For us veterans of the original Bioware games, I reckon we all saw a bit of Viconia in Minthara. But alas, Larian is not Bioware at its best 15-20 years ago. Just look at how the retconning of Viconia has turned out to be (no doubt at the behest of WoTC). But I do give credits to Larian because they appear to be trying their darndest. 23 years since BG2 came out, 15 since my first time playing it, and I still hated that ending if you romance Viconia, so it isn’t entirely fair to blame Larian’s writing now.
The point of this argument is, we don’t expect Larian to “fix” Minthy and suddenly turn her “good” like some idiots who never played the originals, or are even familiar with the lore of DnD Forgotten Realms in general, would love to claim. We just want a “fair” treatment without the numerous bugs, missing content, breaking of logics left and right, and most importantly, missing out on great content only because of limited choices (ironically it is also a disservice to Larian because THEY chose to lock players out of certain routes). Case in point, Lae’zel is the perfect “Tsundere” type of companions that a neutral evil with Minthara playthrough can compare to.
Firstly, no need to get personal with whoever. Not to be rude, but your seemingly snobby elitism is showing.
Secondly, alignment shift can be a good way of showing character's growth/downfall depending on Tav's dynamic with her and choices made. Shift from evil to good is a stretch of course, though, more accustomed to surface life/dissuaded from return to Menzoberranzan (Minthara is an exile pretty much at this point) she could've been elevated to lawful neutral eventually through (currently non-existent) companion quest and epilogue. She can still be snarky/strict/possessive, but her motivation can be changed. Especially if Tav choses not to follow Emperor's advices and chooses to save the city instead of committing to power grab.
