Thread:The Demon In Me/@comment-25376269-20180704203955/@comment-25376269-20180705152211

The Demon In Me wrote: I gave you a short list of the inconsistencies which I can remember from my readthrough. You seem to have ignorned them. Also yes, the comics are pretty mediocre in terms of writing, but the book's writing is so much wose, as barely anything of note happens. I am aware of the assertion that the novel is before the books, but with the simple fact that as the comics begin, Lara is still stuck having nightmares about Yamatai, and has absolutely no indication that she's done anything since getting back, let alone even a mention that Sam was hopsitalized for a suicide attempt, is pretty telling that no one involved in writing the book had any intention anything with any sense of continuty for what would come after.

Also, Mass Effect as a franchise from what I know of it does not have a completly definitive canon due to it's choice heavy narrative so that is a false equivilance. I didn't ignore them, believe it or not, but that post didn't appear until now, and even this one that I'm quoting, so I missed them. Now I'll answer you to both: Not referencing to the events in the book doesn't mean that the book never happened. It could be that they spoke about the suicidal attempt(that it isn't even clear if it's a real attempt or if someone poisoned her)between the novel and the book. In any case this isn't pivotal for the overall plotline.
 * No reference to Sam's hospitalization in the comics, or any other events of novel, Sam was hospitalized for a suicide attempt and wasn't put under any kind of observation to make sure she wasn't a threat to herself? Not even mentioned what happened? Also in the final arc there is no reference to the fact that Sam had prior been referring to herself as "Himiko"

It's pretty common to see a load of typos. As I said, for exampe in Mass Effect they erroneusly setted the book 3 years after the end of the trilogy(and they repeated the date many time), while the events where happening between the 2nd and 3rd game.
 * Mentioning that Yamatai was a year prior when the comics start a mere six weeks after the events of Yamatai. You can say that's a typo all you want but if it was intended to be a month someone proof reading it would have changed it.

Lara doesn't acquire any knowledge about Trinity in the book, Kennard just says something like "they used you and now they want you dead", nothing else. If in the comics she asks who Trinity is, I think that's pretty fair.
 * Lara has no knowledge of Trinity in the Secrets and Lies arc despite blatant contact with them in TTTI.

She befriended people(simple students) just for the sake of her quest, and they live in another country, why should Lara bring them up?
 * Lara making new friends on the train to Oxford who are never referenced again, particularly when Lara is lamenting that she has so few friends left in the aftermath of Yamatai.

Recognize? Why should she do it in that moment? She is keeping his ID because he is dangerous, why should Lara speak about him? Moreso in the ending that is talking about other things?
 * Lara has Kennard Montez's ID at the end of Rise of the Tomb Raider, implying he was the one who broke in to steal the book, Lara didn't even recognise him despite her interactions with him in the book.

The focus is Yamatai, why should she speak about other things?
 * Lara's entire focus at the beginning of Season of the Witch was on what Happened in Yamatai, there is never even a hint that Lara had done anything since Yamatai, let alone went around the world looking for the fleece.

So, looks like that the core of your thesis is that the book has no relevance because it isn't referred in the comics. And the majority of the time you wished to see some references in topics not related between them.

I think that this kind of proofs do not exist. The comics, the books, they are needed to expand the narrative universe, they are not a chain. It could be a problem for example if in a media someone dies and then in another media he is alive with no explanation, or if they change Lara's birthplace. Those are the things that break the canon, not the absence of references.

As for Mass Effect, no, the books are not influenced by the choices in the games, because they talk about events far away from the influence of the protagonist, but in any case they helped to shape the narrative universe. The first 3 are perfect, it's just the forth that was written by someone who didn't know the series, and the developers apologized for it.

From now on I'm going to wait after I see a message, so that I don't miss any of them anymore.