Talk:Lara Croft (Survivor Timeline)/@comment-36066194-20190617234728/@comment-2038153-20190622072619

Okay That was funny. XD

And thanks for the complement on my story, it really means a lot to me and also thanks for likewise replaying to my comments. As for CD refusing to take risks, as someone who has small understanding of marketing for entertainment I feel that CD's approach is only only going to backfire on them and as of this writing it kind of already has.

Shadow's mixed reception is due, in part, to the issues we have been talking about and the series has suffered as a whole for it. By refusing to take any risks, both with characters and plot, CD has hampered their attempts to make as much money as possible and it Will only get worse if they don't do something about it. Bring back Sam is only One of the things they have to do in order to improve the series as a whole, they also need to give Lara and Sam adversaries that are their equals in character and in gameplay.

Going over to my story for a bit, there are three major villains of the game and None of can be considered the "Main" antagonist as all of them will be given the same amount of screen time, documents and importance to the plot. This gives actually gives all of them more time to be fleshed out as characters even if they aren't hugely complex. The Dictator is your usual TR villain, has been hunting for the McGuffin of the week his whole life, has a huge army to challenge the heroes and first presents him as civil individual only to show himself as the vial monster as the game goes on.

The Sorceress is a bit more direct, she just wants Lara dead and doesn't try to paint herself as just or the lesser of two evils. She knows what she wants, she knows who she's after and she will not stop until either she or Lara is dead.

The third villain, who I would like to keep a bit of a secret, is something that is simultaneously the least human of the three and still just as human as them. It has the least amount of dialogue as what it says is less important then what it can do, which is a lot. To put it simply, without going to much into spoilers, this things as the single deadliest adversary Lara, the pop culture icon, has faced since the T-Rex from the first game and Himiko.

Like I said, what made EMSB so good was that it was about the characters. The threats they faced were only directed at them and the Rebellion was perfectly safe for most of the film. Same thing here, the threats that Lara and Sam are facing and more of a threat to them as they go up against forces that, for the most part, don't care about the world with two of them being personal demons for Lara and Sam to over come. Even the Dictator turns out to be less of a threat to the world then he is to Lara and Sam. Nothing on this adventure threatening the world, just our heroes and all of that is to further their arc of mending their relationship.

There is no doomsday clock here, no item or Ancient God that can destroy the world if it gets out, just a couple of @$$holes trying to kill two women who just refuse to die. Said @$$holes are also at each others throats as, dislike of Lara and Sam aside, have nothing in common and seeks to destroy one another because they are likewise all in the way of their respective goals.

If you like I can go into more detail on this idea of mine if you'd like to read more about it. I'm always looking for feedback. :)