I wonder if Cullen has a sweet tooth; i ask because as i sit here now writing fanfiction and nibbling on coffee and cookies, i ponder if he has a templar would have a fairly restrictive diet due to the physical requirements of the job.
Can't be a templar if you can't fit into the armor and all 
So i was wondering if he enjoyed sweets but could never indulge.
Ah well that's probably one of those questions that will never be answered, back to writing fanfiction...such a pain, heh pain.
The hardest part of character creation for RPGs is giving your character flaws. Because you're playing the hero, you tend to make them super duper awesome and wonderful and Mary Sue-ish, with only a little off-note irrelevant character flaw like "she doesn't like peas" or something like that. Try giving your character real major character flaws and see how you and her react to that. She's a stuck up rich girl who thinks poor people smell. She thinks dwarves are ugly. She distrusts elves because they're either servants or thieves. She hates all mages indiscriminately, even when they're innocent. She hates all templars indiscriminately, even when they're right. She's too emotional, makes a mountain of drama out of every little criticism, and can't stand to be talked back by her advisors. She has a messiah complex and believes her own hype too much, thinking herself the next coming of Andraste. I don't know, anything. Just try giving her a really ugly side to balance out everything else about her that's great (and should be, otherwise what kind of hero would that be, right?), and see if that doesn't instantly make your character a lot more multi-dimensional, more complex to for even yourself to deal with without falling comfortably on the easiest patterns every time.
Let us know how she progresses, I do love hearing about other people's characters.
That's actually one of the reasons I always do the first playthrough of a BioWare games as myself. Because, like you said, (for me) it's all to easy to pick decisions that are deemed "good", "best", "moral", "inoffensive", take the easy way out and be a Mary Sue because we don't wanna risk getting our companions killed or having them hate us etc, especially when you're new to the game.
By playing as myself with a character that looks as much like me as possible I'm literally forced to pick options and take actions that I'd make if I were in that situation myself (within the games limitations, obviously) which always makes that first time more memorable because things go wrong, you make bad choices and your character becomes as realistic and "human" as you are.
I highly recommend doing a self insert during the first playthrough of a BioWare game, it's surprising just how raw and emotional the game feels when it's literally you hitting those big impactful moments in-game. I've learnt some really interesting home truths playing like that.
That's actually one of the reasons I always do the first playthrough of a BioWare games as myself.
I would be a HORRIBLE adventurer, though!
"What?! No! Not the face! Not the face!"
Heh.
I would be a HORRIBLE adventurer, though!
"What?! No! Not the face! Not the face!"
Heh.
It's really fun to do though. Like, when you first get into the game and the pair of you get horribly lost, but since you're you and she's you it's really just yourself getting lost. Or when a character says something snarky and you find yourself responding IRL as you pick what you want your Inquisitor to say, who goes on to say pretty much the same thing you'd just said yourself 5 seconds earlier and you're like "yeah! My thoughts exactly!" It's really surreal.
Also, I'm sitting on the "explore the map" area of the DA website just to listen to the ambient music, lol. I'm going through another "omg, DAI needs to come quicker!" Moments again.
That bedhead...unff.
*is now itching to write fic about dat bedhead*
unff is right 
Also, I'm sitting on the "explore the map" area of the DA website just to listen to the ambient music, lol. I'm going through another "omg, DAI needs to come quicker!" Moments again.
*is now itching to write fic about dat bedhead*
unff is right
Hope ya don't mind, but I just had to friend you for this comment. WRITE IT OUT, LOOMI!
I wonder how the end game thing is gonna work? The devs said we could continue playing after the main story is over and the big bad is slayed etc, but I wonder if it'll be like Skyrim where it was like "BOOM! Ok, you've killed the bad guy, off you go with your bad self to do other random stuff", or if we'll get the ending credits and then once they've finished it'll take you back to your game to continue on post-battle.
I'm hoping it's the latter, I prefer having the big showdown, watching those final epic scenes play out and then the credits role with the atmospheric music whilst you bask in the afterglow for a bit.
Hope ya don't mind, but I just had to friend you for this comment. WRITE IT OUT, LOOMI!
