Taking Away Vallaslin (Anger - "Tell Me You Don't Care") 

Fenris: I can’t Solas: I can’t Zevren:(Spanish accent) why are you’re clothes still on?

Man I wish console had mods

*coughs* I shouldnt have been watching this ... I stopped all 4 or 6 playthroughs on the gain skyhold and the one quest where you deal with hawk in the fade. I have no idea whats going on but yup i just spoiled for myself because im to curious. XD

"Is there anything in this world you won't tear down just to prove how smart you are?" Oh sweetie you have no idea.

"You are free." And that right there was the biggest foreshadowing of who Solas really was.

Friendly reminder to everyone in the comments: Solas brought Lavellan to this spot to reveal who he was, but backed out last second, turning to a different truth that ties into who he is without revealing as much. Oof

"Yeah those marks your people believe in slave markings lol here let me remove them OH BTW I'm breaking up with you bye" This is why I like seeing people choose the Lavellan angry break up. Leave him standing alone for once

When I did this for the first time, I was begging him to stay. Second time, I processed what Solas breaking up with you meant, who he really is. I actually quite like getting angry with him. That's the one thing Solas never receives: a challenge. When you, his greatest love say "no, jackass, you don't get to destroy everything I understood about my culture and just leave," you're directly challenging his choices, instead of begging him to change his mind. It's not only more realistic, it's much more satisfying writing. Still love my bastard egg husband tho 😂

The worst part about it all, he still loved Lavellan. 😒

First, he tells you the markings on your face were slave markings. Then he breaks up with you. God I love him, but I hated this.

The way he breaks up with her after removing her vallasilin... Knowing damn well that her clan probably won't accept her back now after only knowing that life before the inquisition. Proper twatty move. She should of cracked his egg open 🥚

These videos make me realize, Bioware has terrible fashion design. The downloaded and modded clothes are so much more interesting than the default stuff!

At 6:23, I love how you can almost see his thought process dragging him back to reality. He pulls away, looks at her and realizes how deeply he had fallen in love, then that crippling sense of reality comes crashing down on him because sooner or later she will find out who he is. He broke up with her to protect her. People constantly debate if Solas actually loved the Inquisitor, but those emotions expressed in that moment does not come from a man who faked it for their own agenda.

You make me wanna get a fancy PC so I can run mods like this and have beautiful butterfly clothes.

"The best gift I can offer...the truth" proceeds to lie through his teeth with only one bit of truth. >.> I saw it in 'the fade'. I am totally *not* Fen'Harel and frequently did this spell to free the elves that came to me. Nope! Not at all! Oh btw I'm leaving you cause if I stay I might not free my people... I mean you might not free YOUR people hahaha yep not planning on destroying all you build...

The best part is, with having the vallaslin removed. It is likely that this was the ritual Solas performed when freeing other slaves, during ancient times, which probably reminded him of what he has to do...which makes this that much more heartbreaking.

One of the reasons I hate him is the way he broke up with Lavellan (and why him being revealed as Fen'Harel only makes the breakup even worse)... is how he did it. In modern Dalish culture... the vallaslin is a mark of adulthood, which also denotes the virtues of gods the vallaslin represents. In Ancient Arlathan, they were slave markings. While you're walking the crossroads in Tresspasser... you find out he removed the vallaslin, freeing the elves. in a way... a bare faced elf becomes his 'vallaslin', the lack of mark signifying loyalty to Fen'Harel in acient times. From Lavellan's standpoint, Solas has always spurned, detested, mocked, disrespected the modern Dalish culture, without ever providing evidence to his claims beyond 'I saw it, in the Fade' and demanding that he be listened to... because why? He knows the truth, even though he presents himself as a 'humble apostate' who 'saw it in the Fade'. (He cannot comprehend why not one Dalish would listen to the humble apostate, because deep down he always sees himself as Fen'Harel and can't escape it.) When he tells her the truth about the vallaslin, SHE CHOOSES to trust him, even when he had presented no evidence for it, never has hinted it and allows him to remove it. To her, It feels like he marked her as His, because this was important to him. By doing this she's saying 'Yes. I am willing to risk the scorn of my people to be with you'. To her it is the beginning of their journey together to discover the real history of the Dalish... and then he turns around and says 'Well this was fun. I'll break up with you because your job is too much for me to handle.' This turns a sacred moment for her... into a fucking joke. That he never saw her for her, but for the mark on her face. He only used her to get close enough to remove something that is offensive to him (always in his face every time he looked at her, the mark of the dalish) and now that his goal was achieved, he has no need for her anymore (He had relived his moment from the past and discarded Her). So, yeah, he deserves to have his head broken for this. Even though he 'loves' her... there's no respect. He says it, true... but he's never truly shown it during their romance. He's not done anything to accomodate her needs, when she's ready to bend over backwards for him. Some Lavellans might forgive him, others won't. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, Solas.

