#i haven't been writing a lot

[kneeling-for-nines]

RAHHHHH I WANNA POST SOMETHING BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO POST

[cozylittleartblog]

Columbo and the Knight (1984)

put me in the universe where Columbo ran through the 1980s and had a crossover episode with Knight Rider. I think they deserved it, and I am not just saying that because they're my two favorite Old Shows. @telebeast wrote a little fanfic blurb about it and I HAD to visualize it into a comic (which is also the longest comic I have finished thus far at five pages...), so writing credit goes to them.

Autism W!

[funkle420]

Turbo Granny blunt rotation WIP

[varpusvaras]

Dick had many soulmarks.

Not as many as someone would've thought, probably, with the amount of friends that he had, but still many. They adorned his forearm like jewelry, circling around his skin in intricate patterns. Every single one of them just as beautiful as the other, just like the people they belonged to. Dick thought every single one of them as a blessing.

He had done so especially after the first two had faded away.

They were still there, of course. Nothing could ever truly erase a mark on someone's soul, after all. Not even death. Dick would've been even more devastated if the marks would've disappeared with his parents, even if sometimes looking at the now liveless marks hurt.

They had hurt, physically, when it had happened. When the bodies had hit the ground and Dick's heart had been ripped into pieces, the marks had burned, searing hot white pain latching onto him, pulling at his skin the same as his heart.

Not that Dick had really noticed it, then. He had been hurting too much otherwise to really care about it in the moment.

He had latched onto every new mark with all of his heart afterwards. It had hurt, when Bruce's had appeared, as it made the white, faded color of his parents' marks stand out even more, but the joy had been enough to chase the hurt away. Alfred's had not hurt nearly as much, and with his friends, he had simply been happy.

Dick would've never said it out loud, but he did have favorites. His parents', even faded. He didn't think anyone would blame him for that one. Bruce's, in a sense, as it had been the first live one he had gained.

His absolute favorite, though?

Jason's.

Jason was...different. He wasn't his parents, nor was he his caretaker. He had no obligations to Dick, even if obligations did not really affect the formation of the marks. He wasn't Dick's friend, either, not the same way anyone in the team was.

He was Dick's little brother.

And Dick would've given him the world.

Jason had been ecstatic when the marks had appeared, and, to be perfectly honest, so had Dick. They were such beautiful marks too, the lines twisting around themselves to form images of wings in flight, shining when light hit them just right, every new angle bringing out a new detail.

"Birds of a feather, right?" Dick had said, grinning wildly. "That's what we are, Little Wing, and the marks know it."

He had ruffled Jason's hair, and Jason had grinned back at him, and for that moment, Dick had been able to forget everything else. No argument or hurt had mattered even in the slightest.

It had just been Dick and Jason, in their own world, one that was only for them.

---

Dick was exhausted.

In a good way, for once. If there was a good way to be exhausted. Maybe saying that he was exhausted in a better way was more correct. No one was hurt too badly, and the day had been more or less a success. All things considered, at the very least.

He missed home. It was maybe a stupid thing to say, Dick knew that so many people back home would've given everything to go to space, but Dick was tired. He was tired of being the leader, tired of seeing his friends get hurt, tired of failing in some way every single day.

He missed home. Even if things with Bruce were not perfect, everything was still much simpler back at the Manor, at least compared to this. Alfred would be there, with his gentle yet firm words and reassurances, and Bruce, even when Dick wanted to mostly scream at him, was still a familiar presence in a familiar space.

Jason would be there, too, talking Dick's ear off, making the house lived in, making it feel like an actual home.

Dick just wanted this whole thing to be over already, if he was being completely honest. Today had been a good day, all things considered, and all Dick wanted to do was to faceplant on his bed and sleep without too many worried for once. Sleep and hope that it would bring him closer to getting back home.

Of course, he couldn't do that, not just yet. Even if no one was hurt too badly, he needed to make sure that everything was in order, make sure that they had all they needed, make sure-

One moment he was thinking about all the things he needed to still do, and the next he was on the ground on his hands and knees, being torn to pieces and burned alive.

There were voices around him. Someone was touching him, hands warm on his skin, tilting his face up, but Dick couldn't see who it was. His heart was beating erratically, like it was trying to tear itself to shreds and out of its place. It burned, searing hot, white pain, that had turned him into a human torch.

Distantly, Dick knew that he already knew this pain.

He got a breath in to his burning lungs. Then another one. He was still on fire, but he could see again.

Kory was right in front of him, holding his head. Dick was mostly on the ground, now, laying on his side, only barely holding himself on his elbows.

He had no idea when he had gotten there.

Kory seemed to notice that he had come back to himself. Her face relaxed ever so slightly as his eyes met hers.

"Dick?" She asked. Her voice was low, and she was clearly trying to keep it soft, but it was still pinched with worry, just like her eyes. "Are you alright?"

Dick didn't know what to say to her.

