#cs bellum

[cstveamaryllis]

HEADCANON BIRTHDATES AND AGES OF CARMEN SANDIEGO CHARACTERS (FOR MY AU)

MAIN CAST YEAR - 2023-2024 Carmen - 24-25, March 1, 1999 Ivy - 23-24, July 18, 2000 Zack - 22-23, September 27, 2001 Player - 19-20, March 7, 2004 Shadowsan - 48-49, January 10, 1976

MAIN VILLAINS Amaryllis - 19-20, October 5, 2004 Flytrap - 21-22, November 26, 2002 Spinkick - 21-22, December 16, 2002 SIDE VILLAINS (not revealing them y et) ??? - 27-28, November 10, 1996 ??? - 26-27, April 17, 1997 ??? - 28-29, May 8, 1995 ??? - 30-31, April 26, 1993 ??? - 25-26, June 6, 1998

ACME

Julia - 26-27, March 16, 1997 Chase - 44-45, February 4, 1980 Chief/Fraiser - 56-57, February 19, 1967 Zari - 28-29, June 22, 1995 ??? - 43-44, September 2, 1981

VILE FACULTY

Maelstrom - 62-63, December 10, 1961 Bellum - 56-57, November 27, 1967 Cleo - 52-53, May 5, 1971 Coach Brunt - 61-62, March 16, 1962 Roundabout - 60-61, September 26, 1963

OTHER CHARACTERS

Marta Contreras - 46-47 October 15, 1978 Gray/Crackle - 30-31, October 21, 1993 Sheena/Tigress - 29-30, July 16, 1994 Mime Bomb - 28-29, November 2, 1995 Antonio - 31-32, July 23, 1992 Jean Paul - 31-32, February 2, 1992 Paperstar - 26-27, August 6, 1997 Neal - 31-32, November 18, 1992 Dash Haber - 34-35, August 20, 1989 Lady Dokuso - 48-49, August 22, 1976 Cookie Booker - 52-53, December 19, 1971

[captainpluto13]

Happy Halloween!!🎃

You know I had to draw the CS cast in Halloween costumes again this year! Have fun and stay safe!

Thank you everyone for the amazing support! I appreciate it a ton! 🎃🍬🦇

Last year’s post!

[skipppppy]

I think about the alternate universes where a different faculty member found Carmen as a baby and subsequently betrayed VILE for her constantly. How the team dynamic would change. How they’d grow as characters. The shenanigans they’d get into

(Also how good Shadowsan would be as a straight up, no holds barred villain. But that’s another drawing for another day)

[suhara1]

Tabby cats:

Bombay cats:

Maine Coon:

Tigers: (Yes, I'm including Tigers)

The queen of Cats:

Carmen Sandiego Characters as Cats: The Purr-fect Match. (In My opinion)

[st0r-fruit]

LGBTQ+ HEADCANONS PART 3

TEAM VILE

Team red here

Team acme here

Edit: fixed maelstrom's, see it for yourself :)

Edit 2#: ALSO!! forgot + lazy to do but Roundabout and Maelstrom are polysexual!!

[schrodingerscal]

I’m reading a text for my psychology class and I get to the part about the Cerabellum, which receives information in order to ‘regulate and refine motor activity’, which means it’s responsible for proper coordination and movement.

I read the name and immediately thought of Dr. Saira Bellum, who is the scientist of the bunch, most know for her invention that literally messes the brain in order to wipe memories, and literally made fabric that can take over the body, using commands to essentially brainwash someone. She’s the person of the group most likely to use her brain, as she’s shown to have not much care for anything other than her contraptions, and overall prides herself on her intellect. And I bet you she’s what keep vile up and running, because she is literally the supplying all of their weapons, and probably does all of the electricity too.

Dr. Bellum, arguably the most important faculty member and probable backbone of VILE, was literally named after the part of the brain that uses information to help the body move with more coordination and balance.

[h0ll0wtr33]

IM JUST RANDOMLY DROPPING THIS CS AU I DUNNO

This takes place in the middle of season 4 soooo....

