfying, even if you are also down a life you can't help but feel It's a fair price to see him like this. "I can't believe it! Ugh, come this way, we might still catch up to the others if we go now".

...

Wait, a second what? "Uh, honestly I kinda expected you to leave me after that." He rolls his eyes, the bastard. "After that? No way. Clearly I need to keep an eye on you before you kill us both." You end up following him, this is so different from last time you can't help but feel a bit curious...even if the whole time you have to fight the urge to either strangle him or cry...or both.

"Soooo...?" You look up, you didn't expect him to break the silence. "What?" You don't snarl but it's close. "I mean, I wasn't going to say anything but doing this whole thing in silence is starting to get reeeal akward. I forgive you Pearl." ... He forgives you? "Forgive me?" he looks at you weirdly. "Yes? For dying so early. We can still make do." Oh. Oh right. He probably thinks you are being silent because of your death earlier. "Right".

The rest of the walk is still just as silent and akward, you end up meeting Cleo along the way and of course them and Scott end up deciding to gather resources together.

Tango was blown up by a Creeper. Solidaritygaming died.

Oh right, that, you forgot about it happening. Cleo perks up. "Oh look at that, Scott. You aren't the only ones to die today." "Oh, that makes me feel just sooo much better" he answers sarcastically before shifting into a more thoughtful tone "Jimmy and Tango together? Oh that is not going to go well, is it. Well, I definitely don't envy Tango." Cleo snorts at that "I don't know about that mr. 'first yellow'" He groans before waving his hand dismissively "It wasn't me! it was all Pearl!"

...Why is he bringing you into this, you were doing such a good job at not being part of the conversation. You still consider strangling him or just saying all of what you think of him to his face and then dip...you end up just settling on "So Jimmy and Tango are together? but what are the other pairs?" You already know of course, but it kinda sounds like something you should say. Scott hums at that "That is what I would like to know as well, we still need to find Cleo's soulmate" Cleo shrugs "Do we have to? I mean, we're the three G's. We could just team up as just us."

You look up, are they still going to- no, you're with them now, Cleo included you into the three G's.... So then, it would be Martyn, you would just be leaving Martyn out. You move to intervene but... A memory, him standing by you while Scott and Cleo abandon you before immediately doing the same, him back stabbing you towards the end. Out of everyone who hurt you that one hurt so much more, you didn't expect him to be the one to betray you.

You shut that feeling down, you just speak "Now that is a good idea." Cleo smirks before handing you and Scott some resources. "To the three G's." "To the three G's. "... To the three G's"

.

.

.

Martyn still goes to the nether, you see the message in passing while building the bridge that in another life was where Scott started calling you his ex, you don't pay even that much mind to it then, Cleo has already decided he's not needed... It's only later you realize how much you being there the first time around helped him.

Inthelittlewood tried to swim in lava. ZombieCleo died.

Scott looks up soon as the death message pops up, a mix of an amused and worried expression on his face, he doesn't say anything though, whatever comment he had being interrupted by Cleo storming out of the still half finished base "Martyn killed us! Why would he go to the nether like that!? When I see him I'm going- I'm trying really hard not to swear but Martyn is testing me." Scott just smirks at that, past worry being replaced by fake simpathy "That sucks... At least Pearl didn't walk in front of a creeper on purpose." And of course he brings you into the conversation, no surprises here...wait, he's looking at you, is he expecting banter? Oh. You are teammates. He's bantering. You're so used to mean spiritedness of the first timeline that you hadn't even considered it. "Y-yeah, I mean, why would he even try to get to the Nether before finding his soulmate?" Scott gives you a look, of course he noticed you acting weird, Cleo though seems too focused on being frustrated at Martyn to really pay attention "Exactly! Like, what was he thinking? I'm at a loss for words!". Scott puts on his best pensive face, hand around the chin too for extra effect, before "Have you considered he wasn't thinking? I mean, It's not something he usually does. In Last Life he blew himself up right at the end." The urge to say something like so did you is extremely strong...

...You don't though, it wouldn't really have an effect if he doesn't remember, you just return to building the bridge as Cleo continues her rant. Despite being at a loss for words said rang lasted 15 minutes give or take.

.

.

.

Martyn does eventually show up more dishevelled then you've ever seen him before...well, unless you count the very end of the first Double Life but then so was everyone else. The confrontation goes eeriely similiar to what you remember, the words said are almost one to one. It makes you feel sick that the only difference this time around is on which side you are on. It's better like this though, you still hate Scott but you also know him and he did get a little better towards the end... Martyn, you clearly didn't know as well as you thought. Martyn looks to be feeling as ill as you... though a better description for him would be devastated, you look away, you hate that you feel bad for him when he didn't feel bad for you. You hate that you're on any side of this when everyone involved is someone who hurt you. Still, you can't help it. When Martyn dejectedly walks away, when Cleo and Scott celebrate with you the return of the three G's, when you realize that you cast Martyn in the role you were cast in... You still feel guilty. You push those feelings to the back of your mind, you force yourself to think of something else like...like what you're going to do instead of Scarlet Pearl. Red is still your favourite colour but if you really have to do it all again then maybe something else would be better...

You're thinking light gray.

[blueishspace]

wow this flopped hard. Damn

[callistomist-deactivated2020091]

I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe. 

————————————————————————————-

Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts. 

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like. 

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues; 

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood. 

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively. 

 Uncomfortable with silence; 

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic. 

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety; 

-How to stop worrying. 

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques. 

-Self-help strategies for anxiety. 

