#cirilla lavellan

[clairedelune-13]

I saw someone describe Lavellan as weak for still being in love with Solas after so much time has passed. (The specific descriptor was “simping”)

But, how is that weak?

“Weak” would be to have given up after the Exalted Council.

Lavellan made a promise and she kept it.

After eight years.

Most people would’ve given up.

But she didn’t.

That’s fucking strong, the opposite of weak.

[eriinyes]

an ancient tomb? a priceless artefact? no, my alcoholic senses are tingling.

© eriinyes

[clairedelune-13]

I hear people complaining about Solas having no agents in Veilguard.

Am I the only one who uses that to bolster my own headcanon?

That for the past eight years, Lavellan and Solas have been playing a long distance game of chess.

After disbanding the inquisition, Ciri repurposes the Red Jennies and essentially sharpens them and uses them to whittle down Solas’ forces.

It takes eight years, of course, and she does damage a lot of of her own friendships because she becomes so obsessed with stopping him, that she doesn’t stop to realize that her friends just want to move on with their lives.

She does win though.

Her victory being getting him to dismiss what remains of his now skeleton crew, that’s why when we get to Veilguard, he’s working alone.

It didn’t just happen.

And that’s how I justify it.

I wholly disregard what the game developers have said, because as far as I’m concerned, they forfeited the right to the story of Solas.

My version is way more nuanced and I’m going with it.

Solas didn’t just “dismiss” his forces because he didn’t want to be a leader.

He lost that particular round because his opponent was far more clever than he was.

Yes, I am saying his wife is smarter than him!

[clairedelune-13]

The best way to bond and get to like your OC better is to torture the fuck out of them.

Make their existence a living nightmare.

That’s how I fell in love with my inquisitors.

I gave them the worst most tragic backstories ever.

Ciri Lavellan lost both her parents at 10 years old to a mercenary attack on her clan and it tore her up so much she vowed to hunt down their killers and successfully did so at 13.

Vengeance is not sweet. That’s what she learned. It hollows you out until you’re nothing but an empty shell.

Then, years latee, she fell in love with what she later learned was an Elvhen god and he broke her heart into a million pieces.

But that love didn’t destroy her.

Losing her parents taught her that you have to hold onto the things that matter to you.

Solas became everything to her.

E V E R Y T H I N G.

So, of course she was going to save him.

Come Hell or high water, she was going to save her heart.

Banal nadas. Ar lath ma, vhenan.

Besides, she made a promise.

She wasn’t going to break that.

[clairedelune-13]

Watching a Youtuber who was boasting about how long it took him to design his Inquisitor.

Know how long it apparently took him?

Only fifteen minutes.

What an amateur.

It took me three months to perfect my OCs.

THREE MONTHS. Three months of back-and-forth to the Black Emporium until I felt satisfied enough.