Talk:Lara Croft (Survivor Timeline)/@comment-162.207.47.118-20160908063714/@comment-29952513-20160908070222

The reason so many fans want to see Lara and Sam together in a romantic is because of their chemistry and the fact that Rhianna Pratchett and Gail Simone have gone on record saying they would like to make them more then friends. Now I understand why some would rather they just stay friends I do, I personally wanted Ron and Kim from Kim Possible to stay friends as I found that part of their relationship much more interesting.

The thing of it is, we are a very romantic species. If the opportunity to par off characters comes up you can bet top dollar that someone, somewhere is shipping them. That is regardless of sexuality, most people like seeing characters get together in a romantic way even when that has nothing to do with the characters. Take Zutara, despite the fact that they shared about only 10 minutes of screen time together they became one of the most popular couples in the fandom.

Hell the image of used for Fan-Preferred Couple on TV Tropes is a image of Zutara while Aang is held back one handed by Zuko. With Lara and Sam they at least have a shared history and the comics have done little to dissuade fans from seeing them as a couple. Take the most recent arc in the comics, despite the fact that Lara was on a mission to avenge her father she drops it all in order to save Sam the moment she hears that she is in danger.

Hell the last arc before the current one just adds more fuel to the fire as it shows that Lara thinks of Sam when her mind wonders and when she is on the verge of drowning the last thing she thinks of is Sam.

Both Survivor and the comics tended to have Lara and Sam very close to one another, almost intimate with little bits like Sam resting/stroking Lara's hand with her pinky. The two outright stating they love each other, (Lara saying that she loves Sam more then anyone else in the world) and the fact that.

These are the main reason fans ship Lara and Sam and why their the most popular preferred couple in the series. Oh sure Lara and Jonah have their followers, (most of whom are really awesome please no one start a flame war), but how many people ship Lara with Danny, or Jacob or What's His Name from The Ten Thousand Immortals? Hell the only reason anyone shipped Lara and Alex was because of his poorly established last minute crush on Lara.

Now I'm not saying that Lara and Sam HAVE to end up together, they can remain friends but if Lara is to end up with anyone I would rather it be Sam due to their shared history and per-established chemistry. It would much better then trying to hook Lara up with some random guy she met once and has not mentioned, talked or thought about since meeting him from a story that neither the lead writer of the series or Mariko Tamaki haven't read and apparently have no plan to read in the near future.