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[MelissaGT]

Oh wow, that quiz author seriously hates Cullen:

 

Cullen will ONLY have sex with female characters, and ONLY if they’re human or elvish, so if you’re into racist pieces of trash, you’ll probably really enjoy pursuing Cullen.

 

Ouch... 

[R2s Muse]

ohmy. 
 

http://lilyrutherfor...onfused-because

[Tarlonniel]

*squee*

 

Now that's the kind of thing I like.

 

Someone needs to get on that suggestion from many pages back of putting Cullen in modern day dress uniform. Air Force, Army, Marines.... Navy...

[R2s Muse]

*squee*

 

Now that's the kind of thing I like.

 

Someone needs to get on that suggestion from many pages back of putting Cullen in modern day dress uniform. Air Force, Army, Marines.... Navy...

 

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[Tarlonniel]

Oooh, very nice!

 

Except... out of regs... *twitches* Right, it's AU, right. I can deal.

[R2s Muse]

Oooh, very nice!

 

Except... out of regs... *twitches* Right, it's AU, right. I can deal.

I guess it's supposed to be Canadian...?

[R2s Muse]

Unf and one last one from that same artist. Wow, is she talented. 
 

http://lilyrutherfor...inquisitor-lily

[Tarlonniel]

I guess it's supposed to be Canadian...?

 

Yep, the uniform beneath is, but the coat is not standard issue. He'd be in so much trouble. Plus the hand in the pocket, the lack of a cover... bad Cullen!

 

I suppose when you're the commanding officer, you can do what you want.

[Tishina]

Yep, the uniform beneath is, but the coat is not standard issue. He'd be in so much trouble. Plus the hand in the pocket, the lack of a cover... bad Cullen!

 

I suppose when you're the commanding officer, you can do what you want.

He wouldn't have a cover on if he was still on the way out the door. And maybe he's reached into his pocket for his ID badge (my years in the military are showing, lol)

[Tarlonniel]

There are so many questions I'd like answered when it comes to Cullen-as-commander. After so many years training templars, did he have to adjust his methods at all when dealing with "normal" recruits? Did he make the Inquisition military a carbon-copy of the templars in terms of rules, discipline, structure, etc., or did he decide to draw from many different sources, perhaps adding a few ideas of his own? How much input did Cassandra have? How difficult was it to go from managing an essentially stationary, well-supplied and firmly established military force to one with none of those advantages? How much actual experience did he have with logistics and military strategy on a grand scale - did he have to rely on others?

 

Eh, I'm probably overthinking it.

[Tishina]

There are so many questions I'd like answered when it comes to Cullen-as-commander. After so many years training templars, did he have to adjust his methods at all when dealing with "normal" recruits? Did he make the Inquisition military a carbon-copy of the templars in terms of rules, discipline, structure, etc., or did he decide to draw from many different sources, perhaps adding a few ideas of his own? How much input did Cassandra have? How difficult was it to go from managing an essentially stationary, well-supplied and firmly established military force to one with none of those advantages? How much actual experience did he have with logistics and military strategy on a grand scale - did he have to rely on others?

 

Eh, I'm probably overthinking it.

Maybe, but those could be interesting ideas to explore in fanfic. I don't think he'd try to imitate the Templars too much because I don't think most soldiers would accept some of the chantry's rules, etc. I've assumed the Templars would have access to the best of books on military strategy and logistics because the Chantry does sometimes use them as an army, and he strikes me as someone who'd study those thing intensely, especially when he found himself in charge in Kirkwall.

 

I've thought about that quite a bit, and have used the idea of my Dalish rogue/spy getting access to exactly those kinds of books in the past in my own story as one basis for her friendship with Cullen.

[riverbanks]

There are so many questions I'd like answered when it comes to Cullen-as-commander. (...)

 

Eh, I'm probably overthinking it.

 

Maybe, but only in the best ways. (eta: lol, mind-twinning with Tish!)

 

Those are all very good and interesting questions, and worth exploring. I don't think he would adopt the same Chantry-imposed strict regimen he followed under the Templars with his own troops because he knows first-hand how demoralizing and dehumanizing these practices can be, and how they tend to turn soldiers bitter against their own oaths, rather than proud to uphold them. Although old habits die hard, as Bull points out when he can tell Cullen was a Templar even without the Templar regalia, so he might pass some of his combat techniques along and use some of those more ingrained notions of leadership, hierarchy, decorum, miltary strategy, logistics of how to run an army etc, that he has learned from the Order.

 

I'm particularly interested in how Cullen has to deal with such different levels of experience and expertize in the troops you recruit for him - he can end up with well trained Templar veterans, overly qualified Chevaliers and battle-weathered Grey Wardens under his command and ready to deploy on his order, but he can also end up with assorted newbie Templar recruits, average city guards, war deserters and freedom fighters, civilians who can barely hold a sword etc, all in his hands. He has all these different troops and militias to level out, train, retrain, weed out bad habits from and teach new discipline to, build into an useful army one way or another. It's interesting to think of all the balance he has to put into it to make the scattered engine of the Inquisition's forces work together somehow.

