Talk:Lara Croft (Survivor Timeline)/@comment-24.224.106.46-20170510123125/@comment-209.147.138.111-20170818040222

I completely agree with your 1st paragraph. I don't like the stereotype that tough women must be gay (I find that pretty cringe-worthy, too) and would prefer Lara have no love interest. I dislike it because they usually do it more as penis pandering "Oh, two chicks kissing that's hot" stupidity. And frankly I find it more interesting (and unusual) to focus on Lara as a character rather than shoehorning in a romance as the focus for her because she’s a woman. I found it relieving to read in the "20 Years of Tomb Raider" book by Meagan Marie under a section for 2013 reboot about Shipping "While an intentional decision was made not to explore romance in Tomb Raider's reboot... Crystal Dynamics hasn't addressed Lara's sexual orientation at this time, keeping the focus on Lara's introspective journey and obsessive search for truth. They also believe that not putting a label on Lara a wider breadth of fans can connect with her, envisioning her as the character they want, or need." (I really hope Eidos Montreal continues this trend of keeping Lara asexual for Shadow of the Tomb Raider.)



Though that’s part of the reason I really like Rhianna Pratchett’s video game writing is because avoids a lot of the “male writers writing a female character” tropes like a woman must be defined by having a romance interest.