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

He did a two for one when he removed the anchor: "You're welcome". He secretly enjoyed doing that to a hostile Lavellan but it only became apparent over time as it faded gradually.

Also, it is possible that it is an option in the CC for the Inquisitor but may be it was blocked off for some reason. All the Inquisitors I have seen so far have looked the same and I thought they never got beyond that first screen. It surprised me when I saw the romance screen as well.

This is what I understood about what they were shown of the Inquisitor. They were just offered a default one and weren't actually allowed to see more than that. That's why the romance screen being shown really surprised me.

It appears both Dorian and Cass are unavailable to female inkys so if they DID retcon Solas to be bi, he would be the only one, so I don't believe that's the case.

Thank goodness.

Respectfully, still loving a person who transitioned between DAI and DAV and allowing to select male Lavellan as Solas's love interest in DAV is different things.
After Jaal I became too salty about those kind of things 

I think we all may still be mistaken - what if that screen is WIP and final version will have different setup of presets? Who knows

Not exactly, he was always planned to be straight: Solas romance was pitched for female elves only. In fact Weekes confirmed it by saying they wanted to avoid depraved bisexual trope.

Halp! I'm trapped! I can't get out of his eyes!

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

"No sign of age was upon them, unless it was in the depth of their eyes; for these were keen as lances in the starlight, and yet profound, the wells of deep memory". (Tolkien's description of Galadriel and Celeborn in Fellowship of the Ring)

I really wouldn't be surprised if we saw them (who knows - maybe we already saw them, we just didn't know it was them), considering that they were characterized as opposition to Evanuris*, but it's probably one of these things they don't want to spoil.

*(IMO these are potentially any challengers of Evanuris on which they enacted, or tried to enact, the process similar to damnatio memoriae - only in ancient Thedas it's likely a process that can be much more literal. It's also why the Dread Wolf has been known as the Forgotten One - because they either began the process, or didn't succeed with it)

Hmm, I was watching the early encounter with Solas because basically I've given up where spoilers are concerned. A mention of blood magic had me curious:

I will temper my excitement after what Epler said. 

I'm losing my last two brainsells over here waiting for solavellan crumbs

Excerpts from IGN article (not spoilery)

“When we ended Trespasser, we felt that we were making a promise, a commitment to our fans of, ‘This is the story we're going to tell. This is where we want to go with it,’” Epler says. “There were different versions of the story. There were versions of the story where maybe you didn't necessarily progress as far in your fight against Solas, but Solas has always been at the center of Dragon Age 4’s story.”

“Solas wasn't always the character he is now. Thousands of years ago, he was a rebel,” Epler says. “He was the kind of person who stood up for the little guy. He still has a tremendous love for spirits who he sees as these beings that are being unfairly treated, unfairly maligned. So Rook became this character that we could explore some aspects of Solas' personality but also give you a protagonist that, because it's a BioWare game, you can shape to a large degree.”



“But [they’ll have] some very interesting contributions, given their history, their relationship with Solas, which can be quite complicated as a Solavellan player,” she says. “And don't judge me too hard, but as a Solavellan player, you know how complex that relationship between the Inquisitor and Solas could be. That is something we needed to pay off, and I'm happy to say, I think we did.”

“Whether you're Solavellan and you've romanced Solas, or even just any other Inquisitor, you journeyed with Solas for quite some time,” he says. “And I'd say the Inquisitor, to some degree, feels guilty or responsible for what Solas is doing to the world. So while we're not going to get too far into details about what role they may play, they absolutely are somebody who is going to be interested and invested in the outcome of Rook's journey in The Veilguard.”

Oh, and DAV won't retcon anything related to sexualities, established in DAI (yay)
"Those decisions are: who your Inquisitor romanced (with the options gender- and lineage-locked in the same way that they were in Inquisition), whether or not you disbanded the Inquisition, and whether you vowed to stop Solas or save him."

Another angle of Solas with hair. I think it's growing on me