Cybertrolls who were not fans of Lara Croft try to attack Adam Hughes' old Christmas drawing
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) December 26, 2020I think it's a charming and amusing illustration. Unfortunately, several false "fans" of Lara butted in to ruin everybody's pleasure by attacking it, and demanding it be removed:
Of course not. He just met the latest bunch of perpetually offended by anything they can contrive, including the anti-religious activists and such, who wouldn't even give a clear explanation what's wrong with Lara making love to Santa. Though one person had a good guess:Wow, a bunch of TOMB RAIDER fans do NOT like that Lara kissing Santa drawing. Woof. One just asked me to delete it (although they said ‘please’). Am I missing something offensive?
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) December 27, 2020
Given that Lara's spent time with men before in past iterations (with the possible exception of the previous 3 games that wound up sputtering in the end), that hints this was little more than a pathetic hijack attempt as well. Thankfully, Hughes is an artist who understands why it'd be a terrible mistake to succumb to cancel culture:AH. I did not know that. Thank you! https://t.co/Aa90keEaW6
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) December 27, 2020
I mean, I’m not going to delete Lara kidding Santa. It’s just odd that there are 7 or 8 people suddenly reacting poorly to it, and it’s been around for 25 years. None of them are saying WHY they are horrified by it. I’m just like ‘WTF?’ Bemusedly.
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) December 27, 2020
It was practically a non-issue, concocted by the same cybertrolls on Twitter who doubtless went after fellow artist J. Scott Campbell in past years. With that told, it's a terrible shame the producers of the video game series itself succumbed to political correctness and destroyed the popularity of what was once considered a marvelous franchise, all for the sake of social justice pandering, and most irritating is how the same designers who toned down sexuality thought sexual violence itself was allowed, even if only implied. Which doesn't seem to concern the cybertrolls who insulted Hughes/Campbell one bit. All they dislike is the positives, not the negatives, of sexuality and heterosexuality as we know it, and they're not Lara Croft fans at all. Just a whole lot of troublemakers.Thanks for the support about the MINOR Lara Kissing Santa kerfuffle. It's no big deal to me (tonight my Debit Card was identity thefted, THAT was a big deal) I was just baffled as to what these 9 kids found offensive. Your guesses are all appreciated. Let's move on.
— Adam Hughes (@AH_AdamHughes) December 27, 2020
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Not as bad as some of those older ads out there, but it just screams like a transparent attempt at a Tomb Raider enticement program.
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