#at least solas knows this
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celemee · 9 months ago
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Happy Friday x3 I'd love to see: I still remember how you taste for Dadwc, and maybe with m Lavellan/Solas if you are in the mood for it x3 Happy creating <3
Ohhhh yissss, I'm exactly in the mood for some Solavellan angst. Thanks for the prompt and happy Friday, Spicy! Here's my villain Inquisitor and Solas meeting in the Fade, the prompt is slightly modified.
Solas x M!Lavellan Rating M for violent imagery and war
for @dadrunkwriting
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“Mahanon.”
The voice stops him dead in his tracks. What was he even watching? A few quick blinks and the surroundings blur, leaving one person sharp and colourful in a sea of now-monochrome crowd. 
“Solas,” he breathes, and for once he can wrestle himself from the role of a spectator in his dreams. The frozen figures of his imagination implode into dust as he stalks through them, headed towards his love. 
Soon they stand close enough to touch, but… 
“It's been a long time, Solas,” Mahanon says, his fingers squeezing into a tight fist he pockets. Fighting the urge to hug Solas, or worse yet, kiss him. 
A sad smile curls on Solas' lips. “You've been waiting for me?”
“Of course,” Mahanon scoffs, though it's not anger. Not really. “I've waited my whole life for someone like you, and then you just…”
He throws his hands in the air. Even here, under the waxy black sky, he can't say it. 
“I still remember everything. Your touch. Your voice. Your taste.” Mahanon sighs, the oft-played memories flashing in his mind as he stares in Solas’ eyes. “How could you just… forget about me?” 
Mahanon notes the way he takes a half step back, how his brows furrow. 
With a flick of Solas’ hand, their surroundings shift from deep emptiness into a field of battle. Corpses lay on the ground, cries of desperation pierce the air. The stench of burning flesh closes in like claws, but Mahanon's attention shifts back to Solas. 
“What?”
Solas blinks a couple of times, his mouth turning downwards. He shakes his head, looks up to Mahanon. 
“Do you not see?” His hand draws an arc, gesturing at the burning field. “This is why I've had to forget about you. You and I, we do not stand for the same thing.”
Mahanon's hands flex at his sides. For once, he's silent, waiting for the inevitable blow. 
“You do this,” he points at a phantom clutching a grievous wound, “because you enjoy it. You cut through—” 
“I don't enjoy it!” Mahanon growls, teeth bared. “I have to! I have no choice!” 
Solas stays silent for a moment, a finger rising to his lips. Then, quietly, “Then what is your end goal?” 
Mahanon crosses his arms on his chest, closing his eyes. That's… a good question, one he's never quite found the answer to. 
There's one thing he knows for sure. “I'm lost without you.”
“You were already lost when you were with me.” Solas’ jaw tightens, his posture stiffening. “There's nothing I can do for you.”
Everything fades to black without a warning, and when Mahanon's eyes open, it's to stare at a ceiling he knows all too well. His castle, quickly falling back to disrepair. 
The fireplace is nothing but embers at this time of night, but he shelters by its fading warmth. Reports from the warfront already in his hands as he tries to shake the nightmare. 
To think of it as anything else would be unacceptable. 
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hollytree33 · 3 months ago
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Hi so I might’ve made a painting of my Inquisitor while trying to mimic Solas’s style so I can pretend he made it
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hejee · 9 months ago
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i really just wanna draw them shirtless
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elvyn · 1 year ago
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Red
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mrs-gauche · 1 year ago
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Alas, so long as the music plays, we dance.
(Cole's cryptic comments + The Song)
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mythalism · 1 month ago
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thinking about what a shame it is that we never see Kieran and Solas interact (and never will lol) but it was probably entirely on purpose on Solas’s part because he knew that twerp would’ve exposed everything about him in 0.6522 seconds
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waspgrave · 2 months ago
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Veilguard Spoilers but man I just Know there’s gonna be a moment in those solas flashbacks where he did something Bad and I’m gonna have to still stan him even as people begin to throw tomatoes at him. Yes my wife did do those crimes, yes it’s true. Yes I still think he’s perfect and won’t scold him for his silly little misbehaviors. I think he should do more of them. Sorry
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shift-shaping · 2 months ago
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dungeons-and-dragon-age · 5 months ago
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solas approving of june's constant questioning is so funny bc he Will be regretting all his life choices about it later
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resident-problem · 5 months ago
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I really love how Inquisition plants the seeds of regret throughout the game, but specifically with Solas. It really has that feeling of a character who's already on edge about a decision they think they must make to the point that it isn't a decision anymore in their eyes, but they regret that it must be done. So much so that at certain points it feels like if the player character had just tried a little harder, pushed a little more then they might genuinely have changed his mind. Its frustrating and sad, and you really just feel that you could have done something, anything more.
