#solas dai

[hillectant]

yeah im a solas husband so WHAT!!!

#my art #solavellan #hanen (oc) #my oc #dragon age inquisition #dragon age inquistor #dragon age inquisitor fanart #dragon age inquistion spoilers #solas dai #solas dragon age #inquisitor lavellan #solas x male lavellan

[motriarch]

Fenharel

#solas #dragon age inquisition #dragonage #solas dragon age #fenharel #dragon age #dread wolf #solas dai #dread wolf rises #solas da3 #solas romance #solas fan art #solasmancer #solavellan #dragon age art

[eloriellevalen]

"I like the stories where the villain was the man beside you the whole time." - Varric.

.

Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by a Bioware game ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶

#dragon age inquisition #dai #Solas #solas dragon age #solas dai #da: dreadwolf

[freesidexjunkie]

Solas: there's an elven artifact nearby

My husband, grumpy that i continue to romance him: solas you're an elven artifact you old ass motherfucker

#solas #solas dread wolf #da solas #solas dai #solas dragon age #solavellen hell #da:i #da: inquisition #dragon age inquisition #dragon age

[dadanime]

I can’t believe the end of dreadwolf is just gonna be you walking into the final confrontation only to find Solas on the ground with Fenris beating the absolute breaks off him for turning him into a mage

#dragon age #dragon age dreadwolf #solas dai #solas dragon age #fenris #fenris dragon age

[hejee]

doodles ft myrella and solas (two hags talking about nerd stuff)

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #lavellan #solavellan #solas dai #myrella is 36-37 at the beginning of inquisition #therefore she is a semi-milf in the making #she looks different years back bc my art style changed so drastically like lmao what happened #i need to draw them more bro i need to see them kiss and #hey it’s my art

[emmahdraws]

Let’s just say that BG3 has gotten me back into dragon age which has gotten me back into art. I’ve been working on this particular piece on and off for a few months, trying to perfect my technique in procreate! Enjoy <3

Solas, bright and sad, observes and accepts

spirit self, seeing the soul, Solas, but somehow sorrows.

#my art #i got too lazy to add details on the armour oops #can’t wait to beat him up in DAD #i missed painting #dragon age art #dragon age #da fanart #dragon age fanart #solas #solas dai #solas dragon age #solas fan art #egghead

[ly-art]

Solas, you're an idiot

I just rewatched the scene after he kisses you in the Fade because I was a bit researching for my fic and... that idiot just send me laughing. This is just..

"You were the one who started with tongue."

"I did no such thing!"

"Oh, so it doesn't count if its just Fade tongue?"

"It has been a while and things have always been easier for me in the Fade."

1. DUDE, THATS YOUR EXCUSE??

2. I bet it is, mister I don't want to answer the "Were you more than friends with some spirits"

(Am I broken for laughing?)

#dragon age #solas #dai #lavellan #inquisitor lavellan #solas dragon age #solas dai #solavellan hell #solavellan #solasmance #solas x inquisitor #dragon age inquisition

[teturelira]

Even the Dread Wolf needs to worship someone

#artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #art #my art #da solas #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dragon age inquisitor fanart #dragon age lavellan #solas x female lavellan #solas dai #solavellen hell #solavellan #solas dread wolf #inquisitor lavellan

[hillectant]

version without the tiles, i like this one better

#my art #solas x male lavellan #solavellan #solas dai #solas dragon age #dragon age inquisitor fanart #dragon age inquistor #dragon age inquistion spoilers #dragon age inquisition

[motriarch]

#solas #dragon age inquisition #dragonage #illustration #solas dragon age #fenharel #dragon age #dread wolf #solas dai #dread wolf rises #illustrator #solas da3 #solas romance #dragon age art #solas fan art #solasmancer #solavellan

[kcwriter-blog]

Another Take on Solas' Conversation About the Dalish and Other Things

I know I’m preaching to the choir, but I’ve been seeing enough negative takes on Solavellan and Solasmancers in general on my dash that I feel the need to vent a little. I realize that most negative takes boil down to “I hate this ship and there is something very wrong with you if you like it” and I mostly ignore them but this time I have a few thoughts to share under the cut.

As far as I can tell, the dislike starts with the conversation between Solas and the Inquisitor about the Dalish. Apparently, this comes off as condescending? I’m pretty sure the people that use that word don’t know what it means. The way Vivienne speaks to the Inquisitor is condescending. Solas is just angry and bitter. 

If he were being condescending, the conversation would be more along the lines of “My dear, I understand that having grown up among the Dalish, you are going to be a bit biased, but really you can’t possibly believe that the Dalish know everything there is to know about their history.” Condescension is being simultaneously polite and catty. It’s The Game.

Back to the conversation. Solas tells Lavellan on the way to the Temple of Ashes that his dealings with the Dalish did not go well. He tried to tell them about their history, they didn’t like what he had to say because it contradicted their beliefs, and they tossed him out on his “flat” ears. He also says that the Dalish did not believe he was one of them. 

