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[1morefrenchfry]

More vile crew your welcome

[that-thief-in-red]

First ever art 👀

Okay low-key terrified to post this on here but I’ve been working on it for like days (it should not have taken that long 😭).

FINALLY, got an iPad like a week ago so learning to draw digitally instead of on paper has been an 🥀experience🥀.

But it has been fun!

Praying I get better, but without further ado I present Vile faculty Carmen.

(Umm for anyone waiting on my ao3 works, I haven’t forgotten I’ve just been… busy… real busy. Like gotten my first job and starting uni busy. 🫢)

Don’t do adulthood guys. stay in school *finger guns*

[froggybirdtaco]

why dis [V] look so mad 😭😭😭

[hazydr3amer]

V.I.L.E Operative: The Knight.

[jalicefanficblog]

Carmen Sandiego HC mit countess cleo as mother

Hi :-) Thank you for your Request and Cleo was on my to do List as well for Mother HC so it´s good, that i now got your Request, so let´s dive into it, with fashionable Style <3

Make it to the high-fashion

Headcanons - Countess Cleo as your Mother

-> Let's be honest, this woman definitely had a bit of a setback in her parenting goals, because of Black Sheep - but there's something different about her own children, no matter if she's having a baby boy or a baby girl, her affection is definitely higher and deeper than it could ever have been for Black Sheep…because you are something very special…something that comes from her…almost one of a kind!

-> From a young age, you are raised with the etiquette of having a perfect appearance. Table manners, dancing, the perfect smile at villain events… Cleo molds you into a mini version of herself, someone who enjoys bathing in the spotlight like Vitamin B. Please, thank you, goodbye and good day were some of your first words… your very first word was - Mommy - which fills the often cold and aloof Countess Cleo with motherly pride.

-> Nicknames - your mother is a countess, which makes you the… Countess's daughter. But you love the nickname Uncle Gunnar gave you. Dead Prince/Princess. You inherited your mother's confidence and love bossing others around and showing that you are better because of your title… your mother also likes to brag and she is a role model for you. You imitate her and want to make her proud… no matter how. Other nicknames given to you by your uncles and aunts are for example - Mini-Cleo, spoiled brat, Spinx in training or Diamond.

-> Do you live out your dreams through your children? Cleo definitely, because her dream of becoming a famous catwalk model was shattered and she turned to life as a villain and joining the V.I.L.E family….but she still tries to teach you her craft…fashion and at the age of 4 you are eagerly drawing designs for fashion, which you proudly present to your mommy…..and the other leaders of V.I.L.E, the cleaners, the students….and everyone else who doesn't even want to look at it. Someday you will either design the coolest villain model or super pretty new uniforms for V.I.L.E…..oooor marry a prince/princess and continue your villain craft in…royal style….but it is already certain that you will attend the V.I.L.E academy at some point. It's kind of your birthright, isn't it?

-> You didn't take your first steps like Coach Brunt's or Tigress' children on V.I.L.E's island, no, your first steps were at an annual event hosted by your mother Cleo, at her castle in Japan (one of the many properties Countess Cleo owns!) - one of the servants was supposed to keep an eye on you, but you missed your mommy so much and just ran off, across the expensive smooth floor…fell after a few steps, and that night you learned how loudly your cries echo off the high ceilings. Cleo was upset by the interruption, but your reaching this milestone gave her another reason to brag about how perfect her baby is!

-> There is no question that Countess Cleo, despite her superior attitude of herself, unwilling to dirty her hands, and sophistication as a useful tool for manipulation of others in lower classes, as well as her cold and condescending manner…your mother loves you with all her heart. It just took her a little while to grow into the mother role she certainly never wanted, but now would never change. She would burn one of her beloved pearl necklaces or hang (or otherwise get rid of) her favorite waiter at the French estate for your safety - you are one of those things that is damn perfect…as perfect as Cleo herself, so there is no question that your mother loves you very much.

-> Your father? An agent of VILE. An undercover agent to be precise… a police officer in the prison in Madrid… not only to look for contacts, but also to serve as an informant. You barely know him, so he had little value to Cleo other than to create you. You're a mama's girl anyway - and when it comes to picking favorites from your large family, after your mother would probably come Professor Bellum - and then your mother's assistant - Dash Harber, and then Cookie Booker.

-> Just like your mother, you can't tell the cleaners apart. But same would go for the Fan-Club of Black Sheep, you heard your Mama curse about Black Sheep and her annoying Redhead Friends Ivory and Zuko? Something like that, and because your Mother don´t like this Trio, you dont like them as well....once you are old enough, you will make Black Sheep pay for beign so ungrateful and leaving this amazing Home behind and betray Family! But for now you reply what your Mother says so many Time. Black Sheep is an horrible Person!

