CARMEN SANDIEGO CHARACTERS + MOVIES

CARMEN SANDIEGO CHARACTERS + MOVIES

Boo I felt like making headcanons again bc I spend more time wondering what these assholes do in their free time than I do on my job

CARMEN

Didn’t have access to movies growing up so Player, Zack, and Ivy have been catching her up on the most popular ones

HORRIBLE to watch with. Doesn’t really understand “suspension of disbelief” as a concept and will ask stupid questions the whole time. Player almost ended their friendship because she nitpicked Lord of the Rings for being “unrealistic”

Enjoys low stakes 2000s girl chick flicks like mean girls and legally blonde. She has enough stress in her life man she just wants to relax

HATES heist movies because of how innacurate they are. Team Red has taken to watching them JUST to hear her pick them apart

PLAYER

Sci-fi/fantasy junkie. Anything and everything that has aliens/magic and shitty practical effects from the 80’s/90’s he is all over

Has never said a single kind thing about the Star Wars franchise in his life. They are his favourite movies of all time

ADORES Edgar Wright and has slowly been converting Team Red to his movies. Zack loved Baby Driver. Ivy loved Shaun of the Dead. Shadowsan loved Hot Fuzz. He considers Scott Pilgrim the pinnacle of Canadian cinema

Cannot STAND the amount of remakes happening in Hollywood recently

ZACK

Canon enjoyer of blockbuster action movies. Everyone dreads the nights when he gets to choose a film bc his taste is so generic

Does not know what the Snyder cut is. Thank god

His only redeeming quality is a love of early dreamworks. Will not stop quoting Madnagascar

Has seen every Marvel movie and thinks all of them are good. Player has BEGGED him to watch better movies but he won’t. He’s the type to rag on Scorsese for being “boring”

Has seen Kevin Feige’s extended filmography. Does not know who that man is

IVY

Horror fanatic

Banned from choosing movies for film night after convincing them to watch her “favourite lesbian romcom” with her. That lesbian romcom was Saw

Ellen Ripley was not only her personal hero but also her gay awakening. The Xenomorph queen was her second gay awakening

Also loves period dramas. Enjoys the tiddies and knows she would look SO good in those fancy waistcoats the men wear

Watches old slashers with Carmen and laugh whenever someone dies in a stupid way

SHADOWSAN

Faculty considered movies “low brow” entertainment so he hasn’t seen a movie made before the year 2000

Loves a good mob flick. Got into Scorsese specifically because Zack hated him. Goodfellas is his favourite

Everyone assumes he enjoys samurai movies but he actually HATES them. Hideo would ramble about historical inaccuracies the whole way through and he’s still bored just thinking about it

Used to love Yakuza films back in the day but they were soured for him after actually living as one

Loved Knives Out, found Daniel Craig VERY attractive, and has since fallen down the James Bond rabbit hole

CHASE

The most pretentious film hack you’ve ever met in your life. He is taking you to a back alley screening of some arthouse eastern european gay porn on a first date and it will be the most profound thing you’ve ever seen in your life

Detective noir movies and cheesy black and white romances are his favourites. He likes falling asleep to them

He and Player both appreciate animation as a form of cinema, but while Player is referring to like. the Mario movie, Chase is talking about some 3 minute Russian stopmotion surrealist piece from 1951. He attends Annecy every year and has been banned from the Oscars due to threats of violence

He likes Poirot tho. Transmasc king

JULIA

If she has a few hours to herself she’d rather watch a documentary than go to a movie theatre, but she loves historical dramas

Enjoys biopics but thinks it’s stupid to make them for people who are alive

Likes watching movies for the sake of trash talking them, so she is the only person who can tolerate sitting through one with Carmen

LOVES Wes Anderson though. Chase got her into his stuff and the symmetry scratches an itch in her brain. But don’t tell him that

Also enjoys period dramas for the tiddies

CHIEF

Shitty cop movie enjoyer. The kind of person who insists that Die Hard is her favourite christmas movie

LOVES heist movies because of how inaccurate they are. Will mentally nitpick whatever secret service is going after them and be like “ACME wouldn’t do that lol”

She’s semi aware that she’s the antoagonist in Carmen’s own heist narrative so she’s started having fun with it

Closet lover of b-tier comedy movies. Like the ones with Adam Sandler and Kevin Hart on the cover

Does not enjoy watching movies socially. That is quality time for her and her cat. She does not have to shush Commander

CSOCW 24 Day 3 -Relationships-

Ooooh I've been excited for this one!!! @carmensandiego-ocweek

Jamie is definitely one of those people that could make friends with anyone. So much so, that people around them have to make sure that she's not getting into trouble. Player in particular has almost had many heart attacks, because Jamie will just call home after a day out and say he met fucking Tigress of all people at the store. Jamie does know who vile operatives are, like their codenames, but hasn't seen what they look like until sitting in on a caper and suddenly seeing their friend Tammy on screen throwing origami at Carmen.

Speaking of Carmen, if Carmen is the Mom friend Jamie is the Eldest Sibling friend who suggests every impulsive that runs through her head. It doesn't help that he's going to college IN San Diego. Carmen thinks Jamie is fun, but worrying and Jamie introduces Carmen to things like metalcore and emo music, and campy horror movies.

Zack and Ivy think of Jamie as another sibling, and holy shit their shenanigans are another thing all together. Player once made a mental note to never let them meet, it failed, miserably. Zack and Jamie will talk about racing, that will inevitably sidetrack into which sport is cooler. Ivy and Jamie will talk about horror movies and different engineering stuff.

Jamie was ready to bash Shadowsans head in when they learned what he and the other faculty did to Carmen, but is slowly warming up to him. Shadowsan also did not like Jamie at first, but respected their dedication to keeping her loved ones safe. He also secretly enjoys watching the chaos trio plan their pranks.

Too bad the prophet Cassandra never met Odysseus

CSOCW 24 Day 5 -Mentorship-

@carmensandiego-ocweek

For the longest time Jamie had looked up to their mother, who unfortunately died when Jamie was 8. She also did motocross and the one who was teaching Jamie how to ride a dirt-bike. When she died, Jamie was heartbroken and stopped for a year, until she turned 11 and found all of the pictures and gear in the attic. So to honor her memory, Jamie started riding again.

Jamies dad Arthur was a horror nerd and would watch them with him once Jamie was old enough. They had the best halloween decorations and costumes on the block. Arthur would also teach Jamie how to do voice impressions and supported them any way he could. He would post about any shows that Jamie was in, and was the loudest supporter at the junior and youth races.

Clara Bouchard, Jamies step-mother, would show Jamie that it's alright to not have to go 100 mph all the time and slow down. She taught Jamie first-aid and basic cpr. Jamie may not call her mom, but Clara understands and won't push it.

If I may, what are your favorite genres of music? Mine is metalcore and anything story-based!

Well, there’s a lot of what I would consider to be “favorites” of mine, but right now I’m really leaning towards grunge! Maybe a bit of electro swing.—🤎☕️

OOOH!! This one’s fun! While I’m not as music savvy as Judas is, I’ve really enjoyed the “alternative pop” and “folk rock” that they introduced me to around the time we first met!!—🩷🍓