He knew he wasn't injured, not badly at least. He knew that, but he didn't feel alright, not in the slightest.

The pain was still there, curling around the edges of him, his skin feeling like embers that were still smoldering, even though the fire had gone away. He couldn't feel his arm properly, and Dick wondered if something had-

Suddenly he felt cold.

He pushed himself up, ignoring how shaky he felt. He almost fell down again, and Kory tried to put her hands on him, maybe to push him back down or to help him up. Dick didn't know, and he didn't have the time to stop and figure it out.

His suit was on the way. Dick tugged at it, then dug his teeth on the sleeve and ripped the seam open with force he hadn't known he possessed in his jaws, and he dug his fingers in it again and continued ripping the sleeve off of his skin.

There were voices around him again, someone's hands on his shoulders, but Dick didn't pay any attention to any of it. He needed to get it off, he needed to get it off, so he could see, he needed to get it off so he could see-

Jason's mark was gone.

It had been between Bruce's and Alfred's, golden and warm and brilliant, wings in flight, and it was gone.

Dick tilted his arm, tried to catch it in light, like he had done before, to make it shine like it always had, and-

It was there.

It was still there.

Faded.

White.

Dead.

Just like his parents.

The fire burned again where his heart should've been, freezing cold, hollowing him out from the inside.

The world disappeared from around him as Dick screamed.

[l4tchk3y]

All alone.🔥

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A redraw of the official icons of the ten named slugcats from Rain World, arranged in two rows: Survivor, Monk, Hunter, Nightcat, and Gourmand in the first, Artificer, Rivulet, Spearmaster, Saint and Enot/Inv in the second. Each is drawn in roughly the same pose as in the original art and fitted with speculative interpretations of their biology, and the second image is a “dead” version of this. For example, all ten have slug-like rhinophores in place of ears, cuttlefish-like colorful eyes with strangely-shaped pupils, cephalopod-like beak "teeth", expressive barbels or oral tentacles at the corners of mouths, spiny radulas, and the frilly mantle fringes of sea slugs, though otherwise their faces are squishy, simple and mammalian-shaped.

Cream-colored Survivor and yellow Monk both share triangular, bicolored spots matching their eyes (which are tan and brown, and two shades of blue, respectively), small, bumpy fringes, and relatively neutral looks on their faces. Defensive-looking Hunter is mostly a dull orange-pink, though their blobby fringe is a more violent red and their back is purple and marred with lumps. Nightcat is navy blue and flecked with dots of yellow and teal, their rolled rhinophores are a lighter blue, and their shading fractures into stars in some places. Gourmand is almost uniformly tan, their wide, very ruffly white mantle fringe bordered by a spray of white spots, and their beak sticks out from either corner of their smile. Primarily red Artificer, snarling, has yellow markings of multiple sorts, a prominent yellow dewlap and their characteristic dark scar taking out a chunk of its face. Rivulet is a darker blue than usual, with long barbels, red gills and rings, countershading, and a cheerful expression, sticking out their radula. Spearmaster is purple with orange accents, eyes and spots, a large fringe and spines down their back. Saint’s green caryophyllidia are marked by small, yellow diamonds, and their long, thin radula extends far below them. Enot is decorated with mottled red stripes, blue patches, yellow stars, and an uneven and almost cartoonish imitation of blush, though generally the same deep blue as Nightcat, a passive or almost slightly smug look on their face and their rolled rhinophores out to either side.

In the second image, nine of the slugcats’ eyes are crossed out, indicating that these are death icons. They look fairly the same, with mostly expression differences. Survivor is caught in the beginning of a threat display, a karma flower sprouts from Monk’s side, Hunter is burdened with overgrowing, purple and blue rot, Nightcat’s rhinophores are pinned back, and Gourmand looks mildly disheartened. For the final row, Artificer bites its radula between small plumes of smoke, Rivulet drops their expression, Spearmaster looks very startled, Saint looks almost entirely the same besides half-open eyes and their markings greater in number, and Enot grins confusedly. End ID]

If you'll excuse the unusually lengthy ID: the arena meme introduced by @pansear-doodles at long last after a nearly year-long wip status (or, rather, finished a month ago today to honor my own first time playing it!)

Design notes and shout-outs under cut! :]

The following people are some of those who’ve inspired my designs most since I started this eight months ago (or just inspired me to get a little weirder with slugcat biology), among many others for sure, and I thank them for it–but this is simply to bring attention to artists I find cool, and in no way an obligation to interact or anything :]

> @saturncoyote , @carpsoup , @charseraph , @gallusgalluss , @bitsbug , @dopscratch , and @0hmanit (and a special mention to dddeerbo and hunterlonglegs, who’ve since deactivated)!

