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[Seregwen]

I'm new to this thread. Am I allowed to post here? I just need to rant/commiserate/cry for a second. 

 

I went into this game not knowing who I was going to romance. I don't normally play elves for my first play-through but I wanted to have as many romance options open. I thought I'd probably end up romancing Sera or Josie, based on what little I had read about the game before buying it. That funny looking bald elf? NO WAY. Seems weird, and he's probably all elfy all the time. He grabbed my wrist during the first 20 minutes of the game, and I was like "Don't touch me! What's your deal? Back off!!" But then he was all cute, and he was even FUNNY, and then we kept going and he started telling me all about the fade, and we got to talk about all this Dalish stuff, and we would argue but it was okay because we respected each others opinions, and then we lead the people together to a new place, and then he took me to that place (YOU KNOW WHERE I MEAN) and I was like, I wanna kiss his stupid face! AND THEN I DID. And then all this magical stuff happened and then out of nowhere he BROKE MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so sad I just rushed the ending, wanting to get it all over with (I hadn't even finished Cullen's last quest, which is odd because I'm definitely a companion completionist) And then I saw the end and I was like OH MY GOD THAT IS WHY. It's okay that you are.. you know...

 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT SOLAS!!!! 

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I don't care that you are an ancient god! It's totally cool with me!

 

Thank you all for existing. I feel so lonely now that I finished my first playthough as a Dalish Elven mage!!!

 

(in other news, I just realized that I have romanced a man elf in every single DA game, and I am not sure what this means.)

[Voragoras]

The voice acting and direction was really amazing. GDL did such a good job. I think if you're inclined to believe him from the start it's not so bad but yeah, I can see how if you aren't his explanations might leave something to be desired. Cole does kind of prove the point though.

 

I wanted to make the point that spirits can only ever embody one aspect, whereas humans can be multifaceted, and that's why you can't really consider them to be on the same level. The option that sounded mostly like that ended up being HURR DURR SPIRITS R SEE THROUGH, though. Disappointing.

[Hornless Qunari/Human DPS]

How old is Solas he said he awoke from his slumber and was weak?

[Nyaore]

How old is Solas he said we awoke from his slumber and was weak?

His profile says early to mid forties, in terms of body age. In terms of actual age... Well, if he is who Flemeth says he is, probably over a thousand years old if not more.

[Birdy]

I'm new to this thread. Am I allowed to post here? I just need to rant/commiserate/cry for a second. 

 

I went into this game not knowing who I was going to romance. I don't normally play elves for my first play-through but I wanted to have as many romance options open. I thought I'd probably end up romancing Sera or Josie, based on what little I had read about the game before buying it. That funny looking bald elf? NO WAY. Seems weird, and he's probably all elfy all the time. He grabbed my wrist during the first 20 minutes of the game, and I was like "Don't touch me! What's your deal? Back off!!" But then he was all cute, and he was even FUNNY, and then we kept going and he started telling me all about the fade, and we got to talk about all this Dalish stuff, and we would argue but it was okay because we respected each others opinions, and then we lead the people together to a new place, and then he took me to that place (YOU KNOW WHERE I MEAN) and I was like, I wanna kiss his stupid face! AND THEN I DID. And then all this magical stuff happened and then out of nowhere he BROKE MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so sad I just rushed the ending, wanting to get it all over with (I hadn't even finished Cullen's last quest, which is odd because I'm definitely a companion completionist) And then I saw the end and I was like OH MY GOD THAT IS WHY. It's okay that you are.. you know...

 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT SOLAS!!!! 

Spoiler

I don't care that you are an ancient god! It's totally cool with me!

 

Thank you all for existing. I feel so lonely now that I finished my first playthough as a Dalish Elven mage!!!

 

(in other news, I just realized that I have romanced a man elf in every single DA game, and I am not sure what this means.)

 

There, there. We feel your pain.  Damn those elves.

[zambixi]

I'm new to this thread. Am I allowed to post here? I just need to rant/commiserate/cry for a second. 

