I'm not sure that I get the sudden downturn in excitement. I think it is now safe to assume that Cullen has some substantial role in DAI and that's more than we knew last week, for sure.
My own personal belief is that he's probably a companion and LI. I'm sticking with this pretty much because I want him to be one and as no one is going to confirm anything until they are damn well ready to, I intend to believe whatever is likely to make me feel happy right now.
If I have to feel disappointed at a later date, I'm going to rely on years of experience in things not necessarily going the way I wanted them to predict that I will be able to carry on with my normal life regardless.
Anyway, as I was beginning to feel a little irritable about the whole thing, having got this off my chest I now feel much better!
PS - how on earth can there be 22 new replies before I finish typing 3 paragraphs, what's happened?