Solas Rejection (all options) | Dragon Age: Inquisition

[@jewelswhite5366]

"In another world..." "Why not this one?" This. This will always stay with me. This is what my Inquis said and it breaks my heart every time I think about it. This is such a tragic romance and the VAs ability to sound wistful, pleading, desperate, her voice slightly breaking in this one line is everything to me. I love the contrast between Sad Inquis and Mad Inquis and how Solas reacts. Sad Inquis is on the verge of tears and tries to get closer and plead and reach out for him and he puts his hands up and backs away like a cornered animal because he knows, he *knows* that if he lets her touch him, if he tries to comfort her, his resolve will break. But Mad Inquis yells and pushes at him and Solas just...takes it. He doesn't put up a fight at all, he wants her to let it out because he deserves it and he knows this was a mistake so he lets her have it. He'd rather take violence over her seeking comfort because at least if she hates him it'll make everything easier but if she still tries to love him, he doesn't know if he'll be able to stay away.

[@morganlhart494]

Jewels White *softly* don’t...

[@Schatten2712]

your comment breaks my heart haha damn, never thought of it like that

[@Jaded_Ink91]

I chose the sad options for my Elven Inky. The lines she said stayed with me, and I was a crying shocked mess.

[@ArcaneAzaleas]

I love this whole romance no matter how much it breaks my heart. I love mad or sad you know deep down your inky still loves. Love just hurts more when it's the bad guy whole earned it.

[@iamei21]

such a good analysis of this scene and so true, ugh I'm crying now! Dx

[@xocea1366]

"I was trying to determine some way to show you what you meant to me." Proceeds to breakup with her. Gee, thanks Solas, lovely ogesture this was.

[@SquishyEggo]

He's literally the elven god of betrayal. Just imagine it's Satan breaking up with you because he cares about you so much. It's quite tragic, really. Solas is still a pos tho.

[@pativi6643]

@@SquishyEggoComparing Solas to Satan is terrible lol. Oof, can't see that at all, especially with the information we learn in Tresspaser.

[@SquishyEggo]

@@pativi6643 that's fair. I think Solas is more nuanced than the simplicity of calling him Satan and I didn't consider that at the time.

[@MercMadam]

@@pativi6643 what do you think now that he killed varric and mythal? :D

[@noopnoop8383]

"Is there anything in this world you won't tear down just to prove how smart you are," Damn Patrick Weekes really sprinkled in near-constant hints about Solas' identity and past in almost all the dang dialogue. Love that man

[@Schatten2712]

-"then what I must tell you...the truth..." *He thinks to self* : ok man solas my man you got this! just tell her you are fen'harel, nice an easy you got this! -*"... YOUR FACE"* omfg hahah

[@GenshinLover283]

*Inner Solas* "Are you fucking serious?"

[@henrytj8607]

He did meant to say it, but chickened out at the last minute and said that (yes this is canon)

[@henrytj8607]

Fun Fact: 1:11 when Solas was going to tell you "the truth" it wasn't the Vallaslin that he wanted to talk about. The story writer said that Solas was going to reveal to you that he is the elven "god" Fen'harel, but at the last moment he chickened out.

[@ave5867]

The Dread Chicken just doesn’t have the same ring to it

[@queengoblin]

COWARD

[@morgenzon69]

There really should've been a slightly longer pause there after he says "the truth", imo.

[@kimmehamehaaa7241]

"Then what I must tell you...the truth...your face.." Gets me every time! 😂😂😂

[@averongodoffire8098]

pst. Solace shut up 🤦‍♂️😂

[@bleepbloop101010101]

... it's bad.

[@averongodoffire8098]

Ya gotta admit though t sounded pretty roasty though😂🤣

[@cloudkay5689]

Like "what's wrong with my face solas?!"

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

I heard that apparently it was that moment Solas was originally gonna reveal he was Fen'harel. Tho this is just based off rumor

[@pativi6643]

So many years, and I still love coming back to that story. As Solas' writer said: "If you want to see the utter sadness of Solas, it’s the playthrough where you romance him. You really get to see that he does care about you. It’s obvious, I hope, that his feelings for you are not fake. He cares about you deeply. He is always one step from telling you the truth about himself. Like, for instance, what came across so fantastically is that he’s about to tell you the truth, pulls out at the last second, tells you about the vallaslin instead, and then again he goes in on the kiss and is so ready to just lose himself and forget about the past... And then he has to push back. He knows that he has to break it off right there, or else he’s going to have betrayed himself. It is so sad, and it has broken the hearts of many players, and it broke my heart when I wrote him."

[@MelodyofCelts]

Patrick Weeks gave us so many phenomenal characters

[@BluHana06]

At least that Orb he wanted back was as broken as our heart is.

[@jordanthompson1418]

This deserves a star lol "Oh, sorry about your orb there...Remind you of anything else you've destroyed recently?'

[@oroontheheels]

KARMA

[@wickedempress1249]

+10 to the voice actor when he says "I....can't...." he says it with so much emotion that line is always stuck in my head with his voice!

[@heyjoji1954]

There's one thing DAI nails and that is the emotions in the voice of the character you can be distraught and broken or livid and vengeful to Solas, it really gave character to each player

[@HaloofCurls]

8:11 LOL her little nod. "THAT'S RIGHT, GO!"

[@xxxender537]

I think the angry option is the best one there's more emotion and angst.

[@ruisakamoto5512]

Ya, but i could not with solas. Cause solas was not evil. He was conflicted with guilt over what he has done to his people. Imagine waking uo to a world, where the people you love suffer greatly because of your choice. Even when the choice you made, was to save your people at that time. His people paid the price. So now, he has to make up for his mistake even if it means by destroying this world. Cause in his mind, his old world was how it was suppose to be. Now with the veil, things are chaotic. My inqusitor chose to be hopeful. Cause i wanted an optimistic love interest for his route.

[@beccal7133]

Ah yes. "I say no to you altering my face, and just like that we're done?!" I played her as someone who finds him fascinating but has little patience for him trashing the Dalish

[@ruisakamoto5512]

@@beccal7133 well he was mad at the dalish as he has come to the dalish before to offer his knowledge and help but they turn him aqay

[@bellebirk7386]

@@ruisakamoto5512 I'm sure she played the game and I'm sure she already knows all of that and she doesnt need to justify why she picked it lmao thats your choice but I think it's kinda rude to go on a tangent as if the original commentator's choice was poorly made.

[@ruisakamoto5512]

@@bellebirk7386 i never judged her choice as being poorly made. It was your own view. If you actually read my comments, i only stated i could not make the same decision as hers because of my view. I never judged her choice. Everyone will have different opinion on different matter. And its never wrong to share an opinion.

[@ellapastoor2003]

6:29 that part really pulled at my heart string's because i feel like if i was hurt, that's exactly how i would react, i just get very prideful, wouldn't want someone to know they hurt me..

[@TęczowyGradient]

And i think i dont get this option in my game :( is there any solution?

[@CarlaWay]

I chose the option to tell him she loved him and the way she reaches out to touch him and he doesn’t allow her to just breaks my heart. It must be awful to love someone, know they love you back but you can’t be with the person.

[@Yooglelangly]

I love how even if you break up with him before he does, his face still drops and he still shakes his head as you tell him. It would work in his favour, but it hurts him all the same. Sad, treacherous egg needs a hug.

[@luizpaulonm]

I wish there was an option to cry on one of your friends' shoulders, cuz I'm sure as hell sobbing on my own. I think Cassandra, Viv, Dorian or Cole would be fantastic in this. I really think they would have your back in this situation.

[@slapehlivan4688]

Remember Cassandra's speech about marriage at the beginning of Trespasser?

[@juanlaise1059]

Cassandra would have words for Solas

[@FA-px6bw]

@@juanlaise1059 Cassandra wouldn’t just have words for Solas; she would have throttled and threatened him over breaking the inquisitor’s heart.

[@queengoblin]

Cas, Cole, Dorian, Iron Bull, even Blackwall, probably Varric... Viv would roast him on a spit lmaooooooooo

[@phoenixastra4429]

Cole has dialogue after discussing how hurt your character is, and confronts solas about it---he starts explaining solas secrets until he rips it away from cole, and cole gasps and says where did it go? This is party banter while wandering with cole and solas after the breakup

[@firestorm165]

5:45- 6:20 God if I can write scenes that are half as heartbreaking as that I'll be seriously happy.

