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[Addictress]

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[Addictress]

are you sure there isn't a man in actual reality that looks like Solas??

 

How can I have such intense feels toward such an attractive, realistic face... but that face is not real? It strikes me as opposed to nature itself that I should be biologically programmed to accept this face with all the verisimilitude of looking at a real person. It is indeed a modern philosophical question!

 

 

***if I saw a man post this comment on a photo of Ciri I'd think he was a creepy weirdo, a 50-yr-old weirdo obsessed with anime girls or some such. No! I'm not like that I swear.

[midnight tea]

are you sure there isn't a man in actual reality that looks like Solas??

 

How can I have such intense feels toward such an attractive, realistic face... but that face is not real? It strikes me as opposed to nature itself that I should be biologically programmed to accept this face with all the verisimilitude of looking at a real person. It is indeed a modern philosophical question!

 

 

***if I saw a man post this comment on a photo of Ciri I'd think he was a creepy weirdo, a 50-yr-old weirdo obsessed with anime girls or some such. No! I'm not like that I swear.

 

Considering that many of Solas' features are pretty elfy and quite distant from average human? No. Peculiar eyes, irises far bigger than regular human irises, peculiar nose and facial shape. We can find people who are vaguely similar, but that's probably so far as similarities will go. I heard however that there were quite a few design changes to make Soals look a bit more similar to his voice actor.

[Cee]

Oh, I hadn't had enough feels for the day.

 

http://gatecrashing-.../sera-and-solas

 

• Sera: Don't you start.
• Solas: I am reasonably certain I said nothing.
• Sera: Don't have to. You're all fluttery from that Mythal place.
• Sera: "Oh, Tevinter took our stuff," except turns out, elves did it themselves. Ppbth!
• Solas: You cannot upset me wth what we found there.
• Sera: Oh? Why's that?
• Solas: Because, Sera, my genuine sorrow for the tragedy of our history cannot be diminished by a single moment.
• Solas: That you do not feel this, well, you have my envy... and pity.
• Sera: Well, you just... Shut it!

[CapricornSun]

Art break.

 

Source: http://errorhigh.tum...owmage-of-solas

 

'Dreaming' by kallielef.

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Source: http://kallielef.tum...967247/dreaming

 

 

Into the Fade. (Solavellan)

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Source: http://louminx.tumbl...age-inquisition

 

 

Solas doodle.

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Source: http://ironvhenan.tu...st/139642914998

 

 

Solas.

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Source: http://kaisoo.net/po...i-like-this-way

 

 

Magic Nerds.

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Source: http://ron-aurora.tu...930/magic-nerds

 

[Ellawynn]

So I finally decided to climb up on that superhero bandwagon and started watching Daredevil on Netflix (Just in time for season two, at that.) And if you're at all familiar with Daredevil you can probably see my predicament - it's evil mastermind antagonist. It's bald evil mastermind antagonist, acting in the interest of bettering the world, written in an extremely, beautifully humanizing way.

 

...Granted, Fisk is decidedly more evil than Solas (Or, well, I guess that's a matter of debate. Fisk is a lot more selfish and temperamental, but he's also only effecting one city. Solas is calmer and more genuinely altruistic... but he also intends to destroy the world as we know it. Hmm. I guess that's a question of whether it's the motive or the method that makes a villain.) Still. Me and my gosh darn villain soft-spot.

 

...

 

But seriously guys, check out Daredevil. S'pretty neat, in more respects than it's main antagonist. Expect some light gore, though.

[Cee]

I'm up to episode 5 of Daredevil. The end to episode 4....

[Addictress]

So I finally decided to climb up on that superhero bandwagon and started watching Daredevil on Netflix (Just in time for season two, at that.) And if you're at all familiar with Daredevil you can probably see my predicament - it's evil mastermind antagonist. It's bald evil mastermind antagonist, acting in the interest of bettering the world, written in an extremely, beautifully humanizing way.

