#maybe i should just make shrimp instead and just have the lobster on a normal day when im ready for cooking it lol

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I did another one that no one was necessarily asking for, but I still wanted to do, this is Vampire Shrimp Cookie

I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure if this is even a ship, or if anyone but me ships it (and maybe @bellatheinkdemon considering they made darklobster comics this morning? But that might have just been because I requested a fankid for this ship and they decided to do more afterwards), but I think it’d be neat. I know in canon they haven’t interacted, but their backstories seem similar and I would really like to see them interact at some point, and see how they’d work off each other. Okay, I don’t think that’s very solid of a reasoning, but I just thought shipping them would be kind of neat, and put them on my list. Then this morning I had a bit of a darklobster kick, so I made this one

So does anyone remember that one time when I went on a bender looking up shrimp and then posting about them? Well okay, I only made one post, but I did still do that. Anyways, so one I particularly liked was the vampire shrimp, and I was considering using one for a darklobster kid, since shrimp and lobster are related, plus they’re big (for shrimp) and rather bulky, and also they apparently give off the impression of being scary, when in reality they really aren’t, which seems to fit Dark Choco’s personality (also they aren’t vampiric, so I’m not sure why they’re called that). So I thought “good enough” and put it as a candidate, and to be honest I just wanted to make this into a Cookie, so yeah

Vampire shrimp:

So I’ll be honest, I definitely put more Lobster into her design than Dark Choco, though I’m not entirely sure how to fix that. I gave her a grayish color because I remembered some vampire shrimp having blue-grayish shells, but I think they were more blue than I remembered. Lobster’s tone probably could have worked fine, but I mean, it makes her look more like a mix. And I gave her black hair to give her some similarities to Dark Choco (as well as me thinking it’d work good with the grey). I also put in some reds like Lobster, though I think it helps with the whole ���vampire” part of her name, as well as the fact that she’s supposed to have an at least somewhat crooked mouth that resembles fangs. Though again, vampire shrimp aren’t vampiric. I gave her normal hands instead of claws because vampire shrimp don’t have claws. Also I gave her a little shark plush because she’s supposed to be shy, and I thought her hiding herself behind a toy would sell that, and I made it a shark to match Lobster’s sea aesthetic. Though maybe I should have chosen something different, as it does still lean in to the “more emphasis on Lobster” thing

I’ll be honest, I just sort of made something up for her dress. That’s something I’ve noticed, if I make a character where their torso is largely obscured, I’ll have no clue what to do for the outfit. Ah well

Also I don’t know why I drew her as a child. One thing I wanted to portray is that vampire shrimp are bulky, but I can’t really do that with a young child. Maybe I can draw her again as an adult, because that’s definitely something I wanted to keep, she’s supposed to be large. But for now at this age, she’s very small, which I guess works with her shrimp thing. Also don’t know when I decided to make her a girl, I think I was originally going to make her either a boy or non binary. Ah well

So as for her character, there’s not too much, she’s pretty basic. She’s a very shy young girl, who often hides behind her parents (or in Dark Choco’s case, usually within his capes/cloaks). She’s rather timid and has a hard time opening up to people, but if you get her to open up, she’s a very friendly individual who likes to play with others

I’d also imagine Mocha Ray to be like an aunt to Vampire Shrimp, and someone she loves to play with

Growing up, I don’t imagine her to be a warrior, as she’s very non aggressive and would rather settle things peacefully. Not sure what she’d do though

(I may or may not have just taken her personality from what I read about how vampire shrimp behave, but shh. Also I felt like it fits)

Anyways yeah, not much to say on that end. I know at one point I said part of my issues is that I wasn’t able to flesh out these fankids’ personalities in time, but now I have all the time in the world and am able to come up with very little. Though then again, it could also be the lack of creative juices flowing while I’m at home

But regardless, I hope you like her!

[kelly-ros]

So it took me a while to start this post, I’m actually still waiting for my allergy test results to see if I can add that to the list or not, but here’s what has happened to me during this pandemic.

I almost died due to an allergic reaction to something This is the reason why I had to get an allergy in the first place, but I had a similar reaction about 5 years ago, where I broke out in hives, my body temperature, and my throat was swelling up and suffocating me. I couldn’t find my antihistamine anywhere, but luckily my friend down the street was able to bring some at 1 am. I went to UWMC to get tested for shellfish allergy, because I suspect that I’m allergic to scallops and have been avoiding it for years, instead, I got prick tested for clams, oysters, lobsters, and dust mites. I had to get blood drawn for scallops. My tests for clams, oysters, and lobsters, were inconclusive so I had to get blood drawn for that too. However, I’m really allergic to dust mites, according to the allergist, my reaction to “cold shrimp” is related to dust mites. As of today, November 23rd, I don’t know if I’m allergic to the 4 shellfish above, but I now have to carry 2 EpiPens with me if I come in contact with dust mites.

I've pretty much cut ties with my parents I can see this as a good thing, but I only respond to their texts with short answers. Most of the time, they would call me and just tell me about their problems and bad news. It doesn't improve my mood at all, so one day I kind of blew up at them and told them to stop calling me. I feel like crap already, and I don't want to feel worse. This probably the only time I should be selfish like this.

I'm not friends with one of my closest friends anymore My friend, Paige, and I used to be really close. We had a brother-sister type relationship. She actually came to visit me during this pandemic and I showed her around Seattle for a week, which was nice. We played League together with my friends, and she got really comfortable with them to where we would have set times and days to play, which was great. One day, she made a remark towards me (in our group) that kind of offended me, so I told her on the side and she said it was joke and that I should chill. So I moved on, and then it happened again and then I told her again and her response was the same. I was pretty mad, so I stopped playing with them for a bit, and I wanted to focus on my projects anyway, so it was a good excuse to get away. When I finished my class projects, I was able to play again, and I played with other friends because they had asked me to before my normal group. This kept happening, I kept playing with my other friend(s) because they simply asked first, that was it. Paige decided to confront me on the side and asked me why I was avoiding her and the group, and I just told her that they asked me first, not a big deal. Then, she told me that we needed to talk about our situation. And I said okay, I told her that it was inconsiderate for her to make jokes about me in front of everyone. Her response was, that I was being too sensitive, that's how she is, and that she's made the same jokes at other people in the group and didn't get the same reaction from them as she did from me. I told her that she can't compare us because we're entirely different people in completely different situations. I'm me, they aren't me, I'm not them. I told her that if she couldn't respect someone else's boundaries when they were uncomfortable, we shouldn't be friends. I respected hers, she should respect mine. It sucks though, because...

Only a few people (in WA) have reached out to me Maybe it's because I don't have a facebook? I don't know, but only a handful of people have reached out to me since the end of March. Most of them are co-workers, but it's still nice to know that they somewhat care. For the people that have reached out to me, I'm grateful for them, but for everyone else, it kind of makes me feel... forgotten? Back before the pandemic, people would talk to me and approach me all the time. Maybe I was just a convenience at the time.

It might be time for a new job/location While I do like Boeing and Washington, I've started looking for another job and not just in Washington. I hope that I don't have to leave Boeing, but my previous manager told me that "You were rated high enough for the first two rounds of layoffs, but I don't know if you would make it through another round." It's kind of scary, I feel that he was genuinely confident in my abilities, cause I'm not... Most of my applications have been for companies in the Bay Area, so I may or may not move back to California, definitely not with my parents. I have applied to some jobs in the PNW, but there are just more opportunities for Electrical Engineers in the Bay Area. I hope that I don't have to leave, but I don't want to sit around and be laid off with no backup plan.

Sometimes I feel completely worthless and that I shouldn't be here It's a horrible feeling.