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Is the Voodoo lady disabled?

presidentmaxpresidentmax
edited October 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
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Just curious since she couldn't stand up when taken over by guybrush
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  • NovotnusNovotnus
    edited October 2009
    She's just a bit overweight... Or there's some mystery behind this scene.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    Guybrush wouldn't be used to the extra encumbrance of Voodoo Lady's body. It's not an issue if you gain weight normally, but add about a hundred pounds instantaneously, and you're bound to be quite unsteady on your feet.

    Of course, he'd likely be able to adjust in no time, but possession isn't exactly an everyday occurrence that one would handle logically. Not even the 'Brush.
  • nitsujsedohrnitsujsedohr
    edited October 2009
    I didn't think about that Imagine gaining a 100 pound right now and try to stand. I think you hit the nail on the head. I would have trouble standing, most probably wouldn't even be able to.
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    I don't think it has anything to do with her weight. It's rather the fact that she's been sitting down on a chair for so long time, that the muscles in her legs has been withered.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited October 2009
    Her keister is glued to that chair.
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    In fact, in MI3 she knows the secret key to reduce weight. Low fat, high fiber! (<- English natives.. is it fibre or fiber when talking about food? Or do they both work?)

    :)
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    although... "True muscles can never be destroyed!" .. or how was it? ;)
  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited October 2009
    In secret of Monkey Island when she's in her chair at the International House of Mojo on Mélée Island you can see her legs and I'm sure they move, so my guess is she's not disabled.
  • shrefshref
    edited October 2009
    well using this same theory, does this mean that when shes guybrush, she'd be able to run faster than guybrush as guybrush?
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited October 2009
    Fat ppl sometimes need help to get up after they been sitting down for ages that might be what the back scratchers for like it doubles as a cain to help her up
  • balin2kbalin2k
    edited October 2009
    i saw it as more of a pun. you never see her standing up so just a joke saying she cant stand up LOL
  • KevinD872KevinD872
    edited October 2009
    balin2k wrote: »
    i saw it as more of a pun. you never see her standing up so just a joke saying she cant stand up LOL

    That's how I took it as well.... as a joke since you never see her standing.

    As for instantly gaining 100 lbs..... yes, if YOU were to instantly gain 100 pounds, I'm sure it would be difficult to stand up because your muscles and balance are not used to it, but he basically just took over her body/mind, so her body and muscles should be used to it in which case it shouldn't be an issue. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. :D


    ...... What an odd discussion...... lol
  • apenpaapapenpaap
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    (<- English natives.. is it fibre or fiber when talking about food? Or do they both work?)

    It's fibre. Americans tend to misspell it as fiber, though.
  • onlyamonkeyonlyamonkey
    edited October 2009
    apenpaap wrote: »
    It's fibre. Americans tend to misspell it as fiber, though.

    Americans spell? I don't get it?
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    apenpaap wrote: »
    It's fibre. Americans tend to misspell it as fiber, though.

    And you guys tend to misspell aluminum as aluminium :p (Now let's not do this again!)

    Considering that the Voodoo Lady didn't even move a step in Guybrush's body either, maybe the spell prevents you from moving to far in the other person's body, for, you know, safety reasons.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    onlyamonkey wrote: »
    Americans spell? I don't get it?

    There are certain words Americans and the British spell differently, like tire and tyre, center and centre, disestablishmentarianism and popcorn, things like that ...

    (The last two examples are a joke, but the rest are real examples)
  • balin2kbalin2k
    edited October 2009
    onlyamonkey wrote: »
    Americans spell? I don't get it?

    LOL! aww
  • BobbinBobbin
    edited October 2009
    I think you can't move while being controlled. If you notice, DeCava and Guybrush don't move while the Voodoo Lady is in them.
  • dahoughtonukdahoughtonuk
    edited October 2009
    Voodoo security? if someone posesses her the body cannot move out the nice ergonomic chair? Still I reckon she was expecting it. Why? You get the cards you need to get round it if and only if possessed by the right person.
  • FinisterrexFinisterrex
    edited October 2009
    Voodoo Lady, is stuck... She has a device, that makes the chair get far from her "desk", then she can stand up. As guybrush didnt know that, he couldnt stand up.

