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A TRAGÉDIA QUE NINGUÉM ESQUECE: TITANIC NO CINEMA - ALÉM DO CLÁSSICO ÉPICO DE JAMES CAMERON
#titanic#james cameron#titanic tragedy#in nacht und eis#silent movies#german movies#saved from the titanic#1912#la hantise#the obsession#atlantic#atlantic movie#cavalcade#titanic 1943#titanic 1997#titanic 1953#a night to remember#sos titanic#raise the titanic
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it belongs to him
#kon el#kon-el#dc#superboy#yj#even though the monologue is from teen titans#teen titans#dcu#guys. guys save me#young justice#gart (gabi’s art)
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i would love to see mitsuri in your art style! im not sure if you post girls to often but i saw you drew daki and thought i'd ask! anyways have an amazing night or dayy!!!
LOVE BEAM CANON
i dont draw women often but i do enjoy the moments when i do, it's very fun!! i really like mitsuri. she scratches the dumb strong airhead with a good heart character type that i adore.
a bonus kimetsu gakuen meme except the version where MY BOYS ARE THERE.
[og image under the cut!]
#null rot#kimetsu gakuen#kimetsu academy#kimetsu no yaiba#kny#demon slayer#mitsuri kanroji#kanroji mitsuri#mitsuri#zohakuten#hantengu#hantengu clones#<- does that count??#cloaked cult member#head in my god damn hands dude. i cant go without my fix for too long. i'll weasel one of the clones into my posts..#karaku is the one taking the photo btw but theyre using sekido's phone#also i really wanted to do this with mitsuri and zohakueten bc its so funny to imagine them in kimetsu gakuen.#this full grown woman beefing with a middle schooler with the vocabulary of an 80 year old man....#delusions -> all cause she got close to you. zo's favorite person...... bUT YOURE MITSURI'S FAVORITE PERSON TOO SO SHE'S NOT GONNA BACK DOW#NOT TO SOME KID EITHER. NOR HIS REALLY PROBLEMATIC OLDER BROTHERS EITHER#SHE'LL SAVE YOU FROM THEIR CLUTCHES#FUCKING ULTRA LOVE BEAM CANON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#mitsuri is so the person to censor herself......... hence the heart censor but zohakuten could care less#a love obsessed girl who's as strong as a fucking titan..... can you imagine?????? bro im sooOOOOOOOOO DOWNNNNNN
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Would love to know your top dick fanfics! any ship any relationships just a big long list of all the dick fics thats you love
You asked, I deliver! Here it is. This is my YEARS worth of saved fics, probably reaching a decade now. I typically don't save fics but these were fics that blew my mind so much that I had to save them so I could read them on repeat:
Camthisky - https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4269959/CamsthiSky
✨Batbros wreck havoc - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12365941/46/Batbros-Wreak-Havoc
✨That torturous thing known as time travel - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11539451/1/That-Torturous-Thing-Known-As-Time-Travel
pupeez4eva - https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2363156/pupeez4eva
(puppez4eva also has an ao3 account which I found out when I left fanfiction.net for ao3 and that might be better for those who aren't also into naruto)
BatFamily moments - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11698022/1/BatFamily-Moments-VOL-1
Snuggle time
What a real brother would know - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7268072/1/What-a-Real-Brother-Would-Know
Rags to better rags - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12457859/1/Rags-To-Better-Rags
✨Cat-astrophic adjustments - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4336565/1/Catastrophic-Adjustments
Home
Bat family mayhem - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8922187/1/Bat-Family-Mayhem
100 rules for robins (past and present) - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10424988/1/100-rules-for-Robins-past-and-current
United, for a while
Batfam volume - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11698022/116/BatFamily-Moments-VOL-1
Beware the nice ones - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10597298/1/Beware-the-Nice-Ones
RobinNightwing drabbles - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11926575/21/RobinNightwing-drabbles
Everybody loves nightwing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/6006628/chapters/13794196
An old and faded wish - https://archiveofourown.org/works/12350700
U be the moon - https://archiveofourown.org/works/18569830/chapters/44018758
A bunch of ridiculousness - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8020829/1/A-Bunch-of-Ridiculousness
Deaged Bruce - https://archiveofourown.org/works/11487030
Danger Do Not Touch - https://archiveofourown.org/works/17478185/chapters/41361302#workskin
