Maker's Breath.... (Official Cullen Rutherford discussion)

Not in rivalry. In rivalry he just says, that perhaps time to get rid of the poison of hatred he swallowed for years.

Perhaps Cullen just needs a hard rivalry with a mage Trevelyan. Not like with Fenris, because Fenris was never a mage hunter and a right hand of a mage killer, but harder. What questions everything about the Circles – and questiones his role. But Trevelyan can't do it – while Hawke's able to bring back Fenris to his torturer. Trevelyan doesn't have a word against his "arguments". Trevelyan can't show his/her outrage about Maddox and the other mages who made Tranquil by Meredith –with Cullen's assistance.

Cullen's romance can be more interesting if a mage Inquisitor would able to question him, not just cuddle him. It should be an opportunity – and not only in romance.

No. He tells, that "Knight-Commander Merdith's methods were harsh, but kept people safe". He still thinks, she was acceptable somehow.

Can you forgive, if someone doesn't ask for forgiving? I don't deny the possibility, but still hard. And Trevelyan doesn't get a chance to question him. And if s/he tries it, s/he doesn't get a proper answer.

Sort of, but only in Trespasser.

When studying the mural of Fen'Harel removing the vallaslin from ancient elven slaves on the island temple, male Lavellans or those that didn't romance Solas will have the same comment that "perhaps the markings used to mean something different back then" as other Inquisitors.

They never actually say it out loud, but from the various bits of information found in the temple, I'd say that they definitely figured it out. One of the door murals even refers to Fen'Harel as removing "brands" from freed slaves, so combined with the mural on the wall, that should be all that's needed for them to put the pieces together.

To be fair, I wouldn't blame them if they were still a little in denial.

In the space of a few hours, learning that the "Creators" were actually powerful mage lords, who brainwashed their followers into worshipping them as gods and enslaved their own people, would be a lot to take in all at once. Especially the realisation that Lavellan and their people have been deliberately marking themselves as "slaves" this entire time and that the gods they thought they were venerating, were the very ones that enslaved their ancestors.

I'm honestly amazed they managed to keep their composure.

that scene is what sold Cullen's romance for me in the first place

it's so warm and tender, I also love the hugging scene when he's praying, it's adorable with a Lavellan Inquisitor, since she's basically buried in his hug

found this funny meme that says 'I don't blame Disney for my high expectations of men, I blame Bioware'

how do you mean?

Do you mean picking certain options during dialogue with him, or spreading out his romance scenes further apart?