I can't take screenshots, don't know why
I press printscreen but the folder is empty. It's frustrating!
Is that a case of needing to hit the function key along with printscreen, maybe? I forgot that a few times in my haste to get a shot. Then I always end up with a great shot ruined by text on the screen because I took my time. 
To contribute about our Levellans, mine is probably 24-25. She has grown up in a tight knit community of about 7-9 others around her age, including her younger sister and a couple of cousins. She had a crush on another Dalish elf when she was 17-ish, but he fell in love with her slightly older cousin, followed by her younger sister dying. Since then she mostly stuck to herself and focused on the clan. I like to imagine she was a lot more subtle than what the conversation options allowed, as well. I have a couple of songs by Joanna Newsom that define her character, both pre- and post-Solas.
On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
my Lavellan is 25 but she adores her old baldie elf of 40 
So... My friend is playing through for the first time and is at the temple with Morrigan and Solas. And he's texting me about how annoyed Solas is that Morrigan knows so much more about elven history than he does. Actual text: "I doubt Solas has searched the abandoned ruins of the crossroads and where they might lead like Morrigan has."
I'm just here like
Your friend is going to kick himself after the game. Also he has way more confidence in her than I did.
My Lavellan has such a baby face, I always end up picturing her in her early twenties. Maybe mid twenties by the latest. It's a mayfly december romance in the truest sense. Solas is a perv, what can I say?
Well, on the subject of Skyrim...
Spoiler
"Dragon Age on the other hand clutches it's secrets tightly. It tells tight character driven narratives. As much as there's room for humor, the setting does want to be taken seriously."
That's the key. I think they're so afraid of giving their cards away too soon that they don't always remember that they still need to take their turn. Whereas Elder Scrolls has no problem completely throwing an old plot out the window, changing things around, or having inconsistencies. So they can be open-world, because they don't care if everything is tied together. Dragon Age - as you noted - isn't like that: it depends on the narrative.
I can't help thinking they held so much back this time because they have big plans for the future, but we'll see.
I can't take screenshots, don't know why
I think printscreen only copies it onto your clipboard. You might have to paste into some sort of image editor and then save.
The Dalish are pretty naive, however, and you'd have to be a powerful mage which takes time.
Of course it's whatever people prefer to roleplay. Buffy the Demon Slayer just doesn't work for me.
They're naive in some ways but not in others. Unlike say - a human noble living in the relatively safe confines of a city - Dalish are constantly moving and are in imminent danger all the time (from wildlife, from templars, from humans, etc). If a noble slacks, someone will take care of it. If a Dalish slacks, they might starve. I think they're naive as a whole because they're isolated, but not in the day-to-day.
I use Fraps. It's shareware so the free version works very well for screenshots.
About the age thing, there's really always an experience gap between Solas and Lavellan, so he's hahren no matter what.
One thing I'm glad of is to have an elf exclusive romance. It feels more authentic and unique, and I'd done enough of the "cross cultural" thing in past games. Now we need a dwarf exclusive, but that probably won't happen.
I'd LOVE a dwarf-focused game. I think it's a bit unfortunate that DA hasn't had a dwarf LI yet, even though I wouldn't personally be that interested. I get the sense that dwarves might one day be front + center (in the way that elves are now), so maybe then?
download irfanview and make your own ?
Didn't know of this, I will definitely try, thank you!
I use Fraps. It's shareware so the free version works very well for screenshots.
About the age thing, there's really always an experience gap between Solas and Lavellan, so he's hahren no matter what.
One thing I'm glad of is to have an elf exclusive romance. It feels more authentic and unique, and I'd done enough of the "cross cultural" thing in past games. Now we need a dwarf exclusive, but that probably won't happen.
Fraps gives me problems lately 
But thank you for the suggestion! Maybe I should just try to re-install it 
Someone needs to get onto redbubble and make us all Wolf Pack shirts.
Someone needs to get onto redbubble and make us all Wolf Pack shirts.
They are releasing tarot card shirts soon, according to a tweet posted in the twitter thread... not sure I want the Solas tower card on a shirt though. 
On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
Yes, because I love heartache and Solas was my Lavellan's first in every possible way.
Posting obligatory sad feels song: Demons by Imagine Dragons, covered by Anthem Lights.
They are releasing tarot card shirts soon, according to a tweet posted in the twitter thread... not sure I want the Solas tower card on a shirt though.
I need these badly. I need all the tarot cards. I am distraught how few made it to the artbook.
I am looking at some of the pre-release threads and interviews because they're just so funny. Like the Weekes interview for instance.
[DRAGON AGE]: What can you tell us about Solas?
