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Patti Wilson, nativa di New York City, è una stilista e consulente di moda nota per il suo stile istintivo, provocatorio e progressista. Wilson, mentre lavorava in un jazz club, una fotografa rimase colpita dal suo stile personale e le chiese se poteva utilizzarlo durante i servizi fotografici. La serendipità spontanea unita all’etica del lavoro, l’apertura mentale e il senso dello stile, hanno…

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Okay, I saw your screencap redraw, and as someone else who's *obsessed* with Carmen's parents, I had to take you up on that offer. So, consider this ask license to infodump your thoughts on them! :)

AGH ok so-

Carmen's parents have a LOT of potential narrative-wise, and I really hope one day we'll see more of them in canon. (Maybe comics like the showrunner talked about before?)

Like how in the world did they meet??? Cause idk i feel like Carlotta disappeared way too easily to have just been a civilian. I think she was a thief too, not VILE, she only steals when she needs to, for one reason or another.

this is getting long oops- under the cut!

I think they happened to be going after the same thing, at the same time, and hoo boy do they not get along lol. Turns out Carlotta (telling Dexter her name is Vera Cruz. He does not believe her) had agreed to steal the whatever-it-is in exchange for an under-the-radar trip somewhere else.

They make a deal: Dexter gets her there, and he gets to keep the prize. Yay, roadtrip!

Cue rivals-to-friends-to-lovers speedrun lmao

Some time passes after that (during which they continue to see each other) and many months later they discover oops they made a Carmen

Dexter begins making his much longer trips away from VILE (wanting to support his partner with their unborn kid as much as he can) and starts the process of leaving. When Carmen is born, his trips away get longer and VILE finally catches wind of what's happening, and you know the rest.

AHH ok headcanons about each:

Dexter

definitely shares a lot of personality traits with Carmen. Even just from what we saw during Shadowsan's flashback, they are so so similar :( The two combined chaos energies probably would've driven Carlotta up a wall lmao

woulda been a fantastic girl dad. this man would have sat thru tea parties and played barbies with little Carmen and LOVED IT

dad jokes. that is all.

probably also a very high energy/troublemaking kid, like Carmen

Seriously I picture him and Carmen being super close if he'd survived.

idk i think it'd be funny that this master thief that is 1/5th of the leadership of a massive and ancient crime organization is an absolute dorky dad lmao

bi

was gonna ask Carlotta to marry him after he escaped. but. well.. yk.

Was gonna pick Shadowsan to take his place on the faculty anyway

knows guitar, and probably would've taught carmen how to as well.

is it a universal dad thing to enjoy Jimmy Buffet music or is that just my dad??? Idk either way he vibes. Carlotta has a video of him softly strumming a guitar with baby Carmen in his lap and singing "Little Miss Magic" to her ;-;

also enjoys AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Guns n Roses, all that kinda stuff. Probably projecting my own dad a bit but oh well

As much as he'd hate he couldn't be there for Carmen when she was growing up, I think he'd be glad she at least had Shadowsan looking out for her :)

He would be so proud of everything Carmen has done and accomplished ;-;

Carlotta

its probably been said before, but Carlotta definitely started up the orphanage in Buenos Aires hoping Carmen would end up in it at some point.

Carmen inherited thief skills from both parents idc. Carlotta definitely gave Dexter a run for his money lol

looks a lot like carmen, but with green eyes instead of gray, and more brown hair than Carmen's red/auburn.

also the parent carmen got her freckles from (BC Carmen had em when she was little, and she spent a lot of time out in the sun!! I will die on the Carmen having faint freckles hill dangit!)

also bi. idk these two give bi4bi vibes.

more likely to get into a fistfight out of the two of them ("Carlotta, no!" "Carlotta YES" *cut to Dexter desperately trying to hold her back* "CARLOTTA PLEASE WE'RE TRYING NOT TO GET CAUGHT")

Upon reuniting with and getting to know Carmen, she's very much reminded of Dexter. She'd be all too happy to tell her stories of Dexter.

definitely also has a bit of a mischief streak too.

absolutely did NOT put up with Dexter's nonsense at first lol

was initially terrified of what Dexter would think when she told him they were gonna be parents, but was quickly reassured when the next time Dexter came back from VILE he had armloads of baby stuff from around the world.

Probably has a big extended family but after Dexter's death and Carmen disappears, she gets distant with them. After reuniting with Carmen though, accidentally runs into a family member with her and they're like "wait is that her?? She's alive??" and just like that Carmen has managed to acquire ANOTHER family lol.

Absolutely thrilled to learn Carmen wasn't alone all those years and immediately just adopts Zack, Ivy, and Player lol

Probably a little hesitant about Shadowsan at first, given that he was supposed to assassinate Dexter and did actually take her daughter to VILE, but eventually they're chill and he tells her stories of Black Sheep's antics. Meanwhile Carmen is in the background begging him not to lol.

I think once she got over her distrust of Shadowsan and got to know him, and sees how close he and Carmen are, she'd be glad that he was there for Carmen when Dexter couldn't be.

ARGHSH I have plans for them in many AUs lol. I'll get around to actually enacting em someday XD

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A Complete and (Hopefully) Accurate Timeline of Carmen Sandiego

During my second rewatch of this show (I only found it in December okay) I suddenly found myself with a burning question, when the hell is all of this going on?

