The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread
Oct 3, 2024 1:23:07 GMT
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Post by MeadKnight on Oct 3, 2024 1:23:07 GMT
Oct 3, 2024 0:54:59 GMT Iddy said:
Found something very thrilling. On tumblr, mythalism analyzed the end of Solas ritual by frame. Some interesting things were spotted. TLDR: pookie is sneaky bastard and is cooking something
I think our man can free himself from the Fade and waits for the best moment. In fact post below made me think he intentionally trapped himself to escape Ghil and Elgarnan. In fact the more I think about it, why wouldn't those two killed Solas on the spot? Or exacted their revenge on him for all the ears being trapped. It's unlikely they did something to pull Solas into the Fade.
But Solas, on the other hand, has good alibi. "Aw, jeez, I was pulled into the Fade and now I'm trapped. All I can do is share what I know. Those two is your responsibility now"
Guilt trip Rook into solving his mess. Use Veilguard team to get rid of/distract his enemies. Sounds like DAI, doesn't it?
Here is the post I mentioned:
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varric, with the dagger embedded in his chest, has some sort of energy pulsating out of him/the wound/the dagger as he lies on the ground:
compare this with the same scene we see in the release date trailer of the same thing happening to ghilan'nain, its actually identical:
there is also a familiar shade of green magic around the wound:
ok now frame by frame breakdown of how solas gets sucked into the fade:
ghilly and edgar's silhouettes go a little transparent for a second?
as the camera zooms in, if you look very closely, solas lifts his right hand, and then gets pulled in
then, rook gets thrown back into the wall, where they get the head injury that supplies the blood that solas later cites as the reason for the connection between them:
it is not until later, once harding and neve have dragged rook and varric away from the ritual site and are about to step back into the eluvian, that we actually see any of rook's blood:
once we finally get to chat with pookie while unconscious, he says a couple of things where the language stuck out to me:
like, ok, pretty vague. "the magical energies pulled me here" is a crazy use of passive voice LMFAO but sure, pookie
ok... sure
but this is what really stands out to me:
"i abhor the use of blood magic" and "had i the power to control you, i would already have used it". he does not say "no, not blood magic" or "i did not use blood magic" or any real negation. he instead does our favorite, classic fen'harel trickster lie by omission. he is banking on us drawing the conclusion that he didn't use blood magic because he said he abhors it. however!!! we know that he actually does things he abhors on a daily basis such as kill and betray his friends, break up with his girlfriend, and drink tea when necessary.
its extra funny because rook literally reminds us of this in the same scene:
anyway. i have no clue what hes up to but hes up to something. i love him, but i dont trust him, and i leave you with this:
"
But Solas, on the other hand, has good alibi. "Aw, jeez, I was pulled into the Fade and now I'm trapped. All I can do is share what I know. Those two is your responsibility now"
Guilt trip Rook into solving his mess. Use Veilguard team to get rid of/distract his enemies. Sounds like DAI, doesn't it?
Here is the post I mentioned:
"
varric, with the dagger embedded in his chest, has some sort of energy pulsating out of him/the wound/the dagger as he lies on the ground:
compare this with the same scene we see in the release date trailer of the same thing happening to ghilan'nain, its actually identical:
there is also a familiar shade of green magic around the wound:
ok now frame by frame breakdown of how solas gets sucked into the fade:
ghilly and edgar's silhouettes go a little transparent for a second?
as the camera zooms in, if you look very closely, solas lifts his right hand, and then gets pulled in
then, rook gets thrown back into the wall, where they get the head injury that supplies the blood that solas later cites as the reason for the connection between them:
it is not until later, once harding and neve have dragged rook and varric away from the ritual site and are about to step back into the eluvian, that we actually see any of rook's blood:
once we finally get to chat with pookie while unconscious, he says a couple of things where the language stuck out to me:
like, ok, pretty vague. "the magical energies pulled me here" is a crazy use of passive voice LMFAO but sure, pookie
ok... sure
but this is what really stands out to me:
"i abhor the use of blood magic" and "had i the power to control you, i would already have used it". he does not say "no, not blood magic" or "i did not use blood magic" or any real negation. he instead does our favorite, classic fen'harel trickster lie by omission. he is banking on us drawing the conclusion that he didn't use blood magic because he said he abhors it. however!!! we know that he actually does things he abhors on a daily basis such as kill and betray his friends, break up with his girlfriend, and drink tea when necessary.
its extra funny because rook literally reminds us of this in the same scene:
anyway. i have no clue what hes up to but hes up to something. i love him, but i dont trust him, and i leave you with this:
"
I honestly hope they're right and Solas turns the tide in his favor in the final act. It wouldn't make sense to hype him up in Trespasser and then casually brush him off in the first 20 minutes of the game.
By the way, I find it odd that the writers chose Ghilain'nain to be the other elven god who escapes besides Elgar'nan.
Don't get me wrong, they made her look pretty cool. But if two Evanuris is all we're getting, aren't there better options? Maybe Dirthamen, god of knowledge and wisdom.
Ooooo, Dirthamin would be especially juicy as that is my Inquisitor's vallaslin. And
Bellara's
as well.