Thread:Winter77/@comment-3526639-20180412125422/@comment-2038153-20180416053724

In regards to the last point, please remember that this is Hollywood we're talking about. Nine times out of Ten most writers think that if two people hate one another it must mean they secretly love each other regardless of what reality says.

Case in point the resent Kylo Ren and Rey relationship in Star Wars, with the film trying to take a relationship as borderline romantic despite the fact that both have not only tried to kill each other several times now but the later has directly killed one person close to Rey, Han, severely wounded Finn which resulted in him going into a coma and is indirectly responsible for the death of Luke who was her idle and mentor. All of which is thrown out the window the moment she sees him without his shirt on.

To the films credit they do go back to being enemies but it comes off like the film is trying to pass them off as Star Crossed Lovers. Apologize if you enjoyed The Last Jedi but it was the most resent example of Hollywood taking this trope and attempting to use it.

I'm not to worried about Whatshisname returning in Shadow as TTTI isn't all that popular in the first place, most fans don't even know about it and those who do insist on ignoring it. The Comics have been better received and I can think of several fans who enjoy as much as the games.

As for Lara's quest for taking down Trinity I do think her main motivation is her wanting revenge against Trinity for the murder of her father given all the set up so far. Konstantin and Ana revealing that Trinity ordered her father's death, the post credit scene implying that the mysterious voice is the one who ordered her father's death and that the two are going to confront one another in near future. The comics flat out stating that Lara is after Trinity for revenge for what they did to her father and to Sam.

In fact, ignoring plot points, the main theme of the comics post Rise has been greatly emphasizing Lara's connection to her friends and her father with it implying that she will have to give up one or the other in the end. Case in point, Lara lamenting what she would do without Jonah, Lara giving up her quest to hunt Trinity to save Sam and in Survivor's Crusade Jonah forcing Lara to choose between getting revenge or moving on with her life and choosing the former.

I actually wrote a review on issue 2 of SC and how well handled it was as we got to see both sides of the argument without the comic picking a side. While Jonah isn't a favorite of mine I did like how he was written here as it was nice to see him call Lara out on her obsession and how she's hurting herself by doing nothing but hunting for Trinity.

As for the comics being pointless, at this stage it's to early to tell as Jonah's bit in Shadow might just be a cameo and this scene is just meant to be his farewell in the series proper. But one thing from the comics I most defiantly want to see from the comics, besides Sam, is Leticia Cortez and her group Las Serpientes Que Caminan.

Cortez is, at the time of this writing, my favorite villain in the series as she is so much more complex then the other villains of the series. She's not one of the good guys but she does have a more noble side to her, showing respect for Lara even having the common sense not to underestimate her friends.

I also like the reason as to why she targeted Lara, it wasn't anything personal she just needed money for he group and she lot Lara had access to her father's fortune and tried to blackmail her. And when she found out that Lara didn't have the money she changed her strategy, figuring that she could ransom Sam and her parents would pay for her safe return.

I think we might see her and Las Serpientes Que Caminan in Shadow playing a similar role to the Remnant in Rise only being more antagonistic towards Lara at first but joining forces with her against Trinity. Given her connection to Lara's father and the fact that Lara has and Las Serpientes Que Caminan never hurt each other during the arc there's a foundation for the two to work with each other.

As for Alex returning on this one I'm not sure I want that. Not that I dislike him or anything it's just that the last time we saw him, he had a broken leg, was in the middle of a huge ship that blew up and then sank into the sea which. And as shown whenever Lara tries to dunk a butt the waves are unnaturally violent and filled with jagged rocks and Alex was a mile from the beach. If he was not dead when the ship blew up he wouldn't be around for much longer. With that said I do think that the ghost plot should be resolved and Kaz should also get some resolution given how long she was around.

As for Sam, I don't necessarily want her to be co-op partner in the game but I would like her to be given more to do, like her saving Lara at least one time. What I want most is to just see more of their relationship and that can be done by just having her and Lara talk over the radio like what we got from Lara and Nadia aka Sam 2.0. Just Sam over the radio providing Lara with helpful advice and a bit of humor as the series does need a bit more humor to help lighten up the rather somber tone.

I want to hear the two talk about their time at college when, or about their travels together before going to Yamatai and see or hear Lara and Sam being happy. These two desperately need a huge which the one thing I want most in Shadow, to see these two mend each other and themselves and move forward while also finally closing their wounds.

I hope I wasn't offensive in any way and if I was I apologize sincerely.