Survivor: Surprisingly the hardest to pin down the colors for, since nothing with its sibling's palette seemed to match up right (I did have to add in a little blue somewhere for Monk, the beginning of making it clear how much I’m simply going based off of vibes for the colors of scug innards). I consider them, Monk and Gourmand to be part of the same gene pool of slugcats, and even possibly the same colony even if the latter isn't really related, so took a bit of Gourmand's coloring and fit them in with their inspiration: Goniobranchus verrieri. They serve as a bit of an introduction to my ideas of scug traits (i find it really fun how many people have thought to add so many silly sluglike fixtures of biology completely independent of me, buuut here I’m mostly talking about species variation), and like in-game they’re pretty average! They, Monk and Hunter have a couple scars sourced from a piece of Joar's concept art that I'm failing to find, those across the bridge of the nose, under the eyes, and across the rhinophores, respectively, and my Survivor interpretation features many on the back of the neck, as a result of survived lizard bites.

Monk: Their coloring is primarily based off the fact that I associate them with blue fruits, honestly, a bit because I was compelled to establish a familiarity with Rivulet, and lastly inspired by the spots of Goniobranchus kuniei (and geminus, less important to me as one of my characters is a kuniei instead, but more fitting). Between the yellow + blue and the circular marking in the center of their face, they’re meant to bear a little resemblance to an iterator that shares similarities with the characterization I’ve given them, and similar coding of her sibling can be seen on Survivor’s markings around the eyes. As both a “default” slugcat and one whose campaign I haven’t played, though, I can’t say I have much more to point out about em.

Hunter: The whole rot thing made for a really fun time drawing them, and while the color change on their back is a result of this, it’s also an excuse to relate them to Babakina festiva, arguably my favorite sea slug (mostly for sentimental purposes). And to Spearmaster, a fellow messenger slugcat, and it serves as a gradient between Hunter’s pink and the “traditional” color of Rot seen in the DLLs. Aside from their affliction, they’d actually be the plainest in terms of design, as they don’t have any patterns or quirks of body type, just the red + purple and strange lumps + possible malnutrition. I can’t remember if NSH had created them in particular or just...caught + released or something, but it probably wouldn’t be strange for a lab-grown slugcat to be simple like that.

Gourmand: Like the two above, they’re rather plain in terms of coloring and adaptation, and like the two above, I find that fun. I decided it would be nice to avert the “all slugcats being of the same body type, and Gourmand’s out of place as the exception” thing by just...adding more fat to all of them, really. I did want to emphasize their sheer bulk even so, both fat and muscular (not like I couldn’t have still gone further with it, of course, but slugcat anatomy can be a little obfuscating sometimes, and they were intended to look rather plush considering personal size headcanons and therefore the lack of proper gravity), and the thick and flounced mantle looked like a good addition, as per their sea slug Glossodoris hikuerensis. Unlike Survivor and Monk, I didn’t attempt to hold their resemblance to any particular other character (which means a little less to balance out the “default gene pool” thing), so those are all the design notes I have for em.

Artificer: The second slugcat I’ve ever played, or finished the campaign of, my favorite for at least a long time, and the first thing I did was give them yellow accents, the shape of which have troubled me slightly (not quite like the spots or stripes of the others). They’re both a little more appealing and more explosive-looking to me, and considering how early on I played Arti, actually present in some of my older art. It does give them a little resemblance to Saint (completely intentional, two slugcats with strange relations to karma), as well as the fact that its radula is green for familiarity with one of its children (at some point it was going to have all-green markings, even!). I’m generous with their scars, partly because it was fun to overemphasize the one on their face and partly because it does seem like a reckless slugcat, on top of the dangers of its explosive abilities–I’ll probably just keep adding more forever. Mostly-red sea slugs aren’t too common, but Hexabranchus sanguineus works for sure. The ridged, yellow dewlap can expand for combustion purposes, or something along those lines. Arti’s where I began experimenting with a lot of the mildly-offkilter features seen in my interpretation of slugcats, as they’ve once again been a favorite from the start.

Rivulet: I've obviously given other slugcats spots, deeply enjoy the bubbly-soda markings of other peoples' slugcats, and thought seal riv would be cute. Despite not too closely resembling it, they've been government-assigned Hypselodoris bennetti, for color reasons and for a couple sentimental ones. Originally, the colors of every scug were meant to match up with the custom colors I gave them at the beginning of their campaigns, (though Arti, Gourm and Spearmy are the only three who actually apply here, since I've only played through half the slugcats: I gave arti the yellow as mentioned above, gourm brown eyes and spearmy light pink spears, furthered by the outskirts pearl accompanying me and that palette all the way to moon. Tolerance training for eternity in hell cause I already knew about the maroon pearl quest). I initially gave them the colors of the bi flag for fun... but with the limited palette of this image, I was left without pink for a while and decided to see how they'd look in red. I then realized how they now wonderfully matched Moon, and besides, red's a sort of camouflage in deep water! As a side-note, the difference between their eyes and those of others always bothered me a little for anatomical purposes, and the cephalopod eyes were probably influenced by this!