 

I went into this game not knowing who I was going to romance. I don't normally play elves for my first play-through but I wanted to have as many romance options open. I thought I'd probably end up romancing Sera or Josie, based on what little I had read about the game before buying it. That funny looking bald elf? NO WAY. Seems weird, and he's probably all elfy all the time. He grabbed my wrist during the first 20 minutes of the game, and I was like "Don't touch me! What's your deal? Back off!!" But then he was all cute, and he was even FUNNY, and then we kept going and he started telling me all about the fade, and we got to talk about all this Dalish stuff, and we would argue but it was okay because we respected each others opinions, and then we lead the people together to a new place, and then he took me to that place (YOU KNOW WHERE I MEAN) and I was like, I wanna kiss his stupid face! AND THEN I DID. And then all this magical stuff happened and then out of nowhere he BROKE MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so sad I just rushed the ending, wanting to get it all over with (I hadn't even finished Cullen's last quest, which is odd because I'm definitely a companion completionist) And then I saw the end and I was like OH MY GOD THAT IS WHY. It's okay that you are.. you know...

 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT SOLAS!!!! 

Spoiler

I don't care that you are an ancient god! It's totally cool with me!

 

Thank you all for existing. I feel so lonely now that I finished my first playthough as a Dalish Elven mage!!!

 

(in other news, I just realized that I have romanced a man elf in every single DA game, and I am not sure what this means.)

 

Welcome to Solasmancers Recovery Group. Would you like some tea or are you more the sweet cakes type of person?

 

A lot of the people here have mentioned falling for Solas accidentally. He sneaks up on you!

 

(Earlier (much earlier) we were talking about commonalities in our DA protags. Mine are all red-heads with "A" names that date elves. Just happens that way!)

[animedreamer]

I just thought up something. There was a thread asking about mounts, before the game was launched, and i remember saying I want a Giant Wolf Mount.... ... uh,.... i guess we kind of got the giant wolf part.. lol.

[vertigomez]

"I go to grand balls like this all the time-- uh, IN THE FADE. Also yours is a spirit unlike any I have seen since ancient..um, IN THE FAAAADE."

Just...damn, Solas. Dude plays to win.

This makes me even sadder that he wasn't at the Wicked Grace game.

Of course he wins the game with a single mage... DEVS, CAN YOU TROLL ANY HARDER?

Accurate. Very, very accurate.

I honestly think Flemeth's quote about Morrigan in Dragon Age 2 applies to him. He's a man who thinks he knows what is what better than anyone. They were binding demons, possibly good spirits, which is a no, no for him and planning to assault the old gods. Though I think he does say that the old gods of Tevinter have nothing in common with his people, but it does hit close to home. One of his big character flaws is his inability to either understand or accept the world as it is. He believes he knows what is right and for all his open mindedness, he's very closed off toward the world. He's a man out of time, the Fade is more real to him and he has more in common with the spirits there than he does with those living in Thedas now. He doesn't know the terror of the Blight, he does know the horror of mages imprisoning and enslaving his friends.

I'm a huge fan of Solas (obviously, or I wouldn't be here ) but I've gotta agree that this is one of his defining characteristics. Not his only one, mind - he has a keen intellect, a kind heart, a quick wit... But yeah, dude can be a know-it-all. Not that he doesn't have his reasons, lol.

[Seregwen]

Welcome to Solasmancers Recovery Group. Would you like some tea or are you more the sweet cakes type of person?

 

A lot of the people here have mentioned falling for Solas accidentally. He sneaks up on you!

 

(Earlier (much earlier) we were talking about commonalities in our DA protags. Mine are all red-heads with "A" names that date elves. Just happens that way!)

He did! He did sneak! He's a sneaky love ninja. Thanks for the hugs and tea/cakes. I am going to be eating all my Solas feelings! 

[Starlilica]

I'm new to this thread. Am I allowed to post here? I just need to rant/commiserate/cry for a second. 

 

I went into this game not knowing who I was going to romance. I don't normally play elves for my first play-through but I wanted to have as many romance options open. I thought I'd probably end up romancing Sera or Josie, based on what little I had read about the game before buying it. That funny looking bald elf? NO WAY. Seems weird, and he's probably all elfy all the time. He grabbed my wrist during the first 20 minutes of the game, and I was like "Don't touch me! What's your deal? Back off!!" But then he was all cute, and he was even FUNNY, and then we kept going and he started telling me all about the fade, and we got to talk about all this Dalish stuff, and we would argue but it was okay because we respected each others opinions, and then we lead the people together to a new place, and then he took me to that place (YOU KNOW WHERE I MEAN) and I was like, I wanna kiss his stupid face! AND THEN I DID. And then all this magical stuff happened and then out of nowhere he BROKE MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so sad I just rushed the ending, wanting to get it all over with (I hadn't even finished Cullen's last quest, which is odd because I'm definitely a companion completionist) And then I saw the end and I was like OH MY GOD THAT IS WHY. It's okay that you are.. you know...

