Some Baxter doodles based on some stuff I wrote about him on Tumblr recently: I have been doing a little thinking on Baxter the past few days and here's some thoughts I have (nothing concrete yet, just playing with ideas):

As far as his weight gain is concerned, I think he's mostly indifferent to it? He was a chubby lil' baby bun when he became the mascot for his parent's company (not super fat or anything but you know... cherubic). He was ridiculously cute. The confections are really good, they could honestly sell themselves but Baxter definitely helped them become a household name.

He had a catchphrase in his early adverts where he'd say "Conejo Confections, Mmm-mmm! They're yummy in my bunny tummy!" while rubbing his belly. He continues to this day to do adverts for the company (as such everyone knows his face) and while his catchphrase still appears on the packaging, it hasn't been used in the adverts since he was little. (His adverts now are usually just him in various outfits introducing new products and such). This doesn't stop people from approaching him in the street for pictures and the like and rubbing his tummy/saying his catchphrase though. He's gotten pretty used to strangers pawing at his belly, haha.

There was a period of time (mostly through his teen years) where he was super active with sports/working out some and he was on the slim side. Now that he's in his late twenties somewhere, he's gotten a little more sedentary, a lot more hungry and started gaining a bit of weight. Like I said before, he probably doesn't feel one way or the other about it but it does get pointed out to him a lot by his parents and other higher ups working at the company who would prefer he stayed slim while representing the company. But they can't really argue about it too much given that he's an adult and he can do what he wants and also the customers/fans seem to really like his fat tummy (and are often encouraging him to eat when they see him).

That's about all I have so far. If y'all have thoughts, I'd love to hear 'em.

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