The notion of playing Minsc (I truly hope we can't)), highlights for me the inherent problem with playing Origins characters; I'm just not sure where I stand on being able to roleplay a character counter to the defined personality we experience while having them as companions. Ok, creative freedom or whatever, it just feels a little disingenuous to role-play Astarion or Lae'zel as some goody 2 shoes saving the world and every puppy in it. Or as others have said, role-playing Minsc as some sadistic evil bastard would just feel wrong.