[@evune_lanalin]

"No, we can't. You'll see." Excuse me, seriously? Don't say something like that. You're breaking my heart again.

[@jirojack6109]

I know the games been out for a while, but I've never been able to complete a romance with solas knowing he leaves me. I actually felt like someone broke up with me when alister dumped my elven mage in origins. I'm interested though so I'll do another play through. Wish me luck!

[@brzendaa]

This scene i SO well done, you can read everything in their eyes, no single word necessary. The tension, the chemistry. Especially the change in his eyes after the kiss. It’s impossible to get this out of your head 😭

[@srialekhyananduri7036]

Why do I keep coming here to break my heart again and again...

[@luizpaulonm]

And damn, Solas is a beefy elf. I wish male Inky had these shoulders. Male inky is too puny

[@fioraei9034]

I think I read somewhere that the reason Solas is taller and beefier is because they gave him the human male body type.

[@gabstergreen62]

I really wanted to choose the agressive option, but I wanted him to know that he broke my lavellans heart. DID HE RESLLY LOVE HER??

[@monsieurpickles9230]

Yes. More than almost anything. She owns his soul.

[@curse_my_name]

Nah, he doesn't.

[@yang6642]

Yeah, he says so after Corypheus is killed “I want you to know... that what we had was real...” plus he clearly still has feelings for her when you see him again in Trespasser two years later.

[@ElbenherzArt]

seren the hylian He does. Even the Writers confirmed that. Just look it up. He never planned falling in love, that’s why he is so distraught the entire time this romance is happening. This is why so many people are heartbroken. People wouldn’t care if his feelings were fake.

[@valentinewiggin9152]

I think it was said in an interview or something that during this scene he first almost told everything (he wasn't planning on taking away her Vallaslin, but telling her that he was Fen'Harel), than almost gave up his whole plan to be with the Inquisitor - he just realised that he would be giving up himself if he did, so he broke the relationship instead.

[@dacastardust]

"Mmmh. Even in this, you surprise me." Good GOD Solas 🥵

[@britters220]

Remember she took the risk, and he warned her he was bad news.... right from the start.

[@nozomi90]

Yep, then again so did Anders and everyone still gets mad at him too. :P

[@flyingmintbunny3342]

so are you saying that she knew he was trouble when he walked in? So basically shame on her?

[@landfam4]

flying mint bunny no, no you did not, how dare you bring Taylor swift into this household

[@averongodoffire8098]

flying mint bunny I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me then 😂🤣❤️🤟

[@averongodoffire8098]

crazy owl Now I’m laying on the cold hard ground OH!! OHOOOH!!!! *TROUBLE* *TROUBLE* *TROUBLE*

[@gracelm6148]

i dont think he originally planned to break up with her, i think he just realized it in the moment

[@barbiana1802]

In that exact moment he was going to reveal to her that he is the dread wolf, but he feared how she would react. In the end he decided to break up with her because his love for her was something he feared would get in the way of his goal to tear down the veil. So yes u are right 💅🏽💗🌸✨💖

[@Xxsorafan]

It’s more like he never planned to fall in love with her. In the back of his mind I’m sure he was trying to work up the courage to break up with her because… he has to.

[@impossibleagent3663]

The writers confirmed he wanted to tell her the truth. She made him doubt his mission and he was on the verge of abandoning it all for her. He’s going back and forth in his mind. The truth he was talking about wasn’t the valasline but who he really was.

[@devereaux337]

Tfw you exhaust all your romance options, decide out of the people that you can romance you like Solas best, only to find out he will break up with you after trash talking your entire life for the whole relationship. This is way too much like my actual life right now. Ugh.

[@keymeko95]

I really wish that more characters had commented on the romance. Like there was only almost 2 minutes of party banter compared to others. Viv and sera are the only ones (pre trespasser) that make a comment about the romance outside the party banter.

[@grelly_chan8401]

I wish there was a slap him option when he broke up with Lavellan I was so pissed I wanted to slap him

[@GenshinLover283]

I mean she does shove him several times in one of the choices. Take whatever you can get, I guess lol

[@js1031]

8:05 Translation for the dwarf in the room?

[@Dylamn]

Abelas means sorry/sorrow and vhenan means love. Adding Banal to the both of them means "You're not sorry; you don't love me."

