the hitchhiker's guide had it right

[mcmemeface]

DON'T PANIC


Some of the coolest threads come from just putting characters in situations! This meme is a chance to do just that.
How to Play:

1. No blank top-levels. Put a "don't panic, but..." statement in your top-level. Examples:
   • "Don't panic, but my father's coming and I need you to hide me."
   • "Don't panic, but everyone's throwing up."
   • "Don't panic, but I think something just exploded around the corner."
   • "Don't panic, but there's someone following you."
   • "Don't panic, but your shoes clash with that purse really badly."
2. Respond to other people's statements. Maybe you can help them. Maybe you can make the situation worse. Maybe you can't help but panic.
3. ????
4. Profit

Comments

Matt Murdock | MCU | OTA

[thedevilsworkisneverdone]

Don't panic, but you're going to need a lawyer.

[wealldosillythings]

I....hate every part of what you've just said.

tristan | an oc

[numinousname]

Don't panic, but... That plant you touched is very poisonous.

Sephy Sinclair | Original | OTA, voicetesting

[noclipped]

1. Don't panic, but you're not in your own universe any more.
2. Don't panic, but we're going to have to run for our lives.
3. Don't panic, but that's not really a dog. It just looks like one.
4. Don't panic, but if you wander too far into the library you'll never find your way out. It's not worth the risk.

Edwin Payne - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA (M/M for romantic/smut but anything goes for platonic)

[technicallyhellbound]

1: "Don't panic, keep quiet, keep low. We'll get out of this."
2: "Don't panic, it's just a lesser imp, and it's contained."
3: "Don't panic, the effects are only temporary."
4: "Don't panic, I shan't hurt you."

Ariel 'Cap' Wilson | MCU (rule 63) | OTA

[imadebreakfast]

1: "Don't panic, I'm here to help."
2: "Don't panic, give me a nice deep breath, in, then out."
3: "Don't panic, he's with me."

Charles - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA

[just_aces]

1: "Don't panic! I can't do this if you're yelling at me!"
2: "Don't panic, yeah? It's just a bit of dirt, it'll be fine."
3: "Don't panic, I'm going to need you to keep your focus on me and don't look back."
4: "Don't panic, but I might have just triggered a trap."

Eve Munson - Stranger Things AU - OTA

[not_011]

1: "Don't panic, but when I say drop, you hit the dirt."
2: "Don't panic, they can't find us in here."
3: "Don't panic, this is easy, clean, disinfect, then bandage."

Patrick | Companion (post-canon AU) | OTA

[piecedit_together]

1: "Don't panic, it's just me."
2: "Don't panic, it's not my blood."
3: "Don't panic, just hold on tight. I've got you."
4: "Don't panic, we can figure this out."

Sherlock Holmes | BBC Sherlock | OTA

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

Don't panic.... Actually, go ahead and panic, what do I care?

[fillinfortheskull]

[dryly] Thank you ever so much for your consideration. What exactly is it that I should choose my own emotional reaction to this time?

OMG YAY!

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[Sherlock's looking almost as embarrassed as he ever does. He really does NOT want to tell John, any of this.]

Well... You remember Janine? And all those articles she had published... after?

hello!! <3 I am SUPER rusty jsyk lmao

[fillinfortheskull]

[John snorts, remembering just what those articles included about what she and Sherlock most definitely did not do]

I remember her quite well, indeed. Didn't know you were so acrobatic.

It's like riding a bike <3 This thread is brought to you from cut lines out of the script...

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

[Just this look, John. For a full ten seconds. Then he swoops around behind his chair, full of confidence and excitement. He pulls back the curtain a little more to reveal...

...A window box, full of various very colourful flowers.]

Well, she moved to a cottage in Surrey. There were bee hives. She wanted to get rid of them. I encouraged her to keep them. And she did.

[He bends down a bit to inspect the window box a little more closely. He smiles when he sees a few bees have found it.]

But a few weeks ago, she texted and said if I didn't come take care of them, she'd burn them all.

[He turns back around to face John. All confidence gone again. His expression so very unsure. Don't make him say it, please John, just work it out this once.]

lmaoooo <3

[fillinfortheskull]

[John doesn't try particularly hard to repress the fondness in his eyes as he waits through those ten seconds. He blinks at the reveal of the flowers, automatically naming the ones he knows in his head.]

So you decided that you simply could not condone bee murder, and you brought them back here? Have you warned Mrs Hudson that there'll be two hundred or so guests for dinner?

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

John. Bees are vital to the survival of the human race. There's already too many of them dying off, or disappearing to who knows where! Killing them is tantamount to killing us.

[Okay, that might be a little bit dramatic. And he's not retiring any time soon, or he would have just moved to Surrey and told Janine he would care for them out there. He more or less ignores the joke about dinner guests.]

I had to think long and hard about moving them, though. I'm not sure there's enough pollen in the city to sustain them.

[He turns to look out the window, his gaze first drifting to the box of flowers, then along their very much brick and mortar street - not another flower box in sight, then back to his box. He sighs heavily and turns back to face John.]

But what else was I to do?

[He didn't like his options. Which is where his hesitation comes from. Well, that and would John want Rosie to be around all these bees? Though, John did make a joke, maybe he was okay with it?]

Like I said, "Panic or don't."

[He has to try at this point.]

Azune Nayar | Critical Role | ota

[sunsetsorcerer]

Don't panic or we will get caught.

Logan | Fable 3 | OTA

[ridofthethrone]

1. Don't panic, but my sister was asking about you.
2. Don't panic, but your shirt has a tear in it.
3. Don't panic, I won't let anything happen to you.

1

[maltesefalcon]

Your sister, you say? What specifically was she asking?

rowena macleod | spn

[blackgrimoire]

Ach, don't panic. The spell wears off in a few hours.

Angel | OC | OTA

[graveling]

1. Don't...don't panic. I'm not here to make any trouble.
2. Don't panic. It's supposed to be glowing, that means it's healing.
3. Don't panic, I can deal with the fire.

Chris Redfield | Resident Evil

[promisekeeper]

Don't panic; we're going to make it out of this.