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[Illyria]

Mine kind of has a similar path. She doesn't really sleep well for a bit. But it's a lot of things weighing on her.

 

These are two really short things I wrote from my Lavellan's post-breakup experience (one of them is the same scene from both POVs). They kind of illustrate some of her reaction.

 

http://archiveofouro...g/works/3786085
http://archiveofouro...g/works/3643734

 

I really like these!  Thanks for sharing them.

 

since people here enjoyed the first chapter, I finally got around to writing another

 

Banister Banter-- fluff/sfw

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"Dorian and other Inner Circle members pretend not to be interested in the Inquisitor’s personal affairs, but they are all sneaky liars who gossip good-naturedly to each other about her blossoming romance with Solas. They eavesdrop & secretly keep tabs on the pair without them catching on. I mean, having all those personal conversations in the middle of the rotunda? That’s just asking for an audience."

Ch 2 on AO3 | tumblr

 

/vanishes for another week and a half

 

Jadestone!  Don't go!  I want to fangirl over your writing some more.

[MayriyaNoori]

Okay, so I know this is kinda off topic...I mean it's about Solas just not what's being said. But I had to say it somewhere.

 

I'm on my second playthrough and I went with recruiting the mages this time around. And...

 

Spoiler

I almost cried when I saw Solas sick from red lyrium in the prison. I actually felt my heart break from it. Anyone else?

 

 

[Lunapur]

Okay, so I know this is kinda off topic...I mean it's about Solas just not what's being said. But I had to say it somewhere.

 

I'm on my second playthrough and I went with recruiting the mages this time around. And...

 

Spoiler

I almost cried when I saw Solas sick from red lyrium in the prison. I actually felt my heart break from it. Anyone else?

True that i felt for him also but more it raised questions in my head then anything and that will be associated with all the murals,paintings we find in our travels regarding elves looking corrupted,so if He can get corrupted i mean u see my point?What really went on with that red lyrium and elves?Interesting enough though that he got corrupted by it

[Caddius]

True that i felt for him also but more it raised questions in my head then anything and that will be associated with all the murals,paintings we find in our travels regarding elves looking corrupted,so if He can get corrupted i mean u see my point?What really went on with that red lyrium and elves?Interesting enough though that he got corrupted by it

Probably not very dignified to get hit with red lyrium corruption after all these thousands of years and end up in a dingy cell with lousy Tevinter guards. At least the other gods got sealed away within the Fade behind mirrors. Much more romantic. 

One of my favorite 'rewind' moments is the Temple of Sacred Ashes. Varric points out the red lyrium everywhere in horror, Cassandra snarks at him and moves on, and Solas offers, "Perhaps the magic of the blast drew up the lyrium below the surface and corrupted it." Awfully chill considering that almost no one living has encountered red lyrium, and here Solas seems to know how it's made. If the theories about red lyrium's role in the downfall of the gods is correct, seeing it spreading on the surface had to be one of the worst moments in Solas's life.

[Gwyvian]

 

Seventeen days. 

And eight of those days has The Witcher: Wild Hunt being played obsessively.  

 

Witcheeeeer #.# I'm so anxious about my preorder going through... 

 

Probably not very dignified to get hit with red lyrium corruption after all these thousands of years and end up in a dingy cell with lousy Tevinter guards. At least the other gods got sealed away within the Fade behind mirrors. Much more romantic. 

One of my favorite 'rewind' moments is the Temple of Sacred Ashes. Varric points out the red lyrium everywhere in horror, Cassandra snarks at him and moves on, and Solas offers, "Perhaps the magic of the blast drew up the lyrium below the surface and corrupted it." Awfully chill considering that almost no one living has encountered red lyrium, and here Solas seems to know how it's made. If the theories about red lyrium's role in the downfall of the gods is correct, seeing it spreading on the surface had to be one of the worst moments in Solas's life.

 

Do we have any good theories on the how and why of red lyrium in general? I recall it being discussed before but I don't know how far those got.

