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Player: I just chugged a bottle of NyQuil thinking it was DayQuil so to fix it, I also drank an entire monster.
Carmen: ... is your heart okay?
Carmen: Player, what's this bag of white powder I found in your room?
Player: Oh, that? It's crushed eggshells, for my plants
Carmen: THANK GOD I thought you were doing drugs!
I’d like to offer you;
One Player-related sick fic
Summary:
After VILE is taken down, Carmen follows Player's advice and chooses to reconnect with her team.
Unfortunately the day of, Player falls ill.
Fortunately, though, his best friends are there to help.
Citrine posts for Whumptober!!! Huzzah!!
Summary:
When waking up in a bad situation, with a wire around your neck and your life at risk, one should be concerned about themself.
All Player can worry about is Carmen.
(Made for Day 1 of 2022's Whumptober; Unconventional Restraints)
*offers you some more fandom/Whumptober angst*
Summary:
Player is different from his teammates.
He isn't used to gallivanting across the globe or having little to no downtime or being stuck with people who are (endearingly) loud.
But he's fine!
... Right?
(Made for Whumptober Swap-out Prompt; Sensory Overload (in place of Day 3))
A hidden injury fic?? More likely then you’d think
Summary:
Player screws up. Very badly. Not the kind his mother would tease him for, but the kind that would make his friends ban him from heists in person for the foreseeable future, the kind that would make Carmen blame herself and fret until the cows came home.
Player gets stabbed.
(Made for Whumptober Day 4, Dead On Your Feet and the prompt Blood Loss)
POV: You leave a hacker in a hot car
Summary:
After being kidnapped by Moose Boy and Otter Man, Player is left alone in the back of a van. And it's getting hotter by the minute.
(Made for Whumptober Day 5, Every Whumpee's Needs and the prompt "Hyperthermia")
*takes a nap*
Summary:
After attempting escape with Carmen, Player is dragged back and kept in the dark from their punishment.
At least, until Brunt grabs the whip.
(Made for Whumptober Day 10, Poor Unforunate Souls and the prompt Whipping, as well as Day 17, Stress Positions)
Yet another CS Whumptober Fic about Player
Summary:
In the short time Player's been imprisoned, he's already learned not to give his captors a reaction to his suffering. Unfortunately, that's not exactly possible when one of them is intent on playing a special kind of game with him, one with consequences that could kill Player.
(Made for Whumptober Day 22, Pick Your Poison, and the prompt "Toxic")
Carmen Sandiego gets a hundred percent funnier if you remember that Player has directly heard the VAST majority of Carmen's on-heist interactions (if you don't believe me, just pay attention to the way he talks after an event. Example: "You were kind of... direct", after her lecture in Dubai implies that he heard the fight)
Carmen: you aren't really dressed for the occasion... but we'll make it work ;)
Player, spitting out his drink: CARMEN-
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Player: DID YOU JUST THROW A SHOE AT DEVINEAUX??
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Player: Carmen I swear to God if you jump off of that building-
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Carmen: when are you going to stop acting like amateurs!?
Player, casually turning the sound on his computer allll the way down: let's just ignore that :))) everything's fine!!
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Player, hearing his best friend get her bones SNAPPED in a death hug: ...
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Carmen: YOU OWE ME A NEW HAT!
Player: YEAH!
Devineaux: Where did you get twenty bucks? Player: What are you, a cop?
The most underused part of the entire Carmen Sandiego show and fandom is the fact that Player is canadian.
Like... Carmen walks into the kitchen at three AM to see Ivy and Zack cheering for Player, who's chugging a giant ass glass of water to a folk song.
He convinced the siblings that Canadian House Hippos existed for several months until Carmen found out and made him admit they aren't real (they ARE)
And he??? keeps walking out into snowstorms with barely any clothes to get the god damn mail for his mom and his team keeps SCREAMING about it.
*offers you some TR as found family*
Summary:
Player can't sleep, Ivy doesn't want to work.
Between the two of them, they can surely figure out some solution, right?
(Alternatively; Player gets adopted)
Someone else has probably noticed this, but did you guys know that in Carmen Sandiego, Season 1 Episode 5, during Cleo's dinner party, you can actually see what looks like Lady Dokuso (a character introduced in the next season) dining with the other guests?
Here she is among party guests at the start of the party and, in the last image, when Agent Devineaux breaks in. You can even see her mole!
Her actual introduction (S2, Episode 3). Again note the mole on her face and attention to detail in both shots.
Player, nervous and jittery: Hey, umm... Red? I have a confession, I'm... trans. Carmen, incredibly well-being but with the ignorance of someone who grew up secluded on an island: ... like transformer? Player: Carmen: Are... are you a robot? Player, trying very hard not to laugh:
Carmen: Why are you holding Player up by his armpits like a disgruntled cat? Ivy: He's in air jail for crimes
*kindly offers you yet another Carmen Sandiego fic to help advertise Player Week (please go check it out I included a link in the fic)* Summary:
“Just five seconds,” Player pleaded, sounding almost as frustrated and hurt as Carmen felt,” Please. I know you can fight it just long enough to-”
“Don’t.” Carmen warned, again, as the music finally began to lower to a finish. She tried to ignore the subsequent sting in her chest when Player’s expression fell. “Not here."
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Or, alternatively; In the wake of their capture by VILE, Team Red attends a gala for VILE and their investors, their wrists fitted with the same mind-control technology they've thwarted countless times before. Only this time, Carmen finds herself unable to fight against the orders she's given, no matter what they are... or which member of her team they happen to hurt.
It’s Player Week time, folks!!! Get your gremlin hackers ready!!! @playerappreciationweek
(Written alt prompt 1, "Get ready to rack up more frequent flyer miles!")
Summary:
Coarse ropes bite into Player’s skin, cloth fabric covers his eyes. His bindings are tough, knotted by expert, practiced hands. He’s not the first person they’ve done this to, and if history repeats itself, he will not be the last. Some have escaped, others haven’t, but both were far more skilled than Player. He’s no operative, he’s no trained thief, he’s a tiny, scrawny little hacker, and he’s- “Oh, calm down, Player!” He squawks as an arm wrap around his neck, inhibiting his ability to breathe as his attacker drags him closer. “You’re being so dramatic!” -Been kidnapped. By his own friends.
-- Or, alternatively:
For his nineteenth birthday, all Player wants to do is curl up in bed and sleep. Unfortunately for him, he ends up kidnapped by two overzealous red-heads.
OKAY FOLKS! Which of you remember Carmine from the OG Carmen Sandiego video games?
... oh, you don’t...
Carmine was a cat with the mind of a superthief. The concept is adorable, and she deserves her own fic, so I humbly offer myself as tribute.
Summary:
Carmine is a thief unit, an animal created by the great Doctor herself. She is the best of the best, a good kitty and, with a little luck, soon to be a good thief, too. But when Carmine finds herself alone and abandoned in the cold, she loses everything. ... And finds a new friend.
@playerappreciationweek
As a kind gift for my fellow ADHD friends; Player? Neurodivergent. Hotel? Trivago.
@playerappreciationweek
Summary:
During a 'routine' prisoner psychological intake examination on Carmen Sandiego's favourite little hacker, Maelstrom finds something. Something Player isn't too happy to learn.
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Alternatively: Maelstrom takes one look at Player and immediately clocks him as neurodivergent
(Made for Player Week Day 4 "I'm happy here in my dark little cave.")