Lucca and Taban are horrible people

[Sekkuar666]

Lucca and Taban are a pair of geniuses daughter and father, they can build amazing things such as a completely autonomous bipedal fighting and singing robot, plasma guns, and a teleport machine.

Yet they still haven't been able to build a freaking wheelchair for their mom/wife Lara who doesn't have legs.

To make matters worse, they leave Lara alone in a bedroom ON THE SECOND FLOOR of a house with no accessibility whatsoever, effectively leaving her stranded in her bedroom alone all day long, only to visit her to bring her scraps of food.

[Rhyagelle]

The real question is; why was that dumb woman standing near or on that machine, with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dress on? lol

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Uh, how do you know they weren't already in the process of making are a wheelchair?
And they are tending to her in the meantime and not leaving her to stave and decay into a pile of bones like a Heartless Angel. Think about it.

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

The real question is; why was that dumb woman standing near or on that machine, with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dress on? lol

Um, common house attire? Also the machine being large, dusty and in the dining room, of course a mother would want it to be cleaned up at least.

[desaix]

It's possible they've tried to make her a wheelchair, but Lara refused to accept it because she doesn't trust the things they build any more. They're certainly portrayed as caring and concerned about Lara's status. As far as being on the second floor... it's as far away from the machine that caused her accident as it can possibly be, and it's the sunniest and most open room in the building. It's possible that's where she wants to be, and modifying the house to accommodate her would be more costly than they can afford. It certainly seems that most of Taban's work since the incident has involved the recycling and cannibalization of parts (at least, my impression was that the teleporter was scavenged from the device that caused Lara's injuries).

Of course, that's a "Watsonian" explanation. The Doylist explanation is that her being crippled is supposed to be a bit of a surprise (something you don't learn until after you've been time traveling for a bit, even if you meet Lara earlier; all you know before that is that she's sitting down), and having her in a wheelchair would be a dead giveaway.

[Sekkuar666]

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Uh, how do you know they weren't already in the process of making are a wheelchair?

She been disabled ever since Lucca was a small child, they Lucca had time to learn science from 0 and build a teleport machine in the mean while but not enough time for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wheelchair

[Sekkuar666]

Originally posted by desaix:

supposed to be a bit of a surprise (something you don't learn until after you've been time traveling for a bit, even if you meet Lara earlier; all you know before that is that she's sitting down), and having her in a wheelchair would be a dead giveaway.

That makes sense, it did take me a while to notice she didn't have legs on the first time I played and 12yrs old me was horrified when I noticed lol

But I did notice way before the revelation

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by Sekkuar666:

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Uh, how do you know they weren't already in the process of making are a wheelchair?

She been disabled ever since Lucca was a small child, they Lucca had time to learn science from 0 and build a teleport machine in the mean while but not enough time for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wheelchair

I'm pretty sure she has a wheel chair. She probably sits in her room because what else can she do and is probably terrified of losing her limbs or something if she goes down stairs. xD

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Um, common house attire? Also the machine being large, dusty and in the dining room, of course a mother would want it to be cleaned up at least.

Brah. It was a JOKE.

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

I'm pretty sure she has a wheel chair. She probably sits in her room because what else can she do and is probably terrified of losing her limbs or something if she goes down stairs. xD



Brah. It was a JOKE.

Crack open a dictionary.

You're not making any sense, dude. Take a chill pill and try to discern a joke when it's staring you right in the face before you flip. lol

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

You're not making any sense, dude. Take a chill pill and try to discern a joke when it's staring you right in the face before you flip. lol

I'm chill, how about you?
Don't look at your reflection thinking you see me in it.

I cannot believe you wigged this far out about a joke about a game character. Jesus, this is sad.

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by fangisboss:

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

I cannot believe you wigged this far out about a joke about a game character. Jesus, this is sad.

I can't believe you can't take a hint and stop replying.
Jesus, this is shameful.

Uh-huh, sure thing kiddo.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

The wheel chair itself hasn't been invented yet. Lucca does discuss wanting to build robot legs for her mom at the beginning, but isn't able to figure it out. There is Gato, of course, but that design is too big and bulky for getting around the house with.

[Rhyagelle]

Yes, she would need to know a lot more than she does to be able to not only build her robotic legs, but attach them to her mother. I imagine that'd take skills of another profession altogether. Lucca does eventually become a Bulma basically in the future though, so who is to say it never happens then? :)

[Sekkuar666]

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

I'm pretty sure she has a wheel chair.

Never seen in-game, not even in the ending where she's at Leene Square.

Originally posted by Stop Potato Hate:

The wheel chair itself hasn't been invented yet. Lucca does discuss wanting to build robot legs for her mom at the beginning, but isn't able to figure it out. There is Gato, of course, but that design is too big and bulky for getting around the house with.

Wheels are clearly a thing seeing how things such as the dragon tank exists, but the people who can build TELEPORTATION MACHINES clearly aren't smart enough to come up with wheelchairs.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

Originally posted by Sekkuar666:

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

I'm pretty sure she has a wheel chair.

Never seen in-game, not even in the ending where she's at Leene Square.

Originally posted by Stop Potato Hate:

The wheel chair itself hasn't been invented yet. Lucca does discuss wanting to build robot legs for her mom at the beginning, but isn't able to figure it out. There is Gato, of course, but that design is too big and bulky for getting around the house with.

Wheels are clearly a thing seeing how things such as the dragon tank exists, but the people who can build TELEPORTATION MACHINES clearly aren't smart enough to come up with wheelchairs.

Wheels have always been a thing. They were the first invention. That doesn't mean wheel chairs have always been a thing. I'm no historian, but I imagine there are lots of factors that go into making a wheel chair work. One his having light enough materials that make it not hard to push. The other is having a flat terrain for them to move on. Imagine trying to move a wheelchair over muddy hills, before the invention of cement sidewalks. You think you sound smart for saying they're too dumb to invent the wheel chair, but did you really think about this? Like why is the wheel chair a relatively recent invention in terms of the overall history of mankind?

[Sekkuar666]

Originally posted by Stop Potato Hate:

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Yes I thought about this. I never said they are too dumb to do something, I said they are horrible people for not doing it.

I'm sure the person who can build robots and teleportation and time machines could figure out a device to help a disabled relative if they wanted to.

But I'm repeating myself.

[Jeon - Jung (전정)]

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