Board Thread:Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time discussion/@comment-1979857-20130221025618/@comment-76.127.167.70-20130425033708

99.125.190.127 wrote: I think it would be interesting to see in Sly 5 anccestors of Carmelita that were either cops or, unbeknownst to the rest of the family line, theives. Think of the possibilies! You could have the previously mentioned Sherfox Holmes for a cop example, or a member of an ancient Cooper gang be one of Carmelita's anccestors. Also, what about this: in the past, around Slytukhamen II's time, have the Cooper's and Fox's be freinds but become enemies because of the Cooper's theiving habits. Final thought on the past theive ancestors, no make it two. 1: Sly Fox as an ancestor( yes I know the old saying) of Carmelita. And 2: have Carmelita's family line split, one side of theives and one of cops, and have the two sides finaly resolve differences 4 generations before Carmelita. This will doe three things. 1: Carmelita can have her own theiving anccestors, 2: it will give a nice plot point, and 3: it could be used to finaly make Carmelita a theif two go allongside Sly. Who knows? If this is what Sanzaru goes for, Sly 6 might have a foxcoon protagonist (a foxcoon is what most fanfiction says their kids would be like.) You might be onto something with Carmelita's family splitting between cops and thieves. Personally, I'd like to put my own twist to that. It goes like this: Carmelita's mom's ancestors were cops and her dad's ancestors were thieves. Two different sides of the law on opposite sides of her family. Of course, she would totally freak out if she ever discovered that, as my dialogue below demonstrates (don't hate me, people, it's just an example!):

Carmelita: My ancestor...a crook?! A pirate?!

Sly: Well, how about that, Carm? Guess your family isn't so law-abiding after all. Who woulda thought you'd have a crook in YOUR family tree? I guess that makes you and I...

Carmelita: Don't say it, Ringtail! I'm warning you! (pauses) He must be from my father's side. My dad wasn't so...

Sly: Well, it certainly explains why you're so brazen and headstrong.

Carmelita scowls at Sly, who answers in kind.

Sly: Oh, don't look at me like that, gorgeous. You're just too proud to admit you've got some rotton apples in your family!

Or it could go something more like this:

Sly: It must be really weird for you. To have discovered your heritage the way you have.

Carmelita: I never really knew...To think that my family has been hunting yours for all these centuries...it's so...so...

Sly: Deja vu? You never knew that law enforcement ran in your blood? You never learned from anyone in your family that you were descended from a line of cops who have protected the world from scumbags for as long as can be remembered? Didn't your family ever tell you at all?

Carmelita hesitates.

Carmelita: Well, actually...my mom told me that being a cop was something of a family tradition. But she never said much more than that. I don't really remember her all that well.

Sly: Why?

Carmelita: She...died when I was still little.

Sly: Ouch. That's gotta hurt.

A pause.

Sly: I'm actually curious to know what my father might have said about her. He never really talked about his brushes with the law, but I'm sure he must have taunted and teased quite a few officers in his day. If my dad was good at anything other than thieving, it was stepping on people's toes when he did it.

But then again, all ideas any of us put on these forums are purely speculative. Please send feedback and comment.