Arlathmavhenanara - Solas's Wife

Unpopular Opinion:

*Dr. Stone SPOILERS if you haven't read the manga*

I don't think Senku romantically likes Kohaku or anyone. In the beginning he says to Taiju, "You've liked her for 5 years and haven't told her how you felt? I can't praise such illogical behavior." He would be the type to tell someone he likes them if that's how he feels, because that's what's logical to him. By Taiju and Yuzuriha's wedding he's known Kohaku for, what, minimum 10 years if not more? And instead he consistently replies with "I don't have time for that" and doesn't reciprocate affection. Also, doesn't her being like 'I'll marry you' sound exactly like when she said she'd marry Chrome? And we know she wasn't serious then. No matter how many tidbits they try to give us with Kohaku (mostly just then standing close to eachother) it always feels incredibly one-sided. Haphazardly thrown in to please someone... the studio, the readers? idk

They consistently made it seem like Kohaku and Senku weren't a thing then kept trying to make it seem like they kinda-sorta could be in the end? When it could all be interpreted in the "It's not like that between them. Not like that" way that they pushed earlier on? Why do that? I don't know if it's just a shonen writer not getting it or him being pressured to sprinkle it in by their editor or whoever but my interpretation is that Kohaku likes Senku but he doesn't like her back. He's shown to be a direct, straightforward, and logical guy. He wouldn't lead someone on or be aloof or cryptic if he liked them.

“the veil is thin here”

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Merrill's Blood Soup recipe from Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas.

Transcribed lore blurb:

"Merrill's Blood Soup In the same vein as Llomerryn red, this is not actually blood - it's just red. Th color comes from the beetroot, which gives the soup a rich, earthy flavor that goes well with the roasted chickpeas sprinkled on top. Some might find the vibrant crimson hue off-putting, in the same way that many shun the practice of blood magic. However, as mages like Merrill have shown, I think it's best to not judge by appearances or by what you think you know. Take the time to experience things for yourself, and you might find yourself pleasantly surprised!"

Source: Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas.

I think somewhere Weekes denied that he was under a geis but I'm not sure where, so I don't have a source. I remember Weekes also saying how heavy the theme of choice is, and think that was his reasoning against it.

[MAJOR TRESPASSER SPOILERS] Solas and Mythal

THESE ARE LIKE THE BIGGEST TRESPASSER SPOILERS EVER. IF YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED STOP FUCKING READING NOW . . . . . . . . . SPOILERS . . . . . . . .SPOILERS . . . . . . SPOILERS . . . . . . . . . OK you’ve been warned

THEORY Solas is under a Geas (going to get tin foily):

I am almost positive Mythal had placed Solas into her service before the fall of Arlathan. Similarly to how Abelas was but still different.

Trespasser Cole quotes possibly about Solas “He did not want a body. But she asked him to come. He left a scar when he burned her off his face.” “Bare-faced but free, frolicking fighting, fierce. He wants to give wisdom, not orders.”

Because of these quotes there are theories that Solas was a spirit of wisdom. But basically it seems like she asked him to serve but he told her he only will if he can remove the Vallaslin. It left that scar on his forehead. “Barefaced but free” Could be referring to the Vallaslin being gone and he is free from slavery yet serves her willingly. From drinking the well we know you don’t need the Vallaslin to serve under a geas. “A soul is not forced upon the unwilling.”

My ideas/ theories. Solas rose to ‘godhood’ by climbing to the highest ranks in Mythal’s service. Became Fen’harel. He was basically her right hand man, her wolf. And to him she was like a mother. He protected her and lead the people under her service most likely, at least for a time before her murder. She put pieces of her soul away for safe keeping, possibly went into Uthenera. If it is possible for her to communicate without her soul in a host body, could Solas have created the Veil under a compulsion from Mythal? This would be really huge, if it were true.

Flemythal quotes from DA2 “Before I go, a word of advice. We stand on the precipice of change. The world fears the inevitable plummet into the abyss. Watch for that moment and when it comes, do not hesitate to leap. It is only when you fall that you learn whether you can fly.” “Regret is something I know well. Take care not to cling to it. To hold it so tight that it poisons your soul.”

Flemythal Quotes from DAI “I nudge history when it’s required. Other times a shove is needed.”

Lavellan asks why she hasn’t helped “What was could not be changed” (very much assuming it’s about the Veil) Lavellan says we could learn from you  “You know not what you ask child.”

“For a reckoning that will shake the very heavens.” (literally?)

“You seek to preserve the powers that were but to what end? It was because I taught you girl. Because things happened that were never meant to happen. She was betrayed as I was betrayed as the world was betrayed. Mythal clawed and crawled her way through the ages to me. And I will see her avenged! But so long as the music plays, we dance.”

In the post-epilogue scene before Trespasser Solas says “The failure was mine. I should pay the price. But the people, they need me.”  Solas says “I’m so sorry” Flemythal says “I am sorry as well, old friend”. I think in context, Solas is apologizing to Mythal specifically for having to petrify her host body and take some of her power because the orb is destroyed and it was his fault. I think he knows she still has some souls locked away. When Flemythal apologizes she may be referring to her willing him to create the Veil.

So, Solas created the Veil and then went into Uthenera and I think Mythal woke him once shit started getting real and it was time to ruin everything again.

