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Managed to just catch Solas causing shit way way off in the distance.. when you first step into the Eluvians in Trespasser…. Had to share before it got tossed away.. because i mean.. 

Look at that range… Imagine how tiny he would be within its center.. , the white castle serves as a good guide for how tiny he would be and see how far his magic  is able to reach… No army .. is going to defeat him.. they (larger numbers) would just be easy pickings..   & remember Dorians comments about how you can still feel the magic crackling in the air from a previous scene.. 

Solas really is powerful.. It hasnt quite hit me till now.. and its alittle daunting tbh. 

I hope we can manage to even the playing field.. 

I have been waiting for someone to Post this, because I wasnt able to capture it myself. Thank you! Its really impressive. And See how close we already were.. Always a few steps behind.

I didn’t even remember that. That’s really astonishing. 

I took the liberty of making a video and adding it here. I hope you don’t mind me hijacking your post.

holy crap, elf boyfriend.. I forgot about that explosion sound.. and I didn’t realize the radius to it was so enormous. :v

Why Solas whyyy

😦 gd i’m going to cry

It sounds so similar to the explosion at the Conclave… He’s really fucking powerful! I am both terrified and turned on.

Uh. Terrified and turned on. Yeah that sums it up.
Reminds me of my feelings around this

Awwwwwgggg wish I had saved a post I saw the other day. They actually did comparisons to how the aura looks like a Mind Blast and calculated the actual distance from point-of-origin to your place on that balcony. I think they ended up figuring that the power for that blast was like 600 times normal strength. We have to face that monstrous power level.

Ok, so this made a couple of thoughts pop into my head.

How powerful would Fen’Harel had been had he succeeded in unlocking his orb? How powerful would he be with no veil (yeah casually reshape reality, huh) How powerful was he, and by extension, the other Evanuris in the time of Arlathan? How powerful was a noble, a slave?
It sort of hits me that Solas imprisoned beings regarded as Gods by their contemporaries and MADE THE VEIL.

Secondly. How can we fight him? Corypheus couldn’t level armies with a mindblast. Paralyze people with a thought. And I’m wondering if Bioware has a issue here. If Solas is the antagonist in the next DA game, how will they go about it? I mean, I hope we get a meaningful way to save/redeem him, but I’m sure there are people out there who wants to defeat him, (and they should follow up on player choice). Since his power doesn’t come from his orb, it appears there might not be a way to separate him from his power – but some way of doing that seems like the only way to reasonably either save or defeat him?

This is so good and interesting. I want to bang him.

@kartofthekasha here’s a link to that calculation of the mind blast by @dirthara-mahvir

Reblogging for relevant meta.

😦 still crying

I just imagine that he takes down the veil but it doesn’t destroy everything like he thinks. It just makes people like Dorian, Viv, Mage Inquisitor these massive power houses. But that’s because I think that the Old Gods were insanely powerful mages who existed at the same time as the Evanuris just not in the same place necessarily.

People are excellent at adapting/surviving so most likely, he will unlock powers within people that could make them fight. Especially when it comes to genocidal maniacs. There are always those who stand against it and they DO adapt…of course I could totally be wrong but just my thoughts.

@thevikingwoman per your excellent questions.

I do see a problem here for the writers, and I’ve thought a lot about DA4 and how the writers might manage so much diversity of opinion and characterization per the character Solas, while also keeping in mind head writer Patrick Weekes’s personal writing tendencies (more on that here). This has done some work to feed my own projections (which are just projections, of course, and totally my own–please feel free to disagree!).

I know we have talked about this before, which is that I envision Solas, who is clearly torn in DA:I, romanced or not, as being, rather than the true big bad in DA4, the actual key to Thedas’ salvation if/when the evanuris are free, ie: the only one who can take them, who can train armies to fight them.

We all saw Flemeth in that scene in the grove. Lady is nuts. Mythal is twisted and desires revenge. I have often predicted that she is the secret mastermind here, using Solas as a means to gain her final piece, ie: he deconstructs his own invention so that she, his old friend and possibly lover, may wreak vengeance upon her murderers. Only he does not know this. His intentions to revive the elves are pure. Hers are tainted. She is manipulating him. Flemeth tells Morrigan and Quiz that a “Reckoning” is coming. I see this as: a judgment that she will bestow, ie: war.

Per the writing dilemma: When the world crumbles and the evanuris go to war with Mythal, Solas, whose fears seem to include loneliness and betrayal, could go one of two ways, depending on his level of approval per the Inquisitor. High approval/romanced Solas, betrayed by Mythal, will help the Inquisitor and theoretical second protagonist to defeat the evanuris, somehow, as penance and also fueled with personal investment. Low approval Solas, betrayed by Mythal, will go angry rogue as a chaotic third party. There would possibly be one quest in which not being friendly with Solas in DA:I would result in more bloodshed, and possibly the loss of something dear to both Solas and Quiz, ie: Skyhold. This would unite them, briefly, in the face of a common enemy.

In any case, both factions need each other in the end. Romanced Solas may have the option of living out the final battle, by giving up something important, like immortality, his power, etc. Of course the romance will yield a special reward–it must. No matter how small. It is a valid option within the narrative. High Approval or Low Approval Solas may die defending his cause, people, and/or pride. His state of mind as he goes down will depend upon the attachments (or lack thereof) he is leaving behind. Of course, this is wishful thinking mixed in, just a little.

Anyway, this is just me. Something I’ve spent….just a little time thinking about lol.

This is a GREAT addition @galadrieljones. 

@kartofthekasha also mentioned (in another reblog chain) that Solas power might be offset by a 3rd party strong enough to do so, and the most likely is the freed Evanuris (partly destruction of the veil?)

I love adding Mythal/Flemeth to the mix. I refuse to believe she dead. How many times have we see her die? She is a pivotal figure in Dragon Age, appearing in all games. I can see her using Solas somehow – a possible way of enacting some player choice would maybe also be to ‘free’ him? I am expecting a new protagonist, and that person can reasonably make a decision that is not dependent on the Inquisitors feelings? I don’t know. 

I am also curious what the ‘default’ world state for DA4 will be.

Uh and what about the Blight, we need to fix that shit too

lastly, I love your comment @shift-shaping. So relatable re: just about any Solas meta 😉

Reading all of this amazing analysis and hypothesizing I’m just sit here like: