Thread:Winter77/@comment-1967967-20190303122109/@comment-2038153-20190303211437

One thing to remember is that what a character starts out as in the early stages of development is that they are often Very different from who they end up as in the final product. Case in point in Star Wars Originally Vader and Anakin were two completely different people but due to a number of character and plot reasons they didn't work as their own respective characters. Lucas combined them as it fixed all his problems from a narrative standpoint and made for a much better character. Also Han was origianlly a green skinned alien who was a general and old friend of Luke in the earlier drafts of Star Wars an we know how different he turned out in the final product.

Same thing here as given how much the two have in common with Sam my theory is that they mixed their respective stories and characters together. Both are Lara's main motivation for getting through the plot, both have a connection to the island Lara is on and both are or become very dear to Lara. Also keep in mind that Izumi, from what I could find, didn't have much in the way of personality but was important to the plot while Jess seemed to have more personality but had almost no reason to be in the plot.

This is why I think Both are the Prototype Sam as I am 99.99% certain that at some point the developers combined both characters as it was the best way to make the narrative work. So if it is alright with you I would like that part of Jess's and Sam's Trivia pages resorted if you don't mind.