Snapshots - https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8392189/1/Snapshots
Well I never - https://archiveofourown.org/works/606644/chapters/1231622#workskin
Bed birds- https://archiveofourown.org/works/7134476
The emotions of dick grayson - https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12377406/1/The-Emotions-of-Dick-Grayson
Best friend Wally https://archiveofourown.org/works/642436/chapters/1622493#workskin
Reverse Batman - https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11476348/12/
Hurt Bird - https://archiveofourown.org/works/12055692/chapters/34959071#workskin
Greatest of ease - https://archiveofourown.org/works/14356827/chapters/33139035
Roy Dick Wally Road trip - https://archiveofourown.org/works/12110007
✨Wild Child Day - https://archiveofourown.org/works/16142630
Let me see what you can do - https://archiveofourown.org/works/274663
Senses - https://archiveofourown.org/works/2191305
100 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/178329
Ghost - https://archiveofourown.org/works/16553459/chapters/44800156#workskin
Learn something new everyday - https://archiveofourown.org/works/16917948
the life we live - https://archiveofourown.org/works/9823250/chapters/35898534#workskin
Snippets - https://archiveofourown.org/works/7937443/chapters/34070646#workskin
How could he - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20101399/chapters/47615518
Prodigal - https://archiveofourown.org/works/19001299/chapters/45122143
Oh, haven’t you heard - https://archiveofourown.org/works/18368177
A zoo for canines - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20140072/chapters/47713588
I trust no one else - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20643143/chapters/49020776
Talon and Slade - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20405788/chapters/48403030
Magic language - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20216167
Massage revenge - https://archiveofourown.org/works/13401747
Finding- https://archiveofourown.org/works/20203798/chapters/47874247
Harem of Older Men - https://archiveofourown.org/series/1365526
Truth of death - https://archiveofourown.org/works/19998694
Talon family - https://archiveofourown.org/works/15887310?view_adult=true
Incubus - https://archiveofourown.org/series/1382872
What do you mean JT is dead - https://archiveofourown.org/works/1321426
Blue Lips TigerDick - https://archiveofourown.org/works/5053699/chapters/12054683#workskin
Tell him I said hello - https://archiveofourown.org/works/9697898?view_adult=true
Boy hostage - https://archiveofourown.org/works/13600854
Robin Criminal Mastermind - https://archiveofourown.org/works/18942745
Joker and Wing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20639540/chapters/49011164
Couldn’t whisper when you needed to shout it - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20821637
Bromance - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4452272
Sladin soulmates - https://archiveofourown.org/works/21726103/chapters/51826423
✨Sladin Maldives - https://archiveofourown.org/works/18823036
God Sladick - https://archiveofourown.org/works/16218494
Demon Grayson- https://archiveofourown.org/works/16407932
Barkeep - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4999171
Catfish- https://archiveofourown.org/works/17097887
Stray - https://archiveofourown.org/works/23456077/chapters/56228041?view_adult=true
Lost boy - https://archiveofourown.org/works/6613165
Crisis - https://archiveofourown.org/works/21661624
Families ever changing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/
Contradiction - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24436804
When September ends - https://archiveofourown.org/works/17423009/chapters/41016644
Ready or not - https://archiveofourown.org/works/23947594
The road to ruin - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24227572/chapters/58371814
Pause in the pendulum - https://archiveofourown.org/works/25395340/chapters/61582948
No point in running away - https://archiveofourown.org/works/25529035/chapters/61941064
Road - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24227572/chapters/60365311#workskin
Strength in lack of continuity - https://archiveofourown.org/works/25155724
I can’t hear you, I can’t see you - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24920668
Without using your hands - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24413746
Haven - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4673621
Three in the morning - https://archiveofourown.org/works/19077334
Beyond the night - https://archiveofourown.org/series/1849201
Starry eyed - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12889765/1/Starry-Eyed
Your call may be interrupted - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10942380/1/Your-Call-May-Be-Interrupted
Simplicity - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8581631/3/Simplicity-yeah-right
