#i think regret is so powerful as a prison lock bc anyone who believes themselves to be a god lacks the self awareness to even FEEL regret | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lavellane · 14 days ago

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thinking about how that solavellan ending actually Works for lavellans who want that hopeful ending but arent as forgiving abt the whole situation as veilguard presented it. and i do think in ashara's case, yes, she goes with him out of love, but more so out of duty. post trespasser she drops the name lavellan in favor of her family name, dhavise, since her place in the clan had already been cast into question and her allegiances with the chantry/solas are cause for doubt as to whether she's even welcome back anymore. but i think by the end of veilguard she's reaffirmed her identity as Lavellan no matter what, and truly does see herself as the Keeper of not just her own clan but of her whole modern people, and with that rekindled purpose she chooses to watch over them all by way of watching over fen'harel. protecting them by protecting him from himself. which ironically is the reason the dalish HAVE keepers in the first place

#oc: ashara #datv spoilers #datv #tay plays datv #sorry but we're doing solavellan tag essays again i fear #i am so :))))) abt lavellan's capacity to be for solas EXACTLY what varric was for rook in that prison #a guide. a reminder. an anchor. a hope.#started from the bottom (''fen'harel ma ghilana'') now we're here ("ar ghilana fen'harel'') !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#anyway the way i imagine the prison situation is that its exactly like any other place in the fade. changeable depending on emotion #and interpretation and point of view.#i think regret is so powerful as a prison lock bc anyone who believes themselves to be a god lacks the self awareness to even FEEL regret #so it WORKED for the evanuris. but it didnt work for rook because they arent a god and facing regret IS possible for them! and then like #the solas ending where he says “i am a GOD” Guarantees he cant escape bc hes PAST that point. the neutral ending leaves it open to anything #but the redemption ending is the one where he most clearly reaffirms that he is NOT a god and so the capacity for him to impact the walls #by facing its nature and by extension his OWN nature is... hopeful :) so i think its probably gonna look like it did in the game for a whil #but it will heal as he does :) im picturing a little house where everything seems a little bit brighter day by day #and when regret creeps back in and the fade reflects that then lavellan is there to fix it. and fix it again. and again and again if needed #until it finally DOES look like the way that end mural presented it. dare i say the black city goldened ...........

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