Spearmaster: Inspired as much as possible by @notyourfunnyman ’s wonderful spearmy: designed in a way that helps it fit in with scavengers, at least between the long sensory tentacles, big ruff, back spines and slightly thin/distended anatomy, a form of defensive mimicry. I always had annulate rhinophores in mind, for a little diversity sure, but mostly because the shape reminds me of radio antennae and communication towers (seems fitting for the comms array and being a messenger slugcat)! I started searching for a real-life slug to give them just by looking up their rhinophore shape...and was met immediately and coincidentally with annulate-topped nudibranchs that fit them more perfectly than I could've imagined: Flabellina and surrounding clades, I think Paraflabellina ischitana works very nicely. The orange was completely unplanned, but there wasn’t a place for light pink among the other slugcats’ palettes, and importantly it likens them to both Hunter and Seven Red Suns a little more.

Saint: I am very much a non-furred slugcat enjoyer, with respect to those who aren’t, so figuring out the only visibly furred slugcat was an interesting challenge. I’ve decided that they likely have other, milder adaptations for help in the cold, mainly just more efficient fat storage, and what looks vaguely like fur is instead a bunch of tubercles (called caryophillia, for the second reminder out of three). Their inspiration doesn’t have these, however, Miamira sinuata’s numerous yellow and blue spots (not to mention...whatever’s going on with that shape) and general effect of being the only really green nudibranch I could find were probably perfect for a strange green echo. Not pictured, but their beak-teeth are tiny and flat to make a surface for grinding soft food against with the lack of a functioning radula, which is tipped with a specialized spiny “grapple-hook” for better traction/grip (not to mention the numerous little teeth running down the whole thing).

(Best part of hiding this under a readmore means edits will be seen by all reblogs, I'm mostly sure, because I completely forgot to mention! The spots on their forehead are simple eyes. Their camera eyes appear closed in-game, I like to believe their complex eyesight is rather poor anyways or otherwise reason that they aren't seeing out of those, and while this was far from her REASON for attunement with the world, it does help compensate for mainly viewing it through a canvas of simple light and dark. This, and the fact that their swapped-out "fur" is not only to commit to a lack of hairs but contributes to sensory input!)

Nightcat/Enot: I guess you could say I found the “these two are technically the same person” compelling. (E.g. similar colors, both very strange and enigmatic, and Enot/Inv/Sofanthiel’s remark during the dating sim about getting removed from Arena Mode.) I doubt they’re the only two slugcats in their body, considering humans with DID tend to have more than a few (and I find it very funny that a slugcat bearing resemblance to Nightcat appears in Gourmand’s ending. They’re allowed in the colony and Enot isn’t </3), and I have to credit @faelingdraws ’s art for being what convinced me on it! Their design inspirations come down to trying to balance a few different ideas: making the patterns and palettes of both look oddly similar (special mention to the stars, since those are fun to draw), basing them off of Felimare sechurana and juliae respectively, using blocks of color with the same placement as in Enot’s official art, and specifically making Enot look...biologically reasonable and imperfect, whilst also clearly trying to imitate human displays of emotion (what with...the eyes and blush on that one piece of official art).

Lastly, here’s just a lineup with notes on body shape and size. Most of the nicknames (existing to give a little more space, that’s all) are obvious, and while I can’t remember why I shortened Nightcat to Nox, it is in honor of my friend by the same nickname :]

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WIP Hospital: Surgery

*Meredith Grey monologue voice* Writers really batter their characters and sometimes the damage is so great that they have to be seen to by the professionals and if you've really messed them up, they may need surgery.

Before Surgery

Before any surgery, the patient must be prepared for the procedure. They will be prepped by nurses and doctors but there are things every patient must go through before the surgery especially if they undergo general anesthesia.

No drink/food for a set period of time before the surgery.

Removal of necessary hair

Possible enema but not always necessary

Thoroughly bathed and cleansed, the patient should not use any makeup, nail varnish or perfume

Tests maybe run prior to surgery such as blood tests

All piercings, protesthetics

The preparation of advance directives such as DNRs and wills etc

What is in an OR?

OR or operating room is where operations take place - or would be if your character was having surgery at hospital (they aren't, are they?)

Surgical Lights: Surgeons have to see why they are doing so high powered lighting is used to illuminate the patient and cavity.

Operating Tables: Operating tables are where the patient lies while the surgeons are trying to save their life. also known as surgical tables, are essential to any operating room.

Surgical Displays: These are screens that magnify the cavity for the OR, sort of like tvs that allow everyone a view of what's going on.

Blanket Warmers: Or warming cabinets. These are where the IV fluids, linens, and blankets are kept.

Scrub Sinks: This is where the surgeons abd nurses and technicians get washed up, sterilised and gowned.

Vital Signs Monitor: This is a machine that tracks the patient's heart rate, oxygen saturation, breathing rate and blood pressure.