Bellum decides to do an experiment where she uses animal DNA to make the operatives stronger. For some unknown reason she decides to use Paper Star as her little test subject. However, this doesn't go as planned, and she ends up mutating Paper Star into uh- basically imagine Twisted Shelly or Falin. Bellum is fascinated(OF COURSE) and uses this to her advantage- even if it hurts the operatives she chose in the process. Oh yeah, about Paper Star: She's docile to most of the other operatives, but at the same time, she's confused and in pain, and won't hesitate to lash out.

Yeah she's fucking crazy.

[handdrawnfrog]

I want to write a fic with more info on giorria so this is

Mechanical errors

Bishop is @st0r-fruit Cs oc so go show them some love.

Giorria was ecstatic! A new vile faculty member was being looked into, and the current one, the mechanic, was great with cars and building as a whole. She was sat at her desk in Dr. Bellum's lad coding for new program. She was excited as this was going to be used in one of Dr. Bellum's new invasions tomorrow. The door slide open. "Oh! Hi." She mumbled, looking over her shoulder. It was The Mechanic. "Hello, love, what's this?" She huffed, gesturing to the screen. "Codding." Giorria whispered to her. Some greasy flying off her reach. "Be careful." She warned. "Oh come on, it's fine -" she poked the screen, causing it to blue screen. "No no no no no!" Giorria shouted...

Three months out of six were lost. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Giorria shouted at her, which quickly snowballed into a screaming match, stopping only as professor Maelstrom came in. "She deleted half of my codding that Dr. Bellum wanted for tomorrow!" Giorria shouted on the verge of tears. Maelstrom sighed and took her to her room.

"It was an accident Giorria. Please calm down." He hummed turning and walking out.

How was this fair! It wasn't even her fault! The Mechanic shouldn't have touched her computer! And... was that the time! Shoot! She had training. Giorria sprung up and rushed out of her room, wiping away her tears. She made it to the gym. "Hi, Coach Brunt! Um... who am I against?" She asked, putting her bag down. "Sorry, pumpkin, you're against Tigress." She told the young girl in a sympathetic voice. "Oh..." Giorria muttered, walking up to he floor. "It's a light match! I don't wanna see none of your claws' Tigress!" Coach Brunt shouted. Giorria slipped on her mask.

It started, El Topo and Le Chevre were both sat at a bench as hee ans Tigress started the match, immediately tigress was going far harder then need! Giorria tried... but of course, she was distracted. She tried the push back, but of course, Tigress was beating her and won by the end of the match.

They both went to the benches near El Topo and Le Chevre. "What the hell! You went way harder than needed!" Giorria told her she was clearly annoyed. "Oh, please, rabbit. Everyone else it able to take more than that." She huffed, gesturing to el topo and le chevre as she took off her mask. "I... well coach Brunt siad-"

"Ha! Seriously? Coach Brunt wants you to push yourself, and you can't even do that!" She huffed, glaring at the now unmasked child. "The only reason you're here is because you're a kid who got lucky. You aren't meant to be here." That hit her hard...

Was that really the case? Was she only there out of luck?

She stood up and walked away. Once out of the gym, she ran off her room, while El Topo and Le Chevre gave out to tigress for saying that.

Bishop looked around campus. "Now, were is that little hare?" He murmured, walking around, going into Countess Cleo's office. "Hey dash, have you seen giorria? Normally, she's around you or neal, but he said he hadn't seen her." Dash just shrugged. "She was meant to be her an hour ago, but cleo said she's just resting, pulled yet another all-nighter coding." He told Bishop with a small sigh. "Uh-huh... oh thanks dash." He waved good bye going to her room. "Oh, Lily! Come on out, Nigel's waiting for us." He called out, knocking on her door.

Giorria walked out, mask on, with a smile. She's been looking forward to going back to London with Bishop and Roundabout. Especially since Bishop promised he'd take her to the new butterfly gardens at the zoo. "OK, I'm coming. Just give me a second!" She smiled up at him. He tilted his head. "Hey sweetheart, don't you wanna take off your mask?" He asked gently.

