Wow, awesome post thinkingdistance. I totally agree with you, the Imoen romance is the best romance I've ever seen in a video game (some would say that it's not such an accomplishment but still). If Baldur's Gate (by which I mean the whole saga) is my favorite game, that's no small part due to the mod. It gave Imoen a true personality, made Irenicus truly despicable instead of being a generic villain and the game essentially became the tale of two protagonists instead of only Charname. On a personal subject, and I know I will probably look like a creep for this confession, it's because I've played the Imoen romance that I know what love feels like, having never been in such a strong relationship with someone (well, I'm 23 so hope is not yet lost

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It even made me think about "society matters" that had never crossed my mind before like incest and free love. I don't know if most supporters of the LGBT movement are like that but I was really surprised to see that a lot of people who cheer about the same-sex marriage are horrified and disgusted by incest. But what is the difference? Free love isn't for everyone? The mod was actually food for thought, that's quite a feat for professionnal video games, even moreso for fanmade stuff.
When I installed the Imoen romance because the vanilla romances weren't good (IMO) and she seemed much more interesting (I'm a sucker for cheerful girls and the childhood friend romance trope), in something like 2013 (I'm a rookie who started with BG:EE), I didn't realize how much it would mark me. Therefore I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the mod for this wonderful experience. So here it is: thank you all.
(On a more anecdotic side (is that even grammatically correct? I'm not a native speaker so my apologies if I'm sometimes talking gibberish), I think I should also praise the BG1 NPC Project mod for its characterization of Imoen (and every other NPC actually but I digress) which even hints sometimes at a romance, like when Kivan says, while talking with Imoen about romance: "Perhaps, my guess is too bold, but I think you know already of a man whose breath catches in his throat when he sees your smile." which made me irrationally happy, or when you get the option to tell her you want to marry her (she just laughs it off but still). Some people complained she was too silly but my headcanon is that it's just an act she uses to avoid some topics (like Jaheira's pregnancy talk, or more serious things like violence and other bloody and depressing topics) and she's in reality more intelligent than most of the NPCs.
(Spoiler!) Siege of Dragonspear did a great job too with Imoen IMO, you even get to hear the words "I love you." from her. Admittedly she adds "You're like family" but still, it was awesome.)
And now I made a wall of text lol. Well, that was worth it.