This romance made my heart cry, but that's why I think it's the best. Not all love stories end well. I understand Solas. He ended up in the trap created by himself, it hurts, but if he came back, he would do everything the same. He tries every time to contain the feelings for Lavellan, without ever succeeding. He did mistakes, he lied, but if you were him, would you ever say to the love of your life that you are Fen'Harel ? The elven god of betrayal? Bringer of Nightmares? Sacrifices his chance to have a happy life with the woman he loves to do the right thing (he thinks It is). Less selfish than you think

Every time I watch this scene, I can't get over the look in Solas' eyes before he breaks up with Lavellan. You can just see the agony of the choice and knowing what he has to do and that it will hurt her. He's seriously one of the most interesting villain-romances that Bioware has done. I'm almost tempted to carry on a Solas romance into my world state for DA4 just for added drama.

I didn't figure he was Fen'harel but I did figure he was hiding something when he says "you've impress me" or "you're not what I expected" or "you've earned my respect" it always sounded like a sorry damn bastard left my elf warrior : (

I always believed the female mage elf romancing Solas was the Canon game. It's definitely the most thought out and drawn out and most unique.

The way his voice breaks when he says “ I’m sorry” I remember my 1st play through I knew something was off and got my heart broke then romanced Cullen but solas just ugh 😫 I just need DA4

Am I the only one who can't help but laugh at the animation of her pushing him? xD Don't get me wrong, this scene is emotional and hits hard. I just love the animation and how many times she pushes him lolol

Whaaat I've never done this, she just walks away herself, that's... I would say awesome, but it's not for obvious reasons... though I still somehow love it :D

now i wish i acted angry towards him. it's more fitting than me begging him to stay.

its so awkward without music

The look on his face when he says "I can't do that" just crumbles my resolve. :(

Solas is such a sweet talker. He had me at "Your face," lmao.

6:57 Props to the Inquisitor’s VA! You can just hear the absolute hurt in the tremble of her voice 😭💔

me selling my soul to literally every Daedra in skyrim: Cool...so?

Years later and this romance still has me broken

I never tell Solas that I want to turn things back to the way they were after playing Trespasser. I feel like an enabler if I do.

I like the angry shove for my playthrough as well. My Inky would follow him to hell and back, tries to convince him to let her go with him in Trespasser but in that moment, I imagine she'd be furious. You drop a bomb on me (not the one you intended to drop, but one that deeply affects me all the same), kiss me and tell me I'm beautiful then break up with me?

Every single time I see this it's just as heart breaking as the first. He is such a well written character.

may I ask what armor you and solas are wearing so beautiful

;-; she expresses my true feelings man I wanted to throw my baby boi but I’m to emotionally distraught to be sassy to him.

SPOILERS for Trespasser: Tbh, I wish there was an option where you went with him in Tresspasser. Like a bad end that was exclusive to the romance. If you selected certain things in the game, he never leaves you. I understand why it wasn’t done, but in origins you can do far worse things. Like sell your cousin for a night to a noble, make a mother kill herself and then kill her child so her death is in vain, damn an entire village to death, etc. Especially in Tresspasser, there’s a line where you say something along the lines of: “Take me with you.” And Solas refuses. But then elves from everywhere are vanishing? It could make sense for your Lavellan to go too. And then in the fourth game you have to either convince her to leave him, or kill them both or whatever they plan to do. serious missed opportunity.

This made me unmeasurably angry

SOLAS: Removes Vallaslin. INQUISITOR: Scars every where. SOLAS: Puts Vallaslin back on her face😂

If we don't get a chance to redeem him in DA4. I will be furious. I am hoping he isn't the big bad in DA4. Maybe he is at the start but I hope the Evanuris become the real enemy.

I love your character 💜

Im stuck with the 360 version. With the crap graphics

Knowing who Solas is and his relation with Mythal makes the opening rant that much more impactful.

I am in Solavellanhell BUT my face went 😲🤭😏 When she pushed him, called him things, left and let him standing there with a sad face. This man gone trough things but sometimes, he deserves this kind of consequence

This. Love the sassy anger. It just hurts knowing how broken he is about it all. He can't even regret the original mistake he made anymore because he knows how he feels about her and never would've met her had he not done what he did. Solas is my favorite romance. Its so deep and powerful.