End days - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10468069/1/End-Days
Shenanigans - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12542326/1/Shenanigans
Nightwing’s confession - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12895421/1/Nightwing-s-Confession
Oh you pretty thing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4154436
Apprentice au - https://archiveofourown.org/series/2836
Follow Me - https://archiveofourown.org/works/25120675
Mayfriend - https://archiveofourown.org/users/mayfriend/pseuds/mayfriend/works?fandom_id=236208
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#There are some relationships in here that I utterly don't ship at all now#but when I did I saved the to my list because they were so good#please please PLEASSEEEEEEE don't ask me any requests on Jaydick#My journey literally went from Teen Titans animated show and young justice to fanfic so I only found out about Jason THROUGH fanfic#since I hadn't read the comics then. Therefore I shipped them together at them time because I thought their dynamic was awesome#After I read the comics I SOLELY see them as brothers#And it was at a time when YJ only had 1 or 2 seasons out so it was just Dick's team#I can't answer asks about them romantically because I'm not into them that way and don't see them that way anymore so I can't help you#If you like the ship though by all means then keep enjoying it#dick grayson#nightwing#robin dick grayson#jaydick#sladick#birdflash#roydick#john constantine x Dick#dicktiger#Dick grayson's harem of older men#bruce wayne#batman#tim drake#red robin#damian wayne#robin#jason todd#red hood#roy harper#arsenal#wally west
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All I can think about is that Dick and Bruce were killed in the same way: right through the heart.
Titans (Vol. 3) #15
Titans (Vol. 4) #17
#lalalala lalalala elmo's world#btw the first one actually happened. dick was stabbed and killed--but wally reversed time instantly and saved dick#meanwhile the second panel is a memory but what happened in the memory was warped bc of dick's fear#just to clarify#interesting that both cases happened in different titans runs though#maybe because of dick's trauma from his own experience--he projected that happening to bruce#Bruce Wayne#Dick Grayson
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Solas addressing current day Thedas about his plans to bring down the Veil:
#the egg was going to save the elves and lead a rebellion and instead you made it all about mythal and only mythal#by all means have mythal and solas's relationship be fucked#but why minimize Solas's entire past as a freedom fighter for this?? his motivations were lessened so much from what trespasser set up#the game made him so unlikable to me#joplin cut save me </3#that version actually had him helping the elves like he said he was going to do in trespasser -> instead he started two world wars in datv#he absolutely only made life worse for the elves and everyone else on thedas since the moment he woke from his beauty sleep & that's fucked#led to thousands and thousands more dying and the entire south being blighted to hell#make the man whose flaw is that he cares too much cause the most harm to everyone on thedas in its TOTALITY from the titans to this point#they did you dirty solas >:(#people won't remember him in thedas as a freedom fighter post datv -> there will be no songs or legends about the true fen'harel#remembered as he should be as the man who stood up to gods for the slaves -> who risked all he had in the name of freedom against tyrants#instead he set in motion the greatest conflict of the age as well as corypheous -> people will curse his name just like the dalish once did#they will look around at the blighted remains of their lands and the bodies of those they loved and they will blame him and be 100% correct#god it just makes me feel depressed what they did to him#the elves would absolutely be fucked all over again because of this - their gods returning and blighting the world#while another was responsible for it happening in the first place????#then to hint that the forbidden/forgotten ones are still out there as an antagonist too?! stoppppp#datv critical#datv spoilers#bioware critical#dragon age the veilguard
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Grisha: Here is my lengthy personal memoir about all my regrets. I was a young, angry fool. I joined an underground revolutionary sect, where we shared our ideas in secret and made plans to restore Eldian supremacy. I was fueled by the need for revenge and a desire to be powerful, not powerless. It cost me my home, my friends, my child, my wife, and nearly my life. I only survived through a miracle. Ah, I wish I had known then what I know now.
Eren: Is this a Jaegerist training manual?!