I quickly realized I could go and find out

So I began my 3rd rewatch, and a month later here we are

Each date is bolded with a brief description of the event and the episode in which you can find the information. Any quotes are taken from what is said within the show and only altered in order to flow with my sentence structure

As a disclaimer this is my first pass at the timeline and what I've immediately noticed while rewatching the show, please tell me if I've missed anything 🙏

March 01, 1999 - Carmen Sandiego is born (Season 2 Episode 10)

Carmen's birthday in previous media has been declared as March 1st, so I'm keeping that for simplicities sake. The year 1999 comes from Vera Cruz's tombstone; Vera Cruz "died" two weeks before her estate burned down, and as Carmen was beginning to walk at this time it places her at anywhere between 9-18 months of age.

This does give leeway for her to be born in 1998 (born in March 1998, house burns in Jan-Sep 1999) or 1999 (born in March 1999, house burns around December 1999) I chose 1999 because it would mean Carmen would be 20 (what Duane has declared Carmen's age during the events of the show) in 2019 (when the show aired) which I found fitting.

December 1999 - Vera Cruz's estate in burns down, Dexter Wolfe is killed. (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2000 - Carlotta Valdez opens an orphanage (Season 4 Episode 8)

Chief relays while going over Dexter Wolfe and Carlotta Valdez's files that Valdez founded an orphanage 6 months after Wolfe's death.

March 01, 2015 - Carmen turns 16 (Season 1 Episode 1)

September 2015-February 2016 - Carmen receives her first call from Player (Season 1 Episode 1)

Duane has stated that Carmen was 16 when Player first called. Under the assumption that VILE follows a standard school year for the area (September-June), Carmen has to get this call after September so she enrolls in the following year, when she's instead 17. If she starts her first year at 17 as opposed to 16 it gets her closer to 20 when the show starts.

tl;dr: Player calls Carmen after the school year begins in September but before she turns 17 in March so it's as close to accurate to Duane's estimation of age later in the timeline.

March 01, 2016 - Carmen turns 17 (Season 1 Episode 1)

September 2016 - Carmen's first year at VILE Academy begins (Season 1 Episode 1)

December 01, 2016 - Cookie Booker arrives at VILE Island, Carmen and her classmates pull prank and get detention. (Season 1 Episode 1)

March 01, 2017 - Carmen turns 18 (Season 1 Episode 1)

June 2017 - VILE final exams, graduation, and Casablanca Caper (Season 1 Episodes 1-2)

July 2017-August 2017 - Carmen spends her summer under close scrutiny by the Faculty for her actions in Casablanca (Season 1 Episode 2)

Player, once Carmen retrieves her phone as she's attempting to escape the island, claims that Carmen hadn't "called [him] all summer long". Player is Canadian, their school years typically follow the September-June schedule, further implying that this same schedule is implemented at VILE Academy.

September 2017 - Carmen's holdover year begins (Season 1 Episode 2)

December 01, 2017 - Cookie Booker arrives with VILE hard drive, Carmen escapes the island (Season 1 Episode 2)

March 01, 2018 - Carmen turns 19

March 2018-May 2018 - Events of the Boston Tea Party Caper (Season 2 Episode 5)

Carmen recalls that the Boston Tea Party Caper had "been a few months since [she] escaped from VILE Island" and that "months of preparation were about to be put to the test" "A few months" is pretty vague, I'd say it's more than 2 months but less than 6. With graduation presumably happening in June, and El Topo being confused in his confrontation with Carmen because she "did not graduate", we can assume the new year had not yet concluded. This makes the cutoff for the Caper's events May.

May-June 2018 - Switzerland, Cairo, and Shanghai Capers (Season 1 Episode 1)

Carmen engaged in at least 3 additional Capers following the Boston Tea Party Caper (Season 2 Episode 5) but prior to the events of the first episode, information given to us courtesy of Devineaux and Julia's conversation at the beginning of the first episode.

Devineaux claims that "in just the last few weeks, this Carmen Sandiego has managed to rob millions of euros combined". A few weeks is a broad range of time, but likely not more than a month or so, which is why I've placed these three capers only slightly before the Poitiers robbery.

June 2018 - Carmen robs Cleo's vault in Poitier, runs into Crackle on train to Paris (Season 1 Episodes 1-2)

This event is 18 months prior to ACME taking Graham into custody and restoring his memories. As Devineaux is questioning him in the Big Bad Ivy Caper (Season 4 Episode 2), he asks if Graham would "care to tell [him] what [he was] doing on the train from Poitiers to Paris 18 months ago".

The events of the Big Bad Ivy Caper happen in December 2019, which if we track to 18 months prior, would be June. December 2019 is explained later in the timeline.

June-August 2018 - Events of the Sticky Rice Caper (Season 1 Episode 3)

August 2018 - Julia Argent and Chase Devineaux transfer employment from Interpol to ACME (Season 1 Episode 4)

In the French Connection Caper (Season 1 Episode 9), Devineaux's transfer from Interpol is stated to be "nearly 6 months ago" by Bellum as the Faculty observes the data they had managed to collect on him. With the French Connection Caper taking place in February 2019 (right before Hot Rocks of Rio Caper (Season 2 Episodes 1-2), which is Carnival, which is celebrated in February), August is "nearly 6 months" prior to that.

August 2018-February 2019 - Events of Season 1 Episodes 5-8

February 2019 - Events of the French Connection Caper (Season 1 Episode 9)

Early-Mid February 2019 - Events of The Hot Rocks of Rio Caper (Season 2 Episodes 1-2)

Mid February 2019 - Events of The Daisho Caper (Season 2 Episode 3)

February 19, 2019-February 25, 2019 - Events of The Fashionista Caper (Season 2 Episode 4)

To explain the previous five dates, the Hot Rocks of Rio (Season 2 Episodes 1-2) and Fashionista Capers both have events that only happen at a specific time of year, that being Carnival and Milan's Fashion Week respectively. They happen in late February to early March depending on the year. As Season 2 is set in 2019, this happens to be a bit inconvenient. Carnival actually happens in March while the fashion show occurs in February during 2019.

