Vivienne's hostility towards Cole isn't the only reason that I have an aversion towards her. She strikes me as arrogant, conceited, and self-absorbed. Also, I find politicking boring, and that seems to be her favorite pastime.
I may be wrong. We'll see. Mary Kirby or one of the other writers said that her personality will conflict with Morrigan's. Stands to reason, then, that we are probably not going to get along.
well, according to vivene's character profile she has her own agenda. those with their own agendas and a high and mighty attitude like we have seen from some of her character descriptions, really tend to not make it on my favorite characters list. You could argue morrigan in the same way, but i found her attitude was a lot more bearable than what i have seen with vivene. As for morrigan and her butting heads, yeah i can see that, especially from a circle mage and apostate standpoint.
as far as vivene's distaste for cole, i understand it at first, but if it continues down the line late into the story it might anger me a bit. Im more surprised at Sera's distrust of cole, shes a city elf, not a mage, and shouldnt really have any problems with him, cause he likes to help people like she does.
@illy yes cole is confirmed, you can go to dragonage.com and go to the news section to look at his character profile