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Someone on Reddit put up these flycam captures by annniebee on Twitter of what Solas' face is doing after the kiss, when the camera is off of him.

Look at this soft boy.

[ID: Four images of Solas / Fen'Harel from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, from slightly different angles. Solas is a tall, pale-skinned, bald elven man with very pointed ears and lavender eyes, wearing gold and black leather armor. He is injured, with a bloody cut crossing from above his right eyebrow down to the right cheekbone, and several smaller cuts and bruises. He is smiling gently as he looks down at Lavellan, a smaller blonde elven woman with long blonde hair and blue clothing.]

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Making more Solavellan angst art bc I haven’t in a while 👍🏼🫠

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Still thinking about this part tbh

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“Hello, little one.”

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Rook: You think you can answer some questions without the usual level of sarcasm? Solas: If you ask the questions without the usual level of stupid.

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Fatherhood

My rook Biyaya and Dav live a happy and peaceful life in Arlathan Forest post game with their babies, and here with them is their eldest daughter Lace (their beloved princess ❤️)

My very very very late submission for @datvcompanionweeks for Davrin Week 😭

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Strife: [to Veil Jumpers!Rook] I don’t even have time to tell you how wrong you are.

Strife: Actually, it’s going to bother me if I don’t.

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Gotta admit the new Bridget Jones Movie was way better than I thought it would be.

Without spoilers (although I believe it's in the trailers for the movie). The big thing that happens that a lot of people who read the books or those who found out with the new movie were sad about lead to a plot line that I thought was going to be cliché.

It wasn't.

I've enjoyed the past movies and both wanted to watch the new one and didn't because of the thing that happened.

It was actually more emotional and didn't go down the plot I thought it would.

Without spoilers, I really enjoyed the movie.

I'm glad I was wrong about the movie and misinterpreted the trailer (or maybe I interpreted the trailer correctly but it misrepresented the movie 🤔)

Anyway, it was enjoyable and funny and emotional.

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oh my GOD

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"This will hurt" only in your writing made me realise that Lavellan's interpretation could have only been "The Inquisitor could never be involved with anyone, what would it say about her image?" But the truth behind Solas' words could never even be in the realm of possible interpretation of his words.

First Kiss, solavellan

In the real world, Solas's lips were chapped.

Mountain air teased cool fingers through their clothes, fluttering the fabric. For all the pristine snow blanketing the dream version of Haven—for all its perfect sky, perfect clouds and perfect church, steady ground and life-like sensations—its weather lacked the bite of an uncaring wind, a missing detail only understood in retrospect. Lavellan felt her skin come alive in shivers, in heart-curling goosebumps. The contrast was muddling her brain: merciless cold next to Solas's heat, his lips hungry, insistent, warm.

His breath was warm too. It fanned over Lavellan's chin, her cheeks, sharp and desperate puffs that cleared out her lungs and filled them back in. She raised her head to meet him where he was, gripped at his clothes to drag him down to her level. Solas's hands came up to cup her face, to better hold her, to better devour her.

It ended with a gasp, with both of them reeling and wide-eyed. In the Fade they had smiled at each other, easy and joyful, Solas's eyes twinkling with that teasing light only rarely unearthed. But the realness of the world had changed the moment. Now Solas looked as serious as he always did in his wakeful life—more, even, his gaze somber, his frown heavy. A man in mourning. "This will hurt," he warned, solemn with the weight of prophecy, stricken as if he could already see, stamped behind his eyelids, the image of her mangled body dripping blood over a battlefield. His thumb still stroked her cheek, an unconscious gesture. "We should not."

Lavellan considered this the way she considered all revelations: reluctantly stoic, enduringly patient. Rooting around for all the small choices, if any, afforded to her. "Life hurts," she said simply, well-worn practicality settling down her bones. She took Solas's palm in hers—warm, strong, larger than hers—and pulled him towards her, towards the castle that was temporary-but-heartfelt home.

He resisted for a second, then allowed himself to be drawn in.

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Taash: I think I got your lunch.

Taash: [pulls out note that says “I am very proud of you. Love, Emmrich”]

Rook: Oh yeah. I didn’t think this was for me.

Rook: [pulls out note that says “Be good. For the love of god, please be good.”]

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Fascinating how they were so scared of people agreeing with Solas and the whole plot was focused on trying to stop people from wanting to take the Veil down and yet somehow the net result of all that is that I finished the game wanting the Veil down far more than I ever did before.

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I've always loved this dialogue between Solas and Cassandra.

We all find comfort in things or people that reflect us, our values - and as a character Solas is a great example of this - especially when they challenge illusion or prove something true for him. Cassandra is someone whose honour has been earned, not handed to her, and that likely resonates with him. He respects people who don’t just inherit titles but live up to them.

She might even remind him of the kind of leaders he once served, walked shoulder to shoulder with - a time when power came with purpose, before ego took over.

Maybe that’s part of why he also draws close to an Inquisitor who’s the same: someone shaped by choices, not status, who proves themselves through action, wisdom. That kind of integrity is rare.

I appreciate the relationship that Solas and Cassandra form in Inquisition. It goes from Cassandra and Solas with little faith in each other to gradually shifting into mutual respect. Over time, Solas helps her recognize her own worth, while he, in turn, finds comfort in what she represents: a principled leader who lives her values.

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Solas: I sense an artifact of my people

Inquisitor: I sense a bottle of booze I need to drink

They both have their priorities and I appreciate that

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Krem, soldier of the Tevinter Imperium

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Finished a huge and incredibly interesting commission for Wrenly, featuring Solas being angsty and conflicted, sketching out his regrets on paper, planning the themes for his last mural.

I finally got to use all of my pastel and graphite effect brushes and go wild with colours! It was a joy to paint! I hope Fen’Harel ended up looking appropriately menacing :D

It will be an illustration for this fic here:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/21462934/chapters/51148519?view_adult=true

Thank you for commissioning me, dear author!

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When I dream of you...