Talk:Tomb Raider (Dark Horse Comics)/@comment-2038153-20180307055137

Gotta admit I'm really curious about who the Trinity agent in the upcoming Inferno arc will be. In the other comics the villains usually got something along the lines of, a new foe or a evil cult and so on, I cannot think of a single case were the comics that called any villain of the week Lara's equal or anyone who is prepared for her?

Sure Cortez from the Queen of Serpents arc is a really good villain and a even better character, I'd go as far to say that she's the best villain in the series and I hope she will appear in Shadow of the Tomb Raider given that the game is supposedly being set in Mexico and Cortez was never actually defeated.

I do hope that it is a new character and not Whatshisname from The Ten Thousand Immortals as I didn't really like his character. Personally I would love for this character to be a evil counterpart of Lara, someone of the same gender, similar age, similar if not better combat training and someone who can actually rival Lara in terms of archaeology.

Also, if this new character is as good as the comics are making him/her out to be then s/he should be the villain for Shadow. If that is the case I'm willing to bet that s/he will have their face covered for the whole of Inferno while fighting Lara so Lara can be just as much in the dark as to who this character is.

With that in mind I do wonder if the comics are going to play more of a part in Shadow then they did in Rise of the Tomb Raider? I mean with arcs one through three, aside from the Himiko possessing Sam plot point the comics didn't really tie into Rise all that much and even the bit with Sam was a rather minor note.

So I do wonder if the most recent arcs will tie more into Shadow. I do think that Lara will be upgrading from her climbing axes to a sword given what we got from the leaked concept art for Shadow and in #3 of Survivor's Crusade we see Lara with a sword.

Also, as mentioned before, Cortez is still out there and was last seen in Mexico and of course Sam possible return as the whole point of her being possessed by Himiko was to give her a concrete reason to stay out of Rise. Of course this is just speculation and really I wouldn't be surprised if non of these elements even got a mention in Shadow though I do think that it would be a waste of some perfectly good plot elements that are all set up with no real payoff.

Then again The Last Jedi was a lot harder for me to enjoy as you actually needed to read the tie-in material to understand half of what was going on like Phazma's return which goes completely unanswered in Last, Holdo doesn't make any real sense unless you read the Princess Leia tie-in novels and the new things the Force can do will only make sense if you are very versed in Star Wars lore.

So while I would like to see these plot points used and think they can all add to the series if done right if done wrong it will likely only confuse anyone who hasn't read the tie-in comics.

So if Sam, Cortez and the mystery villain of Inferno are to appear in Shadow then they have to be done in such a way so if you never read the comics you wouldn't be lost.

To go full geek for a moment it wouldn't be that hard to be honest. As stated before the villain from Inferno can be solved by just never having Lara see his/her face and the only time when they meet is in one or two fight scenes. This helps show just how dangerous this villain is while at the same time keeping you s/he is a mystery.

Cortez can be done by Lara just talking about her to someone else and keep things vague enough so you don't know when they met and given that the two only ever met once very briefly would help as Lara would then know only just a little bit more about her then the players do.

And given that the two plot elements of the Himiko and Sam plot from the first game and the comics are almost the same you can keep things vague enough that if you only played the games you will likely think Lara and Sam are talking about Sam's near possession from the first game. And if you're new to the series you get the basics, something bad involving a supernatural force happened and it cause Lara and Sam a great deal of trauma.

Now I'm not saying these things HAVE to be in Shadow I'm just saying that it would be nice if they were involved. I mean it would be nice to know that all that time spent in the comics wasn't for nothing, at the very least the villain should be more involved if they're putting so much time into hyping up said character.

Also I hope that the whole thing with Jonah is resolved as well cause I like Jonah as well and I don't want to see Lara end up as Ebenezer Scrooge. Though I gotta admit, Lara being haunted by three spirits who teach her the true meaning of Christmas is a comic or game I would pay good money to play. ;)