#it makes him so unsympathetic to me idk??? solas cares a lot and loves other ppl ]

[theharellan]

FANON HAS NO HOLD OVER ME | not accepting

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Idk how accurate my view of this fanon is, or how widespread it is, but sometimes I feel like my opinions about Solas’ relationships as Fen’Harel and  within the Inquisition differ greatly from a lot of people’s. I feel like people center the Inquisitor, especially a romanced Inquisitor, too much. Like, there’s no question that the Inquisitor is important to him and will have a large role in shaping the person who he is in Dragon Age 4 and (hopefully) beyond.

But they’re not the only person in his life. Certainly not the only person he’s ever considered a friend.

And if you think I’m going to talk about Mythal, I’m not, actually. Although she is important, I think she’s like the one other friend people allow him to have, and even then oftentimes only the Inquisitor is allowed to be the good influence in his life. I think there’s some merit to the idea that Solas and Mythal’s relationship was not always a positive one, but I just said I’m not going to talk about her, so I’m moving on ksjdf.

I feel like people overlook Wisdom sometimes, this spirit who Solas mourns so deeply that I think he was considering some very dark things after its death. Or if not, then he was certainly considering abandoning the Inquisition, which speaks leagues about how important Wisdom was to him. Cole also explicitly refers to Felassan as “his friend” when talking about Solas executing him. He didn’t call him an agent or a stranger, but a friend. We see in the murals in Trespasser which describe scenes where “a man in wolfskin standing with a group of freed slaves, clasping one's arm in friendship” and while Solas says these mosaics give him more credit than he’s due, I also think there’s some truth in them.

We see in Inquisition that Solas is someone who forges bonds with people despite his current circumstances working against him. He outright uses the word “friend” in banters with Cassandra and Iron Bull, he pals around with Varric and I’ve spoken before that I think Solas and Cole are in many ways closer to one another than people give them credit for. The two basically have a secret language no one else can understand.

So I guess I just don’t vibe with the idea that he got out of a rebellion with zero friendships with the people he fought beside. I’m not saying there wasn’t any distance created by his title, but I’d compare it to the distance I often see with some of the faithful members of the Inquisition and the Inquisitor. And I definitely don’t vibe with Solas who only cares about the Inquisitor and no one else, a big part of the reason he’s doing what he’s doing now is because he cares about other people. In fact if he cared less he’d probably still be with them.

#suicide mention cw #[ i saw this fanart a while ago that was like ''the person he's ever loved'' abt lavellan and it sent me.... #it makes him so unsympathetic to me idk??? solas cares a lot and loves other ppl ] #i will die with you and you will be reborn again with me ( rebellion ) #how we fought against the tide ( inquisition ) #( headcanons )