Thieves In Time Redux Meme #12

"boy drama" HSHDJSK yeah i love the idea of penelope and murray being Bros just chilling and ignoring everything lmfao. like i get why we didn't (time, pacing etc... bah) but i really wish we got more of the extended gang just hanging out (tm). i can see penelope just being just down for tinkering w cool shit and having a good time w her new pals. and being totally oblivious to bentley's thirsting for her (kinda links in to me reading her as some kinda neurodivergent ig? i've said it before and i'll say it again but creating and maintaining an entire alter ego in order to get past age restrictions/implied gender bias and dominate the field of your hobby is absolute TOP tier nd girlboss energy)

trust one of my main issues with Sly 3 is how it's a game all about assembling a gang of thieves but benches them completely for almost its entirety. like i get wanting to roam the hubs as Penelope, Guru or PK whenever might be unreasonable to ask for (i guess?), but not having them around at all in the safehouse is such a bizarre choice. and the idea of having Penelope tinkering on gadgets in the back is perfect bestie

even looking past this, the cutscene sections of the gang hanging out together are so limited. we're mostly treated to them traveling in their silly goofy disguises (which ok, iconic). give me Sly 1 end of episode cutscenes, where the gang just idk has fun. give me Penelope beating the boys at their videogames

Bentley = sniping & typing

Murray = punching & munching

Carmelita = tailing & jailing

Sly = thieving………………………. & grieving. :(

Man, Sanzaru really saw my man Bentley get some bitches and said "absolutely not".

Penelope: Alternate Haircuts-I’m digging up all the stuff I drew while my scanner was down. I’m pretty proud of this one.

Why don’t you like sly 4

Bad story

Good charcter was completely rippsd apart for plot

Carmelita has a right to be angry and Sly has a right to explain his side of the story, they should've had a better resolve to their relationship than fucking "Sly I..." "I know."

Le Paradox

The entire story stood on a throwaway idea left on Sly3.

Lazy plot convenience with time travel

The ancestor(s) romance subplot. Fucking nasty

Penelope was made the villain cause they couldn't inplement the mole charcter that was supposed to be Mice and Mech's main baddy

Le Paradox

No villain (but Toothepick) feels like they're trying to slide by nonchalantly when they take over. It's "hey we're in the past and now we gotta conquer it" and no one (but again Toothpick) uses any time relevance to fit in or influence the surroundings.

Le Paradox

Fucking Le Paradox

This prick is a fickle fart compared to the sheer thunder Neyla made in Sly2. You want a family rival? Make a family rival that uses his established smarts instead of making him "ohohohoho so predictable!!hahahaha"

Also his boss fight, Sanzaru you shouldn't of brought back all the ancestors for one long fetch mission. Get cane, return to the past???

Honestly how did the ancestors just phase back into their own timeline they got to the present with the van.

Miss Decibel is the weakest female villain and only is ber boss fight in same difficulty as Mz Ruby cause goddamn as if the slow down power was mandatory.

AND TOOTHPICK WAS RALEIGH 2.0

El Jefe needed to chaange up his tactics cause why keep the Cooper you were sent back to capture, alive???

Grizz need to get on a grill and never leave

Penelope my baby what have they done to you.

She went down doing ugly fisticuffs with Bentley in a mecha.

Cooler option would've been to make the Mole, and have Penelope the Balck Knight STILL- but she was trapped in there without any control to the mecha.

Episode could've ended with Bentley beating the mecha, and the chest plate popping out, startling everyone as Penelope finally climbs out sweaty, disoriented, and tied up with extension cords. Cue Bentley vehemently apologizing as the Gang move on.

Sly is a dick to Murray and Bentley. And his suit sucks.

Dmitri never got a speaking role in game. Or missions.

Carm only got ONE MISSION.

Murray oh dear lord was the food gag pushed to an eleven.

Also Sly and Bentley being creeps.

What the fuck was up with the Ice Age episode.

Why wasn't Sly4 about Le Paradox trying to get Sly to slip out of his amnesia act so he'd get busted by Carmelita and start massive trouble.

But so why wasn't Sly4 not affected by any time alteractions. Sly could've been erased from existance, Bentley could've walked for a time before realizing he wasn't supposed to, Murray being a fraidy cat again.

How come Penelope and Dmitri didn't get any love in this game.

Why the fuck did a member of SuckerPunch say want the ping-pong minigame in there. Why.

I drew this for my mom as a Christmas gift since we’re both huge Bentley fans!

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Penelope doodles. 

But who should the villain responsible be? Sir Raleigh, of course. He escapes from prison, kidnaps our heroine, and has her impersonated as part of a revenge plot.

How does he know to target her? Was he hired by someone? We don't find out until later...

