alleluiaelizabeth:

thefairyknight:

I highly suspect Solas has this problem:

– he really wants to not destroy a world he has come to see value in

– and also to have his best friend and/or love-interest not die

– but this goal is incompatible with the simplest execution of his duties

– so he categorizes it as a personal desire separate of his duties

– so rather than trying to reconcile his desires with his duties, he chooses between them

– he now has to choose between them because he has decided that they are incompatible

– briefly in DA:I he considers going with what he wants

– but this seems selfish and like a betrayal of his people to him and so ultimately he decides to stick with his duty

– the mistake, here, is that he has failed to consider that part of the reason why he no longer wants to commit to his duty, and why he desires something else, is that there is a part of his obligation to the people that would be betrayed by his current course of action

– he is adhering to the letter of his obligations, while ignoring the intent of them, and in so doing is betraying his own values towards things like life, love, friendship, personal autonomy, etc

– these are the things that prompted him to lead his rebellion in the first place, and they are the things he is walling off as ‘selfish’ interests

– this is why I make strangling motions in the air when I talk to him

– he’s still acting like this world is just a dream, only now it’s a dream he likes instead of one he hates

– in conclusion, he’s still not awake yet

I, too, make strangling motions int eh air when I speak to him.

swevenfox:

Be Still – This is the creation of a new Era. Hush now – what may be prison for some, can be freedom for many other.

This was a larger work I started ages ago and managed to finally finish it some time ago. I held back from uploading as a dear friend of mine promised a little story coming with it – but unfortunately their job really taking up their time – so a story might follow it some day!

I still very happy the way it turned out even if it took me forever to complete, the background was rather heavy and massive. I learnt a lot and well – dragon age was always among my favourite games!

Source: swevenfox