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not enough orbs in video games these days. 15 years ago games were all about finding orbs. there was nothing wrong with that.

#lmao #omg #Solas #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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 I was curious about whether Solas looks at Lavellan differently from an inquisitor he is friends with, so I watched both cutscenes simultaneously. The differences are subtle, but present. These were taken during the same pauses after the same lines. He looks much sadder talking to you when you are in a romance with him.

When asked “What about the future?” his expression is hardened, bitter, and focused around the romanced inquisitor throughout the entirety of his next line. The conversation is difficult for him. He is neutral with a high approval inquisitor.

 Interestingly enough, his expressions are almost exactly the same when answering the questions about his plans. It does not deviate again (save for the few special lines only romanced Lavellans can say) until you bring up the mark (right before he removes it), but that one involves different camera angles and completely different actions on his part.

“It’s getting worse.”

 High Approval Inquisitor response: *pause* Yes. I’m sorry. And we are almost out of time.  Romanced Lavellan response: I know, vhenan. And we are running out of time.

 It looks like he had to prepare himself much more for a conversation with a romanced inquisitor vs a friendly one. He is hardening himself, shutting her out, almost the entire time. The only time his guard drops are in the beginning when he first sees her, and when he has to make physical contact with her to remove the mark.  

If anyone wants, I’ll make a gif version of this.

#solavellan #dragon age #ow ow ow ow ow #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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Merry Christmas!

#art #dakkun39 #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #cole #christmas #cute! #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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素敵なクリスマスを！

#art #dakkun39 #!!!!! #dragon age #dragon age 2 #da2 #hawke #garrett hawke #m!hawke #anders #handers #merry holidays

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#art #dakkun39 #dragon age #dragon age 2 #!!! #hawke #m!hawke #garrett hawke #carver hawke #merrill #merry holidays #he's wearing halla antlers omg <3

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also i keep thinking about like. when we say solas is lonely it isn’t just that he’s currently alone, but also that even when he was leading the rebellion, he was alone. he basically lays out his tactics to sera in banter, and those tactics involve no agent knowing the full plans so they can’t betray you. he was alone at the top that whole time, because confiding in someone as an equal would’ve put the entire rebellion at risk. 

and that last romance scene, where he was prepared to tell lavellan everything……like, part of it has to be that that desperate vacuum, that hollow ache in him of not being able to connect to anyone, not being able to be honest and vulnerable for god knows how long is finally at its maximum pressure and he only barely manages to keep the lid on it and then he’s got to break it off or it’s going to fucking blow

#many feelings about this #Solas :((((( #text post #arlathen #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #solavellan #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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#ohhhhh my god #at the first gif I was trying to puzzle out what scene it was from #then it continued and OH that just hit me so hard #this is so beautiful #and the lighting! #she's bathed in warm golden light and he's veiled in a cool blue #the contrast! #the drama! #This is so well done!!! #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #lavellan #inquisitor lavellan #solavellan #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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Rien de spécial 🥰🥰

#art #muffinpoop1 #he do magic <3 <3 <3 #this gives me big nostalgia feelings for some reason #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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#it's true #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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Come with me, vhenan.

Gifset of the happy half of meeting up with Solas in Crestwood and getting the vallaslin removed. I kinda dig the aerial cut of the last few seconds of removing it, it turned out better than I expected.

Solas Gifset Masterpost

#this is so beautifully done! #gif #gifset #thelyonface #<3 #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #lavellan #inquisitor lavellan #solavellan #crestwood #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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What are you doing right now? Are you taking yourself seriously? Stop that. It’s time to have fun and make terrible art. Revel in your vices. Life is short, let’s be hedonists.

#<3 #let's be hedonists #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

#elf ear #:D #art #myskylark #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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this is one of my favorite moments honestly 

#lmaooo #his response cracks me up so hard #you can hear the eyeroll #and he likes the inquisitor's response because he loves a good droll comment #<3 #gaarrus #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #perfection #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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I’ll be there in just a m i nu t e for the f o n d ling

#<3 #art #this is such perfection #the f o n d ling #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #<3 <3 <3 #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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Some Solas sketches to practice lines for a change 😅

#art #nipuni #expressive! #so lovely! #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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SPOILERS! So … I’m impressed with the latest DLC. Very fast and very terrible sketch, but I had to do it at least schematically

Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser

#this is so striking! #art #purplemeow12345 #so much emotion! #I love this! #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #solavellan #lavellan #inquisitor lavellan #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue

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small solas moments i love:

solas immediately going to help an injured couple while you speak to giselle on your first trip to the hinterlands. while some cutscenes in inquisition end up having generic animations for when the character could be one of any of the companions, this animation is unique to solas. should you choose them in the opposite order, it’s still him who goes to see to the injured refugees. so the choice for it to be him was a deliberate one.

solas approving of placing flowers upon the grave of a widower’s dearly departed, saying nothing when the inquisitor invokes the name of one who would not care to guide her.

solas, upon finding the bodies of inquisition scouts gone missing, immediately thinking of the families they left behind.

solas accepting a glass or two of wine at the winter palace, getting a little wine drunk, and then admitting he lives for the drama.

calling blackwall an ass when he asks about his experience with “relationships” with spirits.

solas seeing nugs in the deep roads and musing about what they must think of these giants passing them by.

solas not so much grunting when he jumps but going “mneh!”

the line “you are always you” when talking to cole about change.

speaking of cole, the times where cole says something observant and pushes back against someone who was rude to him, and solas chimes in with the solas equivalent of “he’s right and he should say it.”

talking to arrken feldsen in JoH and solas restating something just said to him in solas-speak then getting low-key embarrassed about being overexcited.

being one of two companions to address sigrid and talk to her as a person rather than someone to be feared, not damning her for wanting to remain with her spirit companion but encouraging her to reflect upon her reasoning and ask if it’s help she thinks she needs or companionship.

immediately thinking of what taven would have wanted when finding the documents about the history of red crossing.

calling iron bull “my friend” during their chess game.

every moment solas leans into a joke alongside varric and others or teases people.

#<3 <3 <3 #text post #theharellan #happy sigh #Solas: when a good man makes bad decisions #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf #the dread wolf #May the Dread Wolf never catch your queue