#aot#attack on titan#snk#shingeki no kyojin#eren jaeger#warning: floch forster#butterfly meme#it’s actually fucked up that Eren did that#like hmmm who did Floch find out anything about Eldia from Eren#that was your dad trying to save the world#and you just went#thanks dad#I needed some talking points to persuade this one asshole to overthrow the government#cheers for the tips
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I am always thinking TimJay thoughts related to the fact that they have matching scars from getting their throats slit, and not only that, but Jason slit Tim's throat first in an attempt to threaten Bruce, where Tim was nothing more than a pawn for Jason to use to emotionally manipulate Bruce.
batman (1940) #618
And then, just a little while later when Jason is trying to confront Bruce and do his whole dramatic moment with Joker in UTRH, and Bruce slits Jason's throat to stop Jason from killing the Joker.
batman (1940) #650
It makes me so Unwell. They have literal matching scars. When do you think Jason realizes it? When do you think, while running his fingers over the scar he has to always remind himself that Bruce was willing to jeopardize Jason's own life just to save the Joker, Jason realized it was the same scar *he* gave Tim? And does it click for him too, that he and Tim are a lot alike? Being used as pawns in Bruce's game? And for the first time he maybe understands Tim Drake, just another kid trying to get Bruce's attention and approval? And Jason did to Tim exactly what Bruce did to Jason? And that's part of what spurns on Jason's obsession with Tim, trying to "save" Tim from Bruce's ideology?
When they finally get together does it make Jason even more possessive? He put that mark on Tim and now he has his own to match. It's the closest to being understood and loved he's ever felt when Tim runs his fingers over Jason's scar at the same time Jason touches Tim's. Mirrors of each other, in a fun, fucked up little way.
#jaytim#timjay#batcest#tim drake x jason todd#jason todd x tim drake#necrotic festerings#i would've included the proper panel where the batarang slits jasons throat but i've gotta be so honest with you#i can't fucking take that panel seriously. the art is *so* bad. why does jason's face look like that.#it ruins what should be one of the most important moments in jason and bruce's history. everytime i look at it i either laugh or cry#anyway it makes me unwell that jason scars tim first bc i usually see ppl mix this moment up with the titans tower moment#which would make it post-utrh#but no it's from batman: hush which comes first which is so much more fun for me when it comes to jason coping#like first you have to handle knowing the man you saw as a father bataranged your throat to save the guy who killed you#and then you realized he incidently gave you a scar that now matches the scar you gave the replacement you fucking hate?#i'd also be so unwell about it i'd go beat tim's ass at titans tower.#in my timjay little mind this is the true state of jason's complicated weird feelings about tim#the realization they have the same scar forces him to reevaluate his gut reaction to tim's existence#and thus his spiral into obsession and testing tim then trying to recruit tim begins.#i did in fact post this instead of writing fanfic don't mind it. i'm having a time. i'm also avoiding doing dishes.#i like ships besides timjay i SWEAR they're just on the mind as of recent
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Your friendly reminder that just because Percy is the strongest demigod that does not make every other character weak and helpless :)
#I get it I get it Percy's powerful#but Jason fought a titan w his bear hands#Hazel killed GAIA all by herself#thalia saved three people from getting killed by cyclopes#Nico literally has one shotted people with death touch#COME ON GUYS!!!!#pjo#percy jackson#heroes of olympus#hoo#jason grace#hazel levesque#thalia grace#nico di angelo
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Who's opinions you should not trust on various characters:
Jason and Dick stans: On bruce
Tim stans: On Damian
Damian stans: on Talia
#logic: jason and dick stans generally are fine with as bad portrayals as possible of bruce to give their faves angst#but dont like it when their faves are portrayed bad and dont count it#tim stans gneerally hate damian or want him out of the way and incompetent and are fine iwth him being written bad to prop others up#ive had damian stans tell me (a damian stan) that talia being written by morrison is IC but that adam glass titans doesnt count for#damian when like... both terrible character assassination anyway#and lots of time they just want talia to give damian angst or for him to be saved from her#*swings bat at hornets nest*
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These fanon Tim Drake takes/fanfictions that paint him as the ultimate victim during the Morrrison era were always annoying, but if you're looking for a character to write fix it fanfictions about because they got abandoned by their family when they went through a lot of losses and lost themselves in the process, ran away from everything and only had the batfamily try to bring them back home ages after they had already run away and only after first blaming the kid and then not prioritizing bringing that kid back, then Damian from 2018 to 2020 is right there?
