Yeah he was pleasent when he goes "perhaps we should plant a tree for the only thing your people got right."
Asking questions is not a debate.
If you think blood magic is bad , disapproval.If you think spirits aren't people, disapproval.Not talking how a huge hypocrite he is , because he lectures you about the personhood of spirits as early as Haven when he doesn't think you're truly a person.
You're all over the place with your points.
a.) having a sarcastic 'yeah he was pleasant' as an answer to a post where I admit - and mention his writer admitting - that he can be quite harsh kinda makes no sense. Like, what was the point of that?
b.) asking questions can totally be part of debate - especially that many things Solas talks about leads to further discussion. Also - who said that debate has to happen with people just approving everything another person says? This is just silly. If I have a debate with, say, a person who believes the Earth is flat, and a person says something I know is completely untrue I can totally disapprove and it will not in any way make me boneheaded. I'm the one with facts behind my back. Same way Solas is on many topics people readily dismiss just by calling them evil or unnatural.
c.) him stating that spirits can be people is interesting, but you're missing his point entirely. His point was not who he sees as people, his point is that to be people one doesn't need a physical form. Add to that the fact that eventually, if we befriend him, he changes his position on 'peoplesness' of modern Thedosians. So... sorry, but what hypocrite? Many people can change their opinions during the length of DAI, including Inky. If they don't see spirits as people and at the end of the game they do, thanks to their experience with Cole or Solas, are they hypocrites? That's not a point against SOlas, that's totally a point in favor for him that he can change his position after a relatively sort exposure to mortals, comped to thousands of years spent in solitude and losing himself to his mission.
If you think his idea about the fade suck , disapproval.
That's just laughable. What, was he supposed to approve that you say that Fade sucks? "Oh look, he disapproves when you insult him - he's such a jerk". You're just splitting hair on four with non-arguments like that.
You'd have far more success perhaps if you tried and argue that he shuts people entirely if they said that Fade sucks or just gave them sneering responses when they ask further questions about the Fade or Veil or else. But guess what - that's not what happens! He remains open to discussion or questioning to pretty much very end of the game and if you make a good point - he'd agree.
So he never really shuts to a person if they keep disagreeing, even if they insult him, including punching him in the face. Even with an Inky he really dislikes after ToM he says that they may have many disagreements, but he admires Inquisitor's determination.
The whole time for unknown in game reason you're led to believe Solas has authority about what he is talking about .
The whole thing is highly questionable without metagaming knowledge of him being the Dread Wolf.
Unknown reason...? See... this is one of the reasons why I question that you actually played the game at all. Or if you actually paid attention to it.
Because when you play it, Solas hardly ever shuts about his long-life studies of the Fade that gave him vast knowledge. And guess what, in-game he keeps proving that to Inquisition - he correctly guesses what happens to the Breach when he approaches Leliana. He saves Inky's life and shows them how to close rifts - like, it's the very first thing we get to know about him. He knows about ancient elvhen artifacts that can strengthen the Veil, and if you activate enough of them we can get a quest during of which Solas correctly places on map the location of a large rift that's about to open. Not to mention that before that he leads them to Skyhold. And during his personal mission we get to see that a call for help of his friend was not imagined at all, and that both of them fluently communicate with one another in Elvhen. What's more, Inquisition can get to documents from Circle of Magi that confirm that the spirit of wisdom is old and powerful, so it's likely a great source of knowledge for anyone, and especially Solas who considers it one of his oldest friends.
Considering that in game they've had no reason to suspect that he's an ancient elvhen god-like figure and have no other frame of reference for unique people like him, Inquisition has an ample reason to believe he indeed extrapolated all of it from the Fade; what's more, most of it is actually true in one way or another.
So sorry, but... what metagaming?
About Solas , no he isn't right , he's got opinions , he's right about the ancient world , but the world has changed and he missed a few episodes in between.
And when it comes to those 'episodes in between' Solas is totally open to changing his position - otherwise befriending him would be close to impossible. Add to that the fact that none of that 'missing episodes' negates his knowledge on things like spirits or the Fade.
If for Solas the danger of spirits isn't a problem , well it doesn't apply to current people who aren't thousand of years old mages who happens to be dreamers too.The careless and foolish being drown in a river example he uses is stupid.
It means 99% of people would drown in that river .
But we know he's alright with that.
What's stupid here is what you're doing with this argument - you've basically turned into a silly strawman. His wasn't saying it anywhere near the context of what would happen if modern Thedas was suddenly turned Veil-less (and TBH we totally don't know what would really happen, so you're BSing really hard with that 99% people drowning), it was simply to provide a comparison so Inky could understand what he's talking about. I mean, whether the world will ever be like that again doesn't change the fact that it WAS like that before. So his point still stands - plus, his example is not that much different from Vivienne's "magic is dangerous like fire is dangerous - everyone who forgets it gets burned". The difference between him in Vivienne is that he sees both sides of the coin - with proper handing, magic is as useful and beneficial as any tool. In that regard he's no different than very scientifically-minded Dagna.
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