So, what if his plan is on account of a geas? Like the well. A part of him feels a compulsion from her will. We already know he served her in some way during Arlathan. So maybe Mythal is putting him under a compulsion to tear down the Veil. This could support the possibility of redemption. If you could break the Geas somehow. You wouldn’t need to fight him… potentially.

Now to the conversation that sparked this entire theory in my head. When he is speaking to the Inquisitor, if they drank from the well, Solas says “You are Mythal’s creature now. Everything you do, whether you know it or not, will be for her. You have given up a part of yourself.” If you romanced him he says “I begged you not to drink from the well! Why could you not have listened!?” If you didn’t romance him he says “Why did you do it? I warned you not to.” The word ‘begged’ with the romanced Inquisitor is big in a subtle way. It shows how deeply it pains him and how much he cares about this topic. Being that he is more attached to a romanced Inquisitor it is really upsetting to him, it’s personal. When he speaks to the Inquisitor on this subject he gets angry and suddenly seems very sad. Like he knows what you’re in for, from experience. What if he gets so angry because he knows the cost of it and he doesn’t want the Inquisitor to be forced to do morally questionable things, as he is forced to do. What if Solas is one of Mythal’s creatures.

If the Inquisitor drinks from the well, for some reason they can’t use that power to find out who Solas is. If you drink from the well you can speak to his agents in Trespasser and they don’t attack you. Yet you cannot discover his identity through it. Someone on twitter asked Patrick Weekes about this and Weekes replied with ‘Spoilers’. I’m assuming Mythal may be intentionally hiding things from the Inquisitor because Mythal needs him and is working with and/or controlling him.

Another huge point. In the quote above from Solas “Everything you do, whether you know it or not, will be for her.” This means it’s possible that he doesn’t know that she is the one compelling him to tear down the Veil. This means he also may not have known she compelled him to create the Veil. For all we know it was her fault but Solas thinks it was his fault.

When Solas brings a romanced Lavellan to Crestwood he is actually planning on telling her everything. Patrick Weekes said so in the Nerd Appropriate podcast. What if the reason he backs out of his plan to tell her at the last minute, is because he literally can’t tell her. If Mythal is making it so you can’t find out who Solas is in Trespasser or any time. This could mean Mythal is the reason that Solas kept pulling away in the romance. The reason that Solas makes Cole forget. The reason he keeps everyone at an arms length. Mythal might be the reason he didn’t tell Lavellan the truth. He really could have planned on telling her everything but if he had, Mythal knew he would ruin her plans. And what if he wasn’t aware of the compulsion during the romance as well. He plans it all out in his head. Knows exactly what to tell her and suddenly out of nowhere he can’t. He feels repelled for some unknown reason. It certainly would make the romance more beautiful and tragic, which is a very Weekes-y thing to do. Maybe when Solas told Cole he “Had no choice” but to leave her, he meant it literally. Solasmancers, this would mean that the reason he left you is because Mythal forced him to. He was so desperately in love with you that he was using all of his willpower to leave his duty and tell you everything but she keeps pulling him away from you. There is part of his mind saying ‘I need to be with her, I love her’ and as soon as he gives in there is another part that is in control of him saying ‘she is less important than the people’. Oh my fucking god I just made myself actually tear up. Like my eyes started swelling. The final point I will touch on is this theory and Solas’ personality. He seems to be a very conflicted character. He is a good guy. He genuinely does want to help people. And Weekes made a point to show this. Yet a lot of the things he has done and plans to do seem to be very out of character for him based on his convictions. He is often morally ambiguous, which isn’t necessarily bad. But he has major convictions that are extremely important to him. He can be very hypocritical in many ways. It seems like there is this odd polarity in his mind throughout the whole game. His emotions can shift through extremes as well, it seems. The mages he kills for example. Kind of like Anders (oh fuck). His mind Shifts back and forth between his opinions all of the time as well. What if that is a result of his morals conflicting with the Geas? One side of him pulling at another. He wants to tell the romanced Lavellan everything but he literally can’t. He wants to believe in this world but he literally can’t. He doesn’t want to tear down the Veil but he literally has to. I also trust Cole’s faith in Solas. It makes me think Cole knows Solas means well but Mythal may not. There is redemption in his conversations with companions throughout the entire game if you really listen to the banter. That’s pretty much what Solas’ story is about, redemption. What if this whole time he has been hating himself for things he was controlled to do or not do? * makes myself tear up literally * God this is sad, if true. Poor guy. At least that makes the redeem him option more likely to happen. Just kill me now, ugh. I seriously spent hours upon hours of writing this EDIT: from tumblr conversation Basically IF this is true it explains, in another fashion, why he despises slavery so much. And the Qun. And (if this is true) it’s sad that he lead a slave rebellion only to become an incognito slave. It is the exact thing he rants about with Bull about the Qunari. It is the worst of slavery. He isn’t laboring for Mythal, he gave his mind to her. Half of his free will is taken from him. If he is under the Geas he basically has lost a part of himself. That… makes me tear up. That is so fucking sad.

I am in love with this 😭

Huntlow but it's Heidi Listen - I have no explanation for this crossover other than I'm on a Heidi-AND Owl house-brainrot and the two mashed together somehow and I just think it's cute ;w; But yeah tbh this crossover makes zero sense and I sTAND FOR IT

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I can still love Baldur's Gate 3 and Dragon Age at the same time. It doesn't matter who did it better or who did it first. All that matters is that my appetite for sassy elves remains sated.