Yay for the friend request! Thank you! 
And I shall! Maybe I'll write it this weekend as a reward for actually studying for school TT_TT. That or I'll just find some way to integrate it into my fic, although that won't be hard since most of the scenes take place in Cullen's room. Totally SFW scenes of course. 
For now...
I wonder how the end game thing is gonna work? The devs said we could continue playing after the main story is over and the big bad is slayed etc, but I wonder if it'll be like Skyrim where it was like "BOOM! Ok, you've killed the bad guy, off you go with your bad self to do other random stuff", or if we'll get the ending credits and then once they've finished it'll take you back to your game to continue on post-battle.
I'm hoping it's the latter, I prefer having the big showdown, watching those final epic scenes play out and then the credits role with the atmospheric music whilst you bask in the afterglow for a bit.
I think it'll be the latter, or at least, I really hope so as well. Because when you think about it, a lot of the power structures in the world must have been either made really disorganized or destroyed altogether, so I think the Inquisition would stick around to sort of fill the void and help Thedas rebuild, as it were.
Yay, new friend! So happy, much wow! 
I'm lucky enough to be between schools at the moment, but I know how intense classes can be. Writing a bit of fic sounds like a great way to decompress from all that studying, SFW or no.
Yay, new friend! So happy, much wow!
This is the closest I can get to a party emoticon, but yay! 
Yeah, writing fic will definitely be a great break from all the research papers I'll have to write this semester. I have beginner's German, Children's Lit (yay for deconstructing my childhood!), World History after 1500 to the present, Modern English Language (all about grammar basically), and Comparative Lit up to the 17th Century. So very academic-paper writing heavy. TT_TT Being able to write fic and write as I please will be awesome!
Agree. This what I do, too, and see where the game takes me. All these extreme pre-planning is just really of no interest to me.See, this is why I never plan out any of my protagonist's until I get into the CC, make the character and then play it by ear, otherwise you end up disappointed or having to try and come up with a new backstory. Best way to do it is form your character's story as the game plays out and see what's on the table for ya.
I like to write some of my stories with the info that we have and modify them as we get new info. It's pretty fun!Agree. This what I do, too, and see where the game takes me. All these extreme pre-planning is just really of no interest to me.
Agree. This what I do, too, and see where the game takes me. All these extreme pre-planning is just really of no interest to me.
I find I can't do that. I end up meta-gaming, then I get bored, and never finish the game. What can I say? Probably a weakness of mine.
I think it'll be the latter, or at least, I really hope so as well. Because when you think about it, a lot of the power structures in the world must have been either made really disorganized or destroyed altogether, so I think the Inquisition would stick around to sort of fill the void and help Thedas rebuild, as it were.
Yeah, they'd still have a lot of work to do after they close that breach, that's for sure.
So since I'm sick I have only really been lurking and looking for some things to bring a smile to my face or laugh...laughing hurts but eh whatever. However, I did find this!
So since I'm sick I have only really been lurking and looking for some things to bring a smile to my face or laugh...laughing hurts but eh whatever. However, I did find this!
Where on earth did you find this???
They've updated the PvE event schedule for HoDA and it looks like there will be two more chances to get Cullen:
Sunday, September 7
6PM to 10PM PDT - Map 4 - Red Lyrium Meredith (small chance for Knight-Captain Cullen)
Monday, September 8
10AM to 2PM PDT - Map 4 - Red Lyrium Meredith (small chance for Knight-Captain Cullen)
Here's the calendar that shows other time zones. Anyone had any luck yet?
Also, so many awesome in-depth Inquisitor stories here! I don't allow myself to make plans like that before playing the game first, so my plans so far just consist of a nameless female elven mage or rogue that will romance Cullen. I really want to play a mage, but my first playthroughs of DA:O and DA2 were with rogues, so I'm conflicted about which class to go with for this first playthrough.
*is now itching to write fic about dat bedhead*
unff is right
In the fanfic I'm writing for pg. 3000, I mentioned it briefly in the opening chapter. And I imagined it looking just like THAT! So gorgeous. And oh wow, look at the dimple. *swoon*
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