Lady Jess wrote...
Isn't Alistair supposed to kiss you at the gates before the final battle? It just dawned on me, he did not.
I haven't installed any mods, so I can tell you: No, he doesn't kiss you at the gates. In fact if you leave him at the gates his dialogue is singularly unsatisfying, particularly for a PC who he dumped after the Landsmeet. You can say "You and I both know how this ends," and his answer is something like "I guess so; I'll make sure they don't forget you," which to me reads like a big *SHRUG*. Okay! Just so you know I'm going to my death here! Maybe you have something to say to me, about choices? And regrets? No? All righty then! Bye!
I
think the reason for this is because you're really supposed to have Alistair with you at the final battle (Riordan tells you to bring him, after all) and he'll take the final blow for you then. And at that point he has great dialogue. ALSO, if you choose the "wait, this is crazy" dialogue option at the end, you get your final kiss. (If you seem more adamant about not allowing him to make the sacrifice, you don't get the kiss, presumably because he feels a more urgent need to beat you to the punch.)