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[CapricornSun]

So how are all of your Lavellan's feeling about Solas breaking up with them and leaving?

 

Mine was more confused than angry, but she also has a bit of frustration with the whole thing. I headcanon that Solas is her first love and she couldn’t really understand why he just left her with no explanation as to why he did that. She’ll still focus on her duties as the Inquisitor but during times where she’s left alone with her thoughts, she’ll think of him and try piece things he’s said in the past; or she would analyse his murals to get clues as to who he really is and what his plans are. 

 

And if they ever meet each other again? I guess it depends on how Bioware makes them meet again. My Lavellan would probably have all sorts of emotions.

 

Also want to share this fanart because I think it is pretty in-character but it's also NSFW (because topless Lavellan) so just a link: http://hawkeeffect.t...st/105466613901

 

That fanart is beautiful! They look so tender... And yes, it is so in-character. *cries* 

 

Soooo, Solas's voice actor is in a heavy metal band.

 

http://gravitule.tum...eth-david-lloyd

 

I think I knew this, but actually listening to one of their songs just...wow. *fans self*

 

As if I need another reason to fall even more in love with Solas... Yes, I know this is his VA and not Solas but now I can't stop imagining Solas in a metal band.

 

Fanart time!

 

 

Artwork by Aimo/Momochanners on Tumblr: (http://momochanners....bout-that-solas)

 

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Artwork by Lyriumnug on Tumblr: (http://lyriumnug.tum...ng-is-about-you)

[sunhair]

i currently have this on repeat

 

 

Spoiler

lyrics translated

Angels and demons circle above my head 

cleaving through thorns and Milky Ways 

He who does not perceive his calling,  

does not know true happiness...

 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory! 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory!

 

I am Calling Calling out! 

Spirits, I am calling!!! 

To remain myself longer... 

Calling Calling, in the depths of longing! 

To remain myself longer!

 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory! 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory!

 

Stand alone... Where was life when it had a meaning... 

Stand alone... Nothing's real anymore and...

 

..Endless running... 

While I am alive, I can try not to fall while flying, 

nor to forget how to dream...to love... 

...Endless running...

 

Calling Calling out! For The Place of Knowing! 

There's more that what can be linked! 

Calling Calling, Never will I look away! 

From what life has left for me. 

Yearning Yearning, for what's left of loving!

 

To remain myself longer... 

Calling Calling, in the depths of longing! 

To remain myself longer!

 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory! 

Watch in awe! Watch in awe! 

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory!

 

 

[Sashimi_taco]

Then who picked that hat for him in winter palace...

 

Yeah seriously what was up with that? Like it was going through his face. 

[dragondreamer]

I'll just leave this here.

 

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[couslandia]

Ahhh I am so glad I found this thread, the god damn Solas romance just about KILLED me. My people! But I'm also really glad that I did it on my first playthrough! Does anybody feel like playing another other character lacks a certain something, now? The egg elf romance really adds so much to the game, especially the sucker punch of an ending.  So many reviews mention that the ending was a little lackluster, and I guess I can see that, but with the stinger after the credits, it was really impactful if you did the romance... I'm not sure I can play any other way, now. 

 

Oh, and I worked through some feelings and made a fanmix, haha. Enjoy~  

[DarthEmpress]

Ahhh I am so glad I found this thread, the god damn Solas romance just about KILLED me. My people! But I'm also really glad that I did it on my first playthrough! Does anybody feel like playing another other character lacks a certain something, now? The egg elf romance really adds so much to the game, especially the sucker punch of an ending.  So many reviews mention that the ending was a little lackluster, and I guess I can see that, but with the stinger after the credits, it was really impactful if you did the romance... I'm not sure I can play any other way, now. 

 

Oh, and I worked through some feelings and made a fanmix, haha. Enjoy~  

 

Ooh, yes, I agree!  I did the Solas romance on my first playthrough and I truly felt the ending had more meaning.  I'm glad my Lavellan romanced him because all my friends who romanced Cullen didn't even notice the ending or understand it fully lol D:

[arlofthan]

You know, I would love to be in a party with Merrill and Solas. I think they would have some really interesting banter, and they might even agree with each other. Merrill is Dalish, yes, but she seems to care more about preserving Elven culture than being 'Dalish.' She's willing to put everything at risk to learn more, and she's a kind, free spirit to boot. Solas even says that he's amenable to blood magic, as long as it's put to good purposes.