He’s understandably bitter but not entirely for the reasons we think. Yes, part of it is about ego, but mostly it’s about how closed-minded the Dalish are. Solas hates closed mindedness. He values curiosity and he is willing to debate ideas. He went to the Dalish because as the self-proclaimed keepers of elvish lore and the people searching to reclaim their lost history, he thought they would not only listen but be excited to learn more. They weren’t.

When Lavellan asks about his views on elven culture, he lashes out. Not because he thinks she’s stupid but because he expects her to be as closed-minded as the Dalish he has already met. 

Lavellan for her part can react in several different ways. People that don’t like the romance assume that the top option where she calls him ha’ren is her agreeing with him. It isn’t.

I used to work in human resources back in the dinosaur age. My job was to listen to employee complaints and keep them from suing the company. I was taught how to make an employee think I was on their side without actually agreeing with them. That’s what I think the top response is. She needs his expertise. She needs him to be on her side. Antagonizing him doesn’t help her so she decides to diffuse the situation. 

She addresses him respectfully. Then she says, “If the Dalish have done you a disservice.” She isn’t saying, “Yeah dude they were jerks.” She is saying If (a conditional) which roughly translates to “I wasn’t there. I don’t know what happened, but you seem pretty upset.” She isn’t agreeing just acknowledging his feelings. 

She continues with “I would make that right.” She knows he’s upset because they didn’t listen to him. It costs her nothing to say, “I’m willing to listen and keep an open mind.” That’s all she is saying. She doesn’t say she is going to believe him. She is not going to go out among the Dalish and preach the gospel of Solas. She’s just willing to listen. 

She then turns it back on him. She asks a question. “What course would you set for them?” Again, she’s not agreeing with him. She’s simply asking him to stop bitching and figure out how the Dalish could do what he is suggesting.

The end result is that Solas apologizes, recognizes that there isn’t a way for the Dalish to do what he wants them to do and settles down. Is he still salty? Sure. He also recognizes he shouldn’t take that out on Lavellan. 

Most of Solas’ conversations with Lavellan run along the same lines. He tells her about the pre-Veil world, she says “It sounds like it would be wonderful.” Again, not agreeing that it was, just that the way he describes it sounds wonderful. There are a lot of other examples. 

Basically, Lavellan is smart and canny. She can meet Solas as an equal on his own ground. She is willing to admit he knows stuff she doesn’t and to take his advice if it seems sound. She doesn’t have to, and yeah, he can be salty about that, but the only reason we don’t know if your other advisors disapprove of you disagreeing with them is that their approval system is hidden. 

You can disagree with him and still gain enough approval to trigger the romance etc. All you have to do is ask questions, keep an open mind, help other people and be merciful when you sit in judgement. It’s not that hard. 

I’ve heard it said that he treats her like a child who doesn’t know anything. Hello? Is there another Fade expert in the house? Does your Lavellan know everything there is to know about The Fade, spirits and demons? No. No more than she knows about spying, the nobility or directing an army. No one thinks what Cullen tells the Inquisitor is condescending or treating her like she is a child or an idiot. Also Solas does know a lot of things she doesn‘t because he was there. He is sharing that info. He won’t share it if you don’t ask him questions about it. 

Another charge. Solas is cold. He is certainly aloof but in his post-Fade kiss conversation with Lavellan he is almost playful. He is concerned about where it might lead but he is almost happy. He admits he isn’t usually thrown by things that happen in dreams, but he is “reasonably certain we are awake, now and he would enjoy talking.” That’s not someone cold and aloof. That is someone reaching out.

Another charge. Solas makes Lavellan chase him. Nope. As attracted as Solas is to Lavellan he would much rather she focus her attentions elsewhere. That’s why he asks for time to think. He’s hoping she will wander off and flirt with someone else. Lavellan drives the relationship. He gives in against his better judgement. It isn’t a game to him.  

Another comment is that you have to work hard and break down a lot of barriers to romance him. Um, yes? He is constantly saying he has trust issues. If Lavellan wants to pursue a relationship knowing that, then she only has herself to blame for the outcome. 

I’ll just end by saying I was in a truly toxic, emotionally abusive relationship. Not the kind of relationship where you get a drink with friends and say “Yeah he was totally toxic.” The kind of relationship where you need professional therapy to deal with it. If anyone is going to be triggered by that romance it would be me. I’m not. I know what it is like to be condescended to, to have someone constantly say or imply that you are incompetent and worthless. Solas doesn’t do those things. He is impressed by her, he admires her, he thinks she is competent enough to go to when he needs help. He tells her that. Trust me, an emotional abuser does none of those things. 

Anyway, thanks for listening. 

