"Kurtis's powers have only been partially revitalized after the Bloodline room contraption was destroyed by Karel. But there is one difference. When he is totally fired up using all three Shards he becomes almost pure power (or is this too much? Probably.). In specially controlled situations Lara can merge with Kurtis and make use of his forcefield, wearing it like a suit." 

So a little while ago, @seethem-dancing suggested this:

Firstly, thank you very much, for both the congratulations and the compliments! I had a hard time trying to create this idea with the models, as I had a very specific idea of what I wanted but had no idea to go about it. In the end, I technically cheated and used a different route than I wanted, but it all worked out.

@seethem-dancing​ You’d just be handling Lara as per usual just like in every tr game, you play as Lara. Kurtis would be an extra character put onto the screen that would otherwise complement the gameplay(aka Lara’s mechanics). Like using farsee to look for a clue from a hard to reach place that even Lara couldn’t crawl into. Basically Kurtis would act as an ‘extended arm’ for Lara with his supernatural powers and both benefit from each other whereby Lara could perform other feats of strength that would aid them both in advancing into further stages. It’s just a matter of playing 1 character over the other and since it Tomb Raider, it’s pretty clear who the player’s will get to play as :) Beside Kurtis was a nice complementary character to Lara and I don’t see him as a helpful ai would hurt his overall character. It’d be a nice dynamic to see them both in action on a single screen.

seethem-dancing replied to your post: @noficbyhalves​ This might be a less popular...

I get what you mean&it is good in concept. The reason why I’m personally wary of it is because in practice - speaking from the place of my own, admittedly limited experience with gaming - it rarely benefits either character. Because the main player character can handle all the same challenges on their own&the sections where the additional player character’s help is required are often contrived&added with the sole purpose of making the sidekick character useful (in most cases such sections could’ve easily been avoided altogether&the main character would’ve benefited from acting independently). According to Richard Morton his original vision was to have Lara&Kurtis as separate player characters whose actions within the game-play would’ve indirectly affected the other (i.e Kurtis was supposed to be opening doors for Lara with his telekinesis which she would’ve later been able to enter through). That, to me, was an ideal scenario.

@psychedelicsaber​ @seethem-dancing​ What you two are describing really reminded me of in Prince of Persia Sands of Time. Occasionally Farah (not playable) will go through a crack the Prince is too big to fit through and pull a lever to open a gate for him (video). There is a section where you’re on opposite sides of a room and need to pull a series of levers to reach the bottom of the room. When it’s her turn to pull one there’s a little cutscene of her doing it and then it’s back to the game and your turn (video).

Asides from these scripted parts, she doesn’t really play a role in the gameplay. During fights she will stand on the sidelines and attack with her bow and arrow, but she is pretty useless and will even hit the Prince with them (he goes “OW!!” and she says “Sorry!!” lmao). But her role is definitely “the sidekick” aiding the Prince.

In TR, for the parts you would need to use Kurtis it would probably be quite clear that nobody else could do it, be them a man or woman. But they would have to give Lara crucial actions only doable by her, or else there’d be no reason you’d need to use her. They would need to handle it properly or else they’d be reducing Lara to Farah’s sidekick role as “she’s skinnier than him, she can enter smaller areas!”.

Definitely have only Lara can use certain weapons/equipment, but it would have to be more than that because Kurtis would obviously be capable of being able to fire a different type of gun, even if he doesn’t. It would need to be something only she is capable of doing, something like she is more accurate at shooting, she can run faster, she is more intelligent so can solve a puzzle (but that makes no sense because the player would still be solving it? idk just throwing some ideas around, I’m sure there are some obvious ones I’m missing!!)

If they were going to put this sort of thing in a AOD sequel then it would be best if you could swap between the two characters (they actually did this in the GBA version of Sands of Time - video). That way it’s still single player and up to you to work out who has the skills you need, or maybe a level can be completed in two different ways depending on who you currently have selected? Something like a collapsing floor and Lara is fast enough to run over it, but Kurtis is slower [and heavier] so he would fall through and have to take an alternate route? Then you’d need to play the game twice to explore everything, so it would be like 2 games in 1.

Forever Charmed (essentially remembering years of Wyatt's abuse) Chris still came back to past AGAIN to help good Wyatt reclaim his powers (despite Chris' canonical inferiority complex&Wyatt abusing his powers against him in both timelines). It was an endearing call back to Chris' promise to Leo in 6X22 that he forgives Wyatt for all the personal offenses/traumas as long as Wyatt is "not Ruler of All Evil". Chris only ever wanted Wyatt to be a good man&not hurt others.

Prue and Andy definitely had a great conversation after the whole truth spell thing. They were made for each other. Magic for personal gain started happening more and more after season 5. It showed that shift and it was very obvious that the show runners changed. All the silly costumes came into play and they dressed Alyssa in next to nothing most of the time. How Holly got out of it amazes me especially since both Holly and Alyssa were producers. But I did like that the new showrunner added over arching storylines in the season. While the demon of day worked okay, you need a bigger storyline for the show to hold. Brad succeeded in that. Although the Avatar storyline could have been done better. And the Billie and Christy was just blah. My favorite over arching storyline (even beating Chris honestly) is season 4 with the Source and Cole but also watching Piper and Phoebe cope with losing Prue and gaining Paige. It was so well done. 

i would notice!! i'm terrible at keeping up with people but i would notice. you bring so much light to this fandom and this site <33

@karasimmons  thank you <333

iminwinnipegthatsincanada replied to your post “[[MOR] would anyone even notice if I just disappeared?”

Yes absolutely. People would notice. (I would notice) But depression is dumb and tries to convince you of the things that scare you most. Don't listen to those voices. People out there love you. People care.

@iminwinnipegthatsincanada  thanks, friend!! <333

seethem-dancing replied to your post “[[MOR] would anyone even notice if I just disappeared?”

While this might not be helpful because each case is unique and I KNOW how ultimately meaningless it is to be informed someone else is experiencing a similar feeling/terror/condition it has been my state for years now after my prolonged clinical depression rapidly escalated. I hear you&notice you and the only advice I can give is cling to any positive/inspiring thing you can find. Even if it's just a picture of cute kitties or YT vid. Then write some brilliant FF again.

Then Rumple will tune in with a grandiose musical number called "Nice Guy Finishes First" while Regina's victims apologize to her in a singing form.

I need a translation now because I'm bitter and need to slake my thirst for non-Western serialized content where charming rebellious outlaws with hearts of gold and their gorgeous warrior princess girlfriends triumph over privilege, capitalism and unrepentant evil in a form of power grabbing misogynists and corrupt wealthy women.

@seethem-dancing you need to watch this, for real, and you need to come flail with me...

translation would be (he first apologized for being as idiot, which he was) and then “But I want to say that if I had you, only becoming blind, deaf or imbecile, I would have left you for another”. (and then goes on into, “and much less for a bitch like your sister”)