Talk:Lara Croft (Survivor Timeline)/@comment-25477620-20161127102357/@comment-2038153-20161127112307

I think the reason more fans think Lara is gay instead of Bi or Pan is that she hasn't really shown any interest in any male character. Jonah is more like a brother even by the actors own admission and as for Lara and Jacob I for never saw their relationship going beyond Mentor/student, (also the fact that he is old enough to be his daughter makes it a bit creepy. Especially when you take when you take into account that Sofia is Older then Lara so, yeah, no (Also I am not counting The Ten Thousand Immortals with Whatshisname as the series has been pretty much ignoring it outside of a few references in Rise)).

So far the only characters that boarder on Lara having a romantic relationship with have been Sam and Nadia. In fact Nadia is very similar to Sam in personality often making jokes to lighten up tense situations. Very into tech, Sam being a camera nut and all, Nadia being the most technically minded Remnant member we meet as shown in Baba Yaga and Cold Darkness where she shows a great understanding in tech she sees and gets a little over exited by it, much like Sam did with Cameras in the comics.

Hell the most intimate moments in the first game and the comics is with Sam. And in Rise we have the ending of Cold Darkness where Nadia rests her head on Lara's shoulder in a scene that is loaded with subtext. And in the Spore arc we see Lara thinking about Sam when her mind drifts and later when she on the verge of drowning the last person she thinks about is Sam in a two page spread that makes it look like their about to kiss.

And the most resent arc has her giving up her quest to avenge her father because helping Sam was more important to Lara. We also get little bits like Sam looking at Lara while their taking a picture together, a image often associated with romance in popular culture.

For the record I am not angry I am merely going over why most fans think Lara is gay instead of bi or pan. I also prefer this version of Lara more then the original as she is more human and relatable, which is why so many fans are invested in her love life and her relationship with Sam.

The original Lara was a badass through and through but nothing ever seemed to really faze her and seemed to be doing things more for her own entertainment then anything else. Which makes sense as she was created in the 90's and that kind of character was very popular especially among female fans. But times change and in order to to survive characters much change with them. It's like Superheroes, originally they where silly with adversaries who used rainbow guns that would turn the hero into a dancing fool and could only be saved by the power of jazz.

But times changed and heroes were made more complex with flaws as they made mistakes got married and had kids, (not counting those who made deals with the devil to undo said marriage AND YES I'M STILL BITTER ABOUT THAT MARVEL!). It's the same thing here, Lara just walking through armies without taking any damage and being more of a lone wolf doesn't really work any more.

One of my favorite scenes in the comics is the bit where Lara gets a bad case of stage fright and feels that she cannot go through with preforming. Yes Lara Croft, who has faced down demigods, crazed zealots and battled entire armies gets stage fright. And why does she go through with it, because Sam manages to get her to see why so many people love Pride and Prejudice as they see it the same way Lara sees artifacts.

Another one of my favorite scenes is in the most resent issue when Lara is told that Himiko is strangling Sam's soul and Lara falls to her knees to show how hard this has hit her.

That scene pretty much summed up how I felt during this arc which really helped me relate to Lara all the more and is why I want Sam to live and for her and Lara to rebuild their relationship. Fans have grown to care about Sam and killing her off would be pretty much like the ending of Mass Effect 3 and subsequently ruin the series for fans who have grown to love her.

So there are my thoughts, hope you enjoyed them :)