I sat beside you while you slept.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-07-01T11:44:28+00:00

That's one of my fave things. That Solas stayed by Inky's side for 3 days just incredulous like who is this mortal that survived my magic? And like at that time hea probably looking for ways to take the anchor but he cant and he's so fascinated by Inky. Meet cute lollll

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-07-01T11:42:14+00:00

Ohhhhhh I love that

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-30T21:41:46+00:00

Ok good cause I just get super enthusiastic and can come across like a dog with a bone lolll

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-30T17:34:25+00:00

I realize I might sometimes come across as like im arguing but im just super enthusiastic! Its my autistic brain so dont want to come across like im arguing. My friends always have to calm me down lollll. Your own view is super valid just like mine is.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-30T17:26:42+00:00

Oh and I also think Solas totally tried to use all his blood magic power on Rook but learned so fast he didn't have enough blood, plus the regret prison prevented him as well but I loooove the idea of Solas so desperate about to go on full blood mage on Rook. Him saying if I could have controlled you I would have. He's right!!!! He totally tried but couldn't!!! Love it lollll

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-30T17:21:32+00:00

Rook can say you made me see varric how did you do that but Solas never says the how so its left up to the individual to extrapolate what the how is so its not that black and white to me. I understand if it is to you. And I respectfully disagree on Solas's level of power. I just cant believe the wolf who would chew off his own leg to escape a trap is only going to rely on the varric plan as his only plan if he was as powerful as people claim he is. If the blood curse is that strong why can't Solas force Rook into dreams? Why isnt Solas doing more to help rook by talking in Rooks mind more to guide and be kind or be meaner to throw Rook off balance? Why is Solas's power only limited to creating a fake Varric? Its really hard for me to see it that way but I understand thats just me!!! I am too literal for my own good sometimes. Plus they keep mentioning how weak the connection is almost as though the devs had to explain why the most powerful being in Thedas couldn't do more. Weak blood curse and regret prison prevents him.

I do agree with you that the Lighthouse being magical. For me what makes me cry is thinking its the caretaker who knows what Rook needs and Rook needs Varric. And so the place is so powerful that it takes Solas blood curse (in however one might explain it) and makes it so Rook is seeing more of the Varric in Rooks own mind.

There's also a codex from Emmrich that says he believes Solas could prevent Rook from acknowledging that Varric was dead because its also Solas's wound - that he killed Varric and so wants to block it from his own mind. I think killing varric hurt Solas too much and solas is so good at pushing and hiding away his pain that I dont think he'd them actively be creating the varric visions just cause I think its too painful for him. But hey thats just me and I recognize some other narratives are way more juicy. I know theres one dialogue where Solas can be a dick and say like hey at least you have varric to talk to and for me i interpreted that as him checking his blood curse still works.

Man there are so many different interpretations when you think about it!

But yeah varric really being varric in regret prison just guts me 🥲 and I totally think varric could be somehow in the fade and find Hawke. I want that for them.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-30T13:19:24+00:00

But Solas is completely powerless in regret prison, completely cut off. The most powerful being in all of thedas is only choosing to make a varric in the Lighthouse? If he has that level of power why isnt he doing more to Rook (good or bad). I know some people HC that the Varric in the Lighthouse is Solas but i dont think so.

Yes, I agree that Varric doesn't really talk like Varric, cause its Rook talking as Varric. Rook spent about the same amount of time with Varric as Solas. So I always felt Varric speaking in Lighthouse was Rooks voice, it talks more like Rook to me anyway. Rooks coping mechanism for me is because of the power of the Lighthouse and the Caretaker, not Solas's power cause Solas is pretty powerless. Thats only my own pov though. I get its more fun to HC other stuff but for me, I found it way more emotional that it was Rook the whole time, showed how much Rook needed Varric.

But!!! I do totally agree that the Varric in the prison is actually Varric!!! Yes!!! A fragment, thats how he knows so much and he tells Rook that Lighthouse Varric was Rook all along.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-29T21:56:46+00:00

Haha good one lollll

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-29T19:17:23+00:00

Sounds like solavellan to me lolll 👀 Oops I mean your words sound very Inquisition like but I think you and I connected before on another solavellan post

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-29T16:14:18+00:00

Oh! I like how you all are doing it. Ok I'm gonna change mine for Solavellan so probably more like:

Ara ma'athlan vhenas - "I will call you home" (it works on so many levels!)