Where are my 1000+ fanfictions about that?
#damian wayne#seriously#nobody in the batfamily gave a fuck when Damian stopped living with Bruce to be with his Teen Titans team#Damian losing Dick then Jon and then Alfred got retconned in as his reasons to turn dark only at the end of the book#when DC finally realized that maybe turning Damian into their next big bad/baby Hitler is freaking stupid#after city of bane they tried to blame Alfred's death on Damian even though he had just been following orders#Alfred had also been absolutely not been helpful during their last conversation cob and compared him to Ra's#All these things people project onto Tim for some reason actually happened to Damian and I don't see tons of fanfictions about that#on top of that the only character that ever apologized for letting him down was Bruce but in ways that pretty much still blamed Damian#I'm sorry you felt the need to save Alfred alone#you asshole ordered him to become a hostage and told him Alfred had gotten away. Damian didn't try to save Alfred alone.#I never blamed you for Alfred's death. Yes you did you refused to comfort him when he ran away crying from the wake#and a hallucination of Alfred confirmed you held him failing to stop Bane from killing Alfred against him#like what the hell#all the mistreatment people think Tim went through happened to Damian yet nobody cares
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i hate titania *puts pictures of her up against my wall*
my thoughts on her are… complicated. so much so that i can make a whole post about it but for now take these doodles. girl failure <3
#solarballs#art#solarballs titan#solarballs titania#solarballs uranus#not a ship post between titan/titania btw. if it wasnt obvious#i have so many thoughts on her but i could never truly hate her shes just a girl#its ok titania i’ll save you from the writers!!!!
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realizing how the reason i love the idea of solas healing the blight in the black city is so much is probably because of my own fmab bias where i imagine it like him talking to each of the titans severed spirits and preserving their identity the way hohenheim talks to all 536,329 xerxian souls inside of him to preserve their humanity and one day they repay his kindness by sacrificing themselves for the modern amestrians. bioware would never pull off something this brilliant but this is how it is in my head
#in da5 when solas and lavellan pop out of the fade to help defeat the executors its with the power the titans#who give their remaining power to somehow save the day#not because they forgive solas for what he did but because they love their children and the world they were stolen from#solas should probably sacrifice himself too#like hoho does by losing all the souls that made him immortal#but in his wifes arms and after a century of healing he would do it happily dont you think...#mine.txt
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Dc x dp idea 34
Danny gets sent back in time often to fix disasters. This causes problems.
Danny is a member of the teen titans in this. Amity has been handled portal shut down by the league. The minute the anti ecto acts were suggested they acted and nipped it in the bud. As Danny is a teen in this that’s we’re he goes.
Now Danny never really stated his status as a halfa. Just indirectly said his parents caused him to have the second form.
One day there is a huge threat. Now there are rumors the ghost king is kind and protective of earth. In the past there are records of him helping. At the same time warnings he will bring destruction. Two very distinct personalities.
Danny tries to stop them but it’s too late. As he is the one who sealed pariah not the ancients. The summoning worked as it had no magic backing it.
Cue pariah instantly attacking Danny raving about how he took away his victory. Now they have two threats at once. Danny takes down pariah and becomes king.
Now the split personalities makes sense especially when Danny actually discloses some information. Like the fact he had time traveled and clockwork likes to make him fix things.
#danny fenton#danny phantom#dc x dp#dp x dc#dp dc crossover#dp x dc prompt#dp x dc crossover#justice league#ghost king danny#teen titans#why would he reveal he is a ghost#everyone in town figures it out#why wouldn’t the superhero’s#Danny wants to keep helping people#help save the world#amity just doesn’t have what he wants#plus his parents aren’t good#so the hero’s did want a super powered child away from the ghost hunters#even if the parents commites to change#it wouldn’t be a healthy environment
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Me, naively: Omg haha what if I wrote a fic abt the party at the fortress of solitude in superman/batman 26 as an excuse to do some Tim & Kon character study?