 

But who knows? Merrill might be defensive of her clan, even though they cast her out. Maybe she'd be resistant to the idea that the elven forefathers were less than perfect. And Solas certainly has an "edge" to him that Merill lacks. She might think him cold. He might think her foolish. (I certainly did the first time through DA2.) But you'd think that if anyone could sympathize with Merrill, it would be him. I dunno. It's just interesting to think about.

[Sylvanfeather]

Just back from watching The Battle of the Five Armies which had a scene between Thranduil & Tauriel, that for myself, echoed too close to the Solas romance (end). Tears may have been shed thinking about elves other than the ones I was watching on screen.

 

Argh! The Solas romance has so ruined me. Curse ye, BioWare & Peter Jackson!

[CapricornSun]

Ahhh I am so glad I found this thread, the god damn Solas romance just about KILLED me. My people! But I'm also really glad that I did it on my first playthrough! Does anybody feel like playing another other character lacks a certain something, now? The egg elf romance really adds so much to the game, especially the sucker punch of an ending.  So many reviews mention that the ending was a little lackluster, and I guess I can see that, but with the stinger after the credits, it was really impactful if you did the romance... I'm not sure I can play any other way, now. 

 

Oh, and I worked through some feelings and made a fanmix, haha. Enjoy~  

 

Welcome!

 

After playing a Solas romance for my first playthrough, and now playing a male Trevelyan for my second playthrough, yes I felt that playing any other character is pretty lacking. Especially since when you don't play an elf, you can't really get to talk Solas about a lot of things (a lot of the dialogue that enables you to get to know him better is not available for non-elf players).

 

EDIT: Also, it ties in sooooo well with the story that I felt that I got my fill on the best of what this first playthrough of mine had to offer. This sometimes makes me feel perplexed that we were originally supposed to play DA:I as a human only!

 

As for the ending, let me just say that without that epilogue, the ending was pretty underwhelming. The epilogue is what made that ending for me and I would have been VERY disappointed if Bioware didn't include it.

 

Some more fanarts:

 

Awesome gif animation thing!

 

 

Done by Esuerc on tumblr: (http://esuerc.tumblr...-sad-because-he)

 

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Done by ariastloaks on tumblr: (http://ariastloaks.t...823798/fenharel)

 

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More artwork under the spoiler tag.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Done by deadunderthefloor on tumblr: (http://deadunderthef...-for-the-taking)

 

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Done by deadunderthefloor on tumblr: (http://deadunderthef...so-hard-to-draw)

 

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Done by deadunderthefloor on tumblr : (http://deadunderthef...y-new-followers)

 

Modifié par CapricornSun83, 18 décembre 2014 - 02:46 .

[SamanthaJ]

Solas has ruined so many people, myself included. Romancing anyone else would be like finding a postcard from Paris when I've seen the real thing (psst this is a song reference and I've never actually seen the real thing).

[Jaderail]

It's weird because I've played Mass Effect 1-3, Dragon Age Origins - Inquisition and I have never felt this kind of connection to *anyone* in those games. This romance is so far beyond the other romances that it's actually difficult for me to imagine myself replaying the others. 

 

@plathie - nice mix!

[zambixi]

Welcome!

 

After playing a Solas romance for my first playthrough, and now playing a male Trevelyan for my second playthrough, yes I felt that playing any other character is pretty lacking. Especially since when you don't play an elf, you can't really get to talk Solas about a lot of things (a lot of the dialogue that enables you to get to know him better is not available for non-elf players).

 

As for the ending, let me just say that without that epilogue, the ending was pretty underwhelming. The epilogue is what made that ending for me and I would have been VERY disappointed if Bioware didn't include it.

 

Some more fanarts:

 

Awesome gif animation thing!

 

 

Done by Esuerc on tumblr: (http://esuerc.tumblr...-sad-because-he)

 

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I love that I can simultaneously feel that Solas does not have a lot of content compared to other companions in the game (we know so little about him), and agree 100% with you that the plot seems less "full" when you're not romancing him. I've had a hard time getting invested in my other Inquisitors.

[Seregwen]

I am not caught up with this thread tonight, but I have an announcement anyway!

 

This post is in celebration of my B in physics (which is the worst class that ever existed, and I should probably get a tutor.)

 

I played through my first Lavellan, and as you all know, I was heartbroken. I then decided to start a new playthrough, to change it up. I made a lady Trev rogue who looks very much like me IRL (My boyfriend did the sliders because I was real bad at it). I tried to play her, thinking I would romance Sera this time.

