I sincerely hated what they did to Anders in DA2... He was literally throwing himself at me the whole game. It was like misunderstanding friendships on a whole new level with the companions in DA II. Heck fenris did the same when I got friendly with him and that really doesn't make either of them the "ideal" romance options because their orientation is all messed up as hell and they're all up in the faces of straight players and gay players alike, like "I need you to seriously take the hint here. Now!".
So glad they had such amazingly written chars and relationships in ME3. I loved how Cortez needed a bro at first and then it "could" go where interested parties would want it to go or it could also just turn into a beautiful friendship! And all of that without throwing himself at shepard literally every conversation. Same with Traynor, beautifully done.
Hope there's no "catch me now!" companions this time around (-10 approval for saying "Uhh... No, can we not?" -___-"
he will but ask your help , you know , you can so very precisely choose the many other options beside the heart one , there arent hearts in all the sentences you can choose you know, after that ,he will just want to thanks you for the help you did to him .Undestanding that you went with him the friendship road, it really mean a lot to him ,cause here ,you are standing his ground and helping his cause with the mages ,something he hold very dear to his heart (knowing all he went through as a mage himself ,all what he see his kind is enduring day after day from kirkwall templars abusive rules . and all his personal suffer and abuse through his life in the circle ,in the run just for being what he is. ) For all this ,he really intend on showing how important and gratitude to you he is that you are beside him . unless you choose the "kiss me" or " how long would it take to drive you mad" sentence ,you will but be his dear friend
.You just need to know that by standing beside him for the mages ,your hawke is doing something very weitghy and major for him .he wont just thanks you with a pat on the shoulder for that .