#guardianlost

[spartanlost]

Open your heart to the world as you have opened it for me, and you will find every reason to keep living in it.

[theharellan]

we've seen like with gaius that many of solas' agents have never met him and were recruited by other agents. but do you think it's possible he has interacted with some of them without them knowing who he was, or is his status as figurehead too important for that?

In short, yes. Starting with the fact that there were probably some who knew him as Solas in Inquisition, not knowing he was Fen’Harel until much later.

My Solas has a long history of disguising himself to interact with the world as he would prefer it, and so does canon Solas, actually:

“Beware the forms of Fen'Harel! The Dread Wolf comes in humble guises, a wanderer who knows much of the People and their spirits.” (x)

This indicates that at least at the point of the rebellion, Solas is dressing in rags and approaching people as a normal person. My headcanon is that part of the  reason the evanuris were able to unearth this strategy means it’s something he did before he was Fen’Harel. People tell different stories to the random traveller who you’re giving shelter for the night than they do a god at a temple, and as we see in Inquisition Solas has a fondness for smaller stories. Divinity in many ways is actually deeply unhealthy for his personhood and sense of self, and disguises offer relief from that.

But I’m getting off-track. My point is that as evanuris and, later, Fen’Harel he absolutely does interact with people without them knowing who he is. Pre-Veil it takes a lot of suppression of his abilities, but it’s something he’s capable of doing. Fen’Harel was important to the rebellion (although I hc it began before he joined it, his influence just gave it more weight because unfortunately society be like that, one reason among many Solas says he got more credit than he deserved), but if they aren’t engaged in battle or performing other rebellion-specific rituals, his direct presence/personhood wasn’t necessarily important so much as his name. The rebellion is a curious time for Solas, emotionally, because while he is afforded more personhood than as an evanuris, he is still seen as a larger than life figure. Only a few interact with him person-to-person, an inner circle, one might say, which leads me to…

The first scene you have with Iron Bull in Skyhold! I think this scene parallels a lot of the ideas I’m trying to get across in this answer nicely. The Inquisitor, ostensibly the most important person in, well, the Inquisition, is able to put on a different outfit and take a new name and effectively disguise themself. And while the Inquisitor is likely to forge many lasting and important relationships as Inquisitor, they also have to experience people bowing to them, calling them dressed-up titles for the first time in their lives, depending upon the origin you choose. Even some of their closest friends believe them to be divine, regardless of what they say on the matter. Which sounds familiar, for some reason. In all seriousness, I do like to think about Solas hearing about this moment from Bull and the thoughts it provokes in him. He probably best knows of the Inner Circle what the Inquisitor is going through, but can’t relate directly without giving something away.

When time comes for Solas to leave the Inquisition and become directly involved with his agents– especially those he was not close to in Elvhenan (potentially because they weren’t born)– he has to take on the mantle of Fen’Harel again and in many ways it’s the disguise. Still, the chaotic way Solas runs guerilla operations indicates there’s a good possibility people could speak to him without knowing who he is, depending on the context of their meeting:

“You have already divided your group’s membership. That is wise. No one cell can betray all your secrets. The next step is to establish a rhythm. When your enemies pursue, you vanish. When they become complacent, you harass them. When they are weak, you strike in earnest.” (x)

Some, like my oc Bruno, land in a situation where they immediately know Fen’Harel, but take time to learn who Solas is. Others may never know, and others still may know Solas but only have heard of Fen’Harel, or have only learned to who they had a conversation with after the fact. Again, like in Elvhenan, Fen’Harel is important, but there’s enough weight to the name and armour that if he takes it off and wears a dull sweater and his real name for a bit, nothing will fall. Despite this, Solas is less likely to do this during post-DA:I than he is during the rebellion, simply because it’s sort of a coping mechanism and a means to more healthily express who he is, and after he leaves the Inquisition it becomes much harder to motivate himself to take care of himself. It still happens on occasion, sometimes on accident, sometimes because– as with the Inquisitor and Bull– it’s easier and more revealing to discern morale himself in disguise, and sometimes because there are people like Ian around who only see Solas as Solas.

[tyr-103-blog]

sir, do you deliver?

KNOCK KNOCK--

OPEN UP THE DOOR IT’S REAL--

[haevatein-archived]

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son. that’s too many nicknames. put some of them back.

“ That’s your opinion and I don’t share it. ”

[spartanraged]

tfw you piss off every relative at the family reunion @guardianlost @sigrvif @horsetm

[bornpariah-a]

I must know, what is modern dorian's emoji usage like?? serious hc question

okay so, younger dorian through his rebellious phase / breakdown used quite the plethora of emojis, but generally only when he was flirting with people over text message or what have you. a bit uh. fuckboy esque? sort of? however, during his more settled phase ( thanks, alexius ) he falls into a habit of essentially zero emoji usage. at all. he also spells everything properly and capitalizes because he’s a pretentious fuck sometimes. all the time. y’know.

tangentially related but by and large dorian doesn’t like memes, and wouldn’t be up to date on them if ahvir weren’t around to send him literally every meme ever at three in the fucking morning, and his dislike of memes tends to bleed over into not liking to use emojis very often. sometimes he does, but only with people that he’s very close to if they decide to just. send him a damn emoji instead of an actual message. looking at you, ahvir.

with his boyfriend / partner / husband he’s been known to use a heart emoji every now and then. just saying. the black heart emoji, specifically. and actually, he tends to use emojis with felix, but it depends on the conversation.

that being said, dorian ABSOLUTELY has and uses instagram on the regular and posts a lot of pictures of him at the gym because he’s that guy. he also uses tinder. don’t @ me, it’s just the truth.

@guardianlost // meta which i always love ♥

[haevatein-archived]

💬 HE'S A MOMMA'S BOY

meme: ‘ 💬 ’ + a rumor and my muse will react to it. // @guardianlost

“ Er... ” If he says no, his mother will give him an earful, and quite likely a spanking, so--- he has no other option but to agree. “ I mean, yeah, sometimes. ”

[haevatein-archived]

He stops, blinking a few times. It was quite the suprising sight, the woman before him. How long had it been since last they met, or even spoke? Eons, literally. Loke flashed a crooked smile upon his scarred lips, and gave a small wave. 

 “... Oh, hi, Mom. Looking as young as ever. ” 

  //; @guardianlost