 

Spoiler

 

 

I planned to abandon our mysterious apostate elf; the man who possesses the voice of a thousand seas. I tried to avoid him. I'd see him standing outside a small wooden house near Adan's potion hut. "You cannot tempt me, you dog!" I would shout to him as I ran by, angry spittle flying from my mouth. It was no use! I missed him. I then tried an extremely attractive Trev man, a warrior prepared to sweep Dorian off his feet. I got further with him...

 

Spoiler

 

This is Jaime: (yum)

 

But I could not go on! I had to choose a Lavellan!

 

Tonight, I made a Tilda Swinton (inspired) elf. Because I think she might be the most elven of any human on this planet. Here is my result. Is she good enough for Solas? It is yet to be determined! 

 

Spoiler

 

She is a hunter, named Assan (Arrow!)

 

 

 

 

 

Wish us luck as we try to defeat the Elder One, save Thedas, and resist the charms of the sexiest elf alive. Dareth Shiral, people..

[Sable Rhapsody]

Wish us luck as we try to defeat the Elder One, save Thedas, and resist the charms of the sexiest elf alive. Dareth Shiral, people..

 

You're gonna need all the luck in Thedas for that last one    Your Lavellan is gorgeous, though!

[zambixi]

I am not caught up with this thread tonight, but I have an announcement anyway!

 

This post is in celebration of my B in physics (which is the worst class that ever existed, and I should probably get a tutor.)

 

I played through my first Lavellan, and as you all know, I was heartbroken. I then decided to start a new playthrough, to change it up. I made a lady Trev rogue who looks very much like me IRL (My boyfriend did the sliders because I was real bad at it). I tried to play her, thinking I would romance Sera this time.

 

Spoiler

 

 

I planned to abandon our mysterious apostate elf; the man who possesses the voice of a thousand seas. I tried to avoid him. I'd see him standing outside a small wooden house near Adan's potion hut. "You cannot tempt me, you dog!" I would shout to  him as I ran by, angry spittle flying from my mouth. It was no use! I missed him. I then tried an extremely attractive Trev man, a warrior prepared to sweep Dorian off his feet. I got further with him...

 

Spoiler

 

This is Jaime: (yum)

 

But I could not go on! I had to choose a Lavellan!

 

Tonight, I made a Tilda Swinton (inspired) elf. Because I think she might be the most elven of any human on this planet. Here is my result. Is she good enough for Solas? It is yet to be determined! 

 

Spoiler

 

She is a hunter, named Assan (Arrow!)

 

 

 

 

 

Wish us luck as we try to defeat the Elder One, save Thedas, and resist the charms of the sexiest elf alive. Dareth Shiral, people..

 

Congratulations on passing physics!

 

 

It is truly the worst class in the world for those of us who are not gifted with the science - I can relate.

 

I tried creating a F!Trev warrior to go with Cullen. I am not yet out of Haven. I thought...maybe it's just that I don't like humans, I'll try another Lavellan.

 

_{I bet youcan guess how that went}

[sunhair]

This song describes how My lavellan was feeling after Solas broke her heart 

Spoiler

[caridounette]

listening to Halleluja brought me back to this thread again. Now Im jsut wondering which verses would be Lavellan and which would be Solas  /cry

 

 

Im probably the only one but I felt way more sad from Solas giving up on his relationship with Lavellan then him leaving at the end. I think at that point it was inevitable.

 

Now everytime I replay from that point forward (the breakup) I feel more invested in Solas perspective then in Lavellan (she pretty much 'zombies' tru Cory). With our metaknowledge, I kinda look at her and go 'you know nothing'. She's an endearing Jon Snow I guess...  

 

Dont get me wrong, I love her that way, and I guess Solas did too. She really lives in the 'now'. She enjoyed rummaging in the old Elvhen ruins, she saw so many potential in the small things for the future (like that silly Halla gift to the town in the Dales where the elves vs humans started).

 

I dont know what my Lavellan will do with her Inquisition now that the initial threat is passed. Im not sure how invested she can remain in the Chantry & nobility bickering.

 

Mother Giselle advocated for the Inquisition to put its blade down once everything was over, and I dont see my Lavellan forcing people to help with elven matters if they dont want to... all those soldiers have families to go back to after all.

 

What will yours do?

[arelenriel]

listening to Halleluja brought me back to this thread again. Now Im jsut wondering which verses would be Lavellan and which would be Solas  /cry

 

 

Im probably the only one but I felt way more sad from Solas giving up on his relationship with Lavellan then him leaving at the end. I think at that point it was inevitable.

