I’m sorry.
We all need to talk about Cassandra’s little heartbroken “What?” when the Viddasala reveals Solas is the one behind everything.
OH GOD OKAY SO
A while back I wrote this which pretty much sums up my feelings about their friendship. So hearing Cass so surprised and so HURT about the reveal made me want to claw my face off.
She believes him capable of doing good things. She sees the sadness in him, that even other members of the Inquisition never really address. She defers to him on matters of the Fade and magic. They grow to respect one another’s opinions, even if they disagree. They respect each other. Cassandra’s respect is not easily won.
…..AND THEN SOLAS GOES AND FUCKS IT UP.
Cassandra is never going to trust him again. She’s going to look back at their conversations and think him a liar. She’s going to think that whatever good he had to say about her was insincere. She’s going to think of him as no better than Corypheus, because her morals are so staunch, because she’s so much for protecting the innocent. I think she’d be able to see his perspective, see the good he wants to do, but ultimately dismiss it because the methods he wants to use would be atrocious to her. HE’S going to be atrocious to her. I just know it.
But Solas, being Solas, would understand her anger, because he believes himself to be atrocious, too, utterly beyond any forgiveness and undeserving of her friendship. She’s one of the people who helped him see the world as real.
