one day i will actually be in a game and then i'll share my thoughts
or maybe i won't, because solas's sexuality is a huge clusterfuck in fandom and god knows i hate adding to clusterfucks
solas hates joy and therefore hates sex
also sex involves people and god forbid he has to interact with someone
solas touches another living thing, the world implodes, news at 11
Solas there's no sex in the champagne room Fade
well of course not, that sort of behavior attracts demons, come on guys
dude hasn't gotten laid since arlathan anyway
wow no wonder he's so grumpy
he's too busy ruining everyone's lives for plebeian things like sex
I am still laughing someone on Tumblr said that Solas looks like someone who would list their sexuality as "sapiosexual"
i am just incapabe of taking my characters seriously
LKDJFLKDSJFLDSKFJ perfect
i'll legitimately think about his sexuality on the train. i have opinions, but they're probably unpopular, so idk if i'll share them lmao. i hate upsetting people
you can always say them here, plurkers tend to be much more open minded at accepting other folks' headcanons c:
WHO'S READ TO GET MAD ABOUT WHO THE BALD ELF MAN BANGS
ready even look my fingers are cold i decided to walk
pretty much, i doubt solas gives a flying rat's ass about who he has sex with. i suppose that makes him pan? i'm not really up on labels with sexuality, so i'll apologize in advance if i use the wrong words
we don't know what arlathan was like, but i'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the nobility were pretty much wildly indulgent hedonists
solas was part of that culture until he rebelled against it, and by and large he probably holds with most of those norms
he was meant to be romanceable by men and women, but, ala cullen, they ran out of time. there's dialog floating around tumblr for a male inquisitor
he gets way more hung up on race than sexuality imo. even a female elf inq gets the "you're the exception" speech sooooo
I think that makes a lot of sense with him.
i just can't see him getting hung up on sexuality when race is such a major issue for him. he trips over that constantly
Pansexual implies that you don't believe in 2 genders alone, or that gender is on the backburner in interests of love
Or you don't quite identify as solely one gender. But this also goes for who you're interested in as well. Like transgender or transexual of any kind is a-okay and androgynous is something of a gender identity
hmmm maybe that's the wrong word then
AND SOMEONE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG but that's how it rolls to my knowledge, in case you were wondering
i appreciate the information!
I honestly can't help you for categorizing him though :C
Half of the time I got asexual vibes from him, but that doesn't take into account the fact that he just fucking snoozed forever
he has a handful of lines (the indomitable focus, the "i am grim and fatalistic, getting you into bed is an enjoyable side benefit line") that suggest he's got some measure of sexuality
but he's old, he has a mission, and i think the "i distracted you" line really means "i let you distract me"
Something's there. So asexual doesn't work.
his sex drive definitely takes a backseat to everything going on plot wise, so i see how people get that read, especially if they don't romance him
like blackwall, bull, sera, and dorian all talk about sex in their banter, and solas pretty much doesn't
I just wonder how things would go if it was less doom and more ... carefree
and i wouldn't be surprised if he chose to forgo sex as another reaction to arlathan's bullshit
same. it's hard to pin him down, it really is. i like him not giving a damn, personally, because there are other issues in his interpersonal relationships that are way more interesting
Like say if he was in DA2 where there is far less impending AAAAH all the time WOULD THINGS BE DIFFERENT?
But yeah he's pretty tricky
he is. and i like that people have different opinions on him! reading people's opinions are fascinating to me
OMG I LOVE PUNS AND IT WENT RIGHT OVER MY HEAD I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON
i'm so embarrassed by myself rn