"Obviously you can start anywhere," Huo tells Polygon. "Ultimately I knew I wanted to arc her into classic Lara, so she needed to start at a low point. Off the heels of Shadow of the Tomb Raider felt like an obvious starting point, and then grow her from there."
"I've been wanting to write something in the world of Chinese mythology for a very long time, being half Chinese," she says. Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft certainly goes there; no spoilers, but while the show maintains a bit of the Survivor-era grit early on, eloquent pacing and a balance of reality allow Huo to open the show up to supernatural possibilities, and the kind of mythological spectacle that's right in the wheelhouse of Powerhouse Animation, the studio behind Castlevania and Blood of Zeus.
"As I started to look into some of these mythologies, it's cool how you can really spread it all over the world, and connect different cultures and stories that way," Huo explains, indicating her desire for the story to resonate across diverse audiences.
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