Something as drastic as shifting the whole universe back to Nefarious's first defeat at the hands of the duo and undoing that, or, as Nefarious himself pondered doing during the boss fight, sending all biological lifeforms into a permanent Stone Age, would definitely cause that universe to collapse. Sure, Ratchet was able to travel back two years and give Nefarious a scar that he didn't have in the original timeline, and he and Clank went back a decade and changed the Battle of Gimlick Valley, but they used localized time rifts, and on a universal scale, those two things are so minor that any potential Butterfly Effect would basically have no damage, leaving a Close-Enough Timeline. The fact that trying to use it to go back so far into the past would go horribly wrong was the reason why Ratchet and Alister ultimately came to blows at the end of A Crack in Time. That would've destroyed that specific universe.Nefarious did say he wanted to use the power of the Great Clock to give other villains a do over, maybe one version of him won and decided to do just that.Not saying this is an obviously cemented Heel–Face Turn, but it could be one, and since alternate dimensions are in play, it could be true that the Nefarious who took over that one particular universe is a different Nefarious from the one we've known since 2004. Last time we saw Nefarious, he was looking rather longingly at a photo taken of him with Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark. When a fan questioned if there's canonical truth in Rivet being trans given she has a tail, Maggs responded that she loved the theory but hadn't initially thought of it.Alternatively, a Nefarious is a villain. She credits 3D character artist Xavier Coelho-Kostolny and senior technical artist Sol Brennan for ensuring Rivet "got jacked as hell". "At one point my CD yelled at me in front of the whole office because I kept saying 'Lombax Tiddies' very loudly in the office whenever anyone would bring up Rivet's design and it Made People Uncomfortable," she said. Maggs also fought over the character's design, including removing makeup and breasts. Maggs has given additional information on the character too, including that Rivet is canonically a lesbian, despite not having a relationship in the game. It’s a team effort, but at the end of the day, as Lead Writer, naming her was my job and my responsibility-and I was brought on to this project specifically to be a voice for the players who needed a Rivet in their lives- Sam Maggs MaTo see this content please enable targeting cookies. That’s why being cut out of the conversation hurts so much. It's a team effort, but at the end of the day, as lead writer, naming her was my job and my responsibility - and I was brought on to this project specifically to be a voice for the players who needed a Rivet in their lives." "That's why being cut out of the conversation hurts so much. This is how the best level design happens too! "I come up with these guidelines, we shoot around ideas that fit within that box, I assemble a short list, we vote on names - TOGETHER. "I just want to stress, as I did in my other thread, that none of this works without the team," said Maggs on Twitter. This led to her shortlist of names, including Hammer, Socket, and Gadget - the latter of which was already taken by other known characters.Įventually the team settled on the name Rivet from her shortlist, a name that has since been attributed to Insomniac programmer David Kim. Should also be two syllables to evoke the similarity on speaking.Should ideally also be named after a tool or mechanism.In a separate thread, Maggs details how the name Rivet came about. I’m not even credited as a writer on this game despite dedicating a year and a half of my life to it and creating Rivet’s personality from scratch.- Sam Maggs MaTo see this content please enable targeting cookies. This speaks to a broader issue of game devs being entirely erased from the narrative of their own work once they leave a studio.
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