#COLE

[thestudfarm]

Cole

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[i-m-snek]

I got too attached to Leliana's first hatched baby from this years clutch 💓 he is so, so like her. I want to say we'll keep him, just gotta clear it with hubby. 💓

[herearedragons]

Cole: You're one of them. Even without the horns.

Aqun: I… Yes, I know that.

Cole: They know it too.

Aqun: Well, that's… (voice cracks slightly) good to know, I suppose. Thank you.

Cole: I like when you make it sing.

Aqun: When I make what sing?

Cole: Everything. The bowstring, then the arrow, then the heart with the arrow in it. The little shiny things with magic stones inside. It's all small, but it's big together, and it spins, like — like —

Aqun: Like… clockwork?

Cole: Yes! Time ticking, turning forward. Things want to be in their place. You help them get there. And then they sing.

Aqun: Cole, do you like fighting?

Cole: It's how I can help.

Aqun: Yes, but do you enjoy doing it?

Cole: I like helping.

Aqun: Hm. I think I'm asking the wrong question.

[dragonageheap]

I'm replaying Inquisition for one of my Veilguard playthroughs (never got around to finishing before it came out) and while this has likely been pointed out already, I think Cole was everything Solas wishes he could've been, or what he wishes the ancient elves could've been.

Cole is a spirit with a physical form, a form he more or less made himself (could be slightly wrong on this, lore details are a little muddied rn with all the new revelations lol). What if the ancient elves could've done that instead of using lyrium from the Titans? What if that whole war could've been avoided? Everything Solas regrets happening is, more or less, solved by Cole and what happened with him

[heyimcelery]

I didn't even think of that! The angst potential

Well, Cole is having some flashbacks here.

[pauvre-lola]

ghost boy

[crapet-illu]

YES COLE PLEASE HE NEEDS YOU.

(Cole is a character from Dragon Age Inquisition, the very best boi)

[alltears]

dragon age twt au? dragon age twt au. HAWKE X INQUISITION EDITION

sorry for not spacing these out more but i have worms infesting my brains and they’re all sending me psychic attacks related to dragon age.

[briccko]

Everyone is here!!!

[alanide-arts]

i love solas but I always give custody to varric 😭

[dragon--sage]

when i tell you i ran around the frostback basin for HOURS with cole, solas, and blackwall to get this dialogue to trigger (console hell)..... and i would do it again, too. it's about the foreshadowing, it's about cole knowing all their dirt but not spilling it, it's about solas not saying a god damn word even though he knows cole knows. it's about blackwall probably thinking about this for HOURS afterwords, turning over what cole meant, what cole knows... oof i hope veilguard can deliver banter that hits like this.

[theesteppenwolf]

Here i dreamt i was …

Trying out a different sketching style because i suck at sketching so heres nap time Cole

[coolpeaches]

Tanner’s Angels— Miguel, Cole, and Will by Tanner Abel, 2024

[yaelokre]

Darkened by the dullest of greys

[elvhenmage]

it's been 24 hours and i'm still thinking about corypheus trying to bind cole during the final fight and cole - running full tilt, daggers out, with max guard and a barrier shielding him - going "i am no demon, and you are no god!" and then later at the celebration kicking his feet and giddily asking, "did you see it? did you see me?” because corypheus wasn’t able to bind him because he’s his own person now and he knows it

[simpforsolas]

You ever think about how Cole, a literal spirit of compassion, seems to care so much for Solas? Yes, he tries to connect with others and help them as well, but what they have is not the trust and affection he holds for Solas. Cole stands up for Solas on various occasions:

Vivienne: You should not encourage that thing. Cole: Solas is not a thing.

or

Cole: Solas doesn’t want to hurt people! He’s not that kind of wolf!

or

Cole: You didn’t do it to be right. You did it to save them. Inquisitor: Solas, what is he talking about? Solas: A mistake. One of many made by a much younger elf who was certain he knew everything. Cole: You weren’t wrong.

Or how about the fact that after Solas left, Cole went looking for him in the fade out of compassion, and Solas had to tell him to forget?

Cole's entire being is based around a single attribute: compassion. Because of this, he's drawn to a) people with pain for him to heal and b) people who are kind. He can sense that Solas has much hurt to heal, though Solas is able to conceal it from Cole in ways others cannot, but I think he also cares for Solas because he understands who he is at his core. He understands that despite what Solas has done or plans to do, he doesn't want to hurt people. He doesn't care about being right, he cares about helping. In truth, analyzing Cole and Solas's relationship is extremely revealing of who Solas really is. If the spirit of compassion who can read minds and emotions has so much affection for Solas and sees his motivations as coming from a place of goodness, that seems much more honest and true to me than someone making a judgment of him based outward factors.

The more I play inquisition, the more I use Cole as a moral compass. He may not understand the world, but one thing he understands is compassion, and every decision he makes is rooted in love for others. So if Cole cares for Solas and doesn't see him as a monster, then I believe that no matter what he ends up doing, this is proof that Solas is someone worth caring for. Someone with good within him.