 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT SOLAS!!!! 

Spoiler

I don't care that you are an ancient god! It's totally cool with me!

 

Thank you all for existing. I feel so lonely now that I finished my first playthough as a Dalish Elven mage!!!

 

(in other news, I just realized that I have romanced a man elf in every single DA game, and I am not sure what this means.)

 

 

We're here for you. Tissue?

[zambixi]

"I go to grand balls like this all the time-- uh, IN THE FADE. Also yours is a spirit unlike any I have seen since ancient..um, IN THE FAAAADE."

  
Accurate. Very, very accurate.


I'm a huge fan of Solas (obviously, or I wouldn't be here ) but I've gotta agree that this is one of his defining characteristics. Not his only one, mind - he has a keen intellect, a kind heart, a quick wit... But yeah, dude can be a know-it-all. Not that he doesn't have his reasons, lol.

 

What's that one banter he has with Cole where talks about mistakes from a much younger elf that thought he knew it all?

 

Someone needs to sit Solas down and ask him if he wants to be saying the same thing about himself another 1000 years down the line. He's definitely still that elf.

[Hornless Qunari/Human DPS]

Cole is a walking memory machine, Solas has way to much interest in Cole.

[Birdy]

What's that one banter he has with Cole where talks about mistakes from a much younger elf that thought he knew it all?

 

Someone needs to sit Solas down and ask him if he wants to be saying the same thing about himself another 1000 years down the line. He's definitely still that elf.

I thought that was an Iron Bull or Blackwall banter.

[jellobell]

Of course he wins the game with a single mage... DEVS, CAN YOU TROLL ANY HARDER?

RIGHT?! Goddamnit, Solas. 

 

He must have been quite a commander back in the day. His conversations with Blackwall show that he knows war very well.

 

Not his only one, mind - he has a keen intellect, a kind heart, a quick wit... But yeah, dude can be a know-it-all. Not that he doesn't have his reasons, lol.

Pffft. Dude's a know-it-all and a half. I remember when Laidlaw was doing a stream of the first part of the game, and Solas came out with his "Is that a serious question?" and Laidlaw was all, "Oh, he's such a smarty-pants". LITTLE DID WE KNOW.

 

Also I was going back through my screenshots and my god, my inquisitor makes the dorkiest faces sometimes.

 

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*cheesy grin*

 

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I love how proud of himself Solas looks in that sequence, right before he goes all creep face.

 

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[animedreamer]

we really should have saw some of the indicators earlier. If you talk to Blackwall in Skyhold and ask him about the other companions for me he usually talks about Solas first, and he warns you not to play games with Solas, after teaching him Wicked Grace the other night, he beat Blackwall so well Blackwall had nothing left but a bucket to hide his bits in. Sounds like something a clever trickster god could do. The fact that he knew about Skyhold, it's name, and about the Elven artifact despite having never been in a Circle, and only loosely implying he learned things from the fade despite the hundreds of thousands of times mages who had tried explored the fade and conversing with spirits got hoodwinked by demons.

 

Its that voice and shiny head, making us not see the obvious.

 

He's also very tall for a elf.. just like the ancient elves.

 

Also Sera is kind of tall for a elf too, she's taller than female Lavellan.

[Hornless Qunari/Human DPS]

You know Cole if he wasn't so damn puzzle orientated in his words he would actually know who the Real Solas was imo. 

[Nyaore]

we really should have saw some of the indicators earlier. If you talk to Blackwall in Skyhold and ask him about the other companions for me he usually talks about Solas first, and he warns you not to play games with Solas, after teaching him Wicked Grace the other night, he beat Blackwall so well Blackwall had nothing left but a bucket to hide his bits in. Sounds like something a clever trickster god could do. The fact that he knew about Skyhold, it's name, and about the Elven artifact despite having never been in a Circle, and only loosely implying he learned things from the fade despite the hundreds of thousands of times mages who had no trying explored the fade and got hoodwinked by demons.