-> Surprisingly, Cleo loves the night time routine, she likes to read you stories, makes sure that you brush your teeth and, once you've turned 3, starts the skin care routine… beautiful skin needs to be looked after. Speaking of looking after… not only do you grow up multilingual, Cleo teaches you Egyptian, which is where her roots lie - no, she even takes you on several trips to Egypt at a young age to introduce you to the culture and high society and to keep you in touch with your roots and hers.

-> Besides fashion, painting and learning languages, you have discovered a love for playing chess…much to the delight of Professor Maelstrom. Your mother thinks playing chess is a waste of time…but still bought you the most expensive model on the black market for villains…just because she can!

-> Cleo had a hard time coming to terms with being controlled by someone else. Sleepless nights, full diapers, hours of screaming and tears, as well as her own exhaustion? Putting someone else before her own needs and feeling happy as a mother? She had problems with it and it took her a while to adjust to you…but with the help of Coach Brunt, Professor Maelstrom, Shadowsan and Professor Bellum she overcame this change…but Cleo isn't sure whether she would do it all again if she wanted a little sibling.

-> When playing with the other children on the island, the offspring of Tigress and Coach Brunt, you are very assertive and stubborn. And yet you have a strong bond of friendship. You can also give your friends tips on how to be more fashionable, and what better way to dress up than to look fashionable? Mommy sometimes says that the best thing to wear is an outfit that is so discreetly conspicuous that it leaves a lasting impression… your friends may not know anything about fashion, but you do… and in the years to come, when your design and drawing skills improve, they will be well dressed thanks to your genius! When it comes to your own clothes, you would still put the cherry on the ice cream sundae - a little more glitter and glamour for you is a privilege that is reserved only for you.

In keeping with the motto - make it to the high fashion!

THE END

[hitting-it-on-overdrive]

Yes, Carmen Sandiego fanbase. I genuinely want V.I.L.E. be revived under a Social Darwinist/Survival-of-the-fittest kind of leadership. A V.I.L.E lead and dictated by fear that even law enforcement are forced to ignore their criminal activities due to how violent and dreadful they are compared to the Faculty's M.O.

Yes, I want Maelstrom getting beat up and brutalized as an example of his ineptitude screwing V.I.L.E. up.

[xenthosss]

VILE from Carmen Sandigo are totally an evil origination but also, they'd be a pretty great evil organization to work for as far as evil organizations go, or honestly, a lot of real life evil-not-evil originations

Their literal moto is "Falure is acceptable capture is not" which seems like a threat and it kinda? is? but also they are very faithful to the whole "Failure is acceptable" thing. Like fucking up a mission is going to be met with annoyance and a good 80% of the time that annoyance is going to be directed at Carmen and not you. You won't be punished. Literally the worst that's happened in a just failure is "Well we said whoever does X will get this promotion; you didn't do X you don't get the promotion" Literally, they'll be mildly annoyed, ask why you failed, usually just go either "Really? Come on man" or "Fair enough, come back to base we'll try something else"

They also don't care who you are or what you do, or what differences you have. Gay? Don't care. A mute who can only communicate through mining? Don't care. Just a fucking weirdo? So is everyone else here, get in line.

They also don't try and give people jobs that they can't do; everyone has their skills, and they do what they're good at and now what they're bad at. Mine Bomb is not a fighter, so they don't send him on physically intensive missions. Even when someone tells him "Go chase after Carmen" his boss is like "To do what? We both know he can't do that, I'm not going to send my man after her for no reason"

Also the way its seems to be set up is that each thief is like, under/assigned to a faculty member that matches them the best, and the faculty members actually do tend to defend and be attentive to the thieves that are their responsibility

But what happens if you are caught? The whole "Caputure is not acceptable" thing means they're gonna kill you right?

Nope. These motherfuckers aren't gonna pay bail; they will spring you from jail before bail has even been set. They will spring you from jail before you are even in the jail itself. But now you've been arrested, you can't be a thief because your face is out there, and you're connected to VILE; you know so much you're a liability now right?

So they're gonna kill you when they take you back to the facility right?

Nope. They'll just erase your memory of VILE ever existing and make sure you get back home to your old life before VILE, and set you up with a job so you won't need to steal shit and are therefore much less likely to retrigger any memories or old skills

And your faculty member might even check in on you a few times for good measure

Which, unethical? Sure, but also they could do so much worse

Really the only time they go after any of their operatives to kill them is when they are actively and willingly betraying them and honestly fair

[moonlightblueandicegrey]

Not me having a minor crush on Tigress again.

@can-we-focus @obi-wan-catobi

[ch3shireacat]

Wow, it's been a while since I posted. Sure hope nobody missed me!!! *Cries in the corner*

Nah jk. Here's some random head cannons for Dr. Saira Bellum, our fav little crazy genius. Yes, I found a new obsession. So?

Her eyes are very sensitive, (especially to light), henceforth the goggles that she always wears. Also her eyes are golden. I have no idea why, but i've seen that and just latched onto it.