[@Dylamn]

"Banal" on it's own can mean "Nothing", "Not" or "No".

[@geekygamez3879]

I want to hug your Inquisitor just like I wanted to hug mine! My heart! :’( lol Solas you condescending-bald-headed-know-it-all! I shouldn’t have romanced him. I should’ve listened to my cousin when she told me not to. What’s wrong with meee? lmao

[@WednxsdayAddams]

That last one... hurted. I’ve never seen the option where you break up with him. Ouch.

[@joannap8769]

Right??? It’s such a subtle animation but the way his face falls 😭

[@pieniaurinko]

I don't care all that much for this romance, but her face and clothes both are really beautifull!

[@DarkKnight52365]

the romance gets alot more interesting when you find out who he really is

[@themightiestofbooshes9443]

6:16 the exact moment her... our.. heart breaks

[@GenshinLover283]

Sad Lavellan has such puppy dog eyes, it's not even funny 😢

[@bubblybobabubbles]

I've seen quite a few people say that they didn't like this scene because they felt he was pressuring her to remove the vallaslin unfairly or guilt-tripping her into getting rid of it by offering the removal as a gift. I always saw it as the TRUTH being the gift he offers, and him asking if she wants to remove the markings is just him giving the Inky an opportunity to actually do something with the truth he gave, no matter what option you pick. I feel this is more obvious once you learn he wanted to tell the Inky that he was Fen’Harel and not offer to remove the vallaslin at all, but even still.

[@pativi6643]

Oh he definitely doesn't pressure her. Not only as you said he meant to reveal the truth about himself, and chickened out at the last moment - you can see how his eyes shift focus just before, such suble but beautiful animation. But also if Lavellan decides to not remove the vallaslin, and tries to excuse herself, fearing he won't accept her, he says "Stop. You are perfect exactly as you are."

[@bubblybobabubbles]

@@pativi6643 Yeah! I decided to keep the vallaslin my first playthrough and was lowkey worried he'd be upset with me but then he reassured my Inky and I felt better too PAHAHA There's also a conversation with Cole if you keep the vallalsin where he mentions that "she thinks it's why you walked away" (this comment happens with or without removing it by the way, there's just some changed dialogue) and by Solas's reaction (and our meta knowledge) its clear that's not why. So he clearly isn't angry that you decide to keep it- there's no approval drops and nothing he says ever comes across that way. And I'd imagine someone trying to manipulate you would be angry if it didn't work or would bring it up again or something.

[@user-fr9wg9ft3p]

The pause he makes after 'your face' always has me feeling like he might just as well go "Then what I must tell you... The truth... Your face. It's hideous." lol

[@DeviousKitten27]

I made all the sad and loving choices... even though it's been years since the release of the game... I finally worked up the nerve to complete Solas romance.. and it's been hard since I knew how it ended... it's even harder doing it.. poor Solas... he's kind of like Abelas to a degree he's holding on to the past and doesn't wanna change nor let go... and he's put up walls and your over here with a wrecking ball breaking them all down.. and he knows if he let's it continue it would be even harder for him to walk away and leave... because hurting you is the last thing he wanted... you became important to him something he couldn't let happen and yet he did knowing it would always end this way...

[@dddrrmm]

And that is why being able to make a raging qunary who socks Sola on the jaw makes this game amazing.

[@GenshinLover283]

Getting punched by qunari would probably hurt. Alot.

[@elijahwinchester6690]

@@GenshinLover283 it would totally end in a broken jaw.

[@commandercoop2921]

4:29 I never knew the know-it-all had it in him :)

[@ashleydarnell5438]

Aaaaaaaa freaking solas having to make me love him and then breaking my heart and lying o me and uahghh I want to die

[@moodymaranda]

Oof, the part where quizzy breaks up with him, tho. I love his subtle head shake, as if he's taken a back, but also kinda relieved in a way. My lavellan chose the sad option, her vallaslin still on her face, I felt so bad for her 😫

[@manasurge8203]

Gotta love how Solas managed to grab that booty one last time before breaking up with Inky. 🤣

[@gracelm6148]

dude....this scene fucks me up not even kidding

[@janetvonnik2416]

6:35 Awww :'(

[@AndrewHelbig]

Man I really made a mistake by picking the deep voiced Qunari as my main character. This voice actor is way better. My character sounds like a real goofball when flirting with Cassandra.