[Cee]

True that i felt for him also but more it raised questions in my head then anything and that will be associated with all the murals,paintings we find in our travels regarding elves looking corrupted,so if He can get corrupted i mean u see my point?What really went on with that red lyrium and elves?Interesting enough though that he got corrupted by it

 

His responses when you and Dorian talk about just having arrived and he starts talking about reversing it all....and then you can tell him he looks pretty bad and when he says "I am dying, but no matter. If you can undo this, they can all be saved!" and again, consistent with Solas, he offers up whatever he can muster for the greater good....in this case, returning time to its proper place and preventing that future from happening.

 

And then there's this:

 

[Caddius]

 

 

 

Witcheeeeer #.# I'm so anxious about my preorder going through... 

 

 

Do we have any good theories on the how and why of red lyrium in general? I recall it being discussed before but I don't know how far those got.

 

There's a lot of hints that 'The Stone', the gods the Profane feasted on, and 'the blood of the world' may all be connected. (Jury's out on whether the one possible Titan spotting was asking for lyrium or dragon blood. The World of Thedas Volume II's mention of the dwarf led ships from the west buying lyrium and fleeing a catastrophe of some kind suggests the Titans needed lyrium to me.)

So red lyrium is lyrium, living in a way, that has been corrupted by the Blight. From the murals in the Arbor WIlds, and a lot of hints through the stories of the elven gods, it seems that the Blight is somehow connected to the Void and the Forgotten Ones. Andruil hunted them in the Void and was corrupted by the Blight and is depicted as having armor similar to Samson's rock-candy suit. Mythal eventually cures her, but not until she ushered in an age of tyranny for her own subjects and wreaked a lot of havoc. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that one of the gods tried to use red lyrium as a cudgel against the others to gain power, only to have it backfire. It reminds me of the Bore in The Wheel of Time. Ancient Aes Sedai trying to tap a new power source, only to discover they just broke open the primordial manifestation of evil and he wants to play. 

One of the best theories on Solas's backstory and the downfall of Arlathan was that red lyrium began to corrupt them, Mythal was assassinated, and the whole thing descended into lunacy. Solas, uncorrupted by red lyrium, as Cole mentions Solas warning the others, seals them away, and figures that the elves can lead themselves now.

The Primeval Thaig's latest theory I've heard was that the ancient dwarves sealed their mages away. These mages began to consume massive amounts of lyrium, red or otherwise, and became the Profane. What's curious is that red lyrium is Blighted, according to Bianca, but the Primeval Thaig is free of darkspawn and other obvious signs of the Taint. It could be evidence for the Blight's influence long before the darkspawn.

What I want to know is how red lyrium feels to a dwarf with stone sense. Oghren's was strong enough to detect the amount and quality of it in the mountain at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, (Which seems to have been built over a temple to Mythal, judging by the mural.) and I doubt that it was red then. So Corypheus's ritual to rip open the Fade turned it red? Or was his using Blight magic with the Orb that managed to cast a pallor over the nearby lyrium? Or does enough raw magical power equal the Blight?

So we've got a lot of ideas. 

EDIT: Also: "OOOOODDRIN! OOOOOOOODRIN!"

I couldn't help but picture you joining that crowd in crying out for The Witcher. 

[Cee]

I really like these!  Thanks for sharing them.

 

 

 

You post that you need fluff and then you go and read the things I clearly indicated were conducive to feeeeeeeels?

 

(thanks )

[Illyria]

You post that you need fluff and then you go and read the things I clearly indicated were conducive to feeeeeeeels?

 

(thanks )

 

I read them before I needed fluff.  I had just forgotten to comment on them.

 

I still need fluff.

[Caddius]

So computers need a certain amount of free space to 'breathe', so to speak. My computer has long been crazy and slow-running (fifteen minutes to start-up), because when my computer nerd friend said, "Yeah, seventy gigabytes of free space for your rig," I apparently heard, "Five gigabytes of free space is ideal." 

Cue the deleting rampage, the uninstalling horrors. I'll miss you, Rome II, but your little sister Attila is just flat out better than you.

So I get rid of sixty gigabytes of crap. Check my amount of free space. It's gone down to 4.5 free gigabytes. I reboot, I follow the guides on various technical websites.