...Granted, Fisk is decidedly more evil than Solas (Or, well, I guess that's a matter of debate. Fisk is a lot more selfish and temperamental, but he's also only effecting one city. Solas is calmer and more genuinely altruistic... but he also intends to destroy the world as we know it. Hmm. I guess that's a question of whether it's the motive or the method that makes a villain.) Still. Me and my gosh darn villain soft-spot.

...

But seriously guys, check out Daredevil. S'pretty neat, in more respects than it's main antagonist. Expect some light gore, though.

Yes!!!!! Daredevil has the greatest TV superhero villain I've ever seen!!! Definitely the most mature, well-directed and well-acted series now.

[Ellawynn]

I'm up to episode 5 of Daredevil. The end to episode 4....

 

I saw the last few episodes of the season before I saw anything else of the show, so I already knew Fisk had... anger management issues, let's say, and it didn't come as quite a shock to me. But yeah, it was still... rather, uh... yeah.

 

Yes!!!!! Daredevil has the greatest TV superhero villain I've ever seen!!! Definitely the most mature, well-directed and well-acted series now.

 

Spoilers for the whole show.

 

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I knnnoooooowww! It's really interesting how he's humanized, but not in the way villains typically are - like, it doesn't mess around with "He's got bad methods but good intentions!" or "He's really kind and selfless at heart!" Fisk is a amoral, hypocritical bastard. The show never shies away from that, never tries to show that his ends would be great if he just picked better means. His ends are pretty terrible in and of themselves. But it still tries to remind us that, for all his blatant hypocrisy and murderous rage, he's still just a guy. He mourns his friend. He worries about his mother. He loves and cares for Vanessa. And these things aren't even particularly relevant - you could erase them, Fisk would simply be your typical cartoon super villain, and we'd lose nothing of Matt's story. But that's just it - it's not just Matt's story, and Fisk's identity doesn't start and end with "Matt's nemesis." It's intriguing.

 

It's also an interesting contrast to Solas, who's humanity is so central to his motivation and role within the story that, if you erased it, you'd erase his entire reason for doing such bad things in the first place. He wouldn't want to tear down the Veil if he didn't feel so guilty for putting it up in the first place. He wouldn't want to restore the world of Elvhenan if he didn't bear such genuine love and affection for it. Understanding these things are crucial to understanding why he's doing what he's doing. Compare to Fisk, who might've had good intentions once, but he's running off of sheer hatred and loathing now. (And that stunning Good Samaritan speech in the finale really portrays that well.)  Solas does what he does because he thinks it's a genuine kindness, a net good in the long run. Fisk does what he does because he's too blinded by hate to see that what he's doing is wrong. 

 

His relationship with Vanessa and Wesley is interesting too, if only because it provides a perfect parallel to Solas' relationship with Lavellan and Felassan. Like, compare how Fisk actively pursues Vanessa with how Solas reluctantly falls in love. How Fisk is visibly grieving and shaken when his best friend's murdered, while Solas is the one who murders his best friend. And Solas does both of those things - leaving Lavellan, killing Felassan - as a sacrifice to his cause, no matter how much pain it brings him. And Fisk doesn't. He's done so many horrible things, for so many horrible reasons, but he never hurt his love or sacrificed his friend. He's too selfish for that. And Solas does both, because he's too selfless not to. It's an interesting example of how we can perceive selfishness to be a good trait (When it leads to protecting and caring for loved ones.) and selflessness as a bad one (when it leads to hurting and betraying those you care about.)

 

I'm really, really excited to see where they go in Season Two, because Fisk is definitely one of the best villains I've seen on television. I have to wonder how they'll top him, or if they even can. (or if he comes back, for that matter - hey, he's in jail, not dead, and Vanessa's still running around somewhere. I, for one, would love to see her come back as some bad-ass villain looking for her fiance's freedom and a little bit of revenge.)

 

[Bayonet Hipshot]

are you sure there isn't a man in actual reality that looks like Solas??

 

How can I have such intense feels toward such an attractive, realistic face... but that face is not real? It strikes me as opposed to nature itself that I should be biologically programmed to accept this face with all the verisimilitude of looking at a real person. It is indeed a modern philosophical question!