Since these dates conflict with the linearity of the show I've decided to push back Carnival to be sometime earlier in February as it has been in past years to fit with the show's continuity. I kept Milan's Fashion Week as it was in the real world because it's easiest that way.

It's entirely unsurprising to me that this kind of conflict has occurred as Season 2 was released in 2019 itself, meaning it was most definitely developed prior with general estimates of dates in mind.

With these capers directly following the French Connection Caper (as Devineaux is still in the hospital when Carmen is in Rio) that places The French Connection Caper in February as well.

March 01, 2019 - Carmen turns 20

March 2019-April 2019 - Events of Season 2 Episodes 6-7

April 2019 - Events of The Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8)

The Need for Speed (Season 2 Episode 6) and Crackle Goes Kiwi (Season 2 Episode 7) Capers don't really have any indicators of when they occur, but The Stockholm Syndrome Caper happens while snow is still falling in Stockholm, Sweden. This places it in April at the latest, which is likely actually the month it takes place because at the end of the episode when Maelstrom and the rest of the faculty are addressing VILE's final graduating class Maelstrom mentions Valborg, a Swedish holiday that is celebrated at the end of April to announce the end of winter and coming of spring.

May 2019 - Shadowsan's goes on Capers during Carmen's recovery (Season 2 Episode 9)

As Valborg happens at the end of April, and so too does presumably the Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8) as well, this means that Shadowsan's capers occur throughout the duration of May. He goes on at least four capers during Carmen's recovery period, which we can discern through what is briefly relayed by Player. These Capers take place in Belgium, Poland, Taiwan, and an area in the Austrian Alps; their cities being Antwerp, Krakow, and Taipei respectively. Her absence likely spans the majority of this month between the amount of rest she needed and the time it took to train so that she would be in the best condition to return to capers.

June 2019 - VILE Headquarters is blown up (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2019 (1 week after explosion) - Devineaux arrives at VILE Island (Season 2 Episode 10)

June 2019 - Events of The African Ice Caper (Season 2 Episode 9)

June-July 2019 (1 week after Devineaux's arrival) - Carmen arrives at VILE Island (Season 2 Episode 10)

VILE Headquarters is blown up following the graduation of VILE Academy's final class. Back at the end of the Stockholm Syndrome Caper (Season 2 Episode 8), Coach Brunt tells the students that "upon graduating, it will be [their] prime directive to take [Carmen] down". This implies that at the time of the faculty's speech, those students were not yet graduating, so VILE would have to wait until after the school year had closed to wipe the island.

Since this school year likely ends in June, as previously gone over in this timeline, that means that the events occurring in the African Ice (Season 2 Episode 9) and Deep Dive (Season 2 Episode 10) Capers were sometime in June as well. This is further supported by the fact that in the Luchadora Tango Caper (Season 3 Episode 1), VILE had seen "no sign of [Carmen] all summer long" and ACME had not "heard nor seen any sign of her for weeks". Her last appearance until the Luchadora Tango Caper was when she stole information from ACME directly after the African Ice Caper, right at the edge of summer.

October 30, 2019 - Events of The Luchadora Tango Caper (Season 3 Episode 1)

We know this caper has to take place sometime in the fall, as per the summer statements made by VILE and ACME. It's clarified that this is specifically October because at the end of the episode Maelstom mentions that "Halloween is nearly upon [them]". As Halloween is at the end of October, you can put two and two together. 30th is further defined in the Day of the Dead Caper (Season 3 Episode 2), which takes place on the 31st (VILE is dressed up for Halloween), when you see Julia and Chase talking to Chief directly after the events of the Luchadora Tango Caper.

October 31, 2019 - Events of The Day of the Dead Caper (Season 3 Episode 2)

The Day of the Dead is traditionally celebrated November 1st and 2nd, though dates prior and post can also be included depending on the location. In this case, the episode showcases the celebrations on October 31st, aka Halloween.

Vlad and Boris are seen "trick or treating" and VILE is dressed up for the occasion, with it decidedly being Cleo's "worst Halloween ever" after Spinkick and Flytrap's failure at the end of the Caper.

Player also directly addresses the fact that "festivities typically begin the night before, on All Hallows' Eve", with All Hallows' Eve being an alternative name for Halloween.

On a slightly different note, the episode also addresses part of VILE's school year, as there were "delays caused by the move", they were forced to begin classes in "the winter quarter [that] year". This further proves their September-June schedule as it implies that the school year typically begins in the fall.

November 02, 2019 - Events of The Haunted Bayou Caper (Season 3 Episode 3)

The "Crawfish King", local celebrity chef in New Orleans, hosts a costume gala at his historic mansion "the first Saturday after Halloween" every year, stated in the episode by CK himself. With Season 3 presumably occurring in 2019, this makes Halloween a Thursday and the first Saturday thereafter November 2nd.

November 04, 2019 - Events of the Masks of Venice Caper (Season 3 Episode 4)

At the beginning of the episode, the VILE Faculty are seen eating excess Halloween candy; while Cleo complains about their indulgence, Maelstrom addresses "last night's bayou fiasco", and that they're looking forward to Cleo's "mask-themed scheme".

Since the operatives were "preparing to rendezvous as [they spoke]", this means the caper happens directly after they address it in conversation. This also means both Devineaux and Carmen are flying to Italy the morning of November 3rd, after the Bayou Caper. As this flight is about 12 hours, they would have landed in the evening/very early morning in Italy, meaning that their exploration around the city and actual Caper would have had to have happened the next day, November 4th.