    Simple as hell...
  • GeypiGeypi
    edited October 2009
    Novotnus wrote: »
    She's just a bit overweight... Or there's some mystery behind this scene.

    A bit??? She is as fat as an elephant.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    Geypi wrote: »
    A bit??? She is as fat as an elephant.

    Elephants are not fat! They're just big boned ...
  • nitsujsedohrnitsujsedohr
    edited October 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Elephants are not fat! They're just big boned ...

    Well she is a small boned elephant, that makes her Obese.
  • SnakeArsenicSnakeArsenic
    edited October 2009
    Realistically speaking:p, the Voodoo lady has been sitting and sleeping in that chair waiting for Guybrush for months, maybe years. She could've easily fused to it, in which case she would have to be cut out of it and the fabric surgically replaced by skin grafts before she can move on.
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »
    And you guys tend to misspell aluminum as aluminium :p (Now let's not do this again!)

    I guess that I would easily misspell aluminum in that case, since in swedish it's spelled "aluminium" .. So.. :D
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    I guess that I would easily misspell aluminum in that case, since in swedish it's spelled "aluminium" .. So.. :D

    Yes, but you Swedes never spell anything normally. Just look at the Ikea catalog.
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    Maybe her legs are sleeping? But then there should be big ZzzZZzz's coming out of them.. ;)
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    I guess that I would easily misspell aluminum in that case, since in swedish it's spelled "aluminium" .. So.. :D

    I'll forgive you for meatballs.:)
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Yes, but you Swedes never spell anything normally. Just look at the Ikea catalog.

    lol :D
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    Maybe her legs are sleeping? But then there should be big ZzzZZzz's coming out of them.. ;)

    Emphasis on BIG!
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    Isn't it "catalogue" btw? :P .. easier in swedish, just "katalog" :P
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    Isn't it "catalogue" btw? :P .. easier in swedish, just "katalog" :P

    In American, it's "mag." :)
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    Isn't it "catalogue" btw? :P .. easier in swedish, just "katalog" :P

    We don't have no extra "u"s, in America!
    Tpravetz wrote: »
    In American, it's "mag." :)

    Or collage fixins.
  • TeaTea
    edited October 2009
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Her keister is glued to that chair.

    Nah if she leaves, it will just be stolen out from under her.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    Its possible she has spells or wards in place to prevent others from taking over her body completely by another with voodoo.... Or maybe she is just morbidly fat.

    on a technical note I'm pretty sure TTG just didn't want to animate her walking and they didn't want you going out her door because then they would of had to include all of that island in the download files....... So their fix was to make it so that she couldn't get up...
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »
    We don't have no extra "u"s, in America!

    We ain't British, yo! We talk straight up! Word! Yo, yo, yo. 'Merica is where it at!

    Quick! Who can guess my race?
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Well I'm pretty sure TTG just didn't want to animate her walking and they didn't want you going out her door because then they would of had to include all of that island in the download files....... So their fix was to make it so that she couldn't get up...

    Irishmile, you're better than this. Come on man, we've been waiting for you to come up with one of your patented photoshoped images of hilarity!
    Tpravetz wrote: »
    Lena_P wrote: »
    We don't have no extra "u"s, in America!

    We ain't British, yo! We talk straight up! Word! Yo, yo, yo. 'Merica is where it at!

    Quick! Who can guess my race?

    Suburban, painfully-white kid?
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »

    Suburban, painfully-white kid?

    No! I'm not painfully white... Just very much so...
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Its possible she has spells or wards in place to prevent others from taking over her body completely by another with voodoo.... Or maybe she is just morbidly fat.

    on a technical note I'm pretty sure TTG just didn't want to animate her walking and they didn't want you going out her door because then they would of had to include all of that island in the download files....... So their fix was to make it so that she couldn't get up...

    Well.. that's the boring realistic version. Let's find the creative version instead :)
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited October 2009
    dvibe wrote: »
    Well.. that's the boring realistic version. Let's find the creative version instead :)


    yh we only want in universe explnations
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