It's down to 3.5 free gigabytes now.  But it starts up faster. But it runs slower.  I'm close to embracing my inner Luddite and just chucking the computer out the window.

[KocicaK]

I have a question: Are Flitr and romance options in dialogues with Solas approval limited? I would like to start romance with him, but when I meet him at that balcony, there is no romance option, he doesn´t mention the kiss from fade Haven. Of course I play as Dalish female and I kissed him there. my approval could be something around 90. could please anyone tell me what am I doing wrong?

[Caddius]

I have a question: Are Flitr and romance options in dialogues with Solas approval limited? I would like to start romance with him, but when I meet him at that balcony, there is no romance option, he doesn´t mention the kiss from fade Haven. Of course I play as Dalish female and I kissed him there. my approval could be something around 90. could please anyone tell me what am I doing wrong?

I've heard that being too friendly with Blackwall or other LI interests could mess with that.

But if you got the kiss, surely he must mention it. 

[MayriyaNoori]

True that i felt for him also but more it raised questions in my head then anything and that will be associated with all the murals,paintings we find in our travels regarding elves looking corrupted,so if He can get corrupted i mean u see my point?What really went on with that red lyrium and elves?Interesting enough though that he got corrupted by it

 

......like, the rest of the gods got corrupted with it? Or something like that?

 

And omg....I wouldn't not be able to take it if that corrupt Solas with red lyrium in the future. Which....if he unlocks them....and they are corrupted.....I imagine they aren't happy with him and......oh no.... =( There is not enough Nutella in the world to comfort that.

 

*grabs Nutella jar*

 

My Lavellan would still love him though....and I'm pretty sure she would go on a killing spree rampage if she knew who was responsible for it.

 

Why can't anything appear to be optimistic AT ALL about this! WTF! This is the most tragic character ever! All I want is for them to disappear into the Fade together! *cry*

[Sable Rhapsody]

So computers need a certain amount of free space to 'breathe', so to speak. My computer has long been crazy and slow-running (fifteen minutes to start-up), because when my computer nerd friend said, "Yeah, seventy gigabytes of free space for your rig," I apparently heard, "Five gigabytes of free space is ideal." 

Cue the deleting rampage, the uninstalling horrors. I'll miss you, Rome II, but your little sister Attila is just flat out better than you.

So I get rid of sixty gigabytes of crap. Check my amount of free space. It's gone down to 4.5 free gigabytes. I reboot, I follow the guides on various technical websites.

It's down to 3.5 free gigabytes now.  But it starts up faster. But it runs slower.  I'm close to embracing my inner Luddite and just chucking the computer out the window.

 

Provided you're willing to go through the pain and cost of moving everything over, switch to SSD.  That's what I did when I built a new rig.

[Caddius]

Provided you're willing to go through the pain and cost of moving everything over, switch to SSD.  That's what I did when I built a new rig.

I'd be willing to go through anything to get my own Super Star Destroyer! I can imagine how many GB's those babies can hold.  Also, how much death and destruction to my enemies.

...Oh, wait. 

The actual Solid-state Drivers thing sound interesting. I think. Technology, as much as I'm fond of it, is not my strong suit.  Thank you for preventing the sudden flight of a computer.

[KocicaK]

I've heard that being too friendly with Blackwall or other LI interests could mess with that.

But if you got the kiss, surely he must mention it. 

being to friendly with others shouldn´t be a problem. if I flirted with someone, it definitely was only one dialogue. so only up to two times i think.

what I remember is that I talked with Blackwall and Cullen, but it was only in Haven, then nothing.

[laurelinvanyar]

There's a lot of hints that 'The Stone', the gods the Profane feasted on, and 'the blood of the world' may all be connected. (Jury's out on whether the one possible Titan spotting was asking for lyrium or dragon blood. The World of Thedas Volume II's mention of the dwarf led ships from the west buying lyrium and fleeing a catastrophe of some kind suggests the Titans needed lyrium to me.)