November 05, 2019 - Events of The Jolly Good Show Caper (Season 3 Episode 5)

Player clearly says in the episode that "it's the 5th of November, a British holiday" when Carmen asks why VILE would want to steal the British crown jewels on that specific day.

You can also deduce that it's the 5th because a the end of the Masks of Venice Caper as Mimebomb is reporting the night's events, Roundabout reassures the faculty that "before the day [was] over, [they would] have Neal the Eel slithering free, and Carmen Sandiego in [their] clutches". As this report is happening the morning after the failed caper, this would place the Jolly Good Show Caper the ensuing night of November 5th as well.

November 2019 - Events of the Beijin Bullion Caper (Season 4 Episode 1)

The fourth season begins with Roundabout and Neal's mind wipe, though it goes awry. As it's presumably the morning after the Crown Jewels disaster, very little time passes between the Jolly Good Show and Beijing Bullion Caper.

Early December 2019 - Events of The Big Bad Ivy Caper (Season 4 Episode 2)

Player begins attending school this episode in December (with the Big Bad Ivy Caper happening on his first day of school).

We can deduce this month based on the calendar in Julia's office, observable in the V.I.L.E. History (Season 4 Episode 5) and Egyptian Decryption (Season 4 Episode 6) Capers. The month they are in during this time is composed of 5 weeks, with the last four days grayed-out, presumably cutting into the next month. This makes the month 31 days, lining up well with December.

Originally I had believed that this calendar had perfectly lined up with that of December 2019 (with the 1st of the month being a Sunday and the 31st a Tuesday), but then I realized the calendar Julia has is likely one that follows the month by Monday-Sunday rather than Sunday-Saturday.

This does mean that is is slightly off from what I thought previously, but still rather fitting nonetheless. Friday the 26th, as Julia had marked for her and Devineax's meeting, would instead be Friday the 27th on the 2019 calendar, so everything still more or less works out.

Now, to explain how this all relates to Player in school and the Big Bad Ivy Caper, we need to actually look forward into the Himalayan Rescue Caper (Season 4 Episode 4) as well. During the Himalayan Rescue Caper, Devineaux attempts to talk to Julia about Carmen and she postpones their conversation until "next Friday, at noon". This places the Himalayan Rescue Caper a week prior to the Egyptian Decryption Caper (when Devineaux arrives for lunch and finds Julia missing).

It is also addressed in the Himalayan Rescue Caper that Carmen didn't want to involve Player on the mission because he had "already been sent to detention on [her] account, and [it was] only his first week in school". THIS means that the Big Bad Ivy Caper (Player's first day of school) was about a week prior to the Himalayan Rescue Caper which is a week prior to the Egyptian Decryption Caper

tl;dr 2nd Week of December: Player starts school, Big Bad Ivy Caper

3rd Week of December: Robo + Himalayan Rescue Caper ("it's only his first week in school")

4th Week of December: V.I.L.E. History and Egyptian Decryption Capers (calendar lines up with Dec 2019, Devineaux lunch meeting marked for 26th)

Mid December 2019 - Events of The Robo Caper and The Himalayan Rescue Caper (Season 4 Episodes 3-4)

These events are back to back, with Graham's kidnapping and then ensuing rescue being a time-sensitive issue. Reason for December already explained.

Mid-Late December 2019 - Carmen acquires the ancient VILE relics (Season 4 Episodes 5-6)

Carmen hunts the VILE relics in two episodes, likely only a few days prior to her escapade in Egypt as she's actively racing VILE from location to location.

December 27, 2019 (~1 week post Himalayan Rescue Caper) - Devineaux goes to Julia's office for lunch, Carmen and Devineaux save Julia in Egypt (Season 4 Episode 6)

The calendar on Julia's desk is marked for the 26th, with it likely following the month from Mon-Sun as opposed to Sun-Sat (previously gone over in the Big Bad Ivy Caper). This would in fact make the 26th a Friday, though in 2019 this was not actually the case. The 26th was a Thursday and 27th a Friday, so I've pushed the date a day forward to match.

I doubt the creators were observing a 2019 calendar in order to precisely select a date for this event so I'm just rolling with what I've got.

Devineaux leaves Oxford for Egypt sometime after noon (when he was meant to meet Julia), and he and Carmen rendezvous at the pyramids to save Julia later in the day as the sun is setting, not quite cutting into the 28th.

December 28, 2019 - Julia and Devineaux give statements to the reporters for their historic find in the pyramids, Julia meets with Chief (Season 4 Episode 6)

It is the following morning when Julia and Devineaux talk to the press, as it's now light out.

Julia is seen in her office later in the day (back in Oxford), observing the footage when Chief appears to speak to her and schedule a meeting with Carmen.

December 29, 2019 - Carmen and Chief meet, Carmen is kidnapped (Season 4 Episode 6)

When Player analyzes Julia's most recent blog post, he tells Carmen that "if you line it up like a date and time, it's tomorrow, at 8 AM", in reference to the coded numbers at the end of each paragraph.

After Carmen and Chief's brief conversation on the 29th Carmen sits on a bench sometime later observing the city, and is subsequently kidnapped by VILE.

December 30, 2019 - Team Red hunts for clues about Carmen's location, Julia rejoins ACME, Carmen is brainwashed (Season 4 Episode 7)

It is late when we see Shadowsan at the grounds in which Carmen was captured in Seattle. Player claims to have "spent the last 24 hours hacking into every surveillance feed in Seattle [he] could find", meaning Carmen had been missing for an entire day.

In that same time frame across the city, Julia reunites with Devineaux as an ACME agent once again

We proceed to jump to Carmen whose memories are forcibly wiped in order to turn her into a VILE operative, all within the same evening.