"No thanks." Shaking her head, she walked by happily to where the cleaners normally were. "OK, kid." He hummed concern swelling in his mind as she skipped past. He started walking with her, expecting some rambling about her various interests or days, but she was quiet... he'd tell nigel that later, he thought.

She put her backpack into the boot and sat in comfortably. She smiled now sat in the comfortable car beside Adya, who'd normally let her ramble on and on about bugs and coding... but she didn't feel like talking right now, and Adya immediately took note.

They got to the drop-off point, some place in the middleof no where just inside England's borders. There was still a good hour of driving to do, Adya gave a small, strained amile to Giorria, and it was getting dark. "Hey darling." Adya waved, come over to Nigel with a small yet noticeably nervous smile.

"Hello, love." Nigel hummed, pecking Adya's cheek, making him blush. "Hello Lily, how... oh." He watched her skip past him and throw her bag into the boot with a sniff. "Is she alright, Adya?" He asked, taking Bishop's hands. "I don't think so... she won't tell me, but I don't wanna push the poor thing." He told Roundabout, rubbing his thumb over the others' knuckles.

"OK... we'll figure this out, love." he murmured, sitting in the drivers seat, and Bishop sat in the passenger seat. "Hey sweetheart, how was your day?" Roundabout start. "It was fine." She shrugged. "Alright, darling." He sighed, not wanting to push or argue with her. She was probably just tired... at least that's what nigel told himself

The car ride was quiet, save for the soft whispers of the radio, and the small sniffs of the young girl. When they got home, she went to her room and took off her mask. But she still felt overwhelmed. "Darling?" Roundabout spoke through the door. "Come on, it's time to eat." He nudged she jumped down from her bed and skipped out and to the table. The TV was on, and it was loud on one random action move on.

She sat and looked down at the pasta and chicken on her plate she ate some, but as the TV got louder, she got more. And more overwhelmed the memories of Tigress' words replayed and the TV yelled and one bang on a gun pushed her over the edge.

She started crying, sobbing, to which Adya immediately turned off the TV, and Nigel knelt down in front of her. "Darling, what's wrong? What happened?" He asked to which he was only met with two small arms wrapping around him as she sobbed. "There there, darling." Adya patted her back as she hugged Nigel.

Soon, she calmed down, now softly hiccuping against Nigel's shoulder. "I... I'm sorry." She sniffed, pulling back, though Adya's hand stayed on her back. "It's ok, kid... what happened? You can tell us." Adya reassured she sniffed and wiped her hand, which was replaced with Nigel's. "I... The Mechanic came in, and she accidentally deleted three months of progress of m-my coding and-and then I-I had a match against Tigress, and she-she went so hard! Like-like she kept using her stupid claws when Coach Brunt said not to! And... and... she said I was just a kid who got lucky and... and I didn't belong there... I feel like she's right." The poor girl sniffed, resting her forehead against Nigel's shoulder.

The two men looked up to each other. "Sweetheart. You do belong there, and here." Adya murmured, rubbing circles into her back. Nigel pulled Adya forward to him. "I need to call the rest of the Faculty, Adya, mind her for me." He whispered into the others' ear. "Yeah, come here, Lily."

He took Lily to the sitting room, setting down the plates of foods on the coffee table. "Don't mind that silly cat. Bet she has furballs for brains." Adya joked, making her giggle. "See!" He smiled, tickling her sides, making her sscreach in laughter. "There's my happy hare!" He smiled as she sat up. "OK, let's eat before traffic lights get off the phone and tell us to go to the kitchen."

Ok, this was a small bit longer. @st0r-fruit, me if I wrote Bishop right or wrong I trying desperately.

Tell me what ye think, and any other fic ideas.

Edit: I fixed the grammar mistakes, u think, and changed Bishop to Adya in the home parts to like show the difference of the academy and home life... so hope you enjoy.

[kraitmach]

CS FANART!!

and then her idea is to kiss her 6 foot girlfriend (theyre kissing mwa mwa mwa) (and theyre both girls)

[itsdappleagain]

from this post by @caramel-sandiego

bellum told me to draw this personally

[nixariel]

Timelines and Carmen Sandiego: To Steal Or Not To Steal

...or, can I make the interactive special play nicely with canon? Meant as a companion to my previous timeline; please note that this is centred around the 'perfect' route where Carmen manages to save both her ground crew and the stolen items. For an overview of how to access all eight endings, I would highly recommend this excellent schematic.