#solas #dragon age inquisition #dragon age #solavellan #dai #fen'harel #solasmance #solas dragon age #solas dread wolf #dai solas #dragon age dreadwolf #solas romance #solas x lavellan #lavellan #solas x female lavellan #solas dai #da solas #da4 #dread wolf #dragon age: dreadwolf #solas meta

[dailydadoodles]

i got nothing for today's doodle :/

#solas #dragon age #dai #dragon age inquisition #solas dragon age #solas dai #da doodles

[freesidexjunkie]

"If the Dalish could raise someone with a spirit like yours... have I misjudged them?"

This isn't blind flattery towards the Inquisitor. It's not "I'm questioning my whole plan of world ending because I have a crush" (if you romanced him.) "Have I misjudged them?"

He woke up and saw a hollow, empty, husk of a world with husks of people walking around, bickering and fighting over everything and nothing. He didn't expect to find beauty here. He didn't expect to find friends to care about (and he does genuinely care about them, in his party banter and dialogue). He didn't expect to find someone to love. Has he misjudged the Dalish, in his haste to write them off as a pale imitation? Has he misjudged the worth of this world?

The implications of that are staggering though. Imagine you have a house with your family. The house is rotten through and through; mildewed and molded, rotten floorboards, leaking ceilings. Doors and windows don't close, holes in the walls, termite-riddled supports. But there is no other house to live in. What do you do? Do you let your family keep living in that house, cold and wet and sick? Do you try to fix it? Where do you start? How much work will these renovations take? When do you start to consider that you could just tear the house down, and build a new one? You don't want to leave your loved ones with nowhere to live, but look at this house. It won't last like this. They deserve better.

So you do it. You start to tear down the house, even though it's a big risk. The biggest you've ever taken. But now, in this transitional period, where you're finally free to build a better house with sturdy walls and strong supports and a watertight roof and windows that shut - you lose your whole family. They can't live without a house.

You can't live without one, either. But imagine you come back, decades later, to find the house even more run down and destroyed. And there are people living in it. People who don't seem to care that the house is in such a sorry state - it's the only way they've ever known the house. And even though it's so ruined and rotten, it's far better than no house. They can't live without a house, either. But these squatters, these primitive, unrefined, barely grasping at how to live people. They are still in the house. The house you tried to tear down to build a better one. And maybe if you can just build a new house, a really good house, your family can come back. Or at least you can start to reclaim what you lost. And this miserable, dilapidated, sorry excuse for a shack is nothing but a sore on your memory now. The people inside are nothing compared to your family.

So you knock a giant fucking hole in the side of the wall. Didn't help, but you didn't get caught, and the people inside welcome you with open arms. You say you can help them, you know a lot about the house. Your nature isn't cruel and callous; you took these big risks in the first place because you can't help but care about people. So why does it surprise you so much when you start to care about these people? They're little more than children rooting around in the dirt, struggling to understand the house. They don't even know how bad the house is.

The house can't be left standing the way it is. That's very clear. But tearing it down, to make way for the house you dreamt of building... wouldn't that doom these people too? But can you let them keep living like this, in this filth and muck? You hate this house, this house that's taken everything from you. You want to destroy it and build a better home for all of you. Maybe even your family; if not them, you can build something new and reclaim what you lost trying to fix this house. But the house isn't a blight to the people here now; it's home, as horrid as it is. It's where they've loved and lived and wept.

Do you still try to repair what you can, piece by piece? Hoping your hands can replace the rot faster than it spread? Do you leave the house the way it is, pretend it's better to have this than nothing, even knowing how soon it could be nothing? The people here are sick, cold, dirty - just like your family. They're suffering, even if it is home. How do you handle this?

There are no easy or right answers. If you ignore the rot, it will spread; the effort it will take to fix the house might be more than building a new one, and people will fight you every step of the way to preserve their image of the house's wonky beauty. If you do tear it down, the people here now might die of exposure. If you told them you wanted to tear it down, they'd fight you tooth and nail; if you didn't, they'd still be inside when it came tumbling down. You'd lose more people. How much do you care about these people? Can you even reclaim your family, even if you do build the new house?

There don't feel like any right answers. The only wrong answer feels like inaction. But what action can you possibly take?

#solas #da solas #solas dragon age #solas dread wolf #solas dai #dread wolf #dragon age #da:i #da: inquisition #dragon age inquisition #solas apologist and I will die on this hill

[decimdraws]

Never drew Solas before, so here he is twice! Continuing exploring art nouveau / Mucha-esque style.

#dragon age #dragon age fanart #dragon age fandom #dragon age inquisition #solas dai #solas dragon age #solas dread wolf #fenharel #that armour! #da inquisition #solas

[rock-teh-elf]

May the voting begin

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #dragon age 2 #da2 #dragon age origins #dragon age community #anders #anders da2 #da2 anders #fenris #fenris da2 #da2 fenris #ironbull #iron bull #the iron bull #solas #solas dai #dai solan #cullen rutherford #alistair theirin #zevran arainai