Yup, good to see this thread back up. A few random and some long-winded thoughts/ramblings here on Vivienne in the DLC......
-- I think leadership looks good on her.
-- Speaking of looking good, she looked great -- physically -- in that swimsuit thingy she was wearing during "Spa Day" (as she called it). I value my friendly/platonic relationship with her, so I... tried not to notice it too much. xD
-- Vivienne kicks ass out in the 'field, but we already knew that.
-- I said I would kill Solas. Vivienne greatly approved; my Inq's seem to get that a lot. Just more reason why I feel others are playing wrong when they say "ugh, Vivienne never approves of what I do or say!" =p
-- Vivienne being Divine made the final decision fairly easy for me; I handed the Inquisition over. What can I say? I love to spoil her. In truth I likely would have handed it over to the other two, just not quite as convicted.
That said, I'm not sure why I was railroaded into giving the Inquisition away or disbanding it. I get it given what Josephine says earlier, but after having thwarted the Qunari's plans, I felt like I had all the reason I needed to justify keeping it around as-is. No big deal though, because again, Vivienne largely sees things the way I (and, by extension, my Inquisitor) do, so I imagine things would be little different.
-- re: Viv/Cass dichotomy, for those who are not aware, Cass begins to have some issues with Vivienne here as Divine. The former feels she is not what the Chantry needed at the head, and eventually gets tired of serving her. I can quite easily see how. Cassandra is very pious. Vivienne quite simply is not. Vivienne would be more inclined to political affairs that come with the position and so I can easily see where the problem lies -- Cass would get tired of it and want more focus on religious matters.
Sorry to say, though, I do not sympathize with Cassandra much here. I find that Cass has a tendency to be reasonable and idealistic to a fault, at a point where Vivienne's approach of kicking down at times really comes as a breath of fresh air in contrast. And in the tumultuous aftermath of the fight with Cory and Viv's incoming reforms (mage in power, changes to Circle), I really feel like the value of a candidate who is politics-oriented would be valuable, and largely necessary to navigate the uneasy political waters. I approve of Vivienne's style. A pity Cass does not, but I am not real sure what she is thinking, and truth be told I have never really felt her political opinions enough to feel like she might have the right idea(s).
-- re: the College. I do not mind its existence alongside the Circle, and thinking it over some more, I can at some level see the value of it -- competition breeds results, and better that the mages compete among themselves rather than with mundanes. It just had a rather clumsy explanation behind it. The College props up out of nowhere pretty much, and Vivienne allows it as a courtesy to the Inquisition that never supported it. Okay? I guess it's a good thing I did not recruit the mages, then, and see her crush the College as she did earlier.
Vivienne is a pragmatist, though, and I can easily imagine and support her sanctioning it for the practical reasons involved. Yeah, I think my explanation works a little better. I will go with that one instead. 
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