Ventilator: A ventilator helps the patient breathe while on anesthesia.

Anesthesia Machine: This machine delivers anesthesia to the patient and monitors the level.

Diathermy or Electrocautery Machine: This is used to cut tissue and control bleeding

The Surgical Team

These are the people present in the OR besides the patient. It is up to them to keep the patient alive of course but to also ensure that safety and cleanliness are upheld.

Surgeon: Is the lead of the team and responsible for the planning and cutting of the patient. Most surgeons are specialists.

Surgical Assistant: They work alongside the surgeon, helping the surgeon.

Scrub Nurse: Scrub nurses are in charge of making sure everything stays sterile. They sterilise the surgical instruments and are in charge of minimalising contamination.

Anesthesiologist: The doctor who specialises in anesthesia who monitors the use of anaesthesia.

Circulating Nurse: Circulating nurses manage supplies, equipment and may run messages if needed outside the OR.

Observer: Sometimes med students or other surgeons will observe the surgery. They aren't essential.

General Surgerical Tools

These are just a few tools used with surgeries.

Scalpel – These are the blades used to cut into tissue.

#10: Scalpel with a large curved edge used for making large incisions.

#11: Scalpel with a triangular blade used to make short, shallow cuts.

#12: A small, crescent-shaped blade used to cut sutures

#15: used for short, precise cuts because of its small blade. Ideal for making short, precise incisions because of its small, curved cutting edge. Mostly used in cardiac surgery.

#17: Flat, chisel-like blade for narrow cuts

#18: Narrow, chisel blade for deep cuts and scraping

#20: Large curved blade, used when making a puncture or cut.

#21: Large curved blade, for slicing tissue and puncturing. commonly used for cutting tissue and other procedures that require a puncture or cut.

#22: Like the #10, it is flat and curved cutting edge, used on thick skin.

#23: Large blade that is slightly narrower but pointier

#24: Wide, flat blade with an angle used to make cuts at the corner, used to trim and strip

Forceps - are a gripping tool. Not to be confused with hemostats.

Allis Forceps: Have little teeth running along in them and are for firm tissue such as fascia.

Babcock Forceps: Smooth ended jawed forceps that are used for delicate tissue.

Dunhill Forceps: Small curved, serrated forceps used to hold vessels before ligation.

Lane Tissue Forceps: Forceps with interlocking teeth used to hold tough tissue

Littlewood Forceps: These forceps have blunt teeth, used for tough tissue as well as gaining entry through the umbilicus in laparoscopic surgery.

Sawtell Forceps: curved serrated forceps with a serrated end used to grip vessels

Spencer Wells: Can be curved or straight. They are used to clamp medium/large vessels before ligation

Debakey Forceps: Smooth forceps used for many things but used to grip tissue

Lanes Forceps: Toothed forceps used to grasp most tissues but not the bowel.

Gillies Forceps: Narrow forceps with teeth used on skin.

Scissors - are used to cut sutures and snip things during surgery.

Mayo Scissors: Heavy scissors with blunt ends, either curved or straight, used to cut thick tissue and sutures.

McIndoe Scissors: Curved scissors used to cut/dissect tissue

Hemostats - these are used to clamp vessels to prevent blood flow into the cavity the the surgeons are working in.

Adson Forceps: Can be straight or curved, with either semi-serrated tips or toothed tips, used to clamp vessels and tissues.

Artery Undermining Forceps: Toothed forceps, with ratchetted ringlets. Can be straight or angled, used to hold thick tissues during cardiothoracic surgeries

Bainbridge Forceps: Forceps with long jaws with serrated tips, used to clamp the bowel.

Crile Forceps: A clamp with horizontal, serrated jaws, that can be curved or straight. These are used in laparoscopical practices, for clamping tissue and vessels for cauterization and ligation.

Dandy Forceps: These forces are curved, with half-serrated jaws. Used to control the flow of blood.

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps: Interlocking blades, curved or straight, used to clamp vessels to control blood flow.

Gemini Mixter Forceps: Curved and serrated, used to hold damaged and delicate vessels during cardiothoracic surgery.

Hartman Forceps: These are narrow, serrated, straight or curved but used primarily for left-handed surgeons. They are used to clamp small vessels.

Jacobson Forceps: Forceps with serrated curved jaws. Used for closing a wound or in tonsillectomies.

Kelly Forceps: Forceps with half-serrated jaws, either curved and straight. They are used for clamp

Kocher Hemostatic Forceps: Has serrated jaws and toothed tips. Used for grasping large blood vessels to control blood flow and holding dense tissue.

Lovelace Forceps: Forceps with fully serrated jaws, used for clamping vessels in gynecologic procedures.

Mikulicz Forceps: Half-serrated jaws with curved tips. Used for clamping the peritoneal sac during abdominal wall closure and the peritoneal tissues in the pelvic cavity.

