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trappedinafantasy37 · 18 days ago

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We did it guys! Minthara is in the top 100 most mentioned video game characters on Tumblr, sitting comfortably at rank 55!

With Astarion at rank 1 (cause of course), Gale at 5, Shadowheart at 6, Karlach at 8, Lae'zel at 9, Wyll at 12, Halsin at 16, Tav at 19, Gortash at 47, and The Dark Urge at 67. Baldur's Gate 3 is also the most talked about video game on this platform, as well as the 6th most talked about thing on all of Tumblr!

I wish Minthara was higher, but you know what, I'm happy she's on there at all! It is also interesting that she ranks higher than Durge and that Durge is that low on the list. It's also pretty interesting that there is such a discrepancy between Durge and Gortash as Durgetash is also the 67th most talked about ship on the platform. It is quite an achievement that our favorite drow is even on that list at all.

It is all just making me think back to some of the more dejecting AO3 statistics with Minthara almost being a blip, practically a statistical outlier in some ways. Even some insignificant side characters got more attention and adoration than her, or had numbers that would compare to her. But Tumblr is a much bigger platform than AO3, containing a much wider array of topics (including fanfics). So for Baldur's Gate 3 and Minthara to stand out that much is really saying something! Reading these statistics on Tumblr does go to show that one platform does not represent the entire fandom and that AO3 is only a piece of the picture.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #minthara #minthara baenre #evil murder kitten #bg3 statistics #minthara seems to always be outshined by other characters like raphael or harleep or even fucking abdirak #(lol i'm actually surprised raphael *didn't* show up on the list)#where it seemed like there were more fanfics and fanart and overall fan creations involving them than her #and it may be true as the tags on tumblr don't exactly detail the purpose of the tag (some of them may involve critical posts too)#but out of all the characters in baldur's gate 3 #the ones listed include the 8 romanceable companions. 2 custom player characters. and... gortash #so even if there are more fan creations of the insignificant characters - minthara is more discussed than all of them #the same thing also applies to a lot of the other characters like wyll #in my experience on many platforms - it often seemed like wyll was left out of a lot of discussions #in some places - minthara is talked about more than wyll! (not that there is anything wrong with that though)#i do agree that wyll doesn't really get talked about a lot and many people feel like he is ignored #but he is the 12th most talked about video game character on this platform #the AO3 stats also painted a sad picture for the other female characters as well #with the exception of minthara all of the other female characters are in the top 10 most talked about video game characters #i'm really glad i came across these stats because it does put a lot of things into perspective

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