 

Now everytime I replay from that point forward (the breakup) I feel more invested in Solas perspective then in Lavellan (she pretty much 'zombies' tru Cory). With our metaknowledge, I kinda look at her and go 'you know nothing'. She's an endearing Jon Snow I guess...  

 

Dont get me wrong, I love her that way, and I guess Solas did too. She really lives in the 'now'. She enjoyed rummaging in the old Elvhen ruins, she saw so many potential in the small things for the future (like that silly Halla gift to the town in the Dales where the elves vs humans started).

 

I dont know what my Lavellan will do with her Inquisition now that the initial threat is passed. Im not sure how invested she can remain in the Chantry & nobility bickering.

 

Mother Giselle advocated for the Inquisition to put its blade down once everything was over, and I dont see my Lavellan forcing people to help with elven matters if they dont want to... all those soldiers have families to go back to after all.

 

What will yours do?

Mine intends to contact her cousin Lyna Mahariel (yes my Lavellan is cousins with the HOF) and Merrill and take advantage of the homelands granted the elves in the Brecilian forests as HOF's boon after DAO. She might bring Ambassador Briala and Bann Shiani in on it and try to build something new for both the Dalish and the City Elves.

[Eivuwan]

Is it possible to make a mod that would replace Cullen's body with Solas' in that desk sex scene?

[Brass_Buckles]

listening to Halleluja brought me back to this thread again. Now Im jsut wondering which verses would be Lavellan and which would be Solas  /cry

 

 

Im probably the only one but I felt way more sad from Solas giving up on his relationship with Lavellan then him leaving at the end. I think at that point it was inevitable.

 

Now everytime I replay from that point forward (the breakup) I feel more invested in Solas perspective then in Lavellan (she pretty much 'zombies' tru Cory). With our metaknowledge, I kinda look at her and go 'you know nothing'. She's an endearing Jon Snow I guess...  

 

Dont get me wrong, I love her that way, and I guess Solas did too. She really lives in the 'now'. She enjoyed rummaging in the old Elvhen ruins, she saw so many potential in the small things for the future (like that silly Halla gift to the town in the Dales where the elves vs humans started).

 

I dont know what my Lavellan will do with her Inquisition now that the initial threat is passed. Im not sure how invested she can remain in the Chantry & nobility bickering.

 

Mother Giselle advocated for the Inquisition to put its blade down once everything was over, and I dont see my Lavellan forcing people to help with elven matters if they dont want to... all those soldiers have families to go back to after all.

 

What will yours do?

 

I have a whole fic on what poor Uth'shiral is up to.  Of course, my playthrough is going a bit... kinder... for her, because I actually went back and reloaded so her clan wasn't killed.  Six hours of gameplay lost because I like Uth'shiral and didn't want her to suffer.

 

So:  Actual game-Uth'shiral is likely to pay a visit to her family, who will encourage her to go back to run the Inquisition properly.  After all, if she wants change to happen, she can't just change things and walk away.  There needs to be some enforcement behind the changes.  She may very well marry a nice Dalish from a clan with a similar philosophy to Lavellan's, if a reunion with Solas is never possible (Dread Wolf DLC please?  Please?  Pretty please?), but she will never entirely trust this man--or be able to give her heart entirely to him.  If she does reunite with Solas, her trust with him will also be incomplete, but... well, she'll forgive him, ultimately, and continue running the Inquisition with Solas at her side.

 

Fic-Uth'shiral lost her clan and heard that news the night of the victory party.  The victory held no joy for her, after losing Solas and her clan.  No one really checked up on her, because they were too caught up basking in the glory of Corypheus's defeat.  So, as they gradually go back home or disperse and move on to other plans and other paths, her grief gets the best of her and she tries to go back to her people.  It... doesn't go so well for her; she soon realizes that it won't be possible for her to be Dalish anymore, even though she still feels as if they are her people, and theirs is her religion.

 

Why the difference?  Because after I reloaded, I actually kind of regretted it.  It occurred to me that while an ending where her clan survived was definitely happier, I liked the idea of an Inquisitor who had nothing left but the Inquisition.  And, as I work through the story, I realize that it actually gives her an interesting  parallel to Solas--where she was trying to work toward something for the good of her people, but instead made a tragic mistake.  The difference is that she knows she can't change what has already been done (her clan is dead), whereas Solas is bent on fixing his mistake.