[PATRICK WEEKES]: He’s pretty straightforward, honestly. Just your average elven apostate who voluntarily joins the Inquisition in the middle of the mage rebellion to lend his expertise with the Fade.
Actually, let me reconsider. I think my Lavellan is in her early to mid twenties, but she really could be closer to thirty. She has such a baby face that it's left her in the permanent category of Actual Fuzzy Puppy which really screws up my gauging of her age. She's smug, snarky, and generally far too optimistic though not naively so. She's not very feminine, not at all. Not glamorous at all. A total tomboy and she's accident prone what with how she constantly goes shooting off cliffs. I wouldn't be surprised if she trips over her own feet every now and then. Then, occasionally makes faces like this:
Such a baby dork I swear. I'm pretty much headcanoning that Bull and Dorian are plotting to murder Solas for leaving her in true big brother style. At the same time though, she finished Wicked Hearts with 100 court approval so she's way faster on her feet than her face gives her credit for.
On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
I would say so. I like to think that there were at least a few months of happiness between them. If they ever get an expanded romance scene due to a DLC or something, I might revaluate that thought.
I said mine was older, as well. Mid 30's, anyway. I also imagine mine taking the breakup with a good bit of composure. The difficulty would be that I'm rp'ing that her clan was wiped out, which actually happened in my game, much to my shock. So Solas would have gone vamus after he knew that she had lost everyone. I imagine after the clan thing that she paid a visit to Cole, and kept what happened under wraps in order to not shake confidence in her leadership.I must be the only one here whose Lavellan was older. She's firmly 38 in my mind and has experienced the world as much as one can expect a Dalish hunter to have done so. She's not shy, inexperienced, or uncertain. Wary and unsure about this whole new anchor-in-my-hand, hole-in-the-sky thing, but that's expected of anyone, considering.
She's also not torn up to sobbing incoherence about what happens. She certainly didn't want it to end up that way, and was hurt, but again, that's an expected emotion. She'll get over it and probably still want to find/be with Solas, but it's not going to make her cry herself to sleep every night. She's old enough to know that's sometimes how it works, and she's got stuff to do in the meantime.
Doesn't mean she doesn't feel sad or have some interesting dreams, though...
Yes. I can't imagine that level of desperation in their kisses and there not being a physical relationship. I think it's not the point, however, and there would be more satisfaction in the "in between"- the experience of spiritual intimacy before and after. Long and slow. Then falling asleep and not being sure if you are still awake because the sense of being intertwined continues in the Fade.On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
To contribute about our Levellans, mine is probably 24-25. She has grown up in a tight knit community of about 7-9 others around her age, including her younger sister and a couple of cousins. She had a crush on another Dalish elf when she was 17-ish, but he fell in love with her slightly older cousin, followed by her younger sister dying. Since then she mostly stuck to herself and focused on the clan. I like to imagine she was a lot more subtle than what the conversation options allowed, as well. I have a couple of songs by Joanna Newsom that define her character, both pre- and post-Solas.
On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
I keep changing my mind about this. If Solas dies or is otherwise permanently removed from the DA 'verse in the next DLC, then yes 100% because I'm all about the pregnancy headcanon. Otherwise...I don't know. The smutty fanfic makes it tempting to put into my canon, but I can't quite figure out how it would happen for my Quzzie. Solas is so guarded - what would the situation have to be like for him to lose that much control? Maybe after I've actually written all the fanfic I've been planning I will figure it out.
Speaking of which, anybody know if there's any info on what a Dalish wedding would be like?
They are releasing tarot card shirts soon, according to a tweet posted in the twitter thread... not sure I want the Solas tower card on a shirt though.
Huh. I would rather have them as prints. I'd take the f!Lavellan card on a shirt though, depending on how it's done.
On another note, did your character and Solas do the do in your headcannon? I like to imagine the night after (as in over 24 hours after) the second make-out session, she snuck into his room (shes a rogue okay??). Something about being intimate at night, when most are dreaming, resonates with my feelings about their relationship.
I keep waffling on this. In my mind, my Lavellan has never gone all the way with someone before. Kissing, yes. Sex, no. Not because she didn't want to or anything, but more of a problem of a limited social circle. To everyone in her clan, she was the Keeper's First, who would one day be Keeper herself. She was always a bit apart from them.
So on the one hand, that'd make for an incredibly intimate experience. Her first time, her first love, in the middle of all of this danger and uncertainty. But on the other hand, I sort of can't imagine Solas letting it get that far. So sometimes I think they did, and sometimes I think they didn't. I'm glad that PW let us choose for ourselves.
Such a baby dork I swear. I'm pretty much headcanoning that Bull and Dorian are plotting to murder Solas for leaving her in true big brother style. At the same time though, she finished Wicked Hearts with 100 court approval so she's way faster on her feet than her face gives her credit for.
