Larry - a better understanding
When I come to play Episode 2, no matter what I will try to save Larry.
Not just for the sake of my secret, but for another reason...
When I began working retail, I was partnered with an elderly man named Don, a Vietnam war vet and a diabetic. The team leaders paired us cause we were a lot alike; not very social and we kept to ourselves. At times, I got angry with him cause no matter how hard I tried to fill the sales floor, Don believed I could do better. Yet, dispite the pain from being diabetic, we had a friendship, give or take.
Then one day, he passed away. That was a year ago. A man with whom I've worked with for about seven years was gone. It hit me very hard, in all the time I knew him I was angry with him. I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. When I returned to work, they told me he passed peacefully in his sleep.
Back to the game, I agree Larry was a bit of a hardass jerk and rude but Larry's grumpy temperment almost reminded me of my team mate.
There's a choice that suggests you can talk to Lily about her father. I found it on Youtube from a playthrough by MilanRE
It's as follow's word for word where Lee talks to Lily in private.
Lee: It's been three months, your dad still treats me like I'm some kind of asshole.
Lily: Yeah, well, don't expect that to change. That's just how he is.
Lee: Does he treat you like that too?
Lily: Look. My dad can be an ass sometimes, I know that. But he's not a bad guy. He just...He's got a lot of pain. He's been through so much. And lost...pretty much everything. And it's hardened him, ya know? Yeah, he's bitter and hateful, but that's all just to protect himself. And me.
All he's got left in the world is me. And that goes both ways. So, yeah, he's probably gonna keep treating you like crap, but that's just because he still has one thing left to care about. So don't judge him. And don't judge me for sticking by him. He's my dad, and I love him.
When I do a walkthrough, this scene is a keeper for me;)
Not just for the sake of my secret, but for another reason...
When I began working retail, I was partnered with an elderly man named Don, a Vietnam war vet and a diabetic. The team leaders paired us cause we were a lot alike; not very social and we kept to ourselves. At times, I got angry with him cause no matter how hard I tried to fill the sales floor, Don believed I could do better. Yet, dispite the pain from being diabetic, we had a friendship, give or take.
Then one day, he passed away. That was a year ago. A man with whom I've worked with for about seven years was gone. It hit me very hard, in all the time I knew him I was angry with him. I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. When I returned to work, they told me he passed peacefully in his sleep.
Back to the game, I agree Larry was a bit of a hardass jerk and rude but Larry's grumpy temperment almost reminded me of my team mate.
There's a choice that suggests you can talk to Lily about her father. I found it on Youtube from a playthrough by MilanRE
It's as follow's word for word where Lee talks to Lily in private.
Lee: It's been three months, your dad still treats me like I'm some kind of asshole.
Lily: Yeah, well, don't expect that to change. That's just how he is.
Lee: Does he treat you like that too?
Lily: Look. My dad can be an ass sometimes, I know that. But he's not a bad guy. He just...He's got a lot of pain. He's been through so much. And lost...pretty much everything. And it's hardened him, ya know? Yeah, he's bitter and hateful, but that's all just to protect himself. And me.
All he's got left in the world is me. And that goes both ways. So, yeah, he's probably gonna keep treating you like crap, but that's just because he still has one thing left to care about. So don't judge him. And don't judge me for sticking by him. He's my dad, and I love him.
When I do a walkthrough, this scene is a keeper for me;)
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Sorry for your loss
However, I really disliked Larry. Nothing he went through previously could possibly excuse throwing a child to the hoard or disabling and leaving a man to die, that's just pure ugly.
How did you reach that conclusion? Lee did kill someone and I think his nightmares and wanting to talk to the group about his crime express remorse.
Sorry I meant Larry, got mixed mid paragraph probably.
Edit: Probably shouldn't type while tired.
No, of course not. I meant similar to Larry in terms of grounchiness.
I let Kenny take his old ass out.
On my second play through where I do things differently (don't side with Kenny the whole time) I still let Kenny take his old ass out.
