Temporarily suspend animation when certain image is shown...

[crimsonnight]

Basically I want to temporarily suspend the blink animation (detailed below) whenever super-happy eyes are used. Is there an easy way to do this or do I have to hide and then show it every time?

Also as a side note, what transition would u guys recommend for just switching between poses/expressions - is not using a transition too harsh?

init:
image blink full = anim.SMAnimation("a",
anim.State("a", "clear.png"),

# This edge keeps us showing the eyes open for a second.
anim.Edge("a", 1.0, "a", prob=5),

# This edge causes the eyes to start closing...
anim.Edge("a", 0.025, "b"),

# ..because it brings us here.
anim.State("b", "su1-half-blink.png"),

# And so on...
anim.Edge("b", 0.025, "c"),
anim.State("c", "su1-full-blink.png"),
anim.Edge("c", 0.025, "d"),
anim.State("d", "su1-half-blink.png"),

# And back to a.
anim.Edge("d", 0.5, "a")
)