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Published: 2013-07-03 19:17:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 2449; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 50
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A little diversion from my project of retelling the story of the game through pictures. This was a quick render I did in response to an anonymous question for Im & Aer on Tumblr.The Question: Who would win if you two had a fight? (Presumably they'd read one of my old stories, The Twelve Labours of Imoen, which when I opened the word document had an alarming number of mistakes in it... can't remember if I corrected any of them when I posted it online).
Anyway, The Answer:
Imoen: Well… what a silly question. I mean… why would we ever have a fight? We’re friends.
Aerie: Yes… w-we might not agree all the time, but I would never want to hurt Imoen.
Imoen: Exactly. It’s a buffleheaded question, ‘cos it’ll just never happen.
Aerie: Agreed.
Imoen: I mean… I suppose if one of us were to fall under the influence of some kind of magic and were made to fight the other… I suppose if that were to happen, then… I would probably win.
Aerie: Well, I… I-I wouldn’t be so confident of that if I were you. I mean, yes, you have a few more high level mage spells… but really it’s me who has far more tricks up her sleeve.
Imoen: Don’t get me wrong kiddo… yer good n’all, but… you just don’t have my strength or stamina.
Aerie: You’re not stronger than me!
Imoen: But stamina, Aerrers… every time you walk up a hill it’s all ‘oh, my legs are just aching… I’ve never walked so much in my life!’
Aerie: Funny… because, I’ve seen you in battle. Every time you take a scratch you start whining and moaning, ‘oh, I-I’m weak enough without my wounds…someone give me a hand... please...'
Imoen: Yeah, well… I’d just like to remind you, kid, that you’ve never beaten me at anything. Ever.
Aerie: You… you’ve gotten the best of me up to now, I’ll admit. But things do change… a-and I’ve never been this angry at you before either!
Imoen: Yer really wanna do this now, huh?
Aerie: Let’s go…
…
Imoen: Ouch! No hair pulling!
…
Aerie: Oww!… I-I thought you said no hair pulling!?
Imoen: Well I was lying, wasn’t I? Don’t trust a thief!
Aerie: Ohhh! I-I’m gonna really hurt you now!
Imoen: Already losing the fight, kiddo… don’t start splitting infinitives too…
…
Imoen: (pants) Ye’re… yer… (wheeze) Ye’re getting tired…
Aerie: Just… j-just stop running…
…
Moments later…
Imoen: 1… 2… 3… I… I win…
Aerie: All… a-alright. But, s-so we’re clear… the split infinitive comes from Latin. T-there’s no actual reason to… apply it to English…
Imoen: Fine.
Aerie: Also… I… I-I’ll get you next time…
Imoen: Let’s… not do this again for a while…
Aerie: A… agreed.
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I love reading a picture story about these two. Their chemistry is just... amazing.
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Yeah, they get along pretty well despite their differences, and the occasional fight.
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I haven't played BG2 yet, but judging from your deviations, I can tell that Aerie becomes something like a sister to Imoen.
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Imoen doesn't get much banter with other characters in BG2... she's indisposed for most of it. They do have a couple of nice banters in ToB though. One where Aerie's worried about her, but Imoen teases her a little (Aerie can be too sensitive sometimes), and another where they chat a bit about the bhaalspawn (not sure if that one requires that you romance Aerie as well).
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Oh, cool. I had a feeling Aerie has much less sense of humor compared to Imoen. When I play, I'm not sure if I want to romance Aerie or not, I'm undecided...
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Aerie has a sense of humor; sometimes it's dry, and sometimes it's child-like and silly like Imoen. But, yeah she's a bit sensitive and quite sad sometimes as well. I would personally not romance her. In the romance she gets very depressed for a little while, but she does get better. That's fine, since she obviously has lots of reason to feel unhappy. The main reason I don't romance her is because the ToB part of her romance I find is very ill-conceived and silly.
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I've heard many people who played the game complain about her whining about her wings, but still, I understand why it wouldn't be so easy for her to get over it. I heard that she can have a baby if you romance her. Is that true?
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It is only if you romance her that she ever really talks about her wings (she never talks to other characters about it, and if they ask her she tends to just mumble or change the subject to something else).
Yes, she can have a baby in ToB; that's the part I thought was silly. Although to be honest, it's quite unlikely she would actually have the baby before the end of the game unless you cheat/use console commands, or leave the game running for hours and hours while you wait. It's still unrealistically short though (I think the gestation period for elves is supposed to be two years), and once she has the baby she carries it around in her back while you're fighting half-orcs and dragons... O_O I think they could have done much better things with her character.
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Figures. Insecure about her issues.
I honestly can't think of anything better of how Aerie's romance should go in ToB, although the thought of her having to deliver the baby while fighting hobgoblins, orcs and other creatures disturbs me. O_o I'll try to come up with some ideas for my fanfiction though.
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Something I think could be done about the boy she rescued from slavers (that was the reason she herself got caught), or with the slavers who captured her, or old circus owners, or old friends or family from Faenya Dail. Or maybe just her continuing growth as an explorer and adventurer, showing more of her determined side or her curious side that just wants to learn about everything... there's a lot I think could be done.
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Those are some interesting ideas, thanks.
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I'm surprised Imoen didn't market it by publicising it as an epic Jello-bikini battle of the Sexiest Ladies in Amn! (and I think that Aerie would win, at least if both wore the equipment I tneded to outfit them with...)
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Oh yeah... I think Imoen would probably win a straight fight (y'know, with fists and hairpulling and whatnot), at least most of the time. It's close though; there's really not much between them. But with gear and magic, I think the odds tip in Aerie's favor.
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Don't give her ideas... she might try to convince all the ladies to enter a tournament, and charge folks for admission. The money would go to charity of course, although mainly she'd do it for the jello.
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LOLz.
We all know that if Imoen and Aerie started going at it, it would end up in a makeup (and make out) session. 
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We can hope... I mean, they would make up. But make out I'm not sure about (maybe Imoen would, just to make Anomen's head burst).
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