I still highly suspect that Cullen is race-gated to humans only. Maybe also Viv because of her political standing?
Flail indeed! If he's an LI it will be awesome. Solas and my mage Quizzy will stay up all night talking about magic and the Fade. I can see them having tons of things in common. (Ah, headcanons are wonderful).
Because he can get a crush on either the Human or Elf Mage in Origins, I don't think it would make sense for him to be barred from elves. And honestly, I'm really hoping he's not one of the two race-gated LIs. If anything, I'd put my money on Vivienne and Varric if they're the last two LIs. Or possibly Sera, Solas, or Dorian, but that might be stretching things a bit. And I'm more likely to think Dorian wouldn't be because of his character unless it was something like what was talked about earlier in this thread.
*plants head on desk* But as long as Cullen can be romanced by my female elf mage, I will be happy. If not well... the chances of me romancing him will go down the more restrictive his romance is. At least I will still have the hoards of fic I have written and collected.
In a more positive light, I'm very glad to see they're releasing those combat videos. I'd be very interested to get a closer look at skill trees and how to use the tactical camera. I was rather envious of Origins PC players for that and I hope to make proper use of it on the 360 version of DA:I since I am better with planning and careful strategy than heat of the moment decisions. (See: How I fare in Turn-Based Strategies vs FPS- Basically amazingly awesome vs well it's 5 second in and I'm already dead...twice.)