 

As for my next Inquisitor Lavellan, she is not so soft a person as Uth'shiral.  Numinera was originally going to be named for the Tevinter wolf constellation (incidentally also the Norse Dread Wolf), Fenrir.  I decided it was a bit much, but her appearance (face-wise) is loosely themed after a white wolf.  Would post screens if I could, but Photobucket stinks as a host.   I expect that while Numinera may be sad when Solas leaves her, and she may be sad if her clan dies, she'll just see that as the world being the way it is, and keep fighting.  She's from the world state where I made everything I could go wrong, so not only will she vehemently deny that the Inquisition and Chantry are related, but she will also fight tooth and nail to keep any changes she makes implemented.  She fully expects opposition and probably even welcomes it (one aspect of her personality that Solas probably wouldn't quite understand and would probably disapprove of).  She's the sort who'll greatly enjoy being in charge and keeping the Inquisition going after the final battle.  Long after the final battle.  She probably already has candidates for her replacement lined up from the moment that she's officially named Inquisitor.

[madrar]

I wonder if this banter could tie in somehow? Not sure who's being referred to, but Cole does mention "becoming real" again. (from DA Wiki)

Cole: It sees him ready to jump pain pulsing. A life of frustration can finally fall, to freeze.

Solas: Ah, yes.

Cole: It holds him high, shows the whole were everything falls without him. He never needs to leave. He matters here.

Solas: That is one interpretation, yes.

Cole: You think it is different?

Solas: I think he fell and it held him as he died. Leaving him with images that told him his life was worth while.

Cole: That's much sadder, but yes, clam comfort as the cold takes him away. They can only return to the maker if they become real. Why can't they be forgiven as they are?

Solas: People say the lack the ability to learn or grow.

Cole: Yes?

Solas: But the more contact you have with this world the more ability you gain.

aw yeah.

This is a bit out of date at this point, but I've scrounged up some wifi (yay!) and desperately need a sanity check on this.

The first half seems to be one of Cole's trademark movie references to It's A Wonderful Life. That bit is fairly straightforward. (Or at least as straightforward as Cole ever gets.) Like all his movie connections, it's not just a knowing wink at the player, but has a deeper secondary meaning in the context of one of your companions. In this case, Solas.

....though I'm not sure Solas himself picks up on that fact, given the dialogue that follows. If he does, he's even more grim and fatalistic than I gave him credit for, and that would be goddamn heartbreaking.

You're killing me, Weekes.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure everyone here knows the movie, so I won't belabor the connection: moral man with the best intentions, unable to avert a social disaster he feels personally responsible for, helplessness turns into suicidal despair, spirit-guided dream world in which he's shown the world as it would have been without his beneficial influence, ultimate redemption, blah, blah, Solas.

The conversation seems to take a seriously sharp turn right after that, and that's where things get real interesting real fast. I feel like if I could understand the how and why of Cole's segue at that point, I'd be halfway toward grasping exactly how beings like Solas fit in the Fade, but... I lose the thread. I'm missing something.

Anyway, this seems to be a new answer to a key question:

Why do spirits attempt to break into the ‘real’ world?

Before DA:I, I would have said “to feel”, or "to experience”. Sensation requires a physical body after all, as well as a permanent reality with which to interact: neither of which exist on the other side of the veil.

This conversation, however, gives us a different answer. Feeling and living may be a part of it- certainly, sensation seems to function as an anchor of sorts, a touchpoint that stabilizes Cole’s existence on this side, but that's starting to seem distinctly like a means to an end, rather than an end in itself. Taken in tandem with other party banter, these conversations seem to point to spirits’ true desire as gaining the potential to grow. To change. To become something other than what they are.

Because changing is the only way to gain forgiveness and rejoin the Maker.

We know this isn't possible if they remain in the Fade. A spirit in its natural state has only two states of being, both determined by outside influence: either as a direct reflection or becoming twisted by being forced to act against their inherent nature. That is a hard limit. A spirit in the Fade cannot fundamentally change. A Desire demon can never become a Pride demon. It will never grow or adapt. True change, as Cole points out several times, is only possible on this side of the veil.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how this all might fit together. Perhaps they were cast out. Perhaps The Maker abandoned them to pass Beyond where they could not follow. All of the options seem to paint a very different picture of the relationship between spirits, the Fade and the Maker than the one I’m accustomed to, and I’m not sure I like it.