January 20-January 26, 2020 - Shadowsan returns to the ruins of VILE Island (Season 4 Episode 7)

The show says that Shadowsan's return is three weeks after Carmen's kidnapping, but it's unclear how long "three weeks" refers to, as it could be exactly 21 days or bordering on four weeks with up to 26.

January 21-January 27 - Carmen goes on her first caper as a VILE Operative (Season 4 Episode 7)

The Caper is held the day after Shadowsan acquires information about the plan while on the island, so depending on when the three week jump is, this is the day after.

March 01, 2020 - Carmen turns 21 July 2020 - Carmen joins VILE faculty (Season 4 Episode 7)

Six months time jump, ACME has been assessing Carmen's crimes and is back to putting all their assets into taking her down.

VILE recognizes Carmen as their finest operative, and votes to have her join the Faculty.

??? 2020 - Carmen attempts to steal the Eye of Vishnu, memories restored (Season 4 Episode 8)

We don't know exactly when this caper happens. There's enough time for rumors about Carmen's plans to circulate, Gray to contact Chief, and Chief to pull strings to get the Eye of Vishnu back on display.

I would give this a few months preparation wise, but not an exponential amount of time.

2022 - Uptick in criminal activity due to prison breaks, Carmen's (presumably first) sighting (Season 4 Episode 8)

2 years after VILE began to crumble, they begin to show signs of activity once again following some prison breakouts. Julia, Devineaux, Zack, and Ivy (now apart of ACME) arrive at the scene of a supposed heist, only to find the culprit (Paperstar) already tied up with Carmen's silhouette on the rooftop.

Ending Ages for Characters with Confirmed Ages During the Show:

Carmen: 23 (20 during most of show)

Ivy: 22 (19 during most of show)

Zack: 21 (18 during most of show)

Player: 19 (16 during most of show)

Anyways that's it guys thank you for reading all my nonsense please again tell me if I missed anything 👍

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Who is the most tragic character in Carmen Sandiego? [Rant/Discussion]

Well... that says a lot Google.

I'll be honest, every character that is mentioned to have a backstory is tragic, so it's hard to pin point for me.

Time for a list and mini analysis!

Gray

If we're going off tragic heroes who have a Hamartia (Fatal Flaw), his fatal flaw is wanting more than what he's got. And he would go the extremes to get it

After Gray got back his memories, I kinda felt bad for him generally. Imagine the conflict of wanting to care for Carmen yet falling back into a criminal who is against her.

At the end, he never said good bye to Carmen on screen. (I suppose that the fanfics would rectify this.)

Also, he seems to be a controversial character for many yet he probably represents the issues of being genuinely in the gray area

Player

His dad left him so Player became a hacker to find him. He very much could have taken revenge but he decided not to because his mum and him was better off without him.

Considering he works with superthief, you know he's seen or heard things no kid should.

Zack and Ivy

They're orphans who had no one else to fall back on. They only had each other.

They only got into crime because they were forced to. They genuinely didn't want to (The Inevitability of Fate)

They saw their friends (Team Red) get hurt or go missing so many times.

Shadowsan

He has a similar Hamartia (Fatal Flaw) to Gray which ultimately led him into a life of crime (along with being at the top of it) and separating from his brother.

He saw what getting in trouble with the law could happen first hand when he saw what happened to Dexter Wolfe.

He would have felt guilty for bringing Carmen to VILE and bringing her up into a life he didn't want her to have.

Carmen

She was born into a life she didn't ask for. A daughter of a thief the entire world is after... and probably would want dead.

She was raised into becoming a thief and she couldn't really do anything in her early life (The Inevitability of Fate)

She found out about the not so good side of her VILE "family" (Peripeteia (Reversal of Fortune) = she went from wanting to be a thief to having a loathing to VILE)

She pretty much had to deal with being alone for most of her life.

I think it's a little sad to think that throughout the entire show she had actively been trying to undo the wrong done by VILE and avoiding to be like them, yet she got brainwashed into doing that dirty work. She became the thing she wanted to destroy. YES - she got her memories back but the thought of it is just scary and tragic to think about.

Dexter Wolfe

Yes he was a thief but he tried to change

Despite him trying to change, his past ultimately caught up to him and he paid the price - despite it being an accident.

“People don’t forget, nothing gets forgiven.” - John Marston

If you think about it, him being a notorious thief would mean that people might want him dead.

Carlotta Valdez/Vera Cruz

Her lover got killed despite his efforts to change and move on from the past

She didn’t know where her daughter was for the past 20 or so years and may have felt… empty for all that time.

Dr Bellum [This is just a joke :)]

She has 7 uncles. Does that mean she has lots of cousins? If so, her brain must be tragically fried at the amount of family members she needs to remember on top of all those science equations to make sure the brainwashing works!

[… what? I’m kidding! … but seriously, she has 7 uncles? No offence but I can only remember the names of my 2 uncles. The rest are just nicknames and some I can’t even remember. Must’ve been an indication that I cant do math very well.]

My conclusion? THERAPY NOW!

But that's my thoughts. Let me know what you think!

Lee Jordan Jr (OC ish)

WARNING: WILL GET DARK.

If you've been reading my fics or rants at the bottom (if you have - thanks!), I feel like I'm following the trope of giving OCs as much trauma as possible - I'm sorry.

He became a thief after losing his mum and ending up alone. He wanted revenge so bad that he wasted his life just to look for it.

Lee Jordan isn't even his real name - he just took it by the "suggestion" of his uncle in order to become more focused on being an accomplished thief.

The Junior part of his name means he has expectations to meet. The fact he doesn’t want to kill anyone except the one he’s taking revenge on would have made it difficult to live up to those expectations.