 

 

***if I saw a man post this comment on a photo of Ciri I'd think he was a creepy weirdo, a 50-yr-old weirdo obsessed with anime girls or some such. No! I'm not like that I swear.

 

Solas look a lot like Lex Luthor, except that he is an Elf. If you look at Jesse Einsenbergs' bald photos for Batman V Superman, you will realize that he looks a lot like Solas.

 

 

 

(shaken-veil.tumblr.com)

 

Is it just me or does Solas' magic appear to be from within, as opposed to external ? What I mean is that conventionally, mages have to use external hand movements to warp the Veil to cast a spell. However, Solas in Trepasser does it within himself, its like the Fade is within him somehow and he is using it to cast spells instead of using hand movements.

[thaali]

Solas look a lot like Lex Luthor, except that he is an Elf. If you look at Jesse Einsenbergs' bald photos for Batman V Superman, you will realize that he looks a lot like Solas.

 

 

 

 

Is it just me or does Solas' magic appear to be from within, as opposed to external ? What I mean is that conventionally, mages have to use external hand movements to warp the Veil to cast a spell. However, Solas in Trepasser does it within himself, its like the Fade is within him somehow and he is using it to cast spells instead of using hand movements.

 

It could have something to do with him being a Dreamer and still having such a strong connection to the Fade.  Since we've never had another Dreamer in the games this could be a common thing with them.  It would make sense.

 

On a side note: dropping in chapter 5 of Once Upon A Dream http://archiveofouro...apters/13903279

[Ellawynn]

Solas look a lot like Lex Luthor, except that he is an Elf. If you look at Jesse Einsenbergs' bald photos for Batman V Superman, you will realize that he looks a lot like Solas.

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Is it just me or does Solas' magic appear to be from within, as opposed to external ? What I mean is that conventionally, mages have to use external hand movements to warp the Veil to cast a spell. However, Solas in Trepasser does it within himself, its like the Fade is within him somehow and he is using it to cast spells instead of using hand movements.

 

Hmm. Maybe it's just me, but I'm having trouble seeing it. They're similar in that they're both bald white guys with blue eyes and a straight nose. But Solas' jaws is sharper and more defined. His nose is a little thinner and his lips are a little thicker. His brow isn't as heavy, and his eyes are sleepier (Though this is less true in Trespasser.)

 

Maybe it's just that image, which seems to be trying to evoke hostility and... well, it looks a bit like it's mimicking a prison mugshot. All of which makes sense, I mean, it's Lex Luthor. But... hmph. I dunno.

 

And as for Solas' magic, it's possible that that "gesturing" people do is entirely unnecessary. Bull says that most mages are flashy, even Vivienne has some showmanship in her style, but Solas has none of that. His style hasn't got any "frills," and most of their enemies don't even realize he's a mage until his staff's out and half the battlefield's on fire.

 

Now, whether that's because of his previous power, or a product of having learned magic in a completely different time with a completely different mindset, or simply Solas' own personal approach to magic, that I can't say.  As far as Trespasser goes, i think it was just for pure intimidation factor, though. Solas' display might've been a bit less impressive if he, I dunno, pirouetted and triple back-flipped as he turned the Viddisala to stone.

[thaali]

Now, whether that's because of his previous power, or a product of having learned magic in a completely different time with a completely different mindset, or simply Solas' own personal approach to magic, that I can't say.  As far as Trespasser goes, i think it was just for pure intimidation factor, though. Solas' display might've been a bit less impressive if he, I dunno, pirouetted and triple back-flipped as he turned the Viddisala to stone.

 

There will never be a time when I play that scene and do not picture this now.

[NightSymphony]

Does anyone have that photoshop of James McAvoy as Solas? That's my fave.

[CapricornSun]

Does anyone have that photoshop of James McAvoy as Solas? That's my fave.

 

Here you go!

 

Source: http://ruxandralache...-were-searching

 

[NightSymphony]

Thank you

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Does anyone have that photoshop of James McAvoy as Solas? That's my fave.