[@victoriasharpe1661]

Any ideas on where you got that clothing set for your inquisitor ?

[@uzytnik]

I'm not even a solavellan but this scene always hits different

[@theemperor3497]

And now, I want to romance and call him those things!

[@jacquelinenechols1948]

ever notice its the emo elf boyfriends who break your heart with no excuse except...I...can't😭😡Fenris, Solas..

[@rethinkery]

I always opt to have the vallaslin removed but I do adore what he says to you if you choose to keep it on. 5:13

[@katerinaspasova7774]

I'm so inlove with him and it hurts so much every time I play this scene, that i didn't even know there were options to shove him or to dump him first 😂

[@shakirashakira3549]

I have to cry :)

[@firstdondiego]

Do you have to be female, elven AND a mage to be able to romance Solas? I tried everything to gain his favor and it's still not an option.

[@Lex-pn2bu]

You just have to be a female elf.

[@littleskye8272]

Nope no mods the player would put it in the desricpt or not she might have crafted though idk

[@anamimi18]

Most painful video in my life ;(

[@zenkii7390]

"The best gift I can offer is the truth" Fk yea Solas

[@drewpaiva93]

"I must tell you...The truth... your face..."

[@heatherkilsheimer2563]

How do you get the clothes she is wearing, they are so beautiful!!

[@cairrean2412]

+Heather Kilsheimer I think it was an update for the next-gen and PC versions of the game. It unlocked the wardrobe in the Inquisitor's room, which allows you to change the clothing the Inquisitor wears around Skyhold, as well as the formal wear for the Winter Palace bit. It's not in the 360 or PS3 versions, though.

[@cairrean2412]

It also might be a mod. XD

[@heatherkilsheimer2563]

mod makes sense, I didn't see it in the wardrobe, love your video's

[@trishjensen9558]

It’s a mod

[@FluffyXu]

I really hate solas now he is such a bastard breaking that poor girls heart how cruel

[@tomasbaldacci7566]

God sera is right, elfs are bony

[@thyrlindberg9310]

I have never played as an elf, only qunari, how do you get this scene? Or rather how do you get him back after this, or is this just before trespasser starts? Cause in my playthrough of solas romance I would rather avoid this scene

[@oliveri3534]

Only way I know would be to never talk to him in Skyhold after the temple of mythal

[@natinekochan6489]

What's that outfit you have ? 🤔

[@romy5154]

Why

[@bingus-kungus9436]

ouch

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

I think that Solas not being Bisexual is one big idiotic thing. Like, really!? He is a guy from gazillions of years ago, from another culture, lived among spirits (maybe even had an affair with some as it is said in some banter with Blackwall) and he is heterosexual. UURGG I mean, ok, date only Elves, but Bioware lost an opportunity for making it painful to date Solas for both women and men alike.

[@thatweirdgirl8466]

They said they made him heterosexual only because they didn’t want him to be a stereotype in a bad way (aka they didn’t want assholes trying to make fun of him outside of “I am egg man”) I saw someone made a mod that they were a male elf and romancing him, it probably just tricks the game into thinking their character is female meanwhile they had the voice/appearance of a male elf. I don’t know the name(s) of the life tho, but I remember seeing the video on KZbin so maybe you can look it up and see if they put the mod in their description?

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

@@thatweirdgirl8466 Nã, I don't like mods that change this type of game decision. If that was their excuse... It was really a bad one.

[@wickedempress1249]

Does every character have to be bi ? I think the game gives you enough options for that

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

@@wickedempress1249 Did you read what I write?

[@fenharel2018]

We can't be heterosexual in this world ..... its amazing to see this ...

[@MiguelHernandez-ey1np]

Can you date someone else after this???

[@jiien6662]

Hahaha if you dont want to get all butthurt over a GAME CHARACTER(solas) than DONT romance him! DUH!!!

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

jiien 666 but the damn egg head manages to grab my heart every time

[@sonnenblumefrau2048]

Yes, we're very well aware it's a video game. YOU may as well not play video games then like Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@a.aniaaaxxx]

Omfg, when solas say „they made you“ I start laught so hard 😂