Mixter Forceps: Right-angled jaws with longitudinal serrations, straight, curved patterns which can be half and fully-serrated. These are used for hard to reach places, used to hold tissue, blood vessels and stitches.

Mosquito Forceps: Short, serrated jaws used for incisions and thin tissues, usually before cauterization.

Rochester Carmalt Forceps: Long, wide serrated jaws. Used for grasping blood vessels.

Rochester Ochsner Forceps: These are used to objects and blood vessels during orthopedic procedures.

Retractors - used to pull back the flesh so the surgeon has better view

Langenbeck Retractor: Hook-shaped retractor, used to separate the edges of wounds. They can come in different sizes depending how deep you want the wound tract.

Norfolk and Norwich Retractor: This retractor is self-retaining, used to keep deep wounds open.

Travers Retractor: Also a self-retaining retractor, but used for much shallower wounds

Other Tools

Cauterization device: used to cauterizate blood vessels to prevent bleeding.

Needle Holder: Used for holding needles while suturing, it looks like a pair of scissors

Rampley Sponge Holding: used to store sponges and gauze

Towel clips: Used to keep towels and drapes in the place

Suction: This machine is sort of like a hose that sucks up blood and other fluids.

Surgical Stapler: Sort of what it says on the tin, a device that staples wounds together quickly.

Laparotomy Sponge/Lap Pad: Is an absorbent pad used to keep the cavity free of excess blood and fluid or to prevent too much bleeding.

Drapes: This is the cloth used to cover the patient and the operating table.

What to Wear to Surgery?

In surgery, contamination is always a fear so the surgeons and their team must dress accordingly in the OR. Most times the patient is draped or wearing a hospital gown.

Protective Cap: This is a cap that covers the hair. Worn by everyone.

Surgical Masks: Worn over the mouth and nose. Usually worn just by the surgical team.

Protective Eyewear: To shield the eyes from blood and debris. Usually worn just by the surgical team.

Gloves: Worn by the surgical team.

Gowns: These are long gowns worn over the scrubs. Worn by the surgical team.

Protective Shoe Covers: Worn over shoes of the surgical team.

Phrases used in the OR

Operations are high stress situations. Often communication is shortened to quick phrases.

Scalpel: Give me a scalpel

Clamp: Give me a clamp

Suction: Suck up this blood/liquid for me.

Retract: Hold back the tissue

Bovie: Give me the cautery equipment

Sponge count: Count the sponges and towels in case we left one in this here guy

Close: Stitch up the patient

Irrigation: Wash out the wound with water

Intubate: Insert a tube in the patient's throat to help them breath

Extubate: Remove the breathing tube

Airplane: Tilt the bed to expose a lateral portion or change the patient’s hemodynamics.

Donut: A support for the patient’s head after anesthesia.

Jump Room: Another OR prepped and waiting for the surgeon for another surgery

Types of Surgery

Surgeons don't just perform every kind of surgery. Most surgeons stick to a practicular specialty.

General Surgery: General surgery focuses on the abdominal organs.

Cardiothoracic Surgery: Deals with everything in the chest, eg. heart and lungs.

Orthopedic Surgery: Focuses on bones and muscle

Neurosurgery: This surgery focuses on the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: This surgery focuses on cosmetic surgery but also reconstructive procedures.

Pediatric Surgery: For babies, children and teenagers.

Vascular Surgery: Focuses on arteries and veins, everything on the vascular system.

Urology: Focuses on the urinary tract and male reproductive organs.

Otolaryngology (ENT): The ears, nose, and throat.

Gynecologic Surgery: Surgery focusing on the female reproductive system.

Examples of surgery

There are thousands of kinds of surgery but I've just listed a few well known ones here.

Appendectomy: Removal of the appendix

Cholecystectomy: Removal of the gallbladder

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG): Bypass surgery performed to improve blood flow to the heart

Cesarean Section (C-section): The removal of a baby from the womb surgically.

Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus.

Mastectomy: Removal of one or both breasts

Tonsillectomy: Removal of the tonsils.

Biopsy: Removal of tissue for examination.

Carotid Endarterectomy: Removal of blockages from in the arteries.

Debridement: Surgical removal of skin that is damaged or infected.

Dilation and Curettage (D&C): Removal of tissue from within the uterus.

Skin Graft: The planting of healthy skin over areas of damaged skin

Spinal Fusion: Joining two or more vertebrae

Rhinoplasty: Surgery to reconstruct or reshape the nose

Prostatectomy: Removal of the prostate gland

Hernia Repair: The repair of a hernia

Total Knee Replacement: The replacement of the knee with artificial components

Hip Replacement: Replacement of hip with artificial components.

Heart Valve Replacement and Repair: The repair of valves in the heart.

Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Repair of enlarged aorta to prevent rupture.

Pacemaker Installation: The installation of a pacemaker to regulate heartbeat.

Craniotomy: Opening up the skull to treat the brain for tumors, aneurysms or repairing damage.

