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citrusai · 1 month ago

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gareth david-lloyd is such a wonderful voice actor. i keep rethinking of his reading of the line "i will always go where you go." and it sounds so resigned and pained, like already solas knows he is going down a path that will lead to death and horror but his friend needs him, the people need him. they need his wisdom and guidance, and he knows taking on a physical form will not only be his undoing, but that of the world as he knows it. but still he goes, because duty comes above all.

#he sounds so sad and defeated in all those cutscenes #the way he played it as if solas already knew due to his true nature that this would all lead to ruin #and yet he foolishly hoped it'd be different. perhaps benevolence turned retribution would see his reason and support him #and all he was met with were platitudes as his true nature twisted and rotted into pride #like when he tells mythal perhaps she would prefer to join him and live as free spirits again because the blight is unraveling #and she placates him first by starting with i always come when my friends need me (when he says he wasnt sure if she'd arrive)#and then she tries to placate him again by using the word 'love' and her va is amazing too because the way she says it #the way a mother would console a crying child and tell them there is no monster under the bed #and it's slightly patronizing too in a way. saying he's wrong and she knows better #and once again he quells his own nature of wisdom even when he argues that he wishes he could believe her but he /senses/ the wards undone #and he sounds so tired. but hes made his promises to her and who is he not to keep them?#his slightly horrified voice when he speaks of having no desire to live as a physical being. :(#dragon age thoughts #solas dragon age #datv spoilers #gareth david lloyd

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