#but its hard to cite his sources until the veil jumpers start finding artifacts with more archive spirits

[jkateel]

hobbies include but are not limited to:

Painting

Reading

Learning several new instruments

Composing songs and compositions in Elven that are mostly about his love for Lavellan. Orlais picks up a few and Lavellan cannot attend a concert for some time because the second-hand embarrassment is too much.

Writing scathing letters to the College of Enchanters/Circle of Magi (or both, depending on your world state), with criticism of their, in his opinion, subpar curriculum and rigid magical theories based far too heavily on Chantry dogma, until finally they write back to say "well you come teach then."

In contrast, he starts a friendly correspondence with one Professor Emmrich Volkarin, a fellow Fade expert and author of several tomes Solas found fascinating. The debates between them are lively and spirited and cover a broad range of subjects. One day, their letters will be published and become the foundation of several groundbreaking magical theories.

Cooking, but he's terrible at it because his tastes are so eclectic, and Lavellan finally says, "Solas, I'm rich, we can hire a chef already."

Occasionally joining Lavellan on her many trips across Thedas with a map of all the ruins he wants to stop at to sleep in

Teaching the Dalish clans that camp near their home about their history and language (that he was once Fen'Harel is still shocking to them, but thanks to the efforts of the Inquisition scholars and the Veil Jumpers, they have learned his past and understand he is not as the stories claim). He is especially fond of two Dalish in particular: a talented mage who rebuilt an Eluvian with just a fragment of the mirror, and the other an engineer who can take a millennia-old artifact and get it functioning again

Visiting the place in the Fade where his friend once roamed, and crying the day he finds a young spirit forming from its essence

Napping

Eating Lavellan out

I think Solas would really have loved being The Inquisitor’s funky little apostate hobo boyfriend. Like, he gets to offer advice but he’s not the driving force of anything. If he had been brave in Crestwood, he would’ve lived his dreams of being a house husband who does little hobbies and rubs Lavellan’s shoulders after a long day