#swizzlestick

[rosemarygin]

The worst thing about chronic illness is the stuff I love and need for my mental health immediately impacts my physical health. Which, wouldn’t you know it, often impacts my mental health when I struggle to do it.

[rosemarygin]

Weird for me to tack on to, don’t mind me, but I just recently got firsthand knowledge about this as a chronic anemic! This of course doesn’t mean color preference needs to change, but since the chart was mentioned:

If your blood’s hemoglobin is less than 8g/dl you are in need of hospitalization (and transfusion) until it gets above that mark, so a living regular day-to-day anemic gradient is only really the sweet spot between 8-11g/dl.

The rest is just More Neat Info so I’ll put it behind a cut lol.

People who are chronically anemic may not feel the effects of a hemolytic episode to start, so could get brighter than that 8-11g/dl, but are still in danger. <5g/dl is a low enough oxygen level in the blood that it would risk organ failure, and it causes a struggling, elevated rested heart rate and inability to do things like walk short distances, even for someone used to oxygen deprivation.

Apparently for folks who don’t have chronic anemia they’d be like visibly in crisis at <8g/dl, actually feeling bedridden by <=5g/dl, but I don’t know much about sudden red blood cell destruction?? That’s just what they implied to me as I was. Strangely fine.

Forgive me if this comes across as strange, but I really enjoy the rich color you use for blood in your drawings. It's great for contrast against Machete's otherwise pale complexion, but it also really conveys the blood's vitality - it makes it feel alive and living, warm, even. That color, and all your art, really, is vibrant and full of life, enough so that it challenges the negative associations of death and injury that blood conveys. I just wish poor Machete had more of it inside him than outside

Thank you! I've never thought about it from that angle.

I know that realistically I should color the blood darker, maybe with a more maroon tint, but the visual intensity of vivid scarlet is just irresistable to me I guess. The excuse I tell myself is that in Machete's case, his white fur naturally provides the lightest possible background for that blood to sit on, maximizing the brightness and vibrancy it has to offer.

This is beside the point but I've also understood that anemia can affect the color of your blood if severe enough, but I'm not a medical professional so I can't really verify how visible that is to a naked eye. Not having enough hemoglobin makes it look diluted in a way.

[sennamaticart]

Born for the t-shirt and jorts combo, forced to wear wizard robes.

[plushie-lovey]

Randomly remembered that when I was a kid I named my webkinz pink poodle "Swizzlestick", thinking it was the name of a type of candy (Because her sisters, the black and white poodles, were named Licorice and Marshmallow respectively. And I favored my pink poodle and wanted her to have a cooler sweets themed name). But I just looked up what that is and apparently its like a drink stirring stick and in fact not an edible confectionary. So uuuh kid me was way off lol

[rosemarygin]

;U; Ty ty, this is so good for morale! We’ll see how much extra writing I have to do but I am very jazzed to crack open a module!!!

Passing on this dm love to two hardworking DMs I know who have such good ideas in their brains. @ne0nkitten and @kingcriccket y’all really go hard and are consistently inspiring. <333

Maybe this is a silly statement, but I never realized how much love and care goes into being a dm and it’s made me really passionate about planning my current campaign. It’s like yeah you’re putting in a ton of work learning all the rules to the game and writing the story and planning so much shit, but you’re also making a gift for your friends. You’re sitting down in front of your laptop, energy drink in hand, asking yourself “How can I perfectly curate a world that my friends will love? How can I incorporate their interests and their wants and their needs?” It’s like no matter how hard writing the campaign gets or how tired I get of working at it endlessly, I never ever feel like giving up because it’s not just for me, it’s for my friends whom I love dearly. I love you enough to build an entire world for you, I hope you like it.

[kvltklvb]

the now i’m eating off a fashion plate / switchblades to swizzlesticks (ballad of larry luxury) ‘78

[xzyolotl]

Art Fight - Zoltan

Painting of Zoltan Swizzlestick for elvenking42 @ Art Fight!

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[scramble-eg]

daisuke !!! swizzlestick !! silly guy !!

ugh i want to lock him up in a tubba ware and shake him /silly

[rosemarygin]

Tumblr why, on your tab labeled “following,” do you still have suggested not-following things like “based on your likes”? That is what your other tab is for. You made a spot for that; just because we don’t use it doesn’t mean we blur the line so you can use your algorithm that isn’t what the audience wants.

I already have to deal with awful ads; stop adding new things. You’re good. Kick back and have a root beer float.

[themidnightsunset]

i asked my dad to guess what daisuke's name was and he said swizzlestick like

what??????????

[samthepierate]

My first attack of the season and its @sennamaticart character Zoltan SwizzleStick.

[constantfragmentation]

How can Silco be a total shitbag and being sweet with Jinx.

