Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-177.1.239.83-20160927161057/@comment-2038153-20160928025035

No harm no foul and in regards to Lexa's death please keep in mind, the reason she was killed off there was because her actor was going to be working on Fear the Walking Dead so she had to go. Doesn't change that her death was poorly handled but one of the more positive things there was that it did make creators aware that pointlessly killing off popular characters will result in negative backlash from the fans.

True that has always been the case and as you said, killing off popular characters isn't uncommon but thanks to modern media and social sites like Twitter fans are able to make their voices heard more then ever. Just take this very wiki page, notice that there are far more fans who in support of bringing Sam back. And this is just a fan edit wiki.

Over on Twitter writer Rhianna Pratchett has stated that the question she is asked most often is the fate of Sam and that there are just as many people who love her as there are ones who hate her. And Sam's boost in popularity, thanks to the comics, is not something that has gone unnoticed by Crystal Dynamics.

Hell the whole resent arc Choice and Sacrifice is all about resolving the Himiko arc once and for all and they are not holding anything back. The story here is just as big as the games if not bigger. Is being treated with just as much respect as the games and is being covered more then any other comic or novel in the series.

And while Philip Sevy is a bit of a trolling creator he has been very respectful to fans, answering questions, showing open support to fans of Sam and hasn't insulted fans who ship Lara and Sam. Hell he and Mariko Tamaki have been poring everything into the resent arc as they know how much it means to fans.

So keep holding out hope and in the mean time, make your voice heard. Join Twitter and tell Pratchett, Simone, Tamaki and Sevy that you want Sam to live and go over why you love her character so much. It doesn't hurt to to let the creators know that this character has a few more fans out there. :)