i completely and utterly forgot about velanna. i absolutely hated her >___> i picked her and sera although honestly, sera's not beyond redemption yet (there are still some things i like about her), but i was ALWAYS nice to velanna and tried so hard to be her friend, but she was still rude to everyone, abrasive and just downright unlikable. i hated how she talked to the other companions during party banter and she refused to admit that killing every human she came across was wrong, even when she found out the truth.
in my earlier DA2 days, i would've picked carver too, but when i did one playthrough working really hard to get his friendship up and made him a grey warden, i started to appreciate his character growth and realised that he's not so bad after all. even when i make him a templar, i headcanon it as his way of protecting hawke from the rest of the order while still finding his own place in the world.