With Tresspaser I love/hate him even more

I never got this before. I never drank from the well. I usually Listen to what Solas tells me. He just has a way of making me do whatever he wants. I also like listening to him talk about the things he discovered. I was bullshitted when he said no to me. Reminded me of Persona 3 portable when Junpei denied my Feelings. Like are you kidding me.

I never pursued this line of conversation but I like it!

I'm play Inquisition for the first time (currently romancing Cullen) and I'm almost done. I definitely want to play again, but I'm thinking for romancing Solas next..... After watching all these videos of what happens if you romance him, I don't know if my little baby heart could take it.😅😂

"Is there anything in this world you won't tear down just to prove how smart you are!?" Never heard that line before. Amazing.

I love your inquisitor! Also, thanks for this!

I hated him so much after the romance ugh Still do.

Solas: I didnt say this to hurt you Also Solas: BTW... I know a spell that can remove your tattoos. Solas: I am sorry... it was selfish of me to ask. Also Solas: You deserve better so just remove them already /lol

I can't believe I got my heart broken by an egg.

honestly, the anger of Solas is surprising, i thought he thought highly of Mythal. to me, the meaning of the Vallaslins die out with their time and are no longer a mark of slavery. But since the Creators aren't what the Dalish thought they were, i understand they wouldn't want to honor them anymore.

Solas you liar

That why I always choose Cullen... He wait to long for love.

I know we’re all mad and we want to fry the egg but I know he loved the inquisitor truly and deeply.

Bruh, at this point, I had done so much shit with my female lavellan to get Solas to like me. Full spirit, agreed to a lot of his shit, rift mage, etc. You can bet that I was pissed enough to choose the aggressive options here.

Just realized that he originally learned to remove the Vallaslin when he freed the slaves of Arlathan.

Took me a hot minute to realize the music and ambient noise was turned off. At least I hope so bc otherwise there's just so much... awkwardness lmao

Sooooo with dragon age 4's teaser trailer? Can we assume that the amount of people that romamced him as a female elf will now be bloody cannon? 😂 😂 😂

Do you need a super expensive pc to run dai with good mods? I want to play it with mods soo bad 😭😭😭😭

The clothes on the character models are really beautiful, how can you get them?

She was so beautiful. How on earth did her face become so mangled?

Solas better watch it , hasn't he heard about a woman scorned.

What scares me off of this romance, is knowing he will just break up and leave in the end. That’s a shame, shame on BioWare

How do people keep making beautiful characters? I see youtuber after youtuber making really good characters for vids such as these and then I see my own and I think "these look like shit"

I played DAI on my console but after seeing these mods damn! gonna have to buy a PC and start all over. But seriously whys mods only on pc man

She is unbelievably beautiful.

+1 respect to this boy for not looking at her boobs

Oo she pretty

You'd think he'd offer to heal those scars too lol

For someone who will destroy the world because he felt responsible for his people's downfall, chickening out of telling someone you love the truth was cowardly. And choosing to tell her the Dalish have been branding themselves with slave markings? If you have already done that, might as well break up with her for good, since you plan to go it alone anyway.

i fucking love the angry options in these games

I wish she would say something more elven like 'Halla shit! It's a bit corny but' bullshit just seems unnatural for a Dalish elf to me 🤷

Man this whole solas thing got me feeling like I’m not even the main character no more😭😭😭😭ima catch that baldie in the next game for that lol

Are these modded outfits? I don't recall these. Especially Solas' outfit.

Let me tell you something, stock clothing looks so shit, I watched this video just to enjoy the mods, man, so great. BTW, one of the biggest regrets I have in this game is not having a conversation where high affinity solas remove the Vallaslin even when not romanced, although I liked him, I could never see my Lavellan with him...

This is why I screw the Knight commander on the desk-

Would have been better had you enabled the music kind of takes away from the scene.

I have what may be a dumb question but here it is. Is that clothing a PC mod because it looks really cool on both of them?

It sounds less dramatic without the background music, for some reason.

4:10 Ironbull greatly disapproves

I finally did this romance. I want to re do so I can have my character push him omg. My heart.

I hate him! But I want him! 😂

wow this still hurts my feelings years later haha

The hair chico, they never lie. (worst thing about DAI)

Damn your inquisitor is pretty!

The last choice broke my heart - I've never had the heart to do that xD

I'm still heartbroken.

Excuse me if this is a bit late, but what outfit is that, how can I get it, and does it come in green?

Beautiful dresses

So with the orb Solas could have made things the way he wanted without having to murder countless Millions

How do u get the long hair bun

What mod are those clothes

We're you get that armor

Dobby is a free elf ?

Way too much scars

Awful writing