Spinal Decompression: The relieving of pressure on the spinal cord.

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS): This is the treatment of the brain with electrical pulses.

Breast Augmentation and Reconstruction: The implantion of artificial breasts for cosmetic reasons or to replace them after trauma or removal.

Liposuction: The removal of excess fat in the body.

Ovarian Cystectomy: Removal of ovarian cysts.

Endometriosis Surgery: Removal of endometrial tissue outside the uterus.

Nephrectomy: Removal of kidney

Ureteroscopy: Removal of obstruction in urinary tract

Vasectomy: The clipping of the male reproductive tracts to prevent fertility.

Colectomy: Partial or total removal of the colon.

Gastrectomy: Partial or total removal of the stomach.

Esophagectomy: Partial or total removal of the esophagus

Septoplasty: The correction of a deviated or damage septum.

Cochlear Implantation: Surgery to grant the hard of hearing or deaf to hear without hearing aids due to an implanted device.

The Winchester Method

Let's be honest your character is likely not going to hospital for their needed surgery. That bullet is going to be removed elsewhere and that appendix is coming out on the run. We're writers, we sort of use medicine like a fucking jump rope. THIS IS FOR FICTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. The basic needs of make your own surgerical tools:

Sterilisation: You need something to sterilise your "tools". You can use alcoholic spirits or boiling water or open fire.

Needle and thread: You have to close yourself up, both need to be sterilised. See my post on stitches.

Cauterization: You need may need something to cauterise the wounds or stop bleeding. Something hot, sterile and metal like the flat of a knife can work short term.

Scalpel: You will need a sharp knife, sterilised and appropriately sized like a small paring knife or the blade of a Swiss army knife.

Bandages and towels: Something to soak up blood and cover. Torn up clothes or sheets can be used but most be sterilised.

Anesthesia/Pain Management: Something for the pain. Strong drink can be used to dull the pain but so can over the counter meds.

[donelywell]

It's been a year, so here's the wrap up!

I actually haven't posted a lot of this art- or other art that I've made this year haha. Took a major break from going online and even Sonic as a whole for a few months even.

I feel like I haven't changed my style that much, but I did change a bit. I don't color the whites of eyes anymore, I figured out how to make things glow, and I sometimes color my lines too!

[luckycharms1701]

Oh, please, I must know now… Donnie during mating season??? :D I’m loving ur writings about this :)

alright you thirsty purple fans, it’s time!

sidenote: i am. so glad. that people are enjoying these. they’re a lot of fun to write!

double sidenote: i have added a link to my masterpost to all my bayverse mating season headcanons! you can also find them here

sooooo donnie. he's a freak in the sheets, you cannot change my mind. so especially strong spicy warning for this one 🌶️

Donnie is extremely matter of fact about mating season. The first time he brings it up with you, he’s more nervous about your answer than he is shy about explaining what it entails. (You couldn’t hear the words, but you did hear him muttering to himself before he came up to ask you. You suspect it was a pep talk.) He is very thorough when explaining mating season in general and how it affects him in particular. You are grateful and also a little turned on by the time he’s done.

Before you were in the picture, Donnie used to work himself until his system overloaded and he passed out during this time. Now he finds himself working a lot less, because he has you to focus on. He appreciates that you make him spend more time on leisure and don’t let him overwork himself. He also appreciates that you do let him work at least a little when the desire hits. Getting to cuddle with you is a surefire way to get him to rest when he needs it though. As long as you’re nearby, he’s happy to do whatever.

Donnie is a talker in general, but it gets ramped up to 100 when it’s his season. Unless his mouth is busy doing… other things… it’s basically a 24/7 stream of consciousness fest. Mostly it’s about you. How much he loves you, what in particular he loves about you, how exactly he wants to make love to you. His morning star, his starlight, his celestial beauty. Sometimes, though, he’ll interrupt himself to talk about something that just occurred to him about one of his projects. It never fails to pull a laugh out of you and make him rub the back of his neck in (adorable) embarrassment.

He enjoys physical affection and often seeks it out from you, and this holds true during his season. He won’t whine or get grumpy if you don’t want to be touching him all the time (*cough* like his brothers will *cough*), but he does prefer if you’re in contact with him somehow. He enjoys watching movies with your head on his lap and your hand in his. He especially likes it when you're on top of him.

Donnie is used to just taking care of himself whenever necessary, AND he is used to handling delicate things during his season. So there is a lot of gentle manhandling when the time comes. You can't do anything particularly engaging because he will come up and interrupt you whenever to have sex. IF you are wearing clothes at all (not often), you cannot wear underwear or pants, at most a skirt. That way he can just lift it up and enter you whenever the urge hits. He is especially fond of doing this when you're sitting on his lap while he's working (... "daddy's little cockwarmer").

