Yes, "Lara may NOT have been the greatest female icon for women characters in gaming (Because that belongs to The Boss). But she was one of the first female badasses that can shoot bears and TRexes." is the exact same as "women really don't mind being glorified sex objects and trophies."
She wasn't the best character, but at least she was a proactive, confident woman who could deal with her own ****.
Nice cherry picking there. But let me pick, you know, the first thing she actually says about the character.
"So lets see...let's remove Lara from being fully badass to weak 'Whedon-flavored female hero' bull because you know...that's exactly what I want to see in Lara. Not a confident badass fully aware of her sexuality. Nope, can't have that, might scare the boys are TARGET DEMO."
Lara wasn't a "confident badass aware of her sexuality." She was a mostly personality-less sex object and exactly the thing they hate being glorified. But suddenly now she was a badass fully aware of her sexuality? What, because she shows weakness instead of "BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM I KILLED ALL OF YOU NO SWEAT LOLOL."
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