She has ADHD. Need I explain?

She either uses she/her or they/them pronouns. When asked what her gender was, her response was 'Scientist'.

She was the youngest VILE faculty member, but then Cleo joined at 15. No idea when Saira joined, but she joined before Cleo.

She's extremely sensitive to touch, because shes antisocial af and basically never touches people/gets touched.

Adding onto 5, she hates social situations and can get easily overwhelmed.

She's not very good at baking. She could be amazing, but she consistently gets focused on something else whilst the item bakes or cooks, and when she hears the timer go off it's sort of a 'Oh, I'll get that in a moment, just as soon as I finish...', until it's burnt. She tries, though.

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[1nconcievable]

Some news I thought was funny

(DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL REPORTER. I TRIED TO SUMMARISE - I HAVE ATTACHED ARTICLES IF YOU WANNA READ. I CONDEMN ALL ACTIONS OF THE CRIMINALS)

In the UK on September 2019 at Blenheim Palace, there was a piece of artwork by Cattelan called "America" which was a solid, fully functioning toilet made of 18 karat gold. 2 days later after it was displayed, thieves broke in and stole the GOLDEN toilet.

The actual toilet was not found and it's assumed that it was broken up or melted.

The toilet itself is worth around £4.8 million ($6 million) - some say it got stolen in 5 minutes.

There is a trial and someone has already been found guilty.

[This is a joke BTW]

ANYWAY V.I.L.E!

You have stolen Vermeer paintings, the Magna Carta and had an entire storage room in a Pyramid filled with gold yet you had always been sabotaged by Le Femme Rouge.

BUT- somewhere in the UK, were guys that managed to secure a literal piece of art that is GOLD and A TOILET in 5 MINUTES(?). Without much interference and they got away with it for a while. And probably with no V.I.L.E training might I add.

Where were you when that happened?... oh wait - your leaders were in jail... nvm.

Either way - UP YOUR GAME. Seriously, if you can't secure your own treasure and are the biggest criminal empire - surely stealing satirical art worth $6 million in a palace bathroom (probably) wouldn't be that hard.

Do you know how many cuff links you can get Malestrom? Or cats and dinosaur bones Dr Bellum? Or Terry Cotton towel racks Coach Brunt? Or Renessaince gowns and caviar Countess Cleo?

Anyway, that's just a silly rant. When the news showed this, I thought it was really funny (I can just picture 3 guys at 2 am literally carrying a golden toilet seat to the back of the car) and made me have some ideas.

Imagine if we have more Carmen content and this came up as an actual caper. I think it would be GOLDEN.

[1morefrenchfry]

Lore accurate v.i.l.e. Squad dynamic /j

[bigmilk-13]

i have three carmen sandiego oc's which all in some way cross over with the books series Alex Rider.

Allow me to elaborate and drop some OC lore

Florian Lafayette-Meadowes is a transmasc orphan raised by his uncle who then dies and Florian finds out that his dad worked for their country's secret service and that they want him to go on a mission that may or may not involve infiltrating an insanely securely armed building to save millions of children nationwide.

Guess who else has the same backstory?

ALEX RIDER

Florence Meadowes is also born into a tragic family. Her mother was the daughter of an Italian mafia lord and her dad was a polish marine pilot who became the youngest Admiral in polish history. They were both killed by the mafia and when Florence found out she went and killed everyone. Her uncle followed her, knowing she'd get into trouble died protecting her when they were shooting at her with a machine gun. She was then intercepted by Scorpia and she worked for them as a contract killer but then switched to V.I.L.E when the stuff in Alex Rider book 5 happened.

Guess who Scorpia is?

A CRIMINAL ORGANISATION FROM ALEX RIDER

Btw she actually met him and they were the youngest in the squad. She helped train him up and respected him when he double crossed them. Smart lad, that Alex Rider.

Andddd finally we have Florence Rider-Rothman.

Alex's half-sister, same father but different mothers. When Alex's dad was at Scorpia, MI6 told him to do anything to gain their trust so when the leader of the criminal organisation, Julia Rothman, fell in love with him- he took that opportunity. Eventhough he was married. Alex's mum didn't know and no one ever told her. Julia raised Florence to be a killer then sent her off to V.I.L.E where she worked alongside Black Sheep, then against Carmen Sandiego until she fell in love with her and joined Team Red.

And yep, Florence Rider-Rothman is related to Alex Rider!

OC lore finished, I'm posting the official back stories and info soon.

PS. Florian and Florence Meadowes are aroace but Florence Rider-Rothman is lesbian 😌

[fluffyxoxgcat]

What's going on? Who are they?

[clemsels]

In the background of Carmen’s backstory Mime Bomb looks like he’s wearing the striped sweater underneath his uniform :3

[oftheriverseine]

So so tempted to rewrite/restructure Seasons 3 + 4 of Carmen Sandiego to give them the 10 episodes they deserved