I donāt wanna start beef but I just saw a Solas take that clearly shows how people think the Veilguard Fenāharel persona is the real him, how he has no chemistry with Lavellan, and he shouldāve been with Rook. Tell me you completely misunderstood the character you said is your favorite without telling me.
I understand that people can ship whoever they want. Yes, feel free to do so! But man, putting down a different ship and calling it boring and lacking chemistry is wild when you fundamentally donāt understand the character youāre shipping with your OC.
Fenāharel was another mask he wore, and he dons it again during Veilguard. Yes, heās lying to the Inquisitor in DAI, but heās closer to being his truer self there. Does no one else see how beautiful it is? A being who doesnāt call himself a god reshapes an entire world, falls in love with a person who was born in a world shaped by his mistakes. She goes on to become his mirror and succeeds where he fails, leads people with hope and love. She becomes what he had thought Mythal would have been, of what he had believed she was for a long time.
For a time, Solas is able to be a simple scholar, able to embody Wisdom once more. And it is Wisdom that Lavellan falls in love with⦠well also Pride, of course, but he isnāt acting like Fenāharel here. Heās himself, or as close as he can be.
Lavellan goes to him for wisdom and advice, trusts him as a friend and advisor. Mutual respect turned to a mythical love.
Lavellan loves him, fully, truly. Sure thereās no hot tension and rivalmance, but instead you have a gentle soul reaching out to the broken spirit hiding under the snarling, blood-soaked wolf. She is kindness, benevolence, command, faith, hope, purpose, curiosity, wisdom. Virtues Solas adores if you know where to look. Heās undeniably a monster and a bastard, but never forget the quiet scholar who went out of his way to help others and ease suffering even if he didnāt need to.
Solasā romance is meant to be soft, built on respect, friendship, and trust.
God I adore Solas with my whole heart. A man of walking contradictions. A monster with a heart. A god who is just a man.