 

Its that voice and shiny head, making us not see the obvious.

His talks with Varric are also a fairly big red flag and show his motivations quite handily. Looking back there's so much there that was screaming 'this is what is going to happen, look you fools!' but none of it actually connected into one cohesive whole until that ending. Then it was like someone finally plugged in the power strip every light was attached to and hit the switch, lighting everything and bringing sense to every little thing. For how obvious everything is looking back, I think it's a master stroke of writing that none of us actually SAW it until the very end. Oh sure, some of us probably suspected he wasn't being truthful about something - but THAT? I never saw it coming.

[zambixi]

I thought that was an Iron Bull or Blackwall banter.

 

Nerp. Here it is:

 

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http://youtu.be/UTWyeXMsBpM?t=4m26s

 

 

RIGHT?! Goddamnit, Solas. 

 

He must have been quite a commander back in the day. His conversations with Blackwall show that he knows war very well.

 

Pffft. Dude's a know-it-all and a half. I remember when Laidlaw was doing a stream of the first part of the game, and Solas came out with his "Is that a serious question?" and Laidlaw was all, "Oh, he's such a smarty-pants". LITTLE DID WE KNOW.

/snip/

 

And the banter where he tries to give Sera advice for the Red Jennys or whatever she's doing. He's definitely not above making some sacrifices as well

[Nyaore]

You know Cole if he wasn't so damn puzzle orientated in his words he would actually know who the Real Solas was imo. 

Whose to say he doesn't? That last talk they have after the end of the game through what seems to be telepathy hints it pretty heavily. Cole is a spirit of compassion, if Solas asked him not to reveal who he was for fear how others would react I can easily see him agreeing not to. *squishes Cole and Solas*

[Da'asha]

I was thinking about the Temple of Mythal and my Lavellan with the Mythal vallaslin going, "So about this... Mythal... Am I saying that right? Mythal?"  I can't really blame Abelas for calling me shemlin.  Or Solas for dumping me.   Lavellan, you're such a terrible First!

[zambixi]

You know Cole if he wasn't so damn puzzle orientated in his words he would actually know who the Real Solas was imo. 

 

I honestly think that Cole does know to some extent, he just either doesn't see it as important to mention or has enough sense not to mention it. He mentions a lot of personal things about people, but not that kind of thing.

 

 

His talks with Varric are also a fairly big red flag and show his motivations quite handily. Looking back there's so much there that was screaming 'this is what is going to happen, look you fools!' but none of it actually connected into one cohesive whole until that ending. Then it was like someone finally plugged in the power strip every light was attached to and hit the switch, lighting everything and bringing sense to every little thing. For how obvious everything is looking back, I think it's a master stroke of writing that none of us actually SAW it until the very end. Oh sure, some of us probably suspected he wasn't being truthful about something - but THAT? I never saw it coming.

 

I was spoiled, knew he was going away after the game, and still had no idea that it was going to play out in quite that way. I wonder if he was intentionally obvious. Like when you're ashamed of something or doing something wrong and want to be caught so you don't actually have to keep on being ashamed about it.

[Nyaore]

I was thinking about the Temple of Mythal and my Lavellan with the Mythal vallaslin going, "So about this... Mythal... Am I saying that right? Mythal?"  I can't really blame Abelas for calling me shemlin.  Or Solas for dumping me.   Lavellan, you're such a terrible First!

Makes me wonder if they just forgot or something... Because a First or even Second should NOT be that ignorant. ):

[jellobell]

And the banter where he tries to give Sera advice for the Red Jennys or whatever she's doing. He's definitely not above making some sacrifices as well

I thought that banter was a riot. Solas is basically laying out the principles behind guerilla warfare and advising Sera on how to overturn a corrupt political system, and Sera's just completely baffled. I loved the ending too. He sounded so chagrined. I think he got a bit ahead of himself there, forgetting what making sacrifices had cost him and the world.

[Hornless Qunari/Human DPS]

Solas is probably the only Immortal Elf in existence.

[Nyaore]

Solas is probably the only Immortal Elf in existence.

Abelas and his crew are Ancient Elves as well and have been asleep on and off since before Arlathan fell.