[Tarlonniel]

I've assumed the Templars would have access to the best of books on military strategy and logistics because the Chantry does sometimes use them as an army, and he strikes me as someone who'd study those thing intensely, especially when he found himself in charge in Kirkwall.

 

Very true and I quite agree. However, while books will give you a good foundation of knowledge, I imagine actual wartime experience can be quite different. My Inquisitors are generally thrilled to ally militarily with Orlais not because they provide additional manpower (though that's good) but because of the first-hand experience of their officers and generals. Brain pickin' time!

[Tishina]

Maybe, but only in the best ways. (eta: lol, mind-twinning with Tish!)

Strange how that happens since we tend to come at things from such different perspectives and directions.

 

I like the things you suggest, though, some of them are things I've wondered about.

 

Very true and I quite agree. However, while books will give you a good foundation of knowledge, I imagine actual wartime experience can be quite different. My Inquisitors are generally thrilled to ally militarily with Orlais not because they provide additional manpower (though that's good) but because of the first-hand experience of their officers and generals. Brain pickin' time!

Oh, absolutely, book knowledge only takes you so far. But as you and Ninetozero point out, he has experienced chevaliers, templars, and wardens to get advice from too. I would expect some of the Fereldans coming in are experienced officers from the blight and civil war as well.

[kalasaurus]

Sooo... how much of a Cullenmancer are you really? Take the Challenge!  (I failed, btw )

 

Which “Dragon Age” Character Should You Hook Up With?  (NSFW)

http://www.buzzfeed....olas#.hdbqXWWxy

 

[[perhaps I should also add a warning: it's buzzfeed, unscientific and potentially a little insulting]]

I got Sera, haha.

[Joe25]

OMG!!!  LOL! 
 
"I waited for Cullen" 
 
http://www.redbubble...rk_collection_1
 

The anthem of Cullen fans from 2009 to 2014.

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[Char]

Oh wow, that quiz author seriously hates Cullen:
 
Cullen will ONLY have sex with female characters, and ONLY if they’re human or elvish, so if you’re into racist pieces of trash, you’ll probably really enjoy pursuing Cullen.
 
Ouch... 

That smacks of some serious disappointment. The author clearly had some hurt feelings over their Qunari or something...

[kalasaurus]

Hahahaha, for the first time I heard Cullen talking to the messenger about the prank Sera and my Inquisitor pulled on him.

 

"I know Sera was in here.  When I find out what she did... I'll... do something back!"

[alwayshungry]

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[R2s Muse]

Maybe, but those could be interesting ideas to explore in fanfic. I don't think he'd try to imitate the Templars too much because I don't think most soldiers would accept some of the chantry's rules, etc. I've assumed the Templars would have access to the best of books on military strategy and logistics because the Chantry does sometimes use them as an army, and he strikes me as someone who'd study those thing intensely, especially when he found himself in charge in Kirkwall.

 

I've thought about that quite a bit, and have used the idea of my Dalish rogue/spy getting access to exactly those kinds of books in the past in my own story as one basis for her friendship with Cullen.

I think also the fact that Varric jokes about Cullen having a picture of all of his troops in his pocket  speaks to him being more of a mother hen than a hard ass. I kind of like that. Also some of the tidbits from DAMP, like Cullen "considering" casual Fridays, or his forbearance with Knight-Captain Rylen's (sp?) cheekiness, also suggest a lighter touch with his men. 

[R2s Muse]

Hahahaha, for the first time I heard Cullen talking to the messenger about the prank Sera and my Inquisitor pulled on him.

 

"I know Sera was in here.  When I find out what she did... I'll... do something back!"

Sooo.... what do you think he might do back? How creative is our Commander??

[R2s Muse]

LOL This is adorable. If you haven't seen tajna's Cullen cosplay (she made the costume), it's excellent. But this one takes the cake. LOL 
 

http://tatjna-x.tumb...-yep-costume-me

[nyxocity]

Sooo.... what do you think he might do back? How creative is our Commander??

 

Hmm... maybe talk Maryden into singing songs about nothing but elves for an entire day? Hide little glass figures of elven gods and halla everywhere in her room and in her stuff?

 

Cullen may be serious often, but he definitely has a sense of humor and, I suspect, a somewhat playful side with those he knows fairly well.

[meanieweenie]

Sooo.... what do you think he might do back? How creative is our Commander??

Probably something harmless but super annoying like stitching all of her clothes together. (The after effects are a lot more amusing to watch than one would think... not that I'd ever do something like that to someone.  )

[Tishina]

Hmm... maybe talk Maryden into singing songs about nothing but elves for an entire day? Hide little glass figures of elven gods and halla everywhere in her room and in her stuff?

 

Cullen may be serious often, but he definitely has a sense of humor and, I suspect, a somewhat playful side with those he knows fairly well.

*snort* I can absolutely see him doing the first one, and it would be hilarious. Not so sure he'd think of the second (but as a joke for Solas to play on her, hmm....)