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What more could you want?
Thats not quite as relatable in this day and age of economic strife as maybe she once was.
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It was great escapism, but weve seen a lot of characters like this, living in fantasies.
Shes got some great traits that we drew upon for new Lara, Pratchett says.
Shes brave, shes curious; those were qualities we wanted to keep.
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Pratchett adds, We wanted to explore that kind of growing with the character.
We do ourselves a disservice when we say, This is how women should be to do this.
It narrows down our choices, Pratchett says when asked about feminist critiques that point to Crofts idealized looks.
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Beautiful women should be allowed to be capable and brave and fearless and psychopathic.
I agree that there is not enough diversity in character in general in the games industry.
Ethnicity will hopefully enter the conversation more.
Pratchett adds, Id also be interested in seeing Lara as a mother.
How would that work?
How would she even have time?
Id love to see more action moms in games.
Itd be so cute!
