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They’d give us a Dimitri game the fanbase would eat it up like a donut powdered in coccaine- jokes aside, I’d throw in for Bentley making the most sense. He has protagonist material that Murray (bless his heart) just doesn’t. Unless it was a driving game, or, a game focused on Murray where Bentley was still there to give guidance/direction.

OH, or, unless it involved his side arc with finishing his Dreamtime training with the guru. Now THAT would be an interesting (and respectful to Murray) title, even if pretty different from a traditional Sly game.

But seriously, Bentley has shown he can continue Cooper Gang operations in sly’s absence without skipping a beat. Completely renovated and took over Dr.M’s fortress and was implied to still be up to criminal stuff with Penelope in between checking in on everyone and working on the Time Machine post-Honor Among Thieves. He’s been going through more character development than Sly himself and he has his hands involved in everything from hijacking the dark web criminal market to watching over the Cooper vault.

I still can’t believe the audacity of him to just start chronicling his OWN section in the Thievius Racconus without Sly’s permission.

But the fact that the series treats this as completely ok carries a fascinating implication- that if Sly was going to step down from his mantle, it was just the logical next step for the torch to be passed over to Bentley, in a way, making him the honorary next Cooper and keeping the master thief legacy alive. Even without Sly having a child and raising them to inherit the cane, the clan still has a viable successor.

It’s almost like everything Dr.M could have dreamed of, except Bentley actually understood, respected, and earned that honor. 🥲

And ngl, I think that’s unironically beautiful and it highlights how their bond goes so much deeper than just friends. Sly and Bentley (and Murray) are literally family to each other in all but actual blood.

I think I’m trying to get at that a Bentley spin off wouldn’t have just been a nice add on to the series, it could have even made a continuation of the main narrative in place of The Sly 4 we actually got. But I am just popcorning ideas here.

Today i have mustered up the courage to ask you:

If Sly got a sidekick spinoff like Daxter and Secret Agent Clank, would it be a Bentley or Murray game?