I had an idea for the Baker's Dozen family where they find out that there is a 14th Baker child that even the parents don't know about. And this said child came out via scientific genetic cloning of the parents (Lemon and Lime's parents would never cheat plus that too cliche of a marriage trope if you ask me). I always thought that the dad would have been in the military and the government would just genetically clone some of the soldiers and the parents' DNA is like top-tier shit and the government just made a baby out of their genetics and raised it to be the perfect soldier. The child would be older than Apple (their first child and she would have a whole older sibling complex aka "I'm number 1") and all the other siblings wouldn't know what to do with them but still treat them like family. And then said child would learn to be a part of the family or some gushy bullshit idk. Might do some concept sketches and see how I feel if I want to do that.
I love being messy boots in my own private world because as much as I want the Baker's Dozen to be this regular normal family, I need to have drama to hit them like a freight train and wreck all of their dynamics just so they can grow a little (they need a little drama trauma, I fear I made them too cookie-cutter perfect they legit don't have problems)
Starting 2026 by breaking my "I'm not adding a new character to the main family" rule bc I told my mom (whom I bounce my ideas off of) my new character concept and the more I talked about it, the more I loved the idea so I'm doing it but truthfully he won't be a main character fr he is more like a character you would see once every other season on a TV show...plus I started a sketch page for him and all I did was draw his face and I was sold so I gotta commit to it now. BUT I SWEAR AFTER THIS LEMON AND LIME WILL HAVE NO MORE SIBLINGS I REALLY SWEAR IT THIS TIME!!! Also first oc of 2026 WOOOHOOO!!!
On top of the messiness that is this 14th Baker, I've decided he gonna have some severe ptsd and to make his life more stressful I gave him a kid that is another genetic clone with his DNA that he didn't know about and rescued cuz why tf not.
I worked on the character for over a month now and ik I said he was going to a main character but he is now. He is more of a recurring character when he debuts but then becomes a series regular...I've grown too attached to my trauma baby boy. I really can't keep doing this.
Another concept for the 14th Baker that is more simple and corkey is that Lime invented and time travel device and he & Lemon go back in time and accidentally set their parents up too early that resulted in a older brother they do not know. And since Grape was supposed to be the last child, they could still be the Baker's Dozen cuz their baby brother Blackberry is 12 years younger than the lastest Baker child and their parents didn't expect to have another kid at their age...I'm just pulling this outta my ass for this one character I didn't need but can't seem to get rid of.










