Thieves In Time Redux: Why Toad Town?

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

Sly Cooper characters as Hamilton lyrics

Sly: “When they died, they left no instructions; just a legacy to protect.”

Carmelita: “So this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level! What the hell is the catch?”

Bentley: “Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle calling the pot!”

Murray: “Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!”

Clockwerk: “Forever. And ever. And ever and ever and ever…”

Penelope: “I’m looking for a mind at work!”

Dimitri: “I came from afar just to say ‘Bonsoir’! Tell the king 'Casse toi’ - who is the best? C'est moi!”

Dr. M: “Your father’s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you.”

Tennessee Kid Cooper: “AndI'mnevergonnastopuntilImake'emdropandburn'emupandscattertheremains!”

Neyla: “Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Soon that attitude may be your doom…”

General Tsao: “I’m a general! Whee!”

Thieves In Time Rewrites...

A lot of rewrites will do one of two things with Penelope.

One route has her following canon and being straight up evil.

Another route has her being kidnapped and either blackmailed or brainwashed.

Thieves In Time Redux not only marries both routes (in that Penelope is responsible for the game's events, and escapes from a kidnapping situation), but also takes a third option. It has her dragged into the adventure so she can learn a lesson or two about friendship.

hiii heehee hoohoo

this little fountain area was my fav part of the venice level

please reblog if you leave a like!

Thieves In Time Redux Super Duper Abridged

In which our heroine, Penelope, gets roped into a time travelling journey.

Paris Tutorial: How did I wind up in this mess?

Episode 1: I'm not feeling up to this...

Episode 2: What's truly important to me?

Episode 3: I've been on the wrong side this whole time!

Episode 4: Time to start being a hero again!

Episode 5: Now comes the part where I pull my weight...

Episode 6: And now the part where I redeem myself!

Penelope has cured my artblock ✨✨✨

Please imagine with me the potential for The Contessa to make a comeback. Imagine her forcing Penelope into a hypnotic, spice induced state where both her and Bentley’s intelligence and knowledge were stolen/abused for Cyrille Le Paradox’s scheme for time travel. But the only reason The Contessa was on board to work for Cyrille was because she wanted to get back at Bentley. He was the one responsible for ripping Sly, Murray, and Carmelita out of her control. She had some interest in getting back at Sly too, but Bentley was her main target.

If only Thieves in Time was written better. :’( Penelope and Bentley did not deserve what happened… And there were so many cool opportunities WASTED.

Thieves In Time Redux status

Here's how it's going in a nutshell...

I can't help it if the final mission of Episode 4 is so fun to imagine. My revenge against the vanilla game is going to go so hard.

Penelope is going to come out of this one as a total badass. Who's on the right side as she was always meant to.

By the way, none of these episodes are finished yet. Not even the Paris Tutorial. The only finished part is the intro cutscene, where our four heroes get their first lines.

More humanized Bentley&Penelope fluff

I LOVE the way the sword pose came out. I don’t even care that I forgot to add glasses to it! XD

I've found quite a few Thieves In Time rewrites over the years. I can't help but imagine how some of them would play out if my premise (Penelope joining the adventure against her will) were introduced...

This is on top of all the other "What if?" scenarios I came up with on my own...