Since where dissecting The Kiss so much. Can we just. After the kiss, Solas smiles. Just a little bit. I haven’t found a different angle but what I found so impressive is the way he uses his eyes to communicate. Because those lilac puppy eyes are TALKING.
(I’d love to see the whole thing from the direction of the Veil rift. Especially when he returns his attention to Lavellan. I just like examining the expressions here so much because they were obviously so carefully and thoughtfully animated.)
And then it’s like his eyes POINT straight from them to Lavellan. This is the expression. Not quite so laid bare, steeled a little. Strengthened. But still with that tenderness that really makes me feel like he meant that look to be a goodbye. Just in case the little “she’s coming too” hope fluttering inside his chest is about to die before ever getting to really live.
He thanks Rook. For all their bumbling, he owes them this moment. Which the man looks like he’s trying to brand into his memory.
But then, I think also he seems to speak to Lavellan too. Telling her thank you. Even if she stayed, that kiss was more than he’d ever hoped to have again. He’s been in hell and he’s about to go deeper; a drop of water for the tongue is small but it’s from her finger. It’s therefore a treasure.
The fact that the last feeling Solas carries toward the Fade is one of gratitude for the small mercies. He’s so used to losing that I doubt deeply he expected Lavellan to actually come with him.
But then he receives not only a great mercy, but he also gets to take his wife home to the Fade forever. He belongs there and she belongs where he is.
That’s why I do wish there’d been a little more when they’re entering the Fade together. A clasping of hands. Clinging to each other. Something a bit more.
But that’s what fanfic’s for I suppose.
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