Talk:Jonah Maiava/@comment-2038153-20181104084001

Okay, after everything that happened with Shadow of the Tomb Raider I'm officially reversing my stance on Jonah. I liked him in A Survivor is Born, he was forgettable in Rise of the Tomb Raider and now after playing Shadow I now want him GONE from the series.

The reason being is that I presently replayed all three games one right after the other and then re-read all the comics and I realized something about Jonah and that is at best, he's done next to nothing and at worst he's made the situation worse in EVERY GAME!!!

Survivor, Jonah, for whatever reason, decides to trust Dr. Whitman despite the fact that A) He has been acting like a twat throughout the entire game. B) He is acting suspicious as soon as he's rejoined the group and C) Lara states flat out that he betrayed her and Sam back at the palace and that he cannot be trusted. And Yet Jonah not only doesn't listen to Lara but he gives Whitman guard duty.

End result, Shock of all Shocks Whitman turns out to be working for the bad guys and captures Sam when he's on guard duty and nearly gets Reyes and himself killed.

And then in Rise after learning of the Atlas Jonah grabs it when Trinity starts attacking and then, for no good reason, picks up the Atlas and continues to hold onto it while he is getting captured instead of Bloody Dropping The Damn Thing!!! And then later he hesitates to kill Konstantin despite the fact that Jonah has killed before this moment and will kill again later in the series. Also Konstantin makes it clear that he will kill Lara the moment he gets the chance to Jonah and yet Jonah can't bring him to go through with killing him because, reasons.

And finally in Shadow, after getting the Silver Box away from Trinity Jonah decides that the safest place to hide is to go Straight into a Trinity controlled area. He also has the Great Idea to steal Trinity's Helicopter despite the implication from Lara AND Jonah's dialogue that Jonah doesn't actually know how to fly it.

And surprise, this only results in Trinity getting the Box anyway and nearly remaking the world.

Also inthe games alone Jonah has been captured 5 or 6 times between all 3 games and 10 or 11 times if we include the comics. And throughout the series his most notable contributions to the series, (outside of nearly helping to destroy the world THREE TIMES OVER due to pure stupidity), has been helping Lara climb a mountain in Rise... THAT'S IT!!!

That is the most he has done throughout the entire series and to be blunt that was a rather pointless contribution as Lara could have just WALKED AROUND THE MOUNTAIN!!! I've played Rise several times down and I can clearly see several paths around the mountain so the climb up the mountain was completely pointless.

So to make a long story short, (too late), Jonah has done next to nothing to help, has only succeeded in making things worse, and has spent most of his screen time getting captured. Oh, and also has called Lara delusional for believing in the Supernatural despite having seen it with her several times now. And called her selfish for wanting to save the world from her mistake... Why is he HERE!!!

Sam has been captured less then Jonah, has actually proven to be more useful and actually has a PERSONALITY!

Oh, and every time Jonah does something stupid that results in the world almost getting destroyed he learns NOTHING!!! Lara and Sam have at least grown as people while Jonah has NOT changed since the first game. At most he's a bit more of a twat but I don't see how that's an improvement.

Seriously I hope that he settles down with Abby and just leaves the series and that Sam returns and takes his place as Lara's partner and companion as she's a LOT more interesting then Jonah. And her and Lara rebuilding their relationship would make for a interesting game, especially if the developers actually took a risk and gave Sam a Proper A.I. System so she could actually help Lara in her adventure.

If Kratos can have his Son with him on his adventures then surely Lara can have Sam help her out during her adventures. Sam has already proven she can handle the more dangerous side of Lara's world, She took on a Demigod in a Battle of Wills and WON!!! Not to mention proving to be a skilled planner, took on a Bull Shark and defender herself while armed with only cupcakes so a few dangers of the world would be kind of old hat for her now.