Hey guys,
so I'm new and I just had to visit the cole thread. He is so far my favourite companion in DA:I.
After I was done with Asunder I was his fan immediately but I can understand that some don't like him. I am more of the let-me-hug-him-pls-fan myself, I just want to mother befriend him, so he is not so lost and lonely in this world anymore. I know he is a spirit/demon but that dosen't mean he is evil. I kinda share the dalish thinking that there are no good spirits but there are no evil ones either. They are a bit like any other races for me and I judge them by their own actions.
In coles case, sure he has done some things that are kinda... not so nice (even if he does it with a understandable reason) but a lot of other companions were murder too (Zevran, Velanna, Sten) without them being influenced by a demon. And they all turn out to be decent friends in the end.
I will definitely give him the chance to help and show others that the world is not just black and white and that even a spirit/demon can aid the helpless, and I hope some of his critics will give him this chance as well.