His mum and dad were criminals and they lied to him. Similar to Carmen, he was born into a life he didn’t ask for.

Although most of the characters above were orphans to begin with, Lee actually had some time with his mum and dad before they were taken away at different points of his life. It’s kind of like he was given a brief taste of what something normal feels like, almost taunting him. The other characters might wonder what being “normal” feels like but Lee would know exactly which means that he would miss it a lot and make seeing other people have a “normal” life more painful.

Somewhat similar to Player, he had seen things he isn’t supposed to see.

If you’re a RDR player and watched Fizhy’s video on The Tragedy of Jack Marston, it’s kinda like that minus the fact that someone gets killed.

But yeah, that’s my character trauma dumping.

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Morbid Minds character's list

(yes even the non important characters are here, everyone is here)

Main cast

Marco "Cruz" Klein-Valdez, born April 15th 2007 in Winchester, Virginia, his family moved back to Grundale, Connecticut in 2012.

He is 5'7, was diagnosed with ADHD at 8 and is bisexual.

Marco can only be described as a troubled teenager, he has anger issues and he's overall seen as weird and creepy for the way he dresses and acts. If you asked him, people are just overreacting and they're the weird one for not trying to be friendly to him, but he's actually not really friendly to anyone.

He gets into fight a lot and has been sent to the principal's office for fights, swearing and wearing inapproriate shirts. Even if he prides himself for not being a like everyone else, he suffers a lot from his loneliness and struggles with self hatred. He's aware that he's being a moron to people but thinks no one would like him anyway, so why bother ?

Marco is also a guy with a bad case of toxic masculinity, as the story goes he learns that crying doesn't make him weak or that his attraction to men isn't a bad thing. His violent demeanor is a direct consequence of that mindset, he also hates his father for making him like this because he was always shamed when expressing any kind of emotion beside anger.

Sadly, he also have a fucked up relationship with sex in a way that makes him sound like a creep most of the time. This part of him is mostly witnessed by Tristan who kind of has to pull him out of his weird habits (and has to suffer everything he has to say regarding this topic)

-his favorite movie is John Wick

-he often tries to make Tristan watch fucked up movies like Cannibal Holocaust

-his favorite anime is Death Note and his favorite manga is Flower of evil

-he doesn't speak tagalog but does speak a bit of german (however he knows swear words in both)

-he had an hyperfixation on WWII in middle school and still has books about it

-his twitter name is "Manic Masturbator 1999"

-his celebrity crush is Keanu Reeves, but he denies it everytime someone brings it up

Marco's character intro

Marco's playlist

Marco's clothes

Marco's redflag list

Tristan Lambert, born February 23rd 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

He is 6'4, was diagnosed autistic at 11 one year after his mother died and is gay.

Tristan is a rather reserved individual who tends to blend in with people despite his height. He has a hard time making friend because he never really understood how to talk to people growing up and also because he spent most of his middle school years having selective mutism and depression.

He had a tendency to forget others can perceive him because he's so used of being a nobody that he doesn't understand why someone would remember him. He would rather ignore the things around him because otherwise it would make him anxious.

When unmasking, Tristan is a lot more talkative and even become more sarcastic. He often pokes fun at Marco especially if he's being openly stupid at something, he's also the only one who is actively smacking his head when Marco says something dumb, also because he knows he has some privileges around Marco that no one will ever have.

-he speaks with a french accent despite being a native english speaker, he also speaks french fluently

-he had a special interest on my little pony as a kid

-had an emo phase in middle school

-his gay awakening is Jeff the Killer when he was around 11-12, but truly it's probably Sunburst from My Little Pony when he was 9

-he's a furry

-he reads a lot of fanfiction and is the one introducing it to Marco

-One of his fictional crush is Eddie Munson from Stranger Things

-his favorite movie is Elephant

-he likes literature and poetry

Tristan's character intro

Tristan's playlist

Tristan's clothes

Joshua "Josh" Roberts, born November 5th 2006 in Grundale, Connecticut.

He is 5'11 and has a older brother named Logan (born 2003) in college.

Josh is part of the popular kids in their grade, he put a lot of effort in making himself likeable and nice looking, he goes along with pretty much anything even if it means being part of bullies. He's not proud of that but since he's not actively being mean to others, he thinks he gets a pass in his behavior.

In reality, Josh is a people pleaser who's scared of being alone, he does things that will make people like him so he'll always be part of a group. He wants to fit in so badly he'd rather represses what makes him weird in order to be with people he doesn't like than being himself and living hs own life. That would eventually lead him to identity crisis because he doesn't actually know who he is truly.

Despite him never publically making fun of people, he found himself clashing with Marco outside of school because he's envious of the fact that Marco is unapologetically being himself. He doesn't understand why the weird guy can openly say he hates everyone without fearing the consequences of his actions.

-he enjoys 80s mainstream music but would rather listen to what's popular on the radio at the moment

-he has guns in his bedroom's closet and his father is pro gun

-he frequently sleeps around when drunk and parties a lot

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Josh's character intro

Josh's playlist

Josh's clothes

Tyler Giesler, born January 1st 2007 in Sante Fe, Texas. His family moved to Grundale, Connecticut in 2021, right before he started high school.

He is 6'2, is autistic and has two younger sister : Lucille who is non verbal (7, born 2015) and Miley (1, born 2021)

Tyler is a pretty monotone and inexpressive guy, he doesn't talk that much unless people talk to him first. He's also pretty blunt and always says what's on his mind without taking into account people's feeling or the context.