If we were in a position where it came down to Larry or Kenny saving my life I trust Kenny. Even when I was an ass to him he still helped me up. I think Larry would try to kill me again if he had the chance so I don't feel bad at all.
Even though Larry is a jerk, I just try to do the right thing, always.
I once worked about 5 years with a guy who could be a real ass at times, but was killed during a hunting accident.. Hit me kinda hard too.
But in this "game" I see the time frame of a zombie apocalypse being much different than our current real lives.
When we may not even think about doing certain things today, imagine we are in our character's shoe's during a zombie apocalypse, we would proably do thing's we never drempt we'd do.
I understand things that have happened in our real lives help to define they type of people we are today and may influence the decisions we may make, but when I play this game, I try to look ahead at the consequences of my decisions.
If I thought about a person I knew in real life, which made me choose to try to save a character here, I could verywell end up killed in the game.
I respect your way of thinking and hope it serves your character well.
I just think in a different way.. If we were actually forced into a zombie apocalyptic world, I dont think we could afford too many sentimental factors to dictate our decisions!
Exactly!
Reread what you wrote. This happens a lot. I've been pretty close to doing it myself lol.
She's a clerk, for Pete's sake...the game dialogue makes her out to be a Green Beret or something like that.
If anything, Larry's death means that Lilly can be an actual leader - she has no biases anymore. A real leader would not play favorites or make decisions biased in the favor of the safety of one person. The group is what matters.
As far as Lee being a danger to the group, that's not anywhere near certain. We are given no details whatsoever about the death of the Senator. We don't even know if Lee's wife is around who can give another side of the story. So we don't have any reliable information to support the assertion that Lee is in fact dangerous.
Oops. LOL. Seriously though.... Larry had to die. Couldn't risk letting him turn and hurting my close friend Kenny or Clementine. I didn't get any indication of a nicer side of him that was going to come out.
Exactly. If I saw a flash of a good man in Larry I may have spared him but many months of being with him and zero change or flash of a kind side from him? F him.
See him talk to the woman on the farm.
Flirting with a woman who's pure evil? His so called instincts and the only people he was convinced were good were the REALLY bad people on the farm. He's a serious liability and risk.
That turned out well for the both of them. Maybe they'll hook up.... In hell mwahahahaha
don't think brenda would go for man with a salt lick for a head...
Wel, in regards to your second major reason, dying via bleeding out and being unconscious from a heart problem are two different things. Larry could've been revived if the procedure went perfectly. David was a lost cause because he died by bleeding out; he was beyond help. Larry could've at least been revived on a good chance, and only would've died if his heart persistently malfunctioned even during his resuscitation.
Larry flirting with Brenda had nothing to do with a softer "good" side. That was merely a man attempting to manipulate a woman with his self-inflated charm for his own ends. It wasn't about her.
Just didn't think it'd be like that. Yeesh Kenny...
Actually if Larry had a real heart attack, CPR is delaying tactic in order to allow for defibrillation. Most people do not wake up after receiving just CPR. Without something to shock Larry's heart and get it back into a normal rhythm, he was done for (If it was a massive heart attack).
Yes, but only because his daughter is watching that time.
Larry might seem like an ass at times, but he's actually one of the character who truly displays the personality of an actual survivor trying to survive in the real world.
This, I can tell you.
I know how much everyone hates Larry for all the things you've done.
But frankly, if you tried to be nice to Larry, you'd actually find that he's got a bit of rationality when he talks like mentioning how he gets cranky when he gets no rations at all.
All the time, he's been trying very hard to suppress his anger, plus who would actually deliberately cause their own heart attack to occur again ? That's just crazy.
Whatever he does at the very end prior to his death was aimed at ensuring Lilly gets all the care and privilege that she needs. And that's why I honestly don't blame him for acting that way.
Either way, people can boo at me for taking sides with Larry, no matter what we do, that man is destined to die at Chapter 2, so the very least we can do is give the character some understanding and empathy.
