#tr loa

"Well, you found me."

Ok, so after we've all had our fun dunking on this letter for 24h straight, I do think there's some benefit in giving constructive criticism on why it rubbed so many people the wrong way. I know us fans can be a dramatic bunch, but the optics of this lore are... not great.

First of, making Lara one in the line of many famous explorers just makes her less special. She's no longer a rebel but a conformist nepo-baby 😫 It makes adventure less her choice and more genetic determinism, which ho boy opens some uncomfortable topics.

Lara is not just anybody - she's a British aristocrat, and damn does that come with some implications. Constantly mentioning her special aristocratic bloodline really leans into the worst kind of classism and ideas on "good breading" the aristocrats always thought made them above everybody else (and the law). I'm not saying she now needs to be the people's champion or something (GOD PLEASE NO), but all this bloodline stuff is the British equivalent of "great grandpa had a plantation". Let's make her an aristocrat without constantly reminding people why we hate those twats in the first place.

And then we come to the Society of Raiders, which was always a goofy idea, but now is starting to look waaay worse. Oh so they were a secret club for rich archeologist back in the 1880s? Cool cool, I'm sure there's nothing questionable in their past whatsoever 🙄😂 Also we all love it when rich people form secret clubs that operate outside the law, it's worked out great for us as a society so far 🤣

I'm not generally opposed to the SoR as a way to expand the universe, but we really shouldn't go there. Just keep them as more of a National Geographic Society for paranormal archeology nerds, not a weird secret cult for nepo babys 😬

And lastly, bringing up her family again makes us think that the LoA storyline will no be very good. Instead of being about the dangers of Atlantian technology or Natla's hunger for power, it looks like we're again failing back on Croft Family Tree hijinks 😫 (I call it the "grandpa Palpatine" plot).

They never learn, do they?

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