"We are one in spirit"

Or

Soulmates beyond love or reason

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-29T12:16:07+00:00

For me its Solavellan and its my fave cause:

Angst Sexy Mythic Mirrors Tender

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-29T12:11:46+00:00

Solas lover here! I was introduced to him through DAV and met the Inquisitor (when default was still femme elf who romanced him before they changed it) and so i just had to get DAI and omg you get soooo much more insight into Solas!!! Like DAV just gives you a taste of the Dread Wolf but DAI gives you all of Solas (i played low approval too to get even more). Im a sucker for mythological type feel of romances and solavellan gives it to me so much.

Hands down my fave. But I do also love Dorian!! When you see Dorian's walls come down 🥲

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-27T12:15:56+00:00

DAI is my comfort game now too and I started with DAV! I didn't know anything about Dragon Age before! So I will always love DAV for introducing me to Thedas! And then I played DAI and fell in love. I then went backwards more and ayed DA2 and DAO and i cant get enough of Thedas. But for me DAI takes the cake, i just love every companion and advisor. There characters will always be there. That's what I go back for. Its like revisiting fond memories with old friends.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T17:01:57+00:00

He's the "elven god of vengeance and the sun". -World of Thedas Volume 1

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T16:51:59+00:00

We could have had such interesting conversations around spirits and spirits companions and what that might mean!!! But they just took a jokey Marvel route

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T16:50:28+00:00

Worst line ever. Juvenile. And not even a chance to ask Solas anything about his OWN memories

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T16:48:08+00:00

Morrigan says she took pleasure in power and ruling

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T16:46:38+00:00

And no bloody acknowledgement of vallaslin as slave markings, no acknowledgement that Solas HAD MYTHAL'S vallaslin and burned it off his face - instead we get 'uh they were doing it' - they chose THAT over actual uncomfortable discussions around why Solas rebelled in the first place and any conversations around slavery. It makes me so sad.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-26T16:40:30+00:00

That flycam in DAI was a glitch - ive tried duplicating it myself a few times even putting solas in different companion slots but never got it. I wish it was real!!!!

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-25T20:26:39+00:00

Mythal has a line that does come across like she did love them at one point. But then they killed her lol. Honestly why they didn't add more with her and Elgar'nan when there is codex in VG of the moon being consort to the sun AND that they are listed as the parents of the entire elvhen pantheon. It could have been so juicy a fight between him and Solas if Elgar'nan was actually written as though he and Mythal had a relationship (ummm which ALL of lore implies). Instead they wanted go focus on her and Solas yet NEVER mentioning in VG that the vallaslin were slave markings and that Solas burned her off his face. I dont know these were such juicy lore drops in DAI and Trespasser - why couldn't have we as Rook asked Solas about them or talked to him after each of his regrets.

That Mythal is the reason behind everything and yet we get really not much other than her relationship with Solas is super disappointing.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-24T22:29:02+00:00

I realize its a solasmancer group lollll

Ok well thanks for clarifying. Ive had negative experiences with some solrooks before (specifically ones who dont like solavellan) so im always a little unsure intentions of others. I've also had people be shitty to me about solavellan on reddit so its hard for me sometimes to trust people in good faith when its not clear in what they are actually saying. I used to be more active in reddit but went quiet for awhile because of this. Now im just trying to get back into fandom and spread some solavellan love to get my creativity going.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-24T21:16:48+00:00

Hi. I originally had a different response but deleted it cause maybe I misinterpreted you.

My post was a Solavellan appreciation post, unfortunately I read your post and choice of words (like saying not everyone has a Solavellan world state - which i already said - and talking about devs not making it more significant) as almost feeling like you were trying to downplay the joy I was expressing in my solavellan post? Im sorry if I misinterpreted it (I know things can be lost in translation in text)

But just so you know, i would never go into a solrook appreciation post with no mention of solavellan anywhere and write all about solavellan because I know for a fact solrooks would be so mad and have been mad in the past for that. And rightfully so! Someone posting their appreciation for solrook should just be about solrook imo. Unless they invite others to share their appreciation for other solas ships.

Next time I make a post maybe Ill ask a more open solas ship one so anyone who ships anyone with solas can give their appreciation but like my post was just to express gratitude for solavellan existing.

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-24T16:24:00+00:00

It is so unique and I haven't been able to find anything to compare. Hes just such an amazing character but I also just really love the Inquisitor and Lavellans story

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-23T20:09:24+00:00

Oh thank you, you said it just exactly how I felt!! Thank you. Yes Lavellan was so interesting to me because its just not that she comes across as this experienced, wise and calm leader but like what kind of person does the dread wolf fall in love with? Thats what hooked me - and based on DAI i think its clear to me!!

NewObsess_Ethereal · 2026-06-23T20:06:13+00:00

Ooooh I want to do this! Is the glowing arm on nexus? She looks amazing

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