Having you around does not mean that all of his toys go unused, oh no. He is very considerate, and would rather resort to them when you're getting rest. (He got your permission to stare at you while you slept and he used his toys. So considerate.) He also came up with some new toys that the two of you can use together. Having toys custom designed for your pleasure? Well. It really adds to the experience of mating season.

He likes to take his time and study you. He is always coming to you with a new experience he wants to try. He does get a lot of pleasure out of trying new things, but he mostly just wants to know how you'll react. He is intimately familiar with your body and how it reacts, and he wants to see if those reactions hold true when different stimuli are applied. His prodigious brain is always working. He particularly likes when something catches you off guard and a surprised gasp comes out of your mouth.

Donnie is not overtly possessive, even in his season. But there is always one hickey very carefully placed somewhere noticeable that you can't cover easily. He knows just how much force to use to leave an imprint of his hands without hurting you more than you enjoy. And if he catches someone looking at you? You will probably be walking a little funny the next day. When he ties you up (he enjoys tying you up. a lot.), he'll take a minute to sit back and observe you, pleasuring himself to thoughts of how you belong to him the same way he belongs to you.

When his season is over, his favorite thing to do is cuddle with you while the both of you sleep it off. He won't leave the bed, not even to work, until he deems you fully rested. (He will work in bed while you sleep on his plastron though.) His second favorite thing to do is bathe you. He takes his time to make sure every inch of you is clean and cared for. It's a lot like going to a spa, because Donnie did a lot of research into spas so that he could replicate that experience for you. And if you give him a little pampering in return? You'll get to hear him chirp and churr in complete satisfaction.

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head bonks: @yorshie @avery73 @justalotoffanfiction @thejudiciousneurotic

[edgepunk]

these earth-2710 Peter drawings have been in my wips for a while and idk if I'm going to finish them so here

[enderina]

Tommorow i'm starting school 💀 i wanna explode. Hopefully this won't mean i'll stop drawing,, Here's a few finished arts in the meantime :]

{I draw mario so different everytime help 💀 Also luigi is pretty hard to draw so i'm still figuring him out ✌}

[mathysphere]

do YOU want to cross-stitch like it's 1992? through the magic of emulation, now you can!

I found a copy of Cross Stitch Master (Commodore Amiga pattern program) in a giant ROM dump on the Internet Archive, and got it working! and honestly it kinda rules

[sugarpasteltmnt]

I finally got around to reading the first chapter of your newest fic and OMG?!! IT LEFT OFF ON SUCH A CLIFFHANGER I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!

My question for you is, will this fic have a happy ending as well? (If that's in the fic's tags already I am so sorry ^^")

I hope this ask finds you well!!!

omg yes!! there will be a happy ending!!

trust me when i say i'm a huge baby. i CANNOT handle sad endings. i am a registered Disney-movie-level-weenie. anyone who's ever met me knows for a fact that i cannot handle scary things or sad things. don't worry-- no matter how sketchy of a scenario I put characters in, there will be a happy ending lol

(I do need to go through and update the tags because there's a lot of stuff i missed whoops and there will kinda be some heavy themes involved)

[teddybeartoji]

i think i always screw myself over by thinking that EVERY piece i write has to be fully fleshed out, with a proper beginning and an end, when in reality it's literally just not true lmao the bi-weekly realization that you CAN write whatever the fuck you want and however the fuck you want is so relieving thanks brain for letting me have this one<333333333

[seekstrivefind]

i was sent to boarding school at six years old.

i lived in an old victorian manor house on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere. there were teachers and house mistresses, but mostly there were other children. i saw my family very little, and even when i did see them, they were strangers who knew practically nothing about me. they might as well not have existed.

aside from my school lessons, i learned everything from these other, isolated children. what was good and bad, cool and uncool, what was important and what was a supposedly proportional response to any of these ideas being challenged. it was, as you'd expect, a feral little echo chamber.

and amongst it all were the expectations (academic, mostly). we were special, we were better than other children that we nebulously understood went to school elsewhere and lived differently somehow (i didn't meet any non boarding school kids until I was 12 or 13, and then only saw them in the summer).

when expectations are put on you like that, when you're so steeped in then that you know nothing else, you convince yourself that they happen to align with your own desires. they push you, but you push yourself harder. later, as an adult, you'll look back and wonder why you threw yourself so rabidly into something you never really wanted. when you're in it, you can't think of doing anything else, because you learn all your shame there, too.

so there you are, a cohort of young people who fiercely believe that you are independently chasing something that matters more than anything else in the world. and when adults look at you pityingly and dare to suggest you are being fed into a big, pointless machine that will chew you up and spit you out into adulthood with nothing to show for it, you get angry. because they don't understand, they couldn't possibly understand. you throw yourself willingly into the machine. it chews you up like meat (the adults were right all along, of course).

and that's why I'm so emotional about the fourth house, because tamsyn muir fucking nailed boarding school trauma.

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Oh gosh the roommates are unloading the dishwasher ... this is an answer to prayer