Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-2038153-20170129080837/@comment-2038153-20170211100949

It is very likely that they will leave the relationship between Lara and Sam ambiguous but then again we all thought that Korra and Asami would never become a couple and we all know how that prediction turned out. As for Sam not returning for a while right now the only thing that is keeping Lara and Sam apart is Sam's mom and Lara's guilt.

The latter is something that is going to cause problems for both characters but the former is something that Sam can easily over come on her own. I mean she just took out a Demigod I think she can talk down her over protective mother.

As for Sam's possible return to TR, as I said before Sam has a huge fan base in China and Crystal Dynamics has been made very aware of just how popular Sam is with fans. It may have been split 50/50 before but it seems that the hatedom for Sam has died down considerably over the past 5 years. Again they gave the task of finishing off Himiko to Sam which I think was partly to show just how fan Sam has come as a character.

She's no longer the Damsel in Distress she was back in A Survivor is Born, now she's just every bit as awesome as Lara is. I will admit that odds are good that Sam may be left out of TR11, (that's what CD and the writers for it have been calling it as they do not consider Tomb Raider anniversary anything but a remaster edition) isn't 100% but with Sam now free of Himiko which nullifies the most concrete reason for Sam being left out of the games.

Still only time will tell.