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[JeffZero]

Sometimes I go places on the internet and he's practically worshipped. Then I go other places and a lot of them don't seem to have a single Thane fan. I realize the same could broadly be said for most of the series' cast but in Thane's case in particular it perplexes me.

I've also noticed over time that many reviews for ME2 had their writers complimenting his characterization -- same with Mordin. Going by the critical response to the game, these two are absolute top-tier characters, but they just don't seem to harbor the same level of love on the BSN as elsewhere. And yet I just don't see a tenth as much discussion about these two characters as I do for many others.

So if you were to gauge the fandom at-large, weaving your way through the shifting tides and million-and-one opinions, where would you say Thane's popularity rests?

[Leonia]

In the middle, some where. I'm not sure.. he's an LI so you'd suspect he had some popularity but then.. so is Jacob and well, yeah.

He's certainly a liked character, whether he is "loved" or in everyone's top 3 favourites.. I don't think he's quite there. Mordin definitely is high up on most peoples' lists but he also doesn't receive a whole lot of fan worship around here. Maybe.. it's because they are somewhat older characters and their fans are more mature and less "gushing" as some of the other fans can be? Hard to say really.

[nitrog100]

Thane was my non-Garrus squadmate. I really hope that they find a cure for Kepral's Syndrome.

[Raiil]

As a Thane fan myself, I notice that Thane rarely gets outright hate the way, say, Ashley or Jacob can draw, but he's rarely the favourite unless he's a LI. Most people appreciate him- he's a good squaddie with decent survivability and good abilities, but he's not, say, in the top three.

It's honestly like that for all the characters, though. The ranking tends to be LIs, from most popular LI (is that Liara? I'm not sure) down to Jacob as the least popular, and then it goes on to the non-LI squaddies. Thane's probably sitting just about the middle.

[shepskisaac]

He's a well liked character I think but nowhere near Tali & Garrus borderline cult.

Użytkownik IsaacShep edytował ten post 13 czerwiec 2011 - 06:05

[KainrycKarr]

I think Thane has a healthy following. But I don't think it's anywhere near Tali/Liara/Miranda.

[JeffZero]

Thanks for all the replies so far. leonia, you drum up a good point: his and Mordin's biggest fans might just be the sorts with personalities not so prone to gushing, heh.

Fiddles_stix, oh, you have no idea. Major 'Scaper; took part in the campaign back in 2003-2004 that helped get the miniseries kickstarted. Always a pleasure to meet another fan!

[Chuvvy]

I'm not a huge fan of Thane. I don't hate him, I'm just lukewarm on him. He's a character I've seen many times. It's just this time he's also a terrible father.

[JukeFrog]

I'd have to say in the middle as well. A good deal of ppl who don't like Thane tend to have a problem with his rationale behind his assassinations ("I'm only the weapon....yadayada"). Others are annoyed by his flashbacks. His fans, however, are usually very passionate in their support for him (and for a cure).

[JeffZero]

Slidell505 wrote...

I'm not a huge fan of Thane. I don't hate him, I'm just lukewarm on him. He's a character I've seen many times. It's just this time he's also a terrible father.

Ah hah hah. I don't agree with you, but it still made me laugh quite a bit.

[CroGamer002]

In middle.

[Fortlowe]

Thane was interesting, I thought. His loyalty mission was kinda ho hum. His entrance was fantastic though. Space Ninja FTW!

[TexasToast712]

Higher than it should be. Everyone takes a look at that sniper on his back and the fact that he snaps necks for a living and they all go "OMG de SnipEr is dE cOOlEsT!". Same goes for Legion.

I like Thane but I like him because he is a Drell and they seem interesting.

Użytkownik TexasToast712 edytował ten post 13 czerwiec 2011 - 06:26

[onelifecrisis]

There's probably an old poll around somewhere...

Anyway, I remember when ME2 came out it seemed to me that people were divided on Thane. Those who romanced him thought he was all that; others said he had been over-hyped in the marketing and was a let-down.

Personally I didn't like him much. In fact my initial reaction to him was so bad that I sent him straight into the duct on my very first SM playthrough in the hope that he would get killed. IIRC, it didn't work.

[JeffZero]

Fiddles_stix wrote...

JeffZero wrote...

Thanks for all the replies so far. leonia, you drum up a good point: his and Mordin's biggest fans might just be the sorts with personalities not so prone to gushing, heh.