Shanghai (stated in dialogue as approx 1 year after Carmen started stealing from V.I.L.E.; "which part of the last year")

·        "Notorious V.I.L.E. stronghold" is in Lujiazui district of Shanghai; location roughly corresponds to the Jin Mao Tower based on position relative to the Shanghai Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center ·        Carmen can enter from the air by ziplining across from the Shanghai Tower or from the ground via the elevator shaft ·        Walks into conspicuously-open vault to learn her ground crew has been kidnapped; if she does not cooperate, the faculty will use Dr. Bellum's mindwiping device to turn Ivy and Zack into V.I.L.E. operatives        ◦ As per bad ending 1, Coach Brunt had bet Professor Maelstrom a steak dinner that Carmen would refuse V.I.L.E.'s deal point-blank ·        Curiously, a 10-19 licence plate is visible on a passing car during Player's intro of the target; in the main series, this number seems to be used exclusively for A.C.M.E. vehicles

Xi'an (roughly 2h direct flight time from Shanghai to Xi'an)

·        First task is the theft of a terracotta warrior for Brunt; Carmen goes to a "fresh dig site" where more statues have recently been found ·        Exact date unknown but apparently a Tuesday; "it's either dress-up Tuesday for the security staff or..." ·        Tigress has been sent as V.I.L.E.'s handler-slash-back-up for Carmen; leaving her in the pit reveals she has a fear of insects but helping her enables the later 'imperfect good' ending of saving Zack and Ivy while V.I.L.E. keeps the statue ·        Carmen gets her first check-in with the siblings, then is offered the choice of going to either Hell Creek, Montana, to retrieve a T. rex bone for Dr. Bellum or Monte Carlo, Monaco, to steal one hundred tins of Beluga caviar for Countess Cleo

·        If trying to establish a 'canon' narrative for the special, Cleo's caper would make the most sense as the next theft; Carmen has managed one heist for V.I.L.E. but now struggles with the implications of needing to do it again, and to a charity no less. Mime Bomb is also present more to monitor Carmen than to help, much like Tigress, and Julia does not mention a stolen dinosaur bone despite bringing up the missing terracotta warrior during her brief conversation with Carmen. Going from one plainclothes agent in Monte Carlo (or presumably only one; no recognizably-A.C.M.E. faces in the crowd and Julia reaches for her pen rather than an earpiece if tricked into going to the roof) to three officially-dressed agents in Montana also seems like a more appropriate escalation of A.C.M.E.'s efforts to catch Carmen than the reverse.

Monte Carlo (roughly 11h direct flight time from Xi'an to Monte Carlo)

·        Exterior of the hotel hosting the charity dinner appears somewhat similar to the Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo ·        Debut of 'Scarlett Santarosa' as an alias; Player's startled "who??" upon hearing it suggests that this may not have been entirely planned ·        Declining the diplomat's offer to dance leads to Carmen expressing a preference for tango over the waltz; accepting it shows her losing focus/drifting into a daydream partway through, which may be a sign that having to rush through back-to-back capers is starting to wear on her ·        Evidently A.C.M.E. has received intel that V.I.L.E. may be targeting the caviar, Julia assigned to investigate and/or thwart; she seems much more comfortable blending in with upper-class society than pretending to be a fashion model in Milan ·        Julia also much more overt with her willingness to extend Carmen the benefit of the doubt; that she's carrying around a champagne glass full of some unspecified sparkling liquid is probably pure coincidence ;)

·        Carmen acknowledges having "joined forces with Jules before"—a phrasing that suggests something more like their collaboration in Milan than simply leaving the recovered Magna Cartas on a train seat; trusting Julia is necessary to achieve the 'perfect' route ending ·        The successful grab 'n' dash route leads to Carmen landing on a bridge-like structure with some similarities to the Fontvieille Shopping Centre; the unsuccessful stash 'n' sneak option has her walking down what is almost certainly the Rue de Millo in La Condamine

Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport (roughly 2h direct flight time from Monte Carlo to Heathrow)

·        Before continuing on to the third heist, Carmen demands another check-in with Ivy and Zack; comparing the amount of light coming through their cell window at different times of day allows her to deduce that they are being held somewhere with 24/7 sunlight ·        Player confirms that this would currently be the North rather than South Pole; midnight sun in the Arctic goes from late March to late September

·        Choosing to attempt a rescue instead of continuing with the third heist reveals that Tigress has been stationed at the Arctic facility, presumably to oversee the guarding of Carmen's ground crew; unclear how/if she is involved in their transfer to Île d'Oléron for the ending of the 'perfect' route        ◦ The diner from the post-Arctic bad ending is located in none other than San Diego, suggesting that this is after Team Red purchases the Carmen Brand Outerwear warehouse (and is quite possibly the Best Sneaky Detail in this entire special asdfghj XDD)

Hell Creek (roughly 9.5h direct flight time plus 3.5h drive time from Heathrow to Hell Creek State Park)

·        Carmen more resigned than upset at the thought of stealing the T. rex bone for Bellum; would be in keeping with having managed to get through two heists for V.I.L.E. already ·        Archaeologist from Morocco can be seen entering one of the tents at the excavation site (a.k.a. the OTHER contender for Best Sneaky Detail XD)

·        Even considering something as risky as trying to catch and break into a plane while it's taking off may be another sign of strain/fatigue affecting Carmen; this would also fit with Montana being her third caper in a row ·        Research lab is approximately 200 miles away (and is attached to an amusement park like the discount version of a Michael Crichton novel, there's even a Tyrannosaurus head over the main entrance, this is ABSOLUTELY intentional XDD) ·        Bellum expected her to have snagged the bone within mere hours of landing in Montana ("been in Montana for an entire afternoon"); pushing Carmen to complete the thefts as quickly as possible is likely part of keeping her too busy to out-think V.I.L.E.'s trap ·        Carmen is offered the choice of El Topo or Le Chevre for assistance; El Topo will show up having helpfully researched potential exit routes while Le Chevre drops a pinecone on her head and calls her "the bossy one in [their] class" ·        Compared to El Topo, Le Chevre also distinctly under-impressed by the quality of A.C.M.E.'s suits ·        El Topo's knowledge of the tunnels underneath the combo museum/amusement park leads to a quick and A.C.M.E.-baffling disappearance after nabbing the bone; picking Le Chevre, on the other hand, leads to the very serious A.C.M.E. agents very seriously commandeering a dinosaur-themed roller coaster train in order to chase Carmen along said roller coaster's track until she manages a daringly acrobatic escape that ends with her hang-gliding off into the night (yes I have a favourite operative how can you tell)

·        As an alternative to a straight reconciliation with show-canon, might I suggest that riding a literal roller coaster in order to chase Carmen Sandiego through an amusement park in the middle of the night sounds suspiciously like someone trying to prank a newly-reinstated Devineaux? ;)

Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport (unknown drive time plus roughly 9.5h direct flight time from Montana to Heathrow)

·        After she returns to the airport, the faculty sends Carmen an e-ticket for a ferry to the Île d'Oléron; she is to bring the dinosaur bone and caviar tins there to exchange for her ground crew ·        Somehow Julia has managed to track Carmen to Heathrow, unclear if A.C.M.E. aware; her attempt to tail the thief is quickly noticed and Carmen uses the opportunity to ask for her help

Île d'Oléron (roughly 75 min direct flight time from Heathrow to La Rochelle; ferry to the island takes another hour)

·        Paperstar watching from the Phare de Chassiron; as per the final bad ending, V.I.L.E. plans to have Lady Dokuso and the Cleaners ambush Carmen after she disembarks

·        All real-world ferries to Île d'Oléron look to be from La Rochelle; closest actual stop would be Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, approximately 4 km away, as the coastline near the lighthouse is too shallow to permit a commercial dock ·        Carmen has Julia take her place on the ferry and swims to the island instead, finds Zack and Ivy in the V.I.L.E. aircraft hangar there ·        Paperstar notices Julia's glasses and alerts the guards, interrupting their escape ·        Zack figures out how to fly a helicopter in a hurry and Carmen references Casablanca ("here's looking at you, crew"); terracotta warrior conveniently found to be already stowed/never unloaded in back