Read your new chpater of Iron and Glass and I was dead when Sevika interrupted and Jinx was all 'get out, we're bonding'. I love that you wrote them as disliking each other like in the show.

'you're tuning into a swizzlestick' omg. dead. I can see Jinx looking out for her new 'dad'. You need to eat more you hardcore drinking chimney.

Will there be a young Silco pov too? Or just older SIlco?

One thing I love about Jinx is she has zero filter. I can total see her (as she latches onto the only person giving her stability and care, ie Silco) looking out for him. She makes him gifts which we see in his office. He obviously cherishes them.

I like the idea of Older!Silco going full dad/supervisor mode with JInx. He encourages her, he is self aware that taking Jinx in doesn't make him look great *cough* Vander *cough* (esp with Sevika).

This chapter takes place a couple years after Vander's death. He's had time with Jinx. He's dealt with some of her PTSD, etc. He is more paternal with her in private so she feels comfortable with him as a father figure, like bringing him dinner. Jinx is comfortable enough to spar with Sevika in his presence.

"Am I interrupting?"

"Yes."

That is so Jinx to me. As is calling Silco too skinny. I love her brutal honesty.

I wanted to introduce Older!Silco pov. He's not blindsided (again pure Silco being 2 steps ahead) and wants to know about Zaun's new visitors he may have business dealings with.

However, there is a surprise and he's not sure how much Sevika knows from their past. He's still being guarded and maybe telling people what he thinks they should hear. That plays out later.

I'm finishing up Y!Silco pov. I felt this was an intro into Silco looking back to his first meeting with Reader and does explain more things before everything starts to fall apart. Especially, before they meet again in current time (S1 Older Silco).

The next chapter is pure older brother Silco and I love it. Y!Reader is scrappy and doesn't take shit from men and Silco LOVES to press her buttons.

I want readers to see how Reader came to be as she is now. How she started out, fell for Silco and how it all went to hell.

Silco IS selfish in many ways. He also protects himself from difficult emotions he doesn't want to deal with. Hence why he's known for taking lovers instead of meaningful relationships (except Vander of course).

One of Silco's faults is seeing things as black and white in his youth.

I'm LOVING the interaction of Y!Silco and Y!Reader in the next pov chapter. I love their banter and Silco getting under her skin. It's playful and I love it.

It will be a rollercoaster of emotions. Trust, betrayal, love, suspicions, lies... I know how this story ends and I love it. I'll be blending in a lot of things from S1 into this.

[sennamaticart]

Designs for Zoltan's parents! Roughly the age they were when he was born.

[watchingspnagain]

Rewatching The Real Ghostbusters

Welcome to “In Which Dean Gets Hangry and Clenches His Butt Cheeks, Sam’s a Better Boyfriend Than God, and the Boys Go Meta: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

Up today, s5e9: The Real Ghostbusters.

Whatsherbucket (who is now, apparently, sort of Chuck’s girlfriend), calls the boys with an emergency, but when they show up at the hotel, they discover it was a ruse to get them to participate in a LARPing convention based on the Supernatural books. They find themselves surrounded by people dressed up as and pretending to be Sam and Dean, plus people in monster costumes. Chuck’s there, too, of course, although he’s not having a good time (stage fright, plus girlfriend trouble - WHB is still hung up on Sammy). The boys are sort of confused, and very horrified, and pretty darn angry. And then people start dying, for realsies. A couple of the LARPers end up helping them, sort of, to find the ghosts responsible and dispose of them, and the boys come a little bit to terms with the idea of others seeing their lives as enviable. Chuck promises not to write any more books, and WHB turns out to be an unexpected source of quality info: she knows who has The Colt.

Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.

 [and we begin:]

Lor:

I hate Chuck but I NEED that jacket

   Mace:

Dean’s eyeroll

   Lor:

I'm with Dean on the eyeroll

  

 Mace:

HAHAHA

   Lor:

I enjoy this ep but Becky makes me want to put a swizzlestick in my brain

   Mace:

HAHAHAHA YEP

   Lor:

OMG Sam's little startle at the scarecrow

   Mace:

omg Sam getting startled by the scarecrow

HAHAHAHA OMG

   Lor:

LOLOLOL

   Mace:

were there actual conventions going on by this time?

Lor:

I thiiiink so?

   Mace:

because HILARIOUS

   Lor:

YES

the boys' reactions. i love it

   Mace:

YESYESYES

   Lor:

omg Dean looking at Sam

   Mace:

HAHAHAHA

   Lor:

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BOOKS DON'T READ EM, FRITZ"

   Mace:

YEAH, FRITZ

“SWEET LORD YES” HAHAHAHA

   Lor:

lol

 “for food and shelter?"

   Mace:

fuck you, Chuck

RIGHT?