 

 A genuine bald McAvoy appears...

 

 

Though to be fair, Solas' attitude remind me of Apocalypse for than Xavier.

 

 

Solas' DA4 intro - "I have been called many things over many lifetimes...Solas, Fen'Harel, Apostate Hobo..."

 

Solas to Dalish Elves - "You are all my children...and you are lost..because you follow blind leaders.."

 

Morrigan on Solas - "More like the Chant of Light got it from him..."

 

Solas on tearing down Tevinter - "Everything they have built...will fall ! And from the ashes of their world...We'll build a better one !"

 

Protagonist encountering Solas - "I have never felt power like this before..." and then they become bald as a result.

 

Dragon Age IV: Apocalypse.

[NightSymphony]

hehehe...that is perfect!!

[Sifr]

I'm up to episode 5 of Daredevil. The end to episode 4....

 

Yeah, watching the scene with Fisk and Russian!Fenris gave me some serious Mountain vs Viper flashbacks...

 

Here you go!

 

Source: http://ruxandralache...-were-searching

 

 

Can't lie, McAvoy would probably be my top pick to play Solas in a movie adaptation of Inquisition.

[Cee]

That scene just went on forever.

[TheyCallMeBunny]

Here you go!

 

Source: http://ruxandralache...-were-searching

 

 

That is just too perfect!     

[Trodaoiresaoirse]

Here you go!

 

Source: http://ruxandralache...-were-searching

 

It is so funny - I thougt this morning about James McAvoy as Solas 'cause he has got these countenance which I think is more important than exact face structure

[midnight tea]

Hmm. Maybe it's just me, but I'm having trouble seeing it. They're similar in that they're both bald white guys with blue eyes and a straight nose. But Solas' jaws is sharper and more defined. His nose is a little thinner and his lips are a little thicker. His brow isn't as heavy, and his eyes are sleepier (Though this is less true in Trespasser.)

 

Maybe it's just that image, which seems to be trying to evoke hostility and... well, it looks a bit like it's mimicking a prison mugshot. All of which makes sense, I mean, it's Lex Luthor. But... hmph. I dunno.

 

And as for Solas' magic, it's possible that that "gesturing" people do is entirely unnecessary. Bull says that most mages are flashy, even Vivienne has some showmanship in her style, but Solas has none of that. His style hasn't got any "frills," and most of their enemies don't even realize he's a mage until his staff's out and half the battlefield's on fire.

 

Now, whether that's because of his previous power, or a product of having learned magic in a completely different time with a completely different mindset, or simply Solas' own personal approach to magic, that I can't say.  As far as Trespasser goes, i think it was just for pure intimidation factor, though. Solas' display might've been a bit less impressive if he, I dunno, pirouetted and triple back-flipped as he turned the Viddisala to stone.

 

I suspect he might have pirouetted and triple-backflipped mentally

 

Anyway, I remember Mary Kirby at one time saying (to a person who asked if gestures are needed to cast magic) on her Twitter that magic can be even cast while sleeping - so without any 'assistance' body can provide, though she says that complicated spells may need that. I assume this means that people who can sort of decouple their mind from their body may not need any gestures or spoken incantations or whatever, simply because their body is enough to shape the magic however they want.

 

... Though it might just be the type of magic. None of the mages eyes flash blue when they cast spells, except for those using 'blue' magic.

[CapricornSun]

Mini art break

 

Lavellan is not having any of that "halla" crap.

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Source: http://babes-of-thed...-based-off-this

 

 

Very nice artwork of Solas.

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Source: http://perfectlydraw...st/139651340380

 

[Bayonet Hipshot]

RP question time.

 

So how does one roleplay a mage Lavellan Inquisitor ? I mean the game makes it clear that mage Lavellan is the First of Clan Lavellan, which means they are quite important and valuable. So why would the Keeper send off her potential successor who is a mage, to spy on a gathering of mages and Templars ? Mages are not known for being spies. Furthermore, Dalish are not exactly welcome in human lands. So how do you folks justify this ?