Julia's apartment, presumably still in Poitiers

·        All stolen items deposited neatly outside Julia's door, complete with a bouquet of roses; we do not see who rings the doorbell ·        One possible explanation for the opening and closing scenes of Ivy and Zack during the post-ending bonus music video is that they indeed managed to break out of their cell at least once while Carmen was busy with V.I.L.E.'s capers, even if they were then recaptured before they could find a way off the Arctic base; certainly their parts of the song are referenced in-episode during both the post-Xi'an check-in and the post-Arctic bad ending

Special vs. Canon

In terms of trying to fit the special with the rest of the show, both Carmen's dialogue ("which part of the last year", see estimated date for Boston caper in previous timeline) and the Arctic midnight sun reference suggest a late spring/early summer time frame, meaning roughly April to June-ish depending on how strict we want to be with the definition of a year. Shadow-san's absence from the faculty and from the special in general, plus the fact that the remaining members appear to be in some transitional location—as per the industrial metal-panel backgrounds during most of their calls to Carmen, rather than anything resembling either the Canary Islands school or the Outer Hebrides castle—isn't as definitive, but would at least be in keeping with a post-explosion (March-ish) pre-move-to-Scotland (October) placement.

There is also Julia's readiness to trust Carmen's intentions in Monte Carlo, combined with Carmen's "joined forces with Jules before" line, which would suggest that this is before Player Trojan-horses the A.C.M.E. database but after the Milan caper. Given the notable absence of any reference to Stockholm, this might further suggest a point after both that mishap and the failed Botswana collaboration because Carmen's willingness to reach out for A.C.M.E.'s help with the diamond mine could be seen as forgiveness for chasing her off a tower in Sweden—and with that attitude of letting bygones be bygones, Julia might consider doubling down on her faith in Carmen to be a more convincing apology than dragging up bad history.

With how quickly things go from Brunt dropping the Wolfebomb to Carmen salvaging the mainframe hard drive to her demanding answers from Shadow-san, it would be very difficult for the special to take place then regardless of how conveniently it would excuse the ninja's absence. However, there is an unspecified amount of time between that confrontation and Carmen showing up at Chief's usual coffee shop in Seattle—and since Carmen wouldn't have confirmed Shadow-san's truthfulness yet, he'd most likely still be benched in San Diego (nor would the faculty expect to see him with her given their belief in having driven a wedge between the two). Chase, at this point, would also have been retrieved from the island and fired by Interpol but not yet reactivated as an A.C.M.E. agent.

Although not a perfect reconciliation—that Carmen would be willing to put a hold on finding answers about her father's death in order to raid a random V.I.L.E. vault in Shanghai is... questionable, to say the least—the most plausible canon setting for the special would therefore seem to be after the reveal of how Shadow-san became a faculty member but before Team Red comes up with a plan for how to hack A.C.M.E.'s database.

As always, this is the work of only one person. If there's something missing or incorrect, let me know and I'm happy to update. Otherwise, I have a CS 2019 trivia tag for the things that didn't quite fit in either timeline, as well as the odd headcanon that does a little more reading-between-the-lines. ;) Have fun.

END

[avatarvyakara]

Might as well work on this one too…

On Age in Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Or, at the very least, in the timeline of Crimson Shades.

First off, Carmen’s mother, Carlotta Valdez (aka “Vera Cruz”), was supposed to have “died” in 1999. Carmen looked around perhaps a year old at that point in time, giving her a possible birth-date in 1996 to 1997. This in turn suggests that the series takes place some time before the actual date of publication—say, 2017/2018 onwards—to maintain Carmen’s rough age.

Rough age ranges of the characters, taking Carmen’s rough birthdate for estimation:

Team Red

Isabela Valdez/Black Sheep/Carmen Sandiego: 16/17 starting at VILE, 18/19 during the Poitiers Caper, 22/23 by the end.

