Talk:Jacob/@comment-29952513-20160805041735

In regards to Lara and Jacob shipping I just want to put forward that I never saw their interactions as anything romantic. Honestly given Lara's reaction at how Jacob and Sofia hugged, when she turned away and bit her lip, it came across to me that Lara saw Jacob as more of a father figure and possibly even saw a bit of her father in Jacob.

Going back to Jacob and Sofia's hug my interpretation of that scene is that when Lara sees Jacob hug Sofia, his daughter, was Lara being reminded that of her own father and Roth and looks away in jealousy, in envy. Here is a relationship that was taken away from her twice and that hug reminds her what she is missing, what she has lost.

One of the main themes of Rise of the Tomb Raider is family, the family we've lost and the family we make. This is shown in Ana and Constantin, the former goes to extreme length to save his sister, Lara and Jonah, the latter of which does the same to save Jonah once he is captured by Constantin and Jacob, Sofia and the Remnant all of whom see themselves as one big family who go to extreme lengths to protect each other.

The way Lara and Jacob talk to one another is very similar to how Jacob talks with Sofia during the game, a father protecting and guiding his child. The way Jacob dies and how Lara bids fer well to him also felt, to me, that Lara was getting a chance to have a proper goodbye to her father.

Also please keep in mind that Jacob is old enough to actually be Lara's father, given that Lara and Sofia are the same Bloody Age. If you ship them, more power to you but I did not and have no interest in seeing Lara with anyone besides Sam.