   Lor:

I'd feel bad for him if I hadn't seen the rest of the show

   Mace:

EXACTLY

   Lor:

"leave this to the grownups" Dean, honey. come with me, we're gonna get cookies

   Mace:

SNORK

   Lor:

Dean is DONE but he also wouldn't mind the gift card to Sizzler

   Mace:

Dean’s into the sizzler card

HAHAHAHA

   Lor:

LOLOLOLOL

OMG the low voices with the dudes

   Mace:

YES

   Lor:

"how'm I supposed to vanish?"

I love the meta

Mace:

it’s pretty clever

Lor:

this is two meta eps in a row

   Mace:

they’re softening us up for the hard shit on the way

   Lor:

YEP

"but you seem different"

   Mace:

uhhuh

   Lor:

"I don't have time to play Star Wars, guys" look, Mr. Meanie

   Mace:

HA

“you have no idea"

   Lor:

"off limits to nerds" He's funny and it annoys me that he's funny because he's a jerk

   Mace:

HA

he deals with the public. I’m willing to cut him some slack

   Lor:

HA! FAIR

"if it's just me, I look stupid" and then his boyfriend's eyebrow raise

Mace:

YES

these two are adorable

   Lor:

"stay in character" and all he does is lower his voice haaaaahahahahaha

YES

   Mace:

YES

omg their gleeful giggles and smiles

   Lor:

YES

   Mace:

okay ew

   Lor:

right?

I hate scalping stuff

   Mace:

yeah

   Lor:

ew, Becky

Mace:

yup

   Lor:

Dean does NOT like it when people go after kids

   Mace:

he does not

   Lor:

"give me the map, chuckles" "you're the chuckles, chuckles" LOLOLOL

   Mace:

omg Sam really wanted to say “cool it” HAHAHA

HAHAHAHA

   Lor:

YES

they're Rufus and Bobby, omg

   Mace:

YES

Dean. Don’t yuck their yum

   Lor:

yeah

but also: FUCK 327

   Mace:

yeah

Lor:

"i don't think they care because they're FICTIONAL CHARACTERS"

   Mace:

HA

   Lor:

"you wanna win the game, right?" he's so snarky

   Mace:

he really is

   Lor:

someone needs to feed him

   Mace:

he does seem a bit hangry

   Lor:

right?

   Mace:

aw, he paid for their drinks

   Lor:

I never noticed before they repeated the pouring the shot... shot and first it was Dean and then it was the dude playing Dean

YES

   Mace:

cool

“screw you very much"

Lor:

HAHAHA

"i'd say no" OH JUST WAIT, CHUCK

   Mace:

right?!

   Lor:

gratitude and a sandwich

   Mace:

HAHAHA

“sigh” HAHAHAHA

   Lor:

OMG FRITZ read something else

   Mace:

I kind of love Fritz

   Lor:

i do too honestly

   Mace:

welp bye Fritz

   Lor:

poor Fritz

   Mace:

poor Fritz indeed

   Lor:

"how do you feel about angels?" ONE OF THEM SHOULD BE IN MORE EPISODES

   Mace:

HAHAHA YES

   Lor:

"just give her the puppydog thing, okay?"

   Mace:

YAS

aw, these guys are ADORABLE

   Lor:

YES

   Mace:

Dean, don’t call a grown woman sweetheart

   Lor:

omg he called her sweetheart

   Mace:

HAHA

   Lor:

LOLOLOL

there is one man who's allowed in my book, and it's Dean Winchester. everyone else is on notice

because he's DEAN

   Mace:

YEP  

I assume people have made much of the virginity anecdote and Chuck being god?

   Lor:

I... don't know

I know a lot has been made of him later claiming to have had both boyfriends and girlfriends

   Mace:

i don’t remember that! Ha!

   Lor:

omg Barnes and Damien believing in ghosts but not Dean

   Mace:

YES and Dean’s eye crinkle when he smiles at them

   Lor:

YAS

"who wouldn't want that?"

his reaction is so WEIRD

Mace:

“howdy partners” oh Dean. relax your butt cheeks

   Lor:

HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

   Mace:

omg Sammy don’t make me smack you upside

   Lor:

lol

   Mace:

CROWLEY

   Lor:

omg Sam's face when she says didn't you read the book

   Mace:

CROOOOOOWWWWLLLEEEEEYYYYY

   Lor:

YAAAAAAAAAAAS

   Mace:

it’s about ding dang time

omg that Dean smile SHIT

   Lor:

YES

"it's not jumping the shark if you never come back down" haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha

   Mace:

SNORK!!!

[lnkfish]

Little shit broke my Swizzlestick in half and TOOK THE BIGGER PIECE 😭

[gnometales]

Dizz "Dizzy" Swizzlestick

I love her and I regret nothing