Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160520230037/@comment-24534644-20160529083239

A few reasons why I didn't go with that. One, the weapons are dual shotguns, and there's not enough room in shotguns of their size to house mechanisms for complete chainsaws. I'd have had to completely up the scale of each gun, which would have made them too large to akimbo. Second, doing that would have emulated Gears of War too much, I think. And three, most importantly, her design is based in part on plague doctors. Or, at least, her father is based on a plague doctor, and some of that rubbed off in her. And though associated with medicine, the main role of plague doctors who were dealing with the plague was not to 'heal' their patients, but to extend their lives or make them most comfortable. That usually meant removing the infections and buboes... by whatever means necessary.

So the bone saw design ties into the medical aspect of the plague doctor theme. Both in terms of 'healing' others... and because the saws tie in well with her rsther... strange personality.