Me, after reading 4 separate comic runs from 4 different editorial teams who were OBVIOUSLY not talking to each other AT ALL to try and figure out the timeline & other logistics of this party: WHO THE FUCK FUCKED UP THIS HOUSE LIKE THIS GOOD GOD??????????
#long rant in the tags my fault guys#but#superman/batman LOVED to do this thing where they mentioned some major plot point from last issue#but that issue is connected to some grander larger story that has nothing to do w Tim or Kon directly#but bc it’s something they might talk abt now I have to read that whole arc#n I know what ur thinking omg Dionne why didn’t u check the wiki?#ITS LITERALLY NOT THERE#LEX WAS LITERALLY PRESUMED DEAD AFTER S/B ISSUE 6 AND THE WIKI MAKES NO MENTION OF IT ALL#this isn’t even COUNTING trying to figure out where the fuck they would have time for this in between dealing w deathstroke n saving raven#and skimming over that era of Robin to see what Tim has got going on#willingham era robin is better than Dixon at acknowledging Tim’s team presence but it’s still pretty annoying at points#and popping into the outsiders for a couple issues cuz the titans bother them every like … 8 issues#it would be funny if they weren’t nearly losing their lives n causing major property damage every single time#AND I had to do a quick green arrow drive by cuz I couldn’t tell if it would be accurate or not to have Mia there#and DONT GET ME STARTEDDDDDDDD ON THE FORTRESS#SOMETHING THE WIKI IS ALSO NOT HELPFUL WITH#sometimes i wonder why they thought it was smart to reboot post crisis#and then I open up the dc fandom wiki as greeted with the knowledge that Superfamily have not one or 2 but FOUR DIFFERENT FORTRESSES#they be destroying that shit every Tuesday??????#must also make mention cuz I know how yall get on here#I am not complaining bc I hate canon#in fact I am doing this out of love#research is my favorite part of the fic process after brainstorming#it’s just A LOT sometimes#and I VERY strongly believe that you can only play with canon when you actually know it#kon el#tim drake#timkon#deep diving into some comics? :) deep diving into some bitches? :(#in the most literal sense there is
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(Same anon) It's also just a lot harder for me because Solas in Inquisition was trying to take down the Veil in a world that was genuinely shitty to elves, mages, and spirits (nvm that until this game I was 100% sure that he was trying to do this more for the ancient elves, like why else imply there are more out there to Abelas? I guess he was just being polite?) Veilguard depicts Thedas as being largely okay with mages and spirits even outside of Tevinter and pointedly doesn't depict racism against elves outside a handful of throwaway lines. So they had him going at this with the same conviction from DAI, of a man trying to reverse the slow genocide of his people, but they've boiled his motivations down to "The Veil is unnatural" Like. How much more awesome if we could have convinced him not to destroy the world because of a culmination of choices in this game and all the others that made Thedas a kinder place idk man. ngnegnwgnf sorry for ranting in your inbox, I still liked Solas enough in this game but it was really bittersweet that they just dumbed down his motivations. I love your idea for influencing the Inky though, it definitely should have been a choice closer to the end and allowed for more variations (ideally all Inkies should have that, not just the Solavellans)
Hello again, Anon! :)
100% agree that the sanitization of the world and lore absolutely hurts Solas's motivations - especially if you look at it solely from what Veilguard gives us and with no background from previous games. All of the previous games, mostly Origins, were really effective in conveying how shit life could be for an elf - and how inbuilt this prejudice against the elves was in all aspects of Thedas.
The chant of light removing the canticle of Shartan, the march on the Dales, the struggles of the Dalish to simply live, the treatment of elves by the ruling class/chantry/ and others in general...it all painted such a bleak outlook for the elves and showed how ingrained this prejudice was in all aspects of Thedas. They had no way out - the structures of power in Thedas would fight them at every turn - which was why Solas being set up as a way for them to fight against all these systems was so compelling! You want the elves to win - but it will be at the cost of everything else if Solas goes ahead with his plan.
(You can definitely also make an argument that perhaps he's using them just to restore the world from before -> Felassan argued with him about this: to see the world as it was as real and worth improving.)
