if anything, he'd be happy if people venerated knowledge/wisdom and listened to people who actually have something important to share with them... Which is why I think he's so delighted when Inquisitor just keeps shooting questions at him and being flattered (during first conversation in Skyhold) if IQ will tell him that he respects him and his advice.
I agree with all of this, and I do think he genuinely wants a world in which people value knowledge/wisdom regardless of who it's coming from. I think his approval when the Inquisitor asks him questions is because he has respect and appreciation for curious, inquisitive minds (no pun intended... ok, maybe). Note he occasionally approves when the Inquisitor is asking a question to somebody else.
But I do think there's another layer to him... Solas can be a bit of a show-off sometimes, in a subtle way that's very different from Dorian's flashiness, but a show-off nonetheless. The chess game with Iron Bull is a good example of this. If you look up the wikipedia entry for the Immortal Game, it says it's part of the romantic style of chess with many aggressive attacks and gambits, very beautiful and entertaining, but not the most prudent way to play chess. There's also the diamondback game with Blackwall where he doesn't simply win, he decimates him.
Add to that his occasional stunning displays of confidence and smoothness and how he himself admits he was cocky when he was young and thought he knew everything. The guy is named Pride for gods' sakes!
So I think somewhere there he has quite the ego that he has largely tamed with age, mistakes, and loads of unfortunate life experiences in exchange for wisdom. But in a poignant moment such as after the fall of Haven, at least a tiny bit will escape his control.
Retour en haut
)
