More of the "Inspector Cooper" AU

[brendala]

I finally got around to posting more art for the Inspector Cooper AU that earthstar_moon, gullwhacker, and I have been playing around with.

First some re-design ideas for Neyla




I just thought it would be fun to give her a more "ethnic" look. And, since she ends up on the run at some point in the story, a disguise that covers her up more just seems to make sense.


Next up is some more Penelope/Carmelita buddy scribbles.




I dig the idea of Penelope outfitting Carmelita's reading glasses with some sweet features in order to convince her to get over her vanity and wear them all the time.


This next one isn't related to the AU story per se (though it could possibly fit in somewhere). I just felt like drawing some fluffy "nakama" images of the gang








BONUS: Talespin cross-over / AU

Jo recently gave me some ideas for how to insert the Sly characters into the Talespin universe. So I played around with that here.





"Phineas" is a hard name to spell!! LOL

Anyway, since Penelope would likely have to pose as a man in order to work as a pilot without being harassed (yes, sexism against female pilots was a thing in the Talespin series), I decided she should have short hair. And I can see her opting to indulge in very feminine clothes when she's not flying a plane or doing mechanical work

All I did to Carmelita was zip up her jacket and put up her hair. Because why mess with perfection?

I wanted to give Neyla an outfit that was more conservative/traditional (since Talespin basically takes place in the 1930s) but also would allow her to jump around rooftops and whatnot.



RANDOM SLY SCRIBBLES

Just because I wanted to!





Obligatory Bentley/Penelope fluff (Because F**K Sanzaru and F**K the sexist f**king forth game, that's why!!!!)



Humanized La Fwee (I feel like a dumbass because I forgot his left hand was actually a hook/sword thingy when I was drawing it >_< )




And a crappy humanized Doctor M






Oh, and in case you're wondering, this Sly Cooper kick will only end once my brain has been cleansed of the-game-that-shall-not-be-named.  So.....it'll be a while.

Comments

Re: Yet More Sly AU Thoughts

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of doing two different endings for the "Sly 5" scenario since I have a different vision of how it should end than you do.

Basically, I like the idea of Sly accepting that he can't change the way things are without screwing up all the good things he already has. So he makes peace with his father and then lets everything go back to the way it was (including the attack that killed his parents).

Your idea of saving Mr and Mrs Cooper and having them adopt Bentley and Murray is sweet. But I'm not too keen on it because it would essentially make it so the first 3 games didn't happen. And it would erase all the character growth that centered around Bentley's accident and all the events in the third game (namely, Sly choosing to sacrifice his family legacy so that he and his friends can move on and have a shot at a normal life).

So, since this is just a collection of loose ideas anyway, I figure we can just write/draw both endings and let folks decide which they like best.

In gameplay terms, I guess we could say that Sly 5 gives the player a choice at some point (possibly during the Daddy-Cooper fight) to either put things back the way they were or have Sly arrange it so he can have his parents AND his "brothers" in his life.

Re: Yet More Sly AU Thoughts

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

As for me, got to say I like both ideas. I do think Stu's idea is sweet, but as you said it's basically saying the first three games never happened. I can see the pros and cons with both ideas.

Do like the idea in gameplay terms that the player gets a choice into which ending they want.

With that said, maybe for the get things back to normal ending, Sly does so by trying to make peace with Lucinda first so she doesn't try the "erase the cooper clan from history" plan again. XP