Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. I am wondering what it is going to think for Solas to broaden his mind. He's already been in the modern world for 4 years now and he's still stubborn about his plan. I'm looking forward to seeing what Bioware comes up with.
I think it took Mythal a long time to have a different perspective on her own actions.
Being bonded with Flemeth for centuries and before that "crawling and clawing her way through the ages" I think helped quite a bit. Now compare that to Solas' own experiences and ask yourself again, what is 4 years to someone who lived in a "timeless" world and who was effectively "immortal".
What changes these beings' minds are the people that inhabit the world, not how long they've been there. Remember that where they come from, in a time before the veil. it was will that garnered change, not the passage of time.
Mythal was changed because of Flemeth, her betrayal and her suffering.
Solas' view of the people of Thedas changed because of who we were to him as a person, not because of the time he spent awake on Thedas, but because of who he spent it with.
Also, I'm mentioning Mythal not only as a good tool for comparison, but also (as I posted on this thread before) because I believe Mythal's plans were designed to outlast her and that they will definitely affect Solas' own plans, with one player being key... Morrigan'nan.
Edit: Oh, and for those who wonder why I always refer to Morrigan as Morrigan'nan when talking about Mythal's plans for her, well it's because of the tale of Tyrdda Bright-Axe. I believe the "Laughing Lady of The Skies" is Mythal and not Andruil as a lot would believe.
Here is an exert from my "The tale of Tyrdda Bright-Axe, Explained" thread"
the Seventh stanza of the tale is what had caught my eye long ago and wherein lies the detail which reinforces my beliefs on the subject.
Seventh stanza:
Tyrdda Bright-Axe, Dwarf-Friend Chieftain, with her leaf-eared lover lay, (Tyrdda slept with her lover, but this part is interesting, it's been ambiguous throughout the ballad whether the leaf-eared lover is a spirit, is bonded with Tyrdda like Flemyth and Mythal or is a separate figure, an actual elf presumably bonded to Mythal).
Woke she did to love-sweat morning, lover gone in light of day. (Again this brings up the same question, this seems to imply the leaf-eared lover was actually a separate person, though it could easily be interpreted as Mythal's essence leaving Tyrdda's body. Their relationship could be experienced through The Fade when Tyrdda is sleeping which would explain her surprise when she wakes up and her lover is "gone". It would be a very weird relationship to have however, if you shared the same body as your paramour physically, but experienced the relationship as separate entities when in The Fade. I guess it would be an extremely intimate relationship however and given we don't know the dynamics behind such a union I'll end my speculation on the subject here, it's getting weird again
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Dream-words whispered, spoken soft, still the silence crushed and crashing, (Here I believe Mythal is basically explaining why she can't be with Tyrdda, effectively breaking up with her, speaking to her from The Fade. Kind of a shitty move, like breaking up with someone on the phone.. but Mythal probably thought that Tyrdda would try and stop her, so I understand why she'd do it this way. Of course Tyrdda is devastated. The silence crushed and crashing could refer to Tyrdda's emotional reaction or it could also reference her feeling after losing Mythal's essence, if she was in a Flemythal type situation).
Dead her tribe, unless a child could keep her line in warrior fashion. (Because of their traditions, Tyrdda needs an heir for succession. Whether Mythal was a spirit or had a body, she was a women and therefore could not produce children. Tyrdda needed a man for the sake of her tribe, in order to keep them united in strength.
Aval'var, so named the lover, called "our journey, yours and mine," Their journey was to be the foundation of their new tribe, what had made them strong, it was fit to be named as such and so, the Avvar were born. The name could indicate the elf was in fact a physical entity who either was bonded with Mythal or was perhaps an ancient Elvhen priestess).
One day child of Tyrdda's blood, Morrighan'nan, in strength must shine. (Another hint that Mythal was the lover, as she wanted Tyrdda's child to be named Morrighan'nan... Morrigan.)
Lover's whispers to obey, Hendir, dwarf-prince, friend in passion, (Hendir, a good friend of Tyrdda's was asked to be the man to sire her child)
Babe produced to serve the line, The Avvar tribe, her name, our taking. (The child would be the product of a Dwarven/human union, coaxed by an Elvhen god... interesting! The tribe would hold "her" name, theirs to keep.