Yeah, your party members don't react to what Solas does in the same way that, say, the DA2 cast all react to Anders or something. So it's left to headcanon. My Lavellan also has the baby face and huge puppy eyes, and she's the nicest PC I've ever played. Safe to say that if Solas ever sets foot in Skyhold while she isn't there, no amount of godhood is going to save him from the collective murder rage.
My Lavellan has such a baby face, I always end up picturing her in her early twenties. Maybe mid twenties by the latest. It's a mayfly december romance in the truest sense. Solas is a perv, what can I say?
Well, on the subject of Skyrim...
Spoiler
I'm more pointing out skyrim because I *think* i remember (my memory sucks) mentions that skyrim is what bioware was influenced by. Morrowind for sure is still the best, They could stand to make a graphical remake or help the people doing skywind find some really good voice actors that wouldn't mind helping them out but overall yeah...
I'm curious, is it possible for the protagonist to die in this game? It never really felt like my character's life was in a lot of danger after Haven.
Actually, let me reconsider. I think my Lavellan is in her early to mid twenties, but she really could be closer to thirty. She has such a baby face that it's left her in the permanent category of Actual Fuzzy Puppy which really screws up my gauging of her age. She's smug, snarky, and generally far too optimistic though not naively so. She's not very feminine, not at all. Not glamorous at all. A total tomboy and she's accident prone what with how she constantly goes shooting off cliffs. I wouldn't be surprised if she trips over her own feet every now and then. Then, occasionally makes faces like this:
Spoiler
Such a baby dork I swear. I'm pretty much headcanoning that Bull and Dorian are plotting to murder Solas for leaving her in true big brother style. At the same time though, she finished Wicked Hearts with 100 court approval so she's way faster on her feet than her face gives her credit for.
Very nice looking character! Where did you get that armor in the second pic btw? I don't have enough mage armor schematics.
I can't help thinking they held so much back this time because they have big plans for the future, but we'll see.
I hope so.
Yeah, your party members don't react to what Solas does in the same way that, say, the DA2 cast all react to Anders or something. So it's left to headcanon. My Lavellan also has the baby face and huge puppy eyes, and she's the nicest PC I've ever played. Safe to say that if Solas ever sets foot in Skyhold while she isn't there, no amount of godhood is going to save him from the collective murder rage.
It's a shame, really. The headcanon mostly comes off the expressions I've gotten off of Bull and Dorian at various points in the game. I get the feeling more Dorian than Bull since Lavellan is pretty much his best friend. They're the two my Lavellan is actually probably closest to. It's less true for Varric because their bond isn't as tight as say the one he has with Hawke. No one messes with Hawke and lives. My other companions are hit and miss. So, it's the Advisors that Solas had better watch out for, especially Leliana and Cullen. No one makes their Scrunchy Puppy cry. 
Ooooo! I have not. Thank you for linking it! 
I wouldn't mind a solas tarot shirt. If they come in ladies sizes.
Such a baby dork I swear. I'm pretty much headcanoning that Bull and Dorian are plotting to murder Solas for leaving her in true big brother style. At the same time though, she finished Wicked Hearts with 100 court approval so she's way faster on her feet than her face gives her credit for.
Whoa, your inquisitor looks very dashing in the red ball uniform. 
I'd totally romance her.
It's a shame, really. The headcanon mostly comes off the expressions I've gotten off of Bull and Dorian at various points in the game. I get the feeling more Dorian than Bull since Lavellan is pretty much his best friend. They're the two my Lavellan is actually probably closest to. It's less true for Varric because their bond isn't as tight as say the one he has with Hawke. No one messes with Hawke and lives. My other companions are hit and miss. So, it's the Advisors that Solas had better watch out for, especially Leliana and Cullen. No one makes their Scrunchy Puppy cry.
My Lavellan got along swimmingly with everyone, but especially Cole, Dorian, and Leliana. She started out bros with Sera but the two of them are fundamentally really different people, and I think they drift apart after the Well of Sorrows. Cole I think might be the companion most likely to sympathize with Solas; he is a spirit of compassion after all. But Dorian and Leliana...not so happy. Much stabby, magey rage.
Very nice looking character! Where did you get that armor in the second pic btw? I don't have enough mage armor schematics.
You can buy it from the Dalish Camp in the Exalted Plains. It's Tier 2 Warden Mage Armor I think, it's very good on the armor front. Excellent for a Knight Enchanter
Delurking again to share some art I made today ahah. Drew my Solas-manced inquisitor a tarot card, the card I picked to go with it is The Moon.
Also I'd say she's something like 30 - 35 years old to add to that bit of discussion. Though it really doesn't show in the drawing because ??? lines.
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