DATV felt divorced from the previous games, and its reluctance to meaningfully go into issues surrounding the lives of elves in Thedas - all the ugliness that brings - really did nothing to add to Solas's motivations for bringing down the Veil. If anything, I got the impression that he does not see anyone in Thedas as being 'real' and that he's simply doing it out of regret and to soothe his own ego/guilt. If this game wanted me to be sympathetic towards Solas it didn't do a good job of making me feel it, especially when you look at the totality of everything that Solas has done.
What I took from Trespasser was that Solas wanted to heal the wound he had left on the world - the Veil - and what he had inadvertently done to the elves. He had given everything he had to free the elven people from oppression and tyranny, only to inadvertently leave them vulnerable to the same oppression from others -> taking away their magic and long lives in the process. He was so blinded by his goal (stopping the evanuris) that he failed to see what his own actions might have wrought in the process.
Trespasser set up the 'Elven Rebellion 2.0' with a Solas who was torn between the world he once knew and the world it had become in spite of his intentions. Does he truly care about the elven people in current Thedas? Or does he just care about the world that came before? In DAI he was such a fascinating character because he could be so polarizing! People loved him! People hated him! Both were correct!
But starting the game with the ritual, sanitizing the world (no real signs of conflicts about spirits, mages, elves, anything really etc...), and simplifying his motivations to "fix fade -> be immortal/magic -> profit"...it just feels so shallow.
Solas: "Long before we met, I failed my oldest friend. She died for that failure. If I leave the Veil in place, I am destroying the world she wanted."
He spells his motivations out pretty clearly at the end and it's just...Mythal? He doesn't seem to care about the elves that are currently living in Thedas - not even Lavellan. Like you said, in Tresspasser I also got the impression that he wanted stop the slow genocide of his people. But apparently it was 'Mythal All Along'!
The lack of supporters/agents really gives him no credence to say that this is anything that the elves want - elven Rook can even call him out on it and he doesn't care. For a character whose own trauma began with bring coerced into a body he didn't want he doesn't give a shit about doing the same to thousands of other elves.
It's far less compelling, to me at least, than what I felt was set up in DAI: the Dread Wolf, god of rebellion, rallying elves after ages of systematic abuse and oppression with the goal of liberating his people and restoring the world that was - the world he inadvertantly denied them with the consequences of his actions. Instead it's just Solas doing his own thing because he's right and he needs to fix what he did wrong for Mythal.
It would have been great to be able to convince him to change his mind/ pursue another path as a result of the culmination of our actions throughout the series. It could be a nice nod to our past decisions and a nice conclusion to see the results of those choice in missives/codex entries. Same as the 'south can repel the blight' counter idea, have their be some kind of 'convince Solas to pursue another option' tally that demonstrates that this world is willing to change and he should be too.
#Thanks for the ask!#the same anon who asked about the lavellan ending :)#the sanitized lore/world absolutely hurt the game - especially the elves#his motivations could also extend to wanting to restore the titans but the game emphasizes that mythal is the key to what he's doing#which is weird since he ends up killing her in DAI?? lmao#solas is just really unlikeable in datv for me#his character regressed because they didn't want to address DAI and add nuance to how his relationship was with the Inquisitor + companions#so all that meaning behind 'you could all be real' is just gone#elven rook can mention how hard it is being an elf and then that's it basically - the game needs to show me this and not just tell me!#feels like solas just chose the most nuclear option to 'help' the elves#again if you like Solas/think this game handled him well this isn't an attack or anything! Just my opinion!#this game does so little to convince me that he gives a damn about anyone in Thedas as it is now - not even Lavellan#did a lavellan playthough -> did the 'happy ending' -> reloaded to a previous save and kicked his ass into the fade because i hated it lmao#he's the best part of the game - but any likeable qualities he had are over-riden by my dislike of everything else#one day i will be able to divorce 'dai solas' from 'datv solas' and enjoy him as a character again but it is not this day#working on another ask I got as well! it's coming I'm just slow and bad with grammar :)#asks#datv spoilers#datv critical#dragon age the veilguard#veilguard critical
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