11 parts Ongoing MatureWhile grappling with the knowledge that she killed her best friend, Carmen tries her best to settle into her new life with her mother in Buenos Aires, but she can't live peacefully as long as VILE is still a threat. When certain members escape from prison, Carmen knows what she must do: Resume the fight. But not a day passes that she doesn't think of Gray, which is seriously hindering her health, and unfortunately, her ability to fight. More than anything, she wishes her best friend were alive, but there's no way he could have survived the blast from the crackle rod. Right..?
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A few things first.
~ Carmen is 15 or 16 when she enrolls at V.I.L.E. This can be determined because the show opens on Carmen approximately twenty years after she was taken from Argentina. If you take the one to two years she's been causing trouble for V.I.L.E. and the two years she was enrolled and subtract that, then you can see that Carmen is more or less 16 when she meets Gray. Next, the minimum requirement to be a junior electrician is having a G.E.D. and being at least eighteen. So Gray's estimated age when he enrolls can be 18 or 19 at minimum. With this in mind, Gray is at the very least two years older than Carmen. So, no icky-nastiness involved.
~ Carmen is a bisexual woman. Those that don't recognize Carulia as a valid ship are simply blind. Still, I prefer Redcrackle, so that's the primary romance.
~ I try to keep the characters consistent with their television portrayal and maintain the original plot.
~ There's only one inconsistency I'm aware of, kudos if you find it!
Further notes:
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