-Helping a friend with anxiety. 

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety. 

Sad, angry and depressed/depression; 

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management. 

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness; 

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness. 

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness. 

-How to deal with loneliness.

 Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.  

Addiction; 

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

 Eating disorders; 

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments. 

-Support services for eating disorders. 

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery. 

-Recovering from an eating disorder. 

-100+ reasons to recover. 

-Understanding and managing eating disorders. 

 Dealing with self-hatred;  

-3 ways to ease self-loathing. 

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate. 

 Suicidal; 

-International suicide hotlines (1)  (2)

-Preventing suicide. 

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.  

 Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.  

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.  

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.  

-Delusions and hallucinations.  

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home. 

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD. 

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments. 

Borderline personality disorder; 

-Helping someone with BPD. 

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse; 

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships. 

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse. 

-Hotlines services. 

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship. 

-Domestic violence support. 

-Signs of an abusive relationship. 

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship. 

-Surviving abuse. 

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed. 

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused. 

 Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you. 

 Loss and grief; 

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger. 

-Common reactions to death. 

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family. 

-Coping with a breakup.

 Getting help; 

-Seeking help early. 

-All about psychological treatments. 

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality. 

Things you need to remember; 

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not. 

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this. 

-You are not alone. 

-You are enough. 

-You are important. 

-You are worth it. 

-You are strong. 

-You are not a failure, 

-Good people exist. 

-Reaching out shows strength. 

-Breathe. 

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you. 

-Give yourself credit. 

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones. 

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend. 

-Focus on the things you can change. 

-Let go of toxic people. 

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do. 

-Try not to beat yourself up. 

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next. 

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance. 

-You are smart. 

-You are loved. 

-You are wanted. 

-You are needed. 

-Better days are coming. 

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright. 

-You have more potential than you think. 

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

[futureskinnywritrix]

I was just gonna reblog this because the distractions are super fun but… Damn the rest of it is so so so important

[nicndietcoke]

reblog inv cause everyone needs this

[pukicho]

My mom died when she was 28. How does it feel being 28? Are you going to kill yourself too? That would be sad because you're really funny

Seeking attention and suicide-baiting at the same time. Pick one. Thought you’d catch me on an off-week and bum me out further? Doesn’t work. I outlived your mom and I’ll outlive you too! Thanks for the motivation 👍

[sleebyshrub]

pukicho will be there at the end of the earth with the twinkies and cockroaches and that one posts meemaw

[nifrequerne]

I often wonder what happened to authors of unfinished fanfictions.

[everyoneinspaceisgay]

I hope they’re having a nice life

[ts-virgil-angst]

we absolutely are not and that unfinished fic haunts us to this day

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if that unfinished fic haunts you to this day

[getindumdums]

*purposely pretends I’m dead on the blog that hosted said fic

[sleebyshrub]

literally haunted by the narrative

[nifrequerne]

I often wonder what happened to authors of unfinished fanfictions.

[everyoneinspaceisgay]

I hope they’re having a nice life

[ts-virgil-angst]

we absolutely are not and that unfinished fic haunts us to this day

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if that unfinished fic haunts you to this day

[getindumdums]

*purposely pretends I’m dead on the blog that hosted said fic

[hyrude]

is the world really such a terrible place? yesterday i asked if oat milk was extra and the barista said yes so i said ok just regular milk then and when she gave me my chai latte she whispered “i used oat milk ;)” doesnt that make u want to live another day?

[hyrude]

here is my life philosophy: next week there might be someone ahead of you in line at the store who’s short a quarter and you have a quarter and you can give it to them. if you weren’t there, they’d have to put something back. the week after that you could be getting lunch and the waiter might ask if you want some pancakes someone else ordered and never picked up. you could find someone’s lost cat. you could watch someone’s bag while they go to the restroom. there are so many ways you are going to touch other people’s lives and they are going to touch yours and there’s no way to know when it’s going to happen. so you have to keep living!!! i wouldn’t want to die knowing that tomorrow the barista will give me free oat milk just to be nice. 

[elaninrecovery]

When I was 11 years old - we went to Sea World for my birthday. This was to avoid the realization I had no friends, and no one to come to a birthday party and probably because someone gave my mother free tickets at work. It was kinda a shitty day despite being at a theme park full of cute animals. There was a new roller coaster there that had just opened so we decided to go on. I was nervous. I’d never been on a roller coaster.

A group of 6 college kids were ahead of us in line and started chatting with me. Full on just having a fun conversation with someone literally going through the beginning of a very awkward middle school period. I was so shocked they wanted to talk to me. I think my mom mentioned it was my birthday. They were very nice about it. When we got on the ride they told us to go ahead of them so we could sit at the front of the car since it held 8 people.

Now the ride (called Journey to Atlantis - I believe it is sadly no longer there) started with a slow ride of beautiful visuals of dolphins and oceans and computerized images of this imaginary Atlantis before going up the hill to the beginning of the coaster, where it paused for about 30 seconds, and then the ride started. The college kids must have known there would be a pause. Maybe they’d ridden it before I’m not sure.

But as we sat there on that peak, 6 people I’ve never known, and will never know again, sang a very very lonely 11 year old happy birthday. Loudly. And with gusto. They were happy and laughing and joyful. And it made me feel less alone in the world.

I am 29 years old this year, and I still remember them. I still remember that kindness. It is so important. It doesn’t go into a vacuum. It exists beside me in my daily life. And I love the idea that I have been that person to someone else too.

It’s stunningly lovely to be human when we’re kind to each other.