近日，圍繞在TGA 2025上公布的《古墓奇兵：亞特蘭蒂斯遺蹟》重製版女主角蘿拉·卡芙特新形象的爭議在社交媒體持續發酵。事件起因是遊戲記者Stella Chang的一條帖子，她以在IGN工作和評論電子競技而知名。她表示，新版勞拉的光鮮外觀不符合「在亞特蘭蒂斯叢林中為生存而戰」的設定，她指出角色妝容過於精緻，缺乏求生感。
「哇，蘿拉·卡芙特的這個新造型真是太突兀了。
我開玩笑說她看起來像那些反覺醒、整容過度的『讓遊戲角色再次性感化』照片，但我不知道這玩笑現在還能不能算玩笑了。
什麼意思？她明明在生死邊緣掙扎，卻戴著厚厚的假睫毛？？？」
Woof, this new design for Lara Croft is really jarring. I joked that she looks like those anti-woke face tuned photos of "make gaming characters hot again" but idk if it's a joke anymore wym she's fighting for her life and has a thick set of falsies???
這條推文迅速走紅，獲得了上百萬瀏覽量和數千次轉發。勞拉的粉絲指責記者心懷嫉妒和無知，無論男女都紛紛為勞拉聲援。
許多人強調，1996年的經典勞拉是偶像象徵，擁有誇張的身材、模特般的外貌和自信，而不是2013–2018年《生存者三部曲》中那種「現實主義求生者」。
The whole point of Lara Croft is looking gorgeous, cool and unachievable. Why does no one question James Bond kicking ass and parkouring on buildings in a tuxedo looking handsome while women have to always be stripped of their beauty?
Mhh... I'm a woman and I grew up with Tomb Raider. To be honest: this is better than anything we had the last few years. I don't need 'realism' in games. They are an escape and entertainment. In a perfect / fantastical world, none of us would choose to have 'thinning hair and body problems' either. XD I welcome pretty game characters!! Always.
對於粉絲們的指責，Stella Chang直接在留言區回懟道：「看到我在這篇文章里點名批評的那些玩家因為我拿這個虛構人物的假睫毛開玩笑而如此生氣，真是太搞笑了哈哈哈哈！感謝老天，你們印證了我的觀點。」
It is REALLY funny to see how the exact gamers I'm calling out in this post got really upset and mad that I made a joke about this fictional person's FALSE EYELASHES LMFAO Thank you for literally proving my point good lord.
