#i also think it parallels w inq being forced into the andraste herald role even if they dont believe it regardless of race | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

citrusai · 24 days ago

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i started inquisition when i was like. fifteen i think. and even then i really didn't get the numerous fan posts about how annoying solas is / up his own ass when the game time & time again feeds us tidbits of a broken down shell of a man who's going on a suicide mission to fix what he thinks he broke when he cast the old gods out. yeah his attitude about the dalish at the start of the game is insufferable but if you play as a dalish inq regardless of your rs w him he clearly admits he's blinded by his own bias to have recognized that the dalish are trying their best to reach for something long gone, revered only in tales & tomes.

#dragon age thoughts #da:i #da:i playthrough #solas thoughts #idk i just... i never thought he was imposing his views on the player i guess? like it felt more like commentary of someone #whos seen far too much and has held onto that bitterness for decades #like obvs we dont know hes ancient until trespasser but. like his attitudes & talks like it's all so. self deprecating?#the random party banter like you can hear the self loathing esp when youre in the dales or when hes asked ab life as an elf #also i think navigating the world whilst you see your own people cast you as a trickster & a terrifying figure to meet must be difficult #to be driven from your true nature and to be punished by history for what others made you become is a horrible thing #i also think it parallels w inq being forced into the andraste herald role even if they dont believe it regardless of race #one day your entire world shifts on its axis. the world moves on. but not you. because you'll never be who you were before all of this.

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