He has an extensive knowledge about human psychology and tends to observe people, with that he knows a lot about others without having to talk to them and remembers a lot about them. He struggles with empathy and uses this knowledge as a way to counter his lack of empathy, recognising when people are sad or upset even if he doesn't necessarily understand why they would feel this way. He's pretty disconected with his own feelings too and often forgets to eat or to do basics task because he doesn't feel the need to do them.

This is why when he interacts with more people, he found himself acting as the main character of his own life who has to experience himself the things he previously thought were interesting to observe in others.

-He likes to make explosives and to build things

-He's been friend with Carmen since they were 8 and she was his only friend until he met Josh

-He has a southern accent only noticeable when he starts unmasking

-he's an artist and draws a lot in his free time

-his room is in the garage of his family house

-he's pretty open about everything he does even if it's not appropriate, he would probably change in front of Carmen for example

-Carmen is the first person he texts every morning, often calling her before school and after

Tyler's character intro

Tyler's playlist

Tyler's clothes

Secondary Characters

Klara "KKK" Klein, born September 11th 2008 in Newtown, Connecticut. She is Marco's cousin. She's 5'4, her father is Franz Klein who is the younger brother of Bernhard, Marco's father.

She's Marco number one hater as they were both forced of seeing each others during family gathering but they also were in the same middle school and now the same high school. They both have very strong personalities that keep clashing. In the end, they don't actually hate each others, she just thinks Marco should stop being a creep.

She's annoyed by a lot of things and doesn't seem to like much beside her friends and sports. If she's completely honest with herself, she's just scared of being judged by people and comes off as loud so people see her as confident.

-Marco nicknamed her "KKK" because her full name is Klara Kate Klein.

-she plays tennis

-she likes Taylor Swift

Klara's playlist

Klara's clothes

Kipley "Kip Seven" Mercado, born July 10th 2008 in Grundale, Connecticut. He's non binary and uses he/they, he also has a younger sister (10, born 2012) He's 5'1.

Kip is a self proclaimed agent of chaos, a kid who spent too much time on the internet but who couldn't be bothered by what people think of him. He's very clingy and when someone talks to him, he thinks that means they're friends and will probably follow them everywhere. He tends to be overly dramatic and theatrical, being pretty obviously a theater kids.

He's always friendly to people even if he knows he's annoying. People makes fun of him of his cringe behavior and crazy scene or colorful outfit.

-he likes early 2000s internet aesthetics

-he used to be known as the "cat girl" in middle school

-will scream in the hallways, this is a threat

-has a lot of strange earrings

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Kip's playlist

Kip's clothes

Carmen Diaz, born in 2007 in Santa Fe, Texas from an afro-mexican family. She is Tyler's best friend. She's 5'7.

Carmen is the opposite of Tyler, she's talkative and speak her mind freely, often mocking people around her and teasing them. She has friends outside of Tyler but stuck with him most of their time together because he was funnier to hang out with due to his strange behaviors. She always tries to find a way to make him react and but always fails because he's used to her being annoying.

-she was the one who wanted to try making something crazy (bombs) and it became a normal things for her and Tyler to do in their free time

-they used to sleep in the same bed during sleepovers

-she doesn't sleep much

-she knows too much about Tyler because he tends not to hide anything from her so she also tries to be as open about her life as he is with his

David Ostrovski, born in 2007 in New Haven, Connecticut. He has two mothers and was adopted, he's 5'9.

David is the extraverted nerd everybody knows about, he's smart and likes to be in charge of a lot of things which leads him to be the unofficial class representative of his grade.

-he's a speedrunner

-he's in the chess club with Tyler

-he was a boy scout

-he has ADHD

Ariane Faust, born in 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska. She's 6'1, she's also a trans girl.

Ariane moves to Connecticut in her sophomore year of high school and quickly meets David. She's a pretty calm girl who doesn't like raising her voice too much.

Brian Duncan, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut. He has an older sister.

Brian is a friend of Josh and one of the popular guys, he's obnoxious and loud, not very smart but tends to still care about his friends. He's the main bully of Marco and later Tristan, but most importantly, the one behind the nickname "Cruz" that the whole school uses to talk about Marco.

Mason Smith, born 2007 in Connecticut.

One of Josh's friend, well it's complicated sometimes, he's a jock and one of the main bully along with Brian.

Kevin Nong, born in 2007 in New Jersey.

Usually follow Mason and Brian because he wants to be with the cool guys and get all the advantages of being with them. Flirts with Kelly and is a rival of Josh. Mostly target Tristan in his bullying and calls him the r-word.

Kelly Mcgee, born in 2007 in New Jersey.

She's Josh friend, well, girlfriend, well no that's still not it, situationship ? sex friend ? Even he doesn't know.

Courtney Garcia, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

Friend of Kelly, flirts with Mason.

Maria Venturi, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut. She was Marco's crush from childhood throughout middle school up until 8th grade. She's also the daughter of a neighbord's friend of Dalisay.

She was one of Marco's rare friends before high school, she stopped being friend with him around 8th grade because of how weird he was and because she didn't want people to get the wrong idea about them. He didn't took it well, flipped her off and told her he'd jerk off to her anyway (he regretted it like imediately after saying it but it was too late lol)

They meet again in their sophomore year, he tries to make peace with her with a handshake that she refused for obvious reasons. They do start speaking to each other again despite all that.

Richard "Rich" Brown, born in 2007 in Grundale, Connecticut.

Richard is in the same grade as everyone else, known loser and weeb, Brian calls him "Sticky hands" for various reasons but the most notable one is because he allegedly jerked it in class one day but keeps denying everything.

Families

Dalisay Valdez, born in 1974 in the Philippines, her family moved to the US in the state if California in 1989 when she was 15. She's 5'1 and has two younger brothers.

