#colemance

Cole Week : Ghost

retying the knot

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I'm writing this in response to a Tumblr post (I can't remember who wrote it, sorry).

I don’t agree at all. I can understand it for a Solasmancer, but as a Colemancer, human Cole does have his place in DATV. Even though he remained human, he could still have helped us. He’s basically a spirit (one of the most powerful in Thedas) so he would inevitably have been useful to Rook.

Saying that the human choice is useless (from what I understand) greatly oversimplifies Cole’s character, who, even as a human, remains an immense source of knowledge about spirits.

Don’t forget that Solas, even in human form, uses him at the end to speak to the Inquisitor. Even as a human, Cole still feels other people’s emotions (less strongly, yes, but he does feel them) and he helps them with his spirit powers, as is clearly shown at the end with Maryden.

By becoming more human, Cole does not lose his abilities. They’re merely diminished, but by no means erased. He remains an extremely powerful character, even with the human choice.

His human side in DATV may have helped Rook understand Solas, given that Cole’s human path (even when at odds with Solas) always tries to understand him, or at least to see things from his own perspective.

Cole isn’t merely a mouthpiece for Solas, he serves as an emotional mirror and a thematic counterpoint. Even as a human, he remains deeply connected to the spiritual and moral themes of the story.

Imagine if human Cole had been present during the quest where we learn that Solas was originally just a spirit (before becoming what he is now). How fascinating that could’ve been from his pov.

"...think i like you best when you're just with me, and no one else..."

inquisitors and their love interests

lorelai trevelyan & the iron bull

ellana lavellan & solas

imekari adaar & blackwall

freya cadash & vivienne

mahanon lavellan & dorian

evelyn trevelyan & krem

colemance commissioned by @going-ghast