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ReconTeam wrote...

Well think about it this way, why would Joker suddenly trust Cerberus? Obviously it took some negotiation, and Cerberus helping to treat his condition may be part of the agreement they struck.

Ahem.

TIM:  We want you to come work with us, Jeff.

Jeff:  Why should I trust you cerberus dorks?

TIM:  (flips a switch, lights come on the Normandy-2)

Jeff:  Where do I sign up?

[Inquisitor Recon]

Didn't Joker say to Shepard he only found out about the Normandy SR2 "just before" or something like that?

Bad mouth Cerberus all you want but they have a great benefits package, providing you don't get killed by some mismanaged experiment.

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Esbatty wrote...

Actually it'd make more sense for Joker, during those 2 years Shepard was gone, to undergo more physical therapy and strength training in order to be able to get around in extreme situations to never again endanger someone like what happened to Shepard.

Joker was trying to save the Normandy, its basically his home, his work, his life... being the pilot of one of the most advanced, most expensive, ship in the known verse. So maybe, just maybe he got better in order to save himself if need be.

That actually makes a lot of sense.  It fits his personality, and it's more about him trying to cope with his condition himself rather than anybody coming along with a magical cure-all therapy.  Of course, that suggests that he was slacking on the physical therapy before the crash, which...doesn't quite fit him, from my perspective.  We actually never really got into it, but you would think Joker would've had some -serious- survivor's guilt after the Normandy-1's destruction.

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ReconTeam wrote...

Didn't Joker say to Shepard he only found out about the Normandy SR2 "just before" or something like that?
Bad mouth Cerberus all you want but they have a great benefits package, providing you don't get killed by some mismanaged experiment.

I was kinda kidding with that bit.  But really, I would think that Joker would need no more reason than he explained to Shepard.  After everything he'd done to get his position in the alliance, they cut him and his whole crew loose because it was politically convenient to do so.  TIM was resurrecting Shepard, the person that died to save his life, and they were presumably going to furnish him with a ship, even though he may not have known about the Normandy 2 specifically.  (they did, after all, go out of their way to recruit him for his skills as a pilot.)

If Cerberus had reinforced his bone structure somehow, You would think it would have merited a mention or at least a Codex entry.  But more telling than -that- is Shep's reaction, or lack thereof, to Joker walking.

Joker walks in, Shep's like "Hey, cool!"  There's no moment of "Wait, you're walking?" which there would be if this were a new development.  The simple fact that Shep doesn't make mention of the fact tells us that Cerberus didn't have to do anything for it to happen.

Besides, in the real world, people who can't walk due to brittle bone disease have to contend with bone structure deformity.  Joker passed for normal as far as Shep knew at the beginning of ME1, so his condition -has- to be mild from the start.  I'm fairly sure he -does- mention crutches, but using crutches doesn't nessecarily mean you -need- crutches, at least not all the time.

[JowyXXV]

So.... could anyone explain what a romance with someone with brittle bones would be like and how it'd work?

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JowyXXV wrote...

So.... could anyone explain what a romance with someone with brittle bones would be like and how it'd work?

(shrug)  It'd be like a romance with anybody else, you just couldn't have crazy up-against-the-wall slamming hard sex.  It'd have to be gentler than that.  How gentle would depend on how bad Joker's condition is, but like I said, the fact that he -can- walk, and that he isn't suffering major, obvious bone deformity means his condition is definitely on the mild end ot he spectrum.