Fairly self-explanatory.

Pierre Bouchard/Player: 12/13 as a White Hat Hacker, 14/15 during the Poitiers Caper, 18/19 by the end.

Not quite old enough for a learner’s permit (Up Here it’s a G1) during the earlier capers.

Ivy Collins: 19 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 23 by the end.

Zack Collins: 18 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 22 by the end.

Zack is supposed to be around a year younger than Ivy.

Nakamura Suhara/Shadowsan: 23 when sent after Dexter Wolfe, 42 during the Poitiers Caper, 46 by the end.

Young but not too young, as it were.

VILE

Eartha McGlynn/Coach Brunt: 39 upon receiving Black Sheep, 58 during the Poitiers Caper, 61 when arrested, 63 by the end.

Gunnar Stromme/Professor Maelstrom: 37 upon receiving Black Sheep, 56 during the Poitiers Caper, 60 when arrested, 62 by the end.

Oluchi Cleopatra Okorie/Countess Cleo: 26 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arrested, 51 by the end.

Saira Dhibar/Doctor Bellum: 33 upon receiving Black Sheep, 54 during the Poitiers Caper, 58 when arrested, 60 by the end.

Sir Nigel Braithwaite/Roundabout: 56 when appointed, 57 when arrested, 59 by the end.

Margherita Picasso/Cookie Booker: 54 when first pelted, 62 when the Hard Drive was stolen, 67 by the end.

Vlad Bobinski: 28 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 upon letting Black Sheep get away, 50 by the end.

Boris Vladinski: 27 upon receiving Black Sheep, 44 while watching Vlad let Black Sheep get away, 49 by the end.

They may be slightly younger or older, but at least Coach Brunt’s age seems to have been confirmed at 60 by the time of the Fourth Season.

Graham Calloway/Gray/Crackle: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 24 by the end.

Jean-Paul Marignan/Le Chèvre: 19 starting at VILE, 21 during the Poitiers Caper, 25 by the end.

Antonio Sánchez/El Topo: 18/19 starting at VILE, 20/21 during the Poitiers Caper, 24/25 by the end.

Sheena Landry/Tigress: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 24 by the end.

Parker Morris/Mime Bomb: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 25 by the end.

Sawa Jin/Paper Star: 17 starting at VILE, 18 during the Magna Carta Caper, 22 when arrested at the end.

ACME

Tamara Fraser/Chief: 26 when killing Dexter Wolfe, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arresting VILE, 51 by the end.

Inspector/Agent Chase Devineaux: 37 during the Poitiers Caper, 38/39 when arresting VILE, 41 by the end.

Agent Julia Argent: 25 during the Poitiers Caper, 27 when arresting VILE, 29 by the end.

This is going to cause some trouble, I just know it. But the average amount of time it takes to get a university degree in the UK is around three years, and Julia has two of them. She also seems to have jumped right to an associate professorship at Oxford in Season 3, the requirements for which are around 4-6 years of study plus a thesis. Thus Julia would have had to have been in school for at least something like seven to nine years before joining Interpol, with whom she had apparently only been for a fortnight before the Poitiers Caper. The number above assumes that she skipped a year and took a year less to complete her second degree. Or took two years less. Or started two years early. You get my point. Basically, Julia has to be a fair bit older than she looks in order to actually have the qualifications she possesses.

Agent Umaira Zari: 38 during the Poitiers Caper, 40 when arresting VILE, 42 by the end.

Some additional ages:

Nakamura Hideo: 17 when his brother Suhara was born, 36 when his brother disappeared, 63 when his brother returned for good, 65 by the end.

Not an unreasonable age given his looks, I thought.

Carlotta Valdez: 27 when she gave birth to Isabela, 47 when Carmen returned home to her, 49 by the end.

Young but not too long, once again.

Any I missed?

[captainpluto13]

Halloween!

Hey sillies I hope you guys enjoy these Halloween doodles! I hope you can tell who is who! 💛💛💛

If you took the time to look through all of them thank you!! And goodnight! 💛💛💛

2024!

