Talk:Sunlight Maggot/@comment-11533213-20130715120940/@comment-1852943-20130715135230

I haven't really pieced that together, myself. Although, it has been discussed that hollowed enemies do not speak, and Solaire does, so it can be concluded that Solaire went insane, not hollow. From Solaire's dialogue, we can see him falling into a depression even after killing those bugs. From there on, we're wandering the uncharted territory of speculation. There are a lot of videos on Youtube with people sharing their opinions, although I'm not sure whether From has discussed Solaire's sanity during any interviews.

Considering the game's gloomy atmosphere, I prefer to speculate that Solaire eventually goes insane no matter what the player does. If you save Solaire by killing the bugs, then he may be summoned for the Gwyn fight. Considering the likelyhood that Gwyn is what Solaire has been searching for all this time, why would he willingly help the player kill Gwyn, and what would Gwyn's death to do Solaire's psyche? Clearly, we're dealing with a troubled man. Solaire even admits people found him strange back in Astora, remember his initial dialogue? This guy was destined to lick windows.