The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers]

My saves don't work too (modding...), but I've thrown them anyway, save some screenshots for reference - I recently upgraded my rig, so I'm already gearing towards replaying the series and admiring high-definition shine on Solas's head on my glorious new screen 

... What I hope is that I won't have to replay the games TOO much between now and DA4 release.

I think so, but I imagined both him and Lavellan as demi with strong ace tendencies like me, so it took a while. I also imagined them being rather circumspect about their relationship. I mean, clearly several of the companions noticed there was something going on, since we got comments from them in the game, but I think both my Lavellan and Solas would not have engaged in PDA or been "in your face" about their relationship. So it's really probably just the Inner Circle and Companions who knew anything WAS going on between the Inquisitor and the apostate elf.

Solas just didn't seem like the kind of guy who'd be all over you in public - every romance scene we had was just the two of them, far away from everybody else. (Clearly, in private, he is another beast entirely). For my Inquisitor's part, I suspect she not only preferred to not make a big deal of things in public, but probably also felt it was better not to, since she was the Inquisitor - the person everyone was looking up to to save the world. Aside from being reluctant to show 'favoritism' she might also have kept things on the down-low to protect Solas from enemies who might attack him to get to her. (A completely ridiculous notion, in hindsight. Mages who can turn people to stone with a thought don't need protection from a rogue.)

This happened to me too! It has been a long time since I was that upset over something 😭
All the memories gone...
I sympathize, you have my condolences *hugs*

Oh man, I don't know what I'd do if I lost all my saves. I think everything I have is backed up on Origin, tho. Screenshots are a different matter. I have a bunch up on imgur, but if my HD blew they'd all be *whoosh*. I have 34GB of DA:I pics, most of which are trash shots or duplicates. I don't have that many pics of my own family.

One of my favorite banters is when Sera remarks on their relationship and Solas snipes at her to mind her own business.

Same here. I don't know why, but I really got the impression that they were intimate at least once. It can easily go either way, though. I think, like you touched on, it can also come down to how young a player pictures their Inquisitor.

Speaking of which, what do you all imagine your Inquisitor's age to be? My canon Lavellan was 31 at the start of the Inquisition. 

My Lavellan is in her early to mid twenties. And she had a least one intimate night with Solas, but I agree with the PDA. I see Solas using normal, mundane touch as flirtation and perhaps some word play, especially in battle, but beyond that I see them being a private couple.

my Inq's 28 at the Conclave, 31 as of 9:44. i'm real curious when da4 will take place.

My main is close to 30 at the start. My youngest Inky is around... 25? and oldest somewhere closer to 40. Most hover around 30/mid-30. Age-relatable and all

Inquisitor's lover is never really official - in Dragon Age Keep they are described as paramours, so I figure there's always a level of discretion around the whole relationship, though how far does it go in terms of them being public or how widely it is commented... I think it's one of those things in which we are supposed to fill in the blanks and where a type of character we create and their relationships with the rest of the Inquisition come to play, regardless how many banters and comments we actually hear about them.

In case of my main... it wasn't an overt thing, publically, but also it wasn't a secret. I mean, even if it was, at some point some of the more observant companions noticed that their High and Mighty Inquisitor acts like something of a goofball around certain Fade Nerd And vice versa. Coattails have been singed... But at the same time, it wasn't a thing that people pulled much attention to. Aside from some gentle ribbing and things that come up around friends all companions cared about or respected my Inky and thus - entirely aside from not making it a gossip material or due to matters of security - they were protective of that tiny personal space Lavellan and Solas managed to carve out for themselves in that whole mess.

*wave* I'm another over 40 here! I was pretty happy at all the non-twentysomethings available to romance in DA:I, too.

As far as my Inquisitors go, my canon Lavellan is 36 at the start of the game, and my mage alt Solasmancing Lavellan is either 25 or 26. It's pretty hard for me to imagine either of them not having boned down with him, since that sort of intimacy is important to both of them. Solas' leaving was more hurtful to my canon Lavellan, since she was looking for someone to bond with again, after being widowed for a few years. My mage, though, was ready to be over him when he showed back up.