#mer!bob

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sorry for kind of abandoning y'all during mermay. here's a canvas of doodles from throughout the month of... Varying Quality

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mermay isn't over just yet

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May I hug shark bob...don't eat me

he won't eat you but that doesn't mean he won't drown you...

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Heres your excuse to draw catfish bob

oh boy an excuse to draw catfish bob!!

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it's almost definitely because I felt more "in my groove" after the shark page, but yeah I like catfish bob more... I just think it suits him better! unassuming-looking, but actually very smart and powerful, and eats a LOT! (fun fact, I actually had a pet catfish named Bob when I was a kid! He ate all of the other fish in the tank belonging to my big sister and then she didn't talk to me for a week. that's probably where the bias lies, actually...)

quick colours that I don't particularly like either 💔

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I like to imagine Catfish Bob just collects all kinds of things that fall into the water. Even if he doesn't entirely know what they do. If he has some kind of cave or something he lives in, I imagine it looks about as messy as og Bob's house.

yeah!! close to my thoughts, I have him living in the hull of one of the shipwrecks he caused

the inside is as bad as the outside. overgrown, falling apart, rust, algae, and remains of all sorts littered about... it's a real mess. and yeah, he has quite the collection of trinkets as well! since my mer Bob used to be human (both shark and catfish) he has something of a sentimental attachment to his things, he's amassed quite the hoard over time. he doesn't miss being human, the keepsakes are just nice to have

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so I've been thinking about your catfish Bob and also thinking about how some catfish have spikes along the fin on their backs. would catfish Bob have those too?

nope! catfish bob is based on a redtail catfish, which lack the dorsal, adipose, and pectoral spines that other species of catfish have. his fins are more soft and flexible :)

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What does Catfish Bob eat mostly? We all know regular Bob loves his meats but does he just casually switch to fish when there are no people to munch on? Does he like eating fish?

Catfish are not necessarily known to eat people and as far as I know there is no confirmed case of a Catfish eating a person. Does he eat other Merfolk then?

merfolk in my universe are omnivores, and typically stick to hunting other non-sapient fish, but aren't really picky

that being said, Bob will eat anything, including humans and other merfolk. the human-eating thing actually isn't a huge deal because other merfolk will eat a person too if the opportunity presents itself, but eating another mer is a very big taboo. and he's quite the glutton...