Plus, the thought of reality (and secondarily, physical beings like elves) being created as a vehicle for redemption clashes pretty terribly with other "laws" of the fade as we know it. The most critical contradiction is that what we usually refer to as spirits cannot be older than the raising of the veil. Their source is reality. They have no existence apart from it. Solas is pretty clear on that point.

And since, by definition, a reflection cannot predate its source... the whole foundation crumbles.

There is something here- some fundamental and explanatory relationship between "whole" beings like Solas who exist fully in both realms, spirits of the Fade and the races that exist on our side of the veil. My brain just isn't catching on the right piece.

....assuming the pieces aren't entirely illusory to begin with. Sanity check on aisle 2 please? TwT

[Sable Rhapsody]

Mother Giselle advocated for the Inquisition to put its blade down once everything was over, and I dont see my Lavellan forcing people to help with elven matters if they dont want to... all those soldiers have families to go back to after all.

 

What will yours do?

 

Mine never entertained the idea of the Inquisition putting down its blade; she thought it was a nice sentiment, but ultimately irrelevant as the world is in such bad shape after Cory, and the Inquisition is the only force left standing that could lead concerted recovery efforts. My sweet, gentle, compassionate Inquisitor actually got alarmingly good at the Great Game--all that time spent with Leliana and Solas.

 

She'd probably take a more political approach than a militaristic one, with the templars in her pocket as an emergency solution.  Let Cass and Briala take the lead on reforms in their respective spheres, and support with soft power and influence.  But her secondary objective, the one that she's personally invested in, is the recovery of elven culture, magic, and history (maybe with Abelas in tow?).  Between what Solas taught her and what she learned over the course of the game, she's come to recognize how much the elves (and especially the Dalish) don't know.  So much of it is now just myth and misconstrued stories.  So she's on a personal quest for the heritage of the People...and that will inevitably lead to her crossing paths with Solas.

[caridounette]

My Lavellan might stay with the Inquisition if 'inquisitor' could become a title shared by a small group of people working for Thedas in their own way (like the original seekers or wardens). They would be of diffrent religions and races, and work in diffrent ways. That would let them pool ressources and give more people a stake in the game. Sure in a thousand years they would have to be put down because they went off course (Solas is pretty right about how thats always what ends up happening). 

 

She might also just send everyone home and invest herself in elven matters with those who share her goals. She would use some of the influence she gained at first. But she would move on to allies she can trust (Viv is pretty clear the Inquisition lives or dies on the gold of the nobles, so that would be very short-lived). If she could create some place for city and dalish to live side by side and keep them from getting ‘exaled marched’ by their neigbourgs, I think she would like that. Maybe Solas would come and visit

[InkQuest]

Mother Giselle advocated for the Inquisition to put its blade down once everything was over, and I dont see my Lavellan forcing people to help with elven matters if they dont want to... all those soldiers have families to go back to after all.

 

What will yours do?

 

My Lavellan, Nuriel, would take a stand and act as an ambassador for the elves and a harbinger of change for the world. There's a lot that needs to be fixed in the aftermath of Corypheus, and the Inquisition is in a position to make things better for many people. She, as the Inquisitor, feels she has too much power and knowledge to just sit back idly and watch the world do its own thing. Left to its own devices, she fears things will just revert back to the way things were, because that is what is familiar.

 

While she won't force anyone to help with elven matters, she'll be active in promoting it and the first to aid others with similar intentions. Someone has to take a step and make that first push happen, or nothing will get done. With what she's learned from Solas and the Temple of Mythal, there is so much potential in her eyes for things to get better. If Dorian has faith in his homeland, she has faith in her people to grow. Both her and the Hero of Fereldan are Dalish; imagine what other heroes might rise up from the elves if given a chance!

[jellobell]

This is a bit out of date at this point, but I've scrounged up some wifi (yay!) and desperately need a sanity check on this.

The first half seems to be one of Cole's trademark movie references to It's A Wonderful Life. That bit is fairly straightforward. (Or at least as straightforward as Cole ever gets.) Like all his movie connections, it's not just a knowing wink at the player, but has a deeper secondary meaning in the context of one of your companions. In this case, Solas.

....though I'm not sure Solas himself picks up on that fact, given the dialogue that follows. If he does, he's even more grim and fatalistic than I gave him credit for, and that would be goddamn heartbreaking.

You're killing me, Weekes.

Dude, Solas interprets It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most heartwarming movies ever, as George Bailey's fever dream after committing suicide?!

 

Oh my god. D: Solas...honey...I need to give you a hug right f*cking now.