That... is not Solas. Why would anyone do this?
What do you mean? Egg shaped head, goofey face... That's not Solas?
XD
Pretty sure that state was lifted from the ground in the 50s via tornado.
Should have pulled an Arlathan and do us all a favor and sink instead.
Yes, indeed. The colonies continuously broke their treaties with the Native Americans, and so the conflict spiraled out of control to become a territory scrap between England and France. And as you say, yes, the taxes were perfectly reasonable. Americans just weren't used to paying them and that didn't go over well.
Basically, yeah. One way of looking at it is that American culture was created by the War of the Roses and the Protestant/Catholic conflict in England. Namely, that when your nation is struggling not to collapse, you don't have the time or resources to micromanage your colonies on the other side of the Atlantic. So the colonies developed what you might call an independent streak. After the Seven Years' War, things are more stable for England. They start trying to get more money out of the colonies, to pay off the war debt with France. Americans don't like the idea of raised taxes and see it as tyrannical. (To be fair to my countrymen, we didn't get much in the way of representation. To be fair to the English, they were treating their own urban poor in England much worse.) One of the more uncomfortable reasons for the Americans being discontent was the British tolerance of the Catholic faith in their newly conquered Canadian territories, and the British request that the Americans don't go any further than the Appalachian mountains and leave the natives as allies. The Americans claimed this was an attempt to cramp their style.
Cue the perfect storm of Great Britain's (The union between Scotland and England had happened by then, yes? 
Disclaimer: This is not the area of my expertise.) having one of their most incompetent Parliaments ever, trying to combat the rampant smuggling going on in the Colonies, a lot of it involving alcohol, 
, and a lot of things building up to the initial rebellion. Instituting martial law in some cities and quartering soldiers did a lot to exacerbate things. The reason the Declaration of Independence lays the smack on King George is that originally a lot of people were taking it as a typical tax rebellion. They fight for awhile, and either get what they want out of Parliament or they get shot enough that they give in. Now it becomes a war with independence, as defying King George (who was actually a fairly good king when he wasn't suffering from bouts of insanity, and even seemed to hold Washington in high regard and welcomed America onto the world stage.) means they're splitting from Jolly Old England permanently.
What's deliciously ironic is that while called a Revolution, it was really about rejecting the social changes England was trying to bring about. The Articles of Confederation basically put America back in the ideas of being autonomous colonies. That fell flat on its face, so we got the Constitution.
I know no one has actually said anything of the sort, but I'm just going to bash one of my pet peeves. Namely, Hollywood and most schools' portrayal of the American revolutionaries as being untrained farmers who just shot the silly British officers in their coats, and then the soldiers didn't know what to do. And that the French just hopped in at the end.
The French hopped in when they realized the revolutionaries could actually hold their own a little, namely, after Benedict Arnold won the Battle of Saratoga. This turned the Revolution into another proxy war of France/England's measuring contest. The French provided ample naval support and most of the ammunition for the Revolution, along with military experts and the occasional volunteering badass like the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Spanish and some other countries hopped on the 'Let's Troll England' train by attacking them in all corners of the empire.
Britain sent over sub-par generals and average soldiers. (Generalizing, here. 
) The Americans had a lot of vets in their ranks. There's a journal by a British soldier who fought at Lexington and Concord noted with wary respect that the Americans were men who 'very much knew what they were about'.
So that's just my rant for now. 
I got excited.
Now, to play Britain in Empire: Total War, or Europa Universalis...
Grumpy Solas is grumpy.
http://pictureamoeba...9/dragon-hunter
Is it weird that I either find his angry either a) adorable or b, slightly arousing? 
It's ok, I don't remember the fifty states in the united states and I don't plan to visit more than 10 of them. Who cares about the center states and their heartlands? It's all about the coastal cities, baby.
Oh that's just mean.Ya'll are cruel.
I've been to so many States and have seen their Beauty made by GOD. Believe me if you went to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado you'd want to take back what you said lol! 
Yes Kansas is flat but it's still perty...
That... is not Solas. Why would anyone do this?
me, I would do it. I hated his horse face before I adore him. Me and my human heart. I hate his eyes too. In fact, let's make him closer to his concept art.
This actually makes me think that this is what Solas would've sort of looked like if Bioware stuck with the DA2 elf models, big eyes and all. xD
The others though...
http://daitools.free...3247.html#p3247
...just no. D:
Somehow this makes him look even weirder than he does normally. No thanks!
Edit: Also, am I the only one who finds Solas' angry face kind of cute and not at all sexy or intimidating? The nose scrunch thing gets me every time! He's just not a scary dude no matter what face he makes. At least not in appearance.
Grumpy Solas is grumpy.
http://pictureamoeba...9/dragon-hunter
Is it weird that I either find his angry either a) adorable or b, slightly arousing?
No, you're not the only one who finds it adorable or slightly arousing. 
I have problems.
I need to draw myself some angry Solas faces... For practice.
Somehow this makes him look even weirder than he does normally. No thanks!
No, no, you're just used to his weird face.
This actually makes me think that this is what Solas would've sort of looked like if Bioware stuck with the DA2 elf models, big eyes and all. xD
The others though...
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...just no. D:
No, no, you're just used to his weird face.
No, no, pretty sure I know what looks weird. Never liked the big elf eyes myself.
No, no, pretty sure I know what looks weird. Never liked the big elf eyes myself.
What? the doe eyes? They're beautiful~.
If Solas looks like a horse then consider my Lavellan a jockey.
Now that's a picture to behold.
If Solas looks like a horse then consider my Lavellan a jockey.
XD XD Nice!
This actually makes me think that this is what Solas would've sort of looked like if Bioware stuck with the DA2 elf models, big eyes and all. xD
The others though...
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...just no. D:
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............................Yikes. 
So... is ya'll a legit thing to say in America? Pretty sure I have only heard it in cowboy films lol...
Actually now that I think about our equivalent is 'yousens'
Sad sad art...so sad. This is how my Lavellan felt..all alone on that balcony.
Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch, it hurts. It hurts so good bad. 
So... is ya'll a legit thing to say in America? Pretty sure I have only heard it in cowboy films lol...
Actually now that I think about our equivalent is 'yousens'
"Y'all Maleficars need Andraste." -Colonelkillabee
Very legit.
So... is ya'll a legit thing to say in America? Pretty sure I have only heard it in cowboy films lol...
Actually now that I think about our equivalent is 'yousens'
yes.
So... is ya'll a legit thing to say in America? Pretty sure I have only heard it in cowboy films lol...
Actually now that I think about our equivalent is 'yousens'
Ya'll is something the Southerners say not so much up North or East or West lol. 
If Solas looks like a horse then consider my Lavellan a jockey.
Wonderful riposte, but now I'm seeing it literally in my head. At the end of the game, Solas bucks Lavellan off his back in a glen, then rides off into the sunset with the saddle and everything.
"Y'all Maleficars need Andraste." -Colonelkillabee
Let's put that on some mugs and tee's. We'll be rich. RICH I TELL YOU.
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