Fiddles_stix, oh, you have no idea. Major 'Scaper; took part in the campaign back in 2003-2004 that helped get the miniseries kickstarted. Always a pleasure to meet another fan!

I salute you sir!



I would have been devastated if it had ended at season 4.

Oh wow, I got a Solo Salute!

[ThatDancingTurian]

To me it seems like Thane was a bit of a fad. I can't speak for other boards, but when the game first came out he was extremely popular here. I remember when the LI polls would have him tied with Garrus for favorite male LI, and then he started to sink down to where he is now, somewhere in the middle.

This is just my opinion, but I think they were trying so hard to make him 'cool' and 'attractive' that in the end he's a character who's all flash and no substance. I feel like there's nothing particularly original about him. He's the type of character that can do something cool and I'll say, "That was cool." But then I'll completely forget about him after.

[JeffZero]

onelifecrisis wrote...

There's probably an old poll around somewhere...

Anyway, I remember when ME2 came out it seemed to me that people were divided on Thane. Those who romanced him thought he was all that; others said he had been over-hyped in the marketing and was a let-down.

Personally I didn't like him much. In fact my initial reaction to him was so bad that I sent him straight into the duct on my very first SM playthrough in the hope that he would get killed. IIRC, it didn't work.

He's a hardy old drell, eh?

I like him a lot, myself, but part of that stems from something so silly as to blatantly trivialize some of that enjoyment. Growing up, all my friends and I tended to identify traits in our development with character tropes and find a character for each of us in every cast that we proclaimed we were most like. A juvenile thing that I think a lot of people go through, exclaiming that they're that character and beating eachother upside the head with sticks and all that.

Okay, maybe the sticks part was just us being silly.

But anyway, my best buddy (to this day!) Kalin always had a darker air about him, if you could say that about a twelve-year-old in any case. He still does at 24, and it's that layers-of-mystery thing about him. It really does follow that trope rather closely.  And he always fancied himself closest in identification to the stoic, ninja types. So I saw Thane and thought Kalin, and the attachment began.

Again, it's ridiculous. I know it is. It sounds like the very worst that fanfiction has to offer: you must be expecting me to rush off and write a bad story about 'this one character that's kind of like my one friend, he's so jaded, he's so badass' or something. But in all honesty, that's where it stems from. Old stupidity dies hard.

Generally speaking, I do like him, though.

[Leonia]

JeffZero wrote...

Slidell505 wrote...

I'm not a huge fan of Thane. I don't hate him, I'm just lukewarm on him. He's a character I've seen many times. It's just this time he's also a terrible father.

Ah hah hah. I don't agree with you, but it still made me laugh quite a bit.

Y'know it's a fair point.. he really has a lot in common with Carth and other Bioware characters. There's not a whole lot that is "new" about him other than the spirituality stuff maybe. He's certainly attractive and though I haven't done the romance arc, sounds like he's pretty popular in that department. Like Samara though he's an optional squaddie so his connection to the plot in ME2 was fairly weak (as it was for a lot of the squad-mates really).

[JeffZero]

Aris Ravenstar wrote...

To me it seems like Thane was a bit of a fad. I can't speak for other boards, but when the game first came out he was extremely popular here. I remember when the LI polls would have him tied with Garrus for favorite male LI, and then he started to sink down to where he is now, somewhere in the middle.

This is just my opinion, but I think they were trying so hard to make him 'cool' and 'attractive' that in the end he's a character who's all flash and no substance. I feel like there's nothing particularly original about him. He's the type of character that can do something cool and I'll say, "That was cool." But then I'll completely forget about him after.

Up with Garrus, you say? Jesus Mercy! That's incredible.

[WizenSlinky0]

It seems to me the characters that garner the most attention in discussions are the ones that are very polarizing. Discussions tend to, but not always, go longer and more intense when you have people fueling the flame as it were.

Thane was more the type of guy where regardless of whether you romanced him or not, he was a well written character, a decent squadmate, and never really gave us any reason to outright hate him. I'm sure if you asked most ME players if they liked Thane you'd either get "Oh him? Cool bloke, good with a sniper rifle" or "Eh never gave much thought to him".

Rather than polarizing his fanbase tends towards like/neutral rather than love/hate.

[Fidget6]

His popularity does seem to be a VERY mixed bag. One website (IGN? Can't remember) named him the best video game character of the year, which really shocked me, since many people seem to all but completely forget him. He also seems to be the least popular/most overlooked LI (which is a shame, the letter he writes to you that you can read at the Shadow Broker base is SO beautiful.)