And the impostor herself... She can get under Penelope's skin, taunting her every time they meet. She's holding that history of betrayal over the real one's head. And if any of the boys are around, she can get very crafty with her words without revealing a thing, amplifying our heroine's guilt.

With that, we'd have both a villainous Robo-Penelope and a heroic Penelope at the same time; the latter of whom now wants to redeem herself.

Let's also have our heroine engage in increasingly reckless behavior, especially after her reveal of betrayal. She'll think that risking her life is the only way to atone for her treachery. Don't worry; she won't actually wind up dead.

Forgot to mention. For this to work, Penelope would definitely need to have second thoughts either during blimp development or during her confinement as a kidnapping victim.

I want to believe Penelope was kidnapped and impersonated. She still designed the blimp. Her impostor (an evil robot) did everything else. Even her motive was fabricated.

Here's something that could happen in Sly 5.

When the boys (Sly, Bentley, and Murray) eventually find out and take her back, she's going to be a guilt-ridden mess hell-bent on destroying her impostor and her creator for breaking Bentley's heart and making everyone hate her, with several measures of self-loathing for nearly doing the same thing herself.

The reunion scene would need to happen early in the episode in which this story takes place, during the second mission, and no later. That way, the player can get used to her being fully playable for the first time ever before the boss fight.

All three boys, while elated to have Penelope back, will quickly notice that something is seriously wrong with her. They think her impostor did everything, including designing the blimp. When they ask her what's wrong, she refuses to elaborate.

Bentley is especially concerned, but incredibly proud of his reinstated girlfriend for her enduring loyalty.

Cue Penelope pulling her weight several times over during her return episode and defeating her impostor, only to be consumed by all the guilt and confess to none other than Bentley about her treachery by the end. The only thing she doesn't reveal is her motive, saying it doesn't matter because what she did was wrong.

And because I love a good, happy ending, she will be forgiven. As for Sly and Murray's reactions? I'll leave that for you to decide. Would Sly drive himself crazy over not knowing her motive? I think he might.

I realize she will need a very sympathetic motive for this idea to work.

Time for Act 2. This covers several missions. Oh, and Penelope is now fully playable. She's seated between Sly and Bentley. I'm giving her those Morph Wrenches I previously talked about. She also has a title: The Wild Card.

With the threat of the Robo-Cooper Gang looming, our heroes agree that solo missions are temporarily off-limits. They will now only go out in pairs or as a group of four... at least until those robots bite the dust.

Most of the gang's missions revolve around shutting down charging stations for the Robo-Cooper Gang.

Penelope is put to work very soon after her reinstatement. While she does pull more than her fair share of weight, it's clear there's something seriously wrong with her. She refuses to elaborate whenever the boys try to ask her.

Bentley is especially concerned, but incredibly proud of his girlfriend for her enduring loyalty. He's fallen in love all over again, doting on her every chance he gets.

Robo-Penelope becomes quite the thorn in our heroes' side, especially Penelope's. The latter sees the former as a very personal enemy, jumping at any chance to take her impostor down. She even manages to save Bentley from the robot's wrath at least once.

As for Sly and Murray...

Sly now feels bad about ditching everyone back at Kaine Island, and has even apologized to Penelope for doing so.

Murray is happy to have his younger sister back. He now refuses to call her anything other than "Sis".

With the Robo-Cooper Gang now severely weakened, our heroes are ready to scrap their impostors.

Final act coming soon.

I want to believe Penelope was kidnapped and impersonated. She still designed the blimp. Her impostor (an evil robot) did everything else. Even her motive was fabricated.

Here's something that could happen in Sly 5.

When the boys (Sly, Bentley, and Murray) eventually find out and take her back, she's going to be a guilt-ridden mess hell-bent on destroying her impostor and her creator for breaking Bentley's heart and making everyone hate her, with several measures of self-loathing for nearly doing the same thing herself.

The reunion scene would need to happen early in the episode in which this story takes place, during the second mission, and no later. That way, the player can get used to her being fully playable for the first time ever before the boss fight.

All three boys, while elated to have Penelope back, will quickly notice that something is seriously wrong with her. They think her impostor did everything, including designing the blimp. When they ask her what's wrong, she refuses to elaborate.

Bentley is especially concerned, but incredibly proud of his reinstated girlfriend for her enduring loyalty.

Cue Penelope pulling her weight several times over during her return episode and defeating her impostor, only to be consumed by all the guilt and confess to none other than Bentley about her treachery by the end. The only thing she doesn't reveal is her motive, saying it doesn't matter because what she did was wrong.

And because I love a good, happy ending, she will be forgiven. She's already spent the entire episode proving herself in spades. As for Sly and Murray's reactions? I'll leave that for you to decide. Would Sly drive himself crazy over not knowing her motive? I think he might.

I realize she will need a very sympathetic motive for this idea to work.