Thanks so much for the welcomes!
I'll just give my quick stats, lol.
Married: yes. Kids: soon, I hope. Husband -curly hair, dreamy eyes, sexy English accent (triple check!)
DAO, awakenings and DA2 played on ps3. Will probably buy pc versions evetually, so I can have fun with mods too.
My first playthrough was a F!Surana. I never flirted with Cullen so hard he ran away, though ... My headcannon
is that she and Alistair ran away and joined the Grey Wardens together! Also, that Cullen is straight. I hope everyone will be able to romance him in 3 (because he's obviously going to be romanceable) but I am so much more about personalities connecting than a hot body (honestly, that fur scarf photomanip creeps me out a bit, lol) that I just can't figure why he wouldn't fall for the male mage as well as the female mage if he wasn't straight. As a side note to that, I actually like having different orientations for the characters. To me, it seems more realistic, challenging, and it gives me more replay value, and more variety of character. This is a fantasy game, however, so "every npc for every protagonist!" My head cannon Hawke is totally Garrett.
Anyway, back to Cullen. I'm pleased with his conversion to the DA2 character models, but does anyone else miss the mole on his cheek? I thought it was cute:(, and it gave him a little character. There is a distinct lack of facial textures in DA2. Can you even put freckles on your Hawke? I liked Aveline's freckles.
Well, I think this post is quite long enough. Next is to investigate those banners ...