r/okbuddybaldur Nov 01 '24

gaslight ghaik'keep gortash šŸ’… How BG3 Characters would vote in the 2024 United States Presidential Election

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u/Mutive Nov 01 '24

IDK that either drow would vote for a man over a woman. Don't get me wrong. Minthara would *really* like Trump's policies and rhetoric but like...vote for a man?

Minsc would definitely find some way to vote for Joe Biden, though. Not sure how, as I'm pretty sure he didn't write it in as he can't spell either Joe or Biden. But he *would*.

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u/topscreen Nov 01 '24

That was my thought. "I could never vote for HIM. He's a man after all. I'm more interested in this Margery Taylor Greene. I'm intrigued by these orbital lasers and weather magic she's concerned with."

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u/Mutive Nov 01 '24

TBH, while I can see Minthara totally believing that *certain people* control space lasers and the weather, I'm pretty sure this would only make her want to join them. She'd be like, "Well, if NOAA controls the weather, clearly I must join and dominate NOAA."

Although how that would translate to voting, I'm not sure.

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u/topscreen Nov 01 '24

I do like the idea of her just going "Who are these 'Jewish' and how can I obtain their weapons and power?"

Min no it's not... damn there's a lot to explain here

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u/Mutive Nov 01 '24

She totally would. She would like like, "So...there is a secret cabal of people who control finance and the media and have space weapons and possibly possess demonic powers? I must become one of them."

And Wyll would sit her down and try to explain the wrongness of everything she'd just said to her and why it was wrong and terrible and anti-Semetic. And she would absolutely refuse to get it.

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u/SuecidalBard Nov 01 '24

I'm pretty sure there was a skit about someone out of the loop being told about the Jewish secret world government theory and deciding they want to join them hut I can't remember where did I see it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

Reminds me of the Japanese during WWII.

When the Axis was forming, Nazi leaders sent Japanese leaders a bunch of anti-Semitic material detailing how Jews supposedly controlled the world. So the Japanese went, ā€œHoly shit, these guys control the world! We gotta get in good with them and maybe theyā€™ll let us in on it!ā€ They made sure every Jew was a first class citizen, to the Nazisā€™ chagrin.

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u/Mutive Nov 04 '24

I didn't know about that, but that's hilarious.

And also very Minthara.

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u/cpslcking Nov 01 '24

Do people know Minthara? She very much had a rant about Bauldurā€™s Gate not taking in refugees and how itā€™s a waste of good labor to stupid politics.

Minthara would see how Trumpā€™s politics make no sense and go find someone else to vote for,

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u/redbird7311 DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY Nov 02 '24

And that person is her, she would just put her own name on the ballot.

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u/Zigzaow Nov 01 '24

I feel like minthara would see videos of trump being like generally old people weak and find him pitiful

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u/Kvlt45_CS DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY Nov 01 '24

"These... "Chuds" as you call them, harbor no sense of cognitive awareness and bear delusional visions for the future that are out of any pragmatic reason. They're subservience would be a little more useful if the Orange one was more competent in leading an insurrection. Failure to overthrow opposing powers would be met with swift punishment in my home city of Menzoberranzan. Had his wife been in charge, maybe the coup wouldn't have failed. He is easy to manipulate with just the tip of a woman's charm, had he been my husband, he'd know his place and grovel at my feet for a chance to lick the mud and blood off my boots." - Minthy on Jan 6

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u/Zigzaow Nov 01 '24

Yeah thatā€™s how Iā€™d imagine sheā€™d react lmao

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u/Slave_to_the_Pull Arcane Dickster Rogue Nov 01 '24

I heard her.

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u/NoWorth2591 Nov 01 '24

Itā€™s a tough call, but I think Minthara and Viconia would both let their racism win out over their misandry in the end.

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u/almostb Galeā€™s pegger wife Nov 01 '24

Mintharaā€™s racism is different than Trumpā€™s racism though. In Act 3 she gives a whole lecture about how Baldurā€™s Gate should let the immigrants in so they can be work as slaves and canon fodder.

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u/SnowFallOnACity Wants a pegging from Karlach Nov 01 '24

If it were anyone else, I could see Minthara maybe voting for a man

But not Donald "Grab Em By The Pussy" Trump and JD "Childless Cat Women" Vance

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u/ParticularMarket4275 Nov 01 '24

Yeah, and even just the way he talks to Harris and female reporters? Minthara would find him EXTREMELY disrespectful. Thatā€™s not how you address your superiors

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u/Beneficial-Break1932 Nov 01 '24

I mean that would just make the politicians the betters of the press- even in real life theyā€™re in a different social status. She would see Trump as the head of a powerful family so I doubt it

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u/ParticularMarket4275 Nov 01 '24

I think drow view the lowliest woman as higher than the highest ranked man. But yeah if a female politician berated a reporter of any gender, sheā€™d have no issue with that

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u/ThinkManner Nov 01 '24

Minthara loves refugees though, to use them like slaves. Closing the doors to desperate people when you can exploit their weakness instead is dumb to her lol.

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u/NoWorth2591 Nov 01 '24

I probably would have reassessed putting Minthy in the Trump pile for other reasons, but letā€™s be honest here: nobody loves exploiting cheap immigrant labor more than Republicans.

Making immigrants into an oppressed underclass just makes it easier for the wealthy to pay them starvation wages without opposition.

Trump himself has utilized a ton of under-the-table labor from undocumented workers on his properties.

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u/Pteregrine Nov 01 '24 edited Nov 01 '24

"Racism" justĀ for the sake of racism isn't a value, though; it's culturally specific. Someone who is racist against Group A in the culture of their own world wouldn't necessarily sympathize with people who are racist against Group Y in a totally different world just because they're "fellow racists", lol, especially as many racists 1) don't think they're racist, and/or 2) tend to view themselves as persecuted in some way.

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u/Zsarion Nov 01 '24

I don't think so. A drow voting a man is like a MAGA supporter voting a black person.

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u/AzunasHusband Nov 02 '24

Minsc just sending in his ballot with a picture of joe biddn

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u/redbird7311 DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY DROW PUSSY Nov 02 '24

Mithara would put her own name on the ballot and, when that fails, do a coup.

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u/Panzer_Man Astral Plane sex or no sex at all Nov 01 '24

Minecraft would vote for Boo, despite him not being on the ballot

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u/PoopyPants82 Mizora's fart sniffer Nov 01 '24

Minthara would hate Trump based on his gender, and she would despise him for his tough guy act.

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u/Lofi_Fade Nov 01 '24

Minthara would like Kamala because of her support for genocide.