[skipppppy]

I’m just throwing things at the wall to get rid of the hyperfixation at this point

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Top 7 favorite but rare ships

Warning: What I'm going to say is just my opinion, don't take it the wrong way.

After that we start

I. Maelstrom x Roundabout x Shadowsan.

I can only say, I don't know what problem I have with older men and especially those who were part of the faculty. Yes, these 3 are my favorite characters.

II. Player x Shadowsan

It still seems strange to me that suddenly Shadowsan shut up about player, he said it was because of his actions but I think there is something else. 💘Maybe she fell in love with the ninja.

III. Dr. Bellum x Dexter Wolfe

Okay, you will say, "everything is fine at home" and I say "yes" but I can't stop thinking about this ship. I don't think of it as a relationship like the carulia or the roundashadow but rather as the two of them loving each other and that's it.

IV. Graham x Shadowsan

I know this ship is not that strange but in some ways it is strange. But I like it.

You: Okay, we've already seen the worst of three, there's nothing or not...

Me: Or yes

V. Shadowsan x Chase x Carmen x Julia.

Or if. At this point they will already be calling the psychologist but I have my reasons.

Shadowsan and Chase remain.

Julia and Carmen too

Shadowsan and Carmen are also left.

Julia and Chase stay.

And if we put them together they look very, very good.

VI. Carlota Valdés x the random.

Okay they ask themselves "okay if you put those two together you surely have a good reason" and I tell them "no".

But that ship is real, poor Dexter.

Attention: some people may not like this ship, they may find it disgusting or etc. But this is just my opinion. Please don't be angry.

VII. Shadowsan x Hideo

...

You: (call the psychologist) psychologist, can I come urgently, it's an emergency

Me: ...Or not

You will say you are brothers and I say yesssss. But I did imagine it.

Shadowsan falls in love with Hideo, he forgot that he was his brother, and tries to provoke him, but Hideo rejects him because he is Hideo (and they are brothers). I feel like shadowsan wouldn't make it but it sounds funny.

You: ...

Psychologist: ...

Me: And what do you think?

Psychologist: I go to the psychologist. I can't with this.

This has been the strangest post I've ever published. Right now I'm back, I'm going to the psychologist.

Eat your vegetables.

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Another episode that hurts me in the context of season 1's last episode! This is about Carmen's reactions regarding Coach Brunt in The fishy doubloon caper.

First, and maybe the biggest thing, the scene in the medical tent after Carmen passed out from lack of oxygen.

The way Carmen 1) awakens, notices someone tending to her, and immediately imagines it's Coach Brunt and 2) looks relieved and grateful to have her.

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen opens her eyes and sees who she thinks is Coach Brunt taking care of her after she passed out due to lack of oxygen. Her face is neutral. /End description]

Her look when she says "you", even the way she says it - surprised, maybe, but not afraid.

Carmen is in a very vulnerable position right now, alone and weak. And when she thinks one of the people tracking her down is with her, she seems happy. Because it's her mother figure.

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen talks with a smile about how Coach Brunt found her in Argentina as a baby. /End description]

"I always knew it was you."

Sure, the lack of oxygen can explain why she's not reacting too strongly, but still. She doesn't even look worried.

Next, the very end of the episode, while saying goodbye to Dr Pilar Marquez.

Below, her face when Pilar tells Carmen she "mistook [Pilar] for someone close to [Carmen]" :

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen looks upset. /End description]

Carmen says "a link to my past. We went our separate ways". Of course, she's not going to explain the whole messy story to a stranger, but still. This a pretty nice way to say "my mother figure who raised me goes against everything I fight for today and I indirectly fight her every two days".

[Image description : two screenshots of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. In the first one, Carmen looks to the side with a small, slightly regretful smile, saying "a link to my past". In the second one, Carmen looks at the offscreen Dr Pilar Marquez with the same smile, saying "we went our separate ways". /End description]

Carmen does not seem angry, bitter, or fearful. Her expressions are of sadness and fondness. She still thinks fondly of Coach Brunt at this point, even though she knows they're on opposite sides. She still somewhat trusts her not to hurt her, at least subconsciously (see the tent scene).

...which is why the season 1 finale is so horrifying.