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Last Friday (October 25th) was Lara Croft's and Tomb Raider's 23rd anniversary. There's been a bit of unrest among fans since the official accounts are conspiciuously silent about ANY kind of anniversary of entries into the franchise pre-2013 reboot.

As much as I love the modern Lara, the classic one and especially the version we got in the Anniversary - Legend - Underword trilogy will always have a special place in my heart. Most of you probably know by now that I had my 15min of fleeting Internet fame around several years ago when somehow my male Tomb Raider renders (which were several years old at that point) blew up all over Tumblr, Twitter and wherever else. Today, the concept is hardly unique, but I still fondly remember the days of getting fan fiction on the late Y!Gallery for my male Tomb Raider renders.

Anyway, working on this made me realize how much I missed him so now that he has an almost perfectly classic outfit, expect more from him in the future. I say him because I think it's time for a bit of a rebranding. As some of you might know, even during my 15min of fame, people kept asking me (it even came up in the 2 interviews which I gave) why I called him Nate. Since, ya know, Nate Drake is a thing. I didn't know him back then and randomly picking the name Nathan for my Tomb Raider surely goes down in annals as an incredibly stupid coincidence.

So, going forward, I'd like to rebrand and rename him. And this is where you come into play: You can suggest names for him (he's still British) but please don't do what every bloody outlet back then did and call him stuff like Lawrence/Larry/Lars Croft. That's a little too on the nose lol (I'm still not over Larry...)

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Last Friday (October 25th) was Lara Croft's and Tomb Raider's 23rd anniversary. There's been a bit of unrest among fans since the official accounts are conspiciuously silent about ANY kind of anniversary of entries into the franchise pre-2013 reboot.

As much as I love the modern Lara, the classic one and especially the version we got in the Anniversary - Legend - Underword trilogy will always have a special place in my heart. Most of you probably know by now that I had my 15min of fleeting Internet fame around several years ago when somehow my male Tomb Raider renders (which were several years old at that point) blew up all over Tumblr, Twitter and wherever else. Today, the concept is hardly unique, but I still fondly remember the days of getting fan fiction on the late Y!Gallery for my male Tomb Raider renders.

Anyway, working on this made me realize how much I missed him so now that he has an almost perfectly classic outfit, expect more from him in the future. I say him because I think it's time for a bit of a rebranding. As some of you might know, even during my 15min of fame, people kept asking me (it even came up in the 2 interviews which I gave) why I called him Nate. Since, ya know, Nate Drake is a thing. I didn't know him back then and randomly picking the name Nathan for my Tomb Raider surely goes down in annals as an incredibly stupid coincidence.

So, going forward, I'd like to rebrand and rename him. And this is where you come into play: You can suggest names for him (he's still British) but please don't do what every bloody outlet back then did and call him stuff like Lawrence/Larry/Lars Croft. That's a little too on the nose lol (I'm still not over Larry...)