While Solas isn't necessarily my favourite character in the game, seeing the gameplay trailer, and seeing That Scene really solidified in my mind that we honestly just need to save that man from himself. No more grandiose plans, no more world shattering actions, and no more corrupted magisters from before history. We're gonna sit down and WE'RE GONNA FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT, THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE. We do that and Thedas is safe, until someone else gets some interesting ideas abour ascending to godhood or whatever.
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crows-of-buckets · 2 months ago
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I have like. Zero reasoning for this but Davrin/Taash... I am thinking
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lavellane · 3 months ago
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cant stop thinking abt my theory that the qunari fled their homeland because of a blight. that theres actually been 6 blights instead of 5 . and if ghilan'nain really does have an arch demon and its not just another corypheus fake-out situation and its Real??? then this is the last archdemon. and the chances of us finding out what happens when all the archdemons die is strongly Not at zero.
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mourn-and-watch · 1 year ago
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one thing that especially irks me about cullen's so-called redemption is the attempts to redeem him through cole's words.
templars' abuses affected cole so badly it damaged his connection to the fade and his own nature. he was a spirit of compassion and witnessing what was happening in white spire turned him into a killer. he murdered lord seeker lambert in cold blood for what he did and most of the time he doesn't regret it — and then he just. drops the "he's not like the other girls" lines about cullen.
and this is such a lazy and annoying move. another thing that is established about cole is that you particularly can't lie to him — about your real feelings and intentions at least. whatever he states about other characters must be true and it is often used as a tool to deepen the characterizations of the main cast and in cullen's case it is just. blatant apologism. there's literally a banter where cole talks about atrocities commited by the templars and then he adds "oh no but cassandra and cullen aren't like that" and never elaborates. the game itself doesn't elaborate either.
like please don't tell me that the spirit who was shaken by knowledge that an innocent boy can die from starving because his jailors simply forgot about him would look in the eyes of a person who used to be meredith fucking stannard's right hand and still thinks that her methods were just a little too harsh but necessary and justified and say yeah. this guy is such a friend of mages. if only there were more templars like him
#this is such an overt bullshit like i don't even know where to start#and my main problem is that. i don't care about cullen. his redemption arc sucks because it's non-existent. but i do care about cole#and i love his cryptic comments so much because they really give you a look into character's head in a weird but interesting manner#and then. this happens. and you can say that “oh but it means that cullen's REAL attitude is compassionate towards mages!”#but the thing about cole's comments is. he does expose characters' thoughts#but you've already had an opportunity to catch whatever cole makes clear in these banters#like. vivienne is afraid and it is shown in the game. dorian struggles with attachment and it is shown in the game#cullen struggles with whatever he's done to mages and ?????? ah yes#and i'm just. so mad. because i love what cole adds to the storytelling. and there's so much potential but he's used for apologism#because whoever wrote cullen was too lazy and/or preoccupied with making a knight in shining armor out of him#you can also point out that cole is used for solas apologism as well. but in solas' case you can catch that he feels conflicted#about his actions and goals. so yeah. it works. at least partially. so my point stays.#cullen's case is like. by the book example of horrendous breaking of 'show don't tell' rule#practically cole breaks this rule constantly. but as i said it doesn't feel off with other characters because of what has been shown alread#cullen critical#dragon age
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brambleghost · 5 days ago
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I’m enjoying playing Dragon Age Veilguard, I really am, but the dialogue in this game is often so painfully BAD. Each time I think I’m picking a fun maybe sassy option or even a stern one, what comes out of Rook is just so bland. There is no flavor.
Laying off so many people including Mary Kirby one of the original writers and the creator of Varric was 200% detrimental to this game.
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vaguely-concerned · 8 days ago
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mourn watch mage rook who absolutely uses blood magic on the regular but it's okay they've got a permit (permit reads: we can do whatever we want! don't worry about it! :) -the mortalitiasi) @ solas in that first scene: hmpfh. blood magic? 🤨
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maythedreadwolftakeyou · 20 days ago
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i know im like... the Tragedy Enjoyer and all... but I do really really hope that in Veilguard there's a solid option between "happily ever after" and "i am against this elf and he must die" for Solas/Solavellan. Like I hope you can play a character in love with him and still make the choice to kill/defeat him without it negating the romance aspect, or something that's still a way to negate his power/abilities but with it being a regretful last resort choice and not something the inquisitor actively wants to do otherwise. this is because i love pain and being hurt emotionally.
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