Dalisay would like to describe herself as a simple woman living a pretty normal life, she's an active member of the church in her neighborhood and is friendly towards everyone she meets.

Unfortunately, she is Marco's mother and her good image is forever linked with all the stupid things he does. She was always ready to face everything God would put in her way, especially with having to deal with a teenage boy, but she wasn't ready for this.

As an heavy catholic, Dalisay has to try to understand her troubled son who doesn't seem to be reasoned with so she has to pretend she doesn't see his hentais under his bed.

She is part of a mother of troubled teen support group were she often clashes with a woman called Becky. The more you know about Dalisay, the more you understand where Marco's temperament is from. Despite all of her best attempts, Dalisay has a lot of repressed anger that she's ashamed of, her whole life is a disapointement to her own mother and she was never enough.

Bernhard Klein, born in 1968 in West Germany (American occupation zone), his family moved to the US in 1974 when he was 6. He's 5'9 and has one younger brother (Franz Klein, born 1974) and one younger sister (Amelia Klein, born 1980)

Bernhard is not that much present in the story, as he is also not present in his own son's life despite living in the same house.

He's behind most of Marco's traumatic experience and toxic masculinity. He's a stoic man who was in the army, and never tried to connect with his son and if he did when he was a child, Marco would always mysteriously come back with a broken wrist.

Michael Lambert, born in 1982 in France, his family moved to the US in the state of Idaho in 1994 when he was 12. He is Tristan's father.

Michael was always a awkward man growing up, he never thought that being a single father would be so confusing.

For some reason, despite him not knowing anything, he still has the best relationship with his son out of every parents of the story. He simply tries his best and tries to be there for Tristan, often doing activities together like cooking, watching horror movies and going camping.

Jane "James" Anderson, born in 1983 in Idaho. She is Tristan's mother and died by suicide in 2017 at 34 when Tristan was 10.

Jane was always the oddball, her and Michael met in high school and were high school sweethearts. She was mostly known for her unpredictable personnality and somewhat reckless behavior during high school and then struggled a lot finding her place in an adult world. The world is mean to people who are different, and she couldn't handle it. Childbirth had been imbearable, she wanted to love her son the way every mother did, but she couldn't find the motherly side of her, everything just hurt instead.

Tristan remembers his mother fondly. Jane always tried to be there and would talk to him as if he was an adult, she used to call him "little stickbug".

Tristan often wondered if she was autistic just like him, and if she knew she wouldn't have felt so lost all her life.

Franz Klein, born in 1974, he's Bernhard and Amalia's brother and the father of Klara.

Amalia Klein, born in 1980, she's Bernhard and Franz younger sister and Klara and Marco's aunt. She has a son.

Scott Roberts, born in 1980, he's Josh and Logan's father.

Logan Roberts, born in 2003, he's Josh's older brother and is in college. He cut off his family.

Murry Giesler, born in 1976, he's Tyler's father.

Adelaide "Addie" Hart, born in 1988, she's Tyler's mother.

Lucille Giesler, born in 2015, she's Tyler's younger sister who's non verbal autistic.

Miley Giesler, born in 2021, she's Tyler's younger sister.

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DC Latino Superheroes Part 1

1. Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle - Chicano (Mexican American)

2. Milagro Reyes aka Green Lantern (a popular fandom interpretation) - Chicana (Mexican American)

3. Kyle Rayner aka Green Lantern - biracial; half Irish and half Mexican American

4. Keli Quintela aka Teen Lantern - biracial; Afro-Indigenous Bolivian born

5. Selina Kyle aka Catwoman - biracial; Afro-Cuban American; to explain she has been portrayed by black women multiple times and I believe some comic issues has her state her Cuban heritage. So, I would make her Afro-Cuban with green eyes.

6.  Miguel Jose Barragan aka Bunker - Mexican

7. Mas y Menos - Guatemalan

8. Pedro Pena aka Shazam - Chicano (Mexican American)

9. Jessica Cruz aka Green Lantern - Chicana (Mexican American) and Honduran

10. Renee Montoya aka The Question II - Afro-Dominican American

11. Cisco Ramon aka Vibe - half Colombian and half Puerto Rican American

12. Miguel Devante aka Vulcan - biracial; half white and Latino nationality unknown

13.  Ya'Wara - biracial; Indigenous Brazilian 

14. Maria Mendoza aka Wonder Woman - Peruvian

15. Yara Flor aka Wonder Woman - biracial; Afro-Indigenous Brazilian

16. Lorena Marquez aka Aquagirl - Mexican American

17.  Isabella Ortiz aka Robina - Latina nationality unknown but American born; possibly Afro Latina

18.  Don Fernando Suarez aka El Castigo (The Whip) I - Mexican born

19.  Rodrigo Elwood Gaynor aka El Castigo (The Whip) II - Chicano (Mexican American) 

20.   Shelly Gaynor aka El Castigo (The Whip) III - Chicana (Mexican American); artwork by Phil Cho

21. Eduardo Dorado aka El Dorado - Mexican born; I highly suggest following his incarnation in the animated Young Justice series

22. Bernal Rojas aka Bushmaster - Venezuelan born

23. Uno aka Aztek - biracial; Indigenous Mexican

24.  El Gaucho - real name unknown; Argentinian born

25.  Rosabelle Mendez aka Pantha - Hispanic nationality unknown

26. Pablo Valdez aka El Muerto - Mexican born

27.  Anita Fite aka Empress - biracial; Afro-Haitian

28. Yolanda Montez aka Wildcat - Mexican born

29.  Andrea Rojas aka Acrata - Mexican born

30. Beatriz da Costa aka Fire - Brazilian born