If you people of the 'Minthara fanclub' would really be into her as a character, you wouldn't care about her appearance.
If you say so; I guess; we only had her with the same hairstyle, makeup and female ringmail variation for about 9 months. Video games are very visual experiences and eventually through gameplay; players start to associate characters with the voice actors; and I personally can hardly imagine a serious fighting woman caking her face with bright silver eyeshadow and going to war; it seems ridiculous to me.
We care about her appearance because we are "into her" not the other around.