So red lyrium is lyrium, living in a way, that has been corrupted by the Blight. From the murals in the Arbor WIlds, and a lot of hints through the stories of the elven gods, it seems that the Blight is somehow connected to the Void and the Forgotten Ones. Andruil hunted them in the Void and was corrupted by the Blight and is depicted as having armor similar to Samson's rock-candy suit. Mythal eventually cures her, but not until she ushered in an age of tyranny for her own subjects and wreaked a lot of havoc. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that one of the gods tried to use red lyrium as a cudgel against the others to gain power, only to have it backfire. It reminds me of the Bore in The Wheel of Time. Ancient Aes Sedai trying to tap a new power source, only to discover they just broke open the primordial manifestation of evil and he wants to play. 

One of the best theories on Solas's backstory and the downfall of Arlathan was that red lyrium began to corrupt them, Mythal was assassinated, and the whole thing descended into lunacy. Solas, uncorrupted by red lyrium, as Cole mentions Solas warning the others, seals them away, and figures that the elves can lead themselves now.

The Primeval Thaig's latest theory I've heard was that the ancient dwarves sealed their mages away. These mages began to consume massive amounts of lyrium, red or otherwise, and became the Profane. What's curious is that red lyrium is Blighted, according to Bianca, but the Primeval Thaig is free of darkspawn and other obvious signs of the Taint. It could be evidence for the Blight's influence long before the darkspawn.

What I want to know is how red lyrium feels to a dwarf with stone sense. Oghren's was strong enough to detect the amount and quality of it in the mountain at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, (Which seems to have been built over a temple to Mythal, judging by the mural.) and I doubt that it was red then. So Corypheus's ritual to rip open the Fade turned it red? Or was his using Blight magic with the Orb that managed to cast a pallor over the nearby lyrium? Or does enough raw magical power equal the Blight?

So we've got a lot of ideas. 

EDIT: Also: "OOOOODDRIN! OOOOOOOODRIN!"

I couldn't help but picture you joining that crowd in crying out for The Witcher. 

There's also the idea of "gangue" or impure spirits of the stone. The dwarves consider it their duty to take it out of the Stone. I wonder if their idea that the Stone is alive comes from lyrium veins, which turns out are alive. Therefore impure Stone would be corrupted lyrium?

[Cee]

I think Blackwall can kind of ninja you into locking in with him.

[Caddius]

There's also the idea of "gangue" or impure spirits of the stone. The dwarves consider it their duty to take it out of the Stone. I wonder if their idea that the Stone is alive comes from lyrium veins, which turns out are alive. Therefore impure Stone would be corrupted lyrium?

The dwarves sure do seem to deal with demons a lot for people without mages.

Then there's Malvernis from Legacy. A pestilent creature that managed to corrupt the Stone itself and was imprisoned in the surface by a Paragon.

So you've the usual, "Well, we cut out the parts of society that drag us down" ruthless meritocracy part of their culture, and you've got the actual Blight creeping up the walls of the Deep Roads and the red lyrium that's starting to blossom and move up to the surface. (A giant plot point that was never addressed fully in Inquisition, much to my frustration.)

And in Fairel's Tombs, the Tevinter magisters seem astonished that dwarves were able to imprison demons and use them as guardians.

[RogueBait]

Anyone got any fluffy Solavellan fanfic/headcanons/fanart to share?

 

It's the kind of day when I need distracting fandom fluff.

 

Have a headcanon! I'd offer fanart, but I'm still (slowly, ever so slowly) working on it...    Here's my fragmented notes on a little scene that I'd planned to write into a fic, or do as a shorter, one-off fluff piece.

 

Spoiler

Lavellan, Cassandra, Varric and Solas have been out questing in the Hinterlands. The Inquisition is still in its infancy, and the day has been long and very trying, both physically and mentally. Lavellan is more than a little exhausted. The party sit around their campfire, eating a simple dinner of brothy soup. Lavellan sits next to Solas, having been drawn to him from the get-go (as a fellow elf). Her knees are tucked up towards her chest and the bowl of soup is nestled in-between her legs and torso. Cassandra has drawn food prep for the evening, and the meal she's managed is fairly awful. Despite this, Lavellan is wolfing it down. Cassandra unapologetically eats with determination. Solas and Varric poke at their food reluctantly.

