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

Thanks!

And I LOVE that over there, our thread is 15,344 pages long. LOL. We sure are voluble folk.

This made my morning

I take it bandwidth was not fast enough to load Dorian's hair. Maybe Solas is bald to allow for hassle-free time traveling? 

I felt it wasn't enough to have this pic appear only once on this thread, so I had to quote
This is glorious

Ok this (from the twitter thread) : www.giantbomb.com/articles/guest-column-on-monsters-role-playing-and-blacknes/1100-5479/

I need to properly investigate what the stupid ancient elf boyfriend tells to qunari inqs because this sounds like a serious problem
I understand being salty towards the Qun, as I could understand feeling bitter about the Qunaris overall if he or the evanuris were involved in creating them etc, from speculations
But he would really harass a tal-vashoth as well ? Or is it the usual "nowadays thedas full of tranquils nooees" he gives to everyone ? He starts warming up to IB when he gets Tal-vashoth after all, it wouldn't make sense !
Anybody got Qunari runs here ?

I'm sorry if i missed the point or anything, I had never thought about it under that light. I feel stupid because it was OBVIOUS lol sheesh this is why these articles are so important

I'm aware of this one (from youtube), but even que Qunari themselves believe this, as IB is so scared to become Tal-vashoth because it would imply automatically turning savage. Appears it isn't (well, DUH) but if you believe in something strongly it becomes a somewhat self-fulfilling thing. Hence the Qun making itself somehow necessary like that. That's how I understood this line. Also as they were highly probably created for a purpose, it's possible that they were made for being brutal warriors. I truly don't believe in inborn nature but this is a world with callings and darkspawns digging for centuries to reach archdemons underground after all.

Art post.

Some gorgeous warm up sketches of Solas by fenrirsruthlessrose.
Source: fenrirsruthlessrose.tumblr.com/post/148946223357/warming-up-my-hand

Tumblr link version of the Fen'Harel/Labyrinth crossover for those of you who want to reblog it.
Source: javadoodle.tumblr.com/post/148977029483/the-sort-of-thing-that-stems-from-goofy

WIP of the next page for The White Witch & The Dread Wolf.
Source: bloodwrit.tumblr.com/post/148989855610/i-guess-im-making-another-the-white-witch-the

And lastly, not Solas-related but it's too damn funny not to share this. A funny comic of Warden Mahariel and Flemeth.
Source: thecopperkidd.tumblr.com/post/148123514009/the-real-reason-the-warden-didnt-get-any-stew

@dawnstone Yea that's how I was considering it all this time. It would feel out of character if there was more than this to it. I love when stuff makes sense. Then, people aren't always logical so it still could have been possible. Ughfgdnfghbglbt

You do raise great points, I think I'm definitely going on a Qunari run someday. There's so much I need to find out there. It's great because I've never really paid much attention to them so far if not for codices. Everything is interesting. I've been under the dalish pov all this time and definitely this can't be enough

Wait, does he mean his old new world, Rogues of the Republic, or a new new world?

In case you didn't see my spamming across BSN.boards, the original Blanketfort has successfully been archived here:

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All ... Maker's breadth! ... 153430 posts worth!

I wouldn't say he's "dismissive" - he is probably honest when saying that he sees no way to help the elves unless things in the world change and finds it futile to fill a random, impoverished city elf with tales of ancient elves and their god-like deeds, because it'd likely get them killed or bitter about their state more than they're now (which, let's face it, is likely what would happen and what - partially - has been happening with the Dalish). Also, if a enemy/rival Quizzy confronts Solas about elves and suggests Solas just barging into alienage with intentions to help Solas points out that it'd either anger nobles or get innocent, sympathetic humans harmed as well, only making the situation worse.

I'm not really sure what would change Solas' viewpoint (and realistically in game design terms, the protagonist of DA4 is going to have to bring him to a place where he cannot possibly succeed before he backs down, similar to Loghain) but In general I would tell him: "Let it go. Your world is dead, but there is beauty and enchantment in this one if you know where to look. We've created beautiful things your elves would have never dreamed of and that is worth preserving." Or more harshly, "You're no better than the Qun, destroying what doesn't fit into your paradigm."

W don't know that, actually. We do know that his agents did indeed deal with city elves (TME) and we have no way of saying if he didn't try to contact city elves as well (we do know some other forces try it - as evidenced by servant in Val Royeaux whose dreams are haunted by one who claims that she's Mythal... Also, anybody finds it amusing that the elf servant in question is voiced by the same VO that did Abelas' and Amerridan's voice? I guess his is the staple elfy voice ).

We mostly base our assumptions that Solas dealt or tried to contact the Dalish predominantly because the Inquisitor is Dalish, hence the focus is on them. However I'd like to point out that - if they want to - it's the Dalish Inquisitors who ask Solas about city elves and not the other way around and from description he gives, short as it is, he doesn't seem to be too far off the mark.

Also, I think Solas is smart enough to be aware that there are other ways to help rather than incite a riot or violence... which is why he dismisses Quizzy's suggestion outright and claims that there are no simple solutions, which likely means that more peaceful solutions he could try would likely not give results that would satisfy him.

TBH I have hard time believing he just sat all those thousands of years in the Fade and just plotted everyone's demise instead of looking for a better or less destructive solutions. I simply think that the answer is indeed not as simple as interacting with some modern people or city elves or any similar "we just need to talk to him/show him the beauty of the world!" scenarios I sometimes see (speaking in general here). It literally took near-miraculous events and a few cosmic coincidences around Quizzy (and Quizzy actually being a decent person not crushed by all the crazy things that happens to them) for Solas to even consider that he may not be right in being so pessimistic about the future of modern Thedas, and even that is not enough for him. We'd likely need something even more miraculous for him to change his plans or attitude towards the world and what has to be done.