Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-25228560-20160627194557/@comment-29952513-20160627201406

At the moment the only thing I want from Sam is for her to come out of the upcoming story arc alive and free of Himiko permanently. After that I want the followup arc to be about them repairing their relationship and that to be followed up by the thread game.

As for Lara and Sofia, I don't think that will happen mainly because I don't see Sofia making a return at this point. I'm not against the idea they could work as a couple, they trust each other, their personalities complement one another which is always a plus. But the reason I like the idea of Lara and Sam ending up together is because of a spark they have that Lara just doesn't seem to have with any other character in my opinion.

This is best shown in the comics with bits like Sam giving Lara words of encouragement before Lara goes on stage for a play of pride and prejudice. Sam understands Lara in a way that Johan and Sofia don't, (though they could) and that makes their relationship so much more engaging.

Though again, at this moment I just want Sam to be freed of Himiko, I want her back in Lara's life and for them to focus on rebuilding their relationship. Romance can wait I just want my second favorite character to be alright.

And the only reason I can come up with for them not killing Sam is that there are more stories that can be told with her alive then with her death and that killing her now, in the second arc in the series, would be a mistake. It would be like ending Hamlet's second act with the climatic duel when you got at least 3 more acts to get through.

Sam being killed and likely at the hands of Lara is not something that should be done so soon as there is nowhere to go from their except down. But if this is the story of Lara saving Himiko then there are more stories that can be told. The for mentioned Lara and Sam rebuilding their relationship, exploring more of Sam's character and trying to piece her life back together while adapting to her new living conditions, (going from living in a flat to living in a mansion). There's just so much more that can be done with Sam and her relationship with Lara with her alive and it can add more to Lara's character, romantic or not.

All that aside though, I think we can all agree that Lara shouldn't end with Kennard from Ten Thousand Immortals. A character who is so bland, so generic and so uninteresting that even fans of the book forgot about him once he left the story. Honestly I think the Easter egg he has in Rise of the Tomb Raider was left in by accented because I asked the develops of Rise about it and they didn't remember why they added it or even remember Kennard himself.