It's unlikely Larry even knew you got him his pills at the time, the guy was pretty much semi-conscious the whole time right up until it was time to evacuate the Drug Store.
There's also the fact he knows Lee's a convicted murderer (who just happens to not be in prison). Most of us would probably hesitate to trust a guy convicted of theft around our valuables, trusting a convicted murderer around our family? No thank you.
Hell, Kenny's a bigger danger to the group. Freezes on Hershel's farm (thereby allowing Shawn to get eaten), ran over people that were asking for help by Katjaa's account, shouts to strangers in a city that obviously went down the crapper, doesn't help the rest of the group in camp (he's the only "man" in the group that won't help Lee with the pickup walker), etc.
As for the whole convicted killer thing, Lee had been nothing but helpful and diplomatic towards pretty much everyone in the group, he is actively looking out for Clem, he helps with the hunting, pretty much Lee does any job that needs to be done. I would be more then willing to give him the benefit of the doubt taking into account all he has done.
And from what I gathered in Katjaa's account, Kenny ran over walkers not living people. And I can understand Kennys position, I might not agree with it but if I had a wife and son to look out for I would place their safety first and considering the hell that Atlanta was in, his willingness to keep driving probably saved their lives. On the farm, Kenny's focus was on Duck, yeah he froze and I do consider that a strike against him, but he is only human.
i think if he had been dying slowly (bite/bleeding) he would have asked to be killed to not endanger his daughter, i might have felt bad about it if he was the type of guy that would beg for his life for the chance he might be immune or something, but larry made it clear that lee should not do anything that would risk lilly or Clementine's life, and i think letting a massive guy turn into a zombie in a locked room with lilly and Clementine would be something larry would not want to happen
Great point!
As much as I disliked Larry, I think your spot on that he would have said "just shoot me" if he'd been bitten rather than risk turning into a walker and endanger his daughter.
However, I personally took the meat locker opportunity to kill Larry first chance I got mostly based on the incident in the pharmacy when he punched Lee and left him for the walkers. Larry attempted to kill Lee.. I wasnt going to wait around and give him a second chance to do it again!
I would even consider Lee being a convicted murderer as trivial during a zombie apocalypse.. As Lily said, "that's a skill that could come in handy" and so far, Lee has been as trusting, diplomatic and helpful to the group as possible!
As we are limited in our choices by TellTales story-line, we only have certain options to choose from. We have Clem to look out for and are kinda forced to make decisions based more on a moral viewpoint having Clem right there watching and questioning our decisions. If I didnt have to consider Clem, I myself would play Lee as much more ruthless and unforgiving. We have a world full of zombies trying to eat us, this is not the time to hesitate and decide what or what not to do based on if a little girl will think bad of me.
Sorry Clem you had to see me smash Larry's head with a salt lick, but the rest of us are alive because of it!
Also at the end of trying to save him you can see that he is beginning to breath or even talk (well muttering) proving that if it wasn't for kenny he could have lived.
Larry tried to kill me but failed
I tried to Save Larry but failed
Kenny tried to kill Larry but Succeeded
I wish I could have saved Larry but we almost did and to be honest I'm not sure if we failed to save Larry only that Kenny killed Larry before we could prove that we had saved him
First of all, learn how not to hold grudges, it doesn't take a Month for someone to change their views on you, larry wasn't going to try to kill Lee again else he would have when he had the axe right there on the teacher, Did you see him swing down on you or was it just the zombie? and considering noone even knew bites weren't needed I say that's a pretty big deal that Larry didn't try to axe you in fear of you being bitten, kind of shows how he didn't Want to kill you anymore, and him saying he would OUTLIVE you implies he wouldn't too, And the majority of the time he doesn't treat everyone else quiet how he treats you, despite wanting to throw Duck out I don't think he would treat duck any worse than he treats Clementine, its a shame Larry is gone he was a very good character but with such big hate against him they must have really wanted him gone.