 

As Lavellan approaches the last few mouthfuls, her weariness finally overtakes her and she begins to fall asleep, soup spoon still in hand, progressively slumping to the side. Solas takes notice of the Herald's precarious position and grabs one shoulder in an attempt to right her. He over-corrects, and she promptly leans straight into him instead, as Solas catches the nearly empty bowl as it slides out of her loosening hands. She's heavy against his chest, and begins snoring against him quietly. Solas hesitates, hands floating indecisively in the air. Varric begins to tease Solas with a chuckle. Cassandra steals quick glances and tries to look disinterested. Solas clears his throat, hesitating.

 

He gently rouses Lavellan, who doesn't seem to wake entirely, and walks the immensely sleepy, mumbling elf to her tent. They disappear within, and after several minutes Solas returns and continues to eat, pointedly avoiding eye contact with the rest of the party. Varric once more chides Solas, and Solas struggles to control a blush.

 

That's it. Bask in the sugar with me, friends.

 

Edit: Oh, ToP! Well then. Has this been posted?

 

Spoiler

 

Source.

[KocicaK]

I think Blackwall can kind of ninja you into locking in with him.

I hope not, that would be veeeeeery bad. one of the main reasons for that playthrought is Solas´ romance

[Illyria]

being to friendly with others shouldn´t be a problem. if I flirted with someone, it definitely was only one dialogue. so only up to two times i think.

what I remember is that I talked with Blackwall and Cullen, but it was only in Haven, then nothing.

 

If you flirt with Blackwall on the battlements at Skyhold (during his first talk) it ninjas you into his romance.

[Illyria]

Have a headcanon! I'd offer fanart, but I'm still (slowly, ever so slowly) working on it...    Here's my fragmented notes on a little scene that I'd planned to write into a fic, or do as a shorter, one-off fluff piece.

 

Spoiler

Lavellan, Cassandra, Varric and Solas have been out questing in the Hinterlands. The Inquisition is still in its infancy, and the day has been long and very trying, both physically and mentally. Lavellan is more than a little exhausted. The party sit around their campfire, eating a simple dinner of brothy soup. Lavellan sits next to Solas, having been drawn to him from the get-go (as a fellow elf). Her knees are tucked up towards her chest and the bowl of soup is nestled in-between her legs and torso. Cassandra has drawn food prep for the evening, and the meal she's managed is fairly awful. Despite this, Lavellan is wolfing it down. Cassandra unapologetically eats with determination. Solas and Varric poke at their food reluctantly.

 

As Lavellan approaches the last few mouthfuls, her weariness finally overtakes her and she begins to fall asleep, soup spoon still in hand, progressively slumping to the side. Solas takes notice of the Herald's precarious position and grabs one shoulder in an attempt to right her. He over-corrects, and she promptly leans straight into him instead, as Solas catches the nearly empty bowl as it slides out of her loosening hands. She's heavy against his chest, and begins snoring against him quietly. Solas hesitates, hands floating indecisively in the air. Varric begins to tease Solas with a chuckle. Cassandra steals quick glances and tries to look disinterested. Solas clears his throat, hesitating.

 

He gently rouses Lavellan, who doesn't seem to wake entirely, and walks the immensely sleepy, mumbling elf to her tent. They disappear within, and after several minutes Solas returns and continues to eat, pointedly avoiding eye contact with the rest of the party. Varric once more chides Solas, and Solas struggles to control a blush.

 

That's it. Bask in the sugar with me, friends.

 

Edit: Oh, ToP! Well then. Has this been posted?

 

Spoiler

 

Source.

 

*basks in sugar*

 

And Rogue: you drew me Solas and the wolf puppy.  I am still basking in the fluffyness of that.

[KocicaK]

If you flirt with Blackwall on the battlements at Skyhold (during his first talk) it ninjas you into his romance.

Nooooooooooo........................!!!!!!!!!!

 

That´s ****** stupid!!!!!!!

[Illyria]

Nooooooooooo........................!!!!!!!!!!

 

That´s ****** stupid!!!!!!!

 

If that happened to you the best you can do is reload your save.  Sorry

 

But Solas' romance is worth doing!