Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-177.1.239.83-20160927161057/@comment-2038153-20160927224122

DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT! I spent the whole day worrying that Sam would be killed, ARGH! Okay, here's a few reasons why they might not kill Sam. Firstly, there are far more stories that can be told with Sam alive then with her death. She adds more to Lara's character then any other character in the series, even more so then her own father. Secondly, thanks to the comics Sam has become quite popular as has her relationship with Lara so killing off a popular character is not something most writers would want to approach, especially after the backlash's from shows like The 100 which was hit hard after the death of a popular character.

And thirdly killing Sam off at this stage would be a hut mistake on everyone's part as there is nowhere to go from there but down. Forcing Lara to kill the person she loves most means that there is nothing else for her to fight for and nothing can close to that emotional high. It won't matter what Trinity has planned, it won't matter if they plan to destroy the world, with Sam dead there's nothing left for Lara.

However, I do think that one of the series regulars will be killed and I think if any character will die it may very well be Jonah. His possible death foreshadowed a few times in the last arc in issues 2, 4 and 6. Please note I don't want either Sam OR Jonah to die as I like both characters and if there is a way for them both to come out of this alive then I will be more then happy. However, if one of them has to die then I say let it be Jonah. He is the least fleshed out, adds less to Lara's character then Sam does, there are fewer stories that can be told with him and most of them have already been told.

I also think that if Lara was forced to choose between the two she would choose to save Sam given how much she loves her, (she pretty much dropped her quest to avenge her father to save Sam). I also think that if Jonah was given the choice to sacrifice his life to save Lara or Sam he would do it without question.

There are also a few bits of hope for Sam's current situation. First off she has been absolved of the nurse's murder in issue 8 so she won't be punished for that. Second there's the fact that Dr. Taffe may have been set up as the scapegoat when Trinity tells him that they are loosing their patience with him.

Hope that helped, and don't scare me like that again.