I felt drawn to romance Cullen at first, because those sweet blond baby boys of the DA series get me every time ❤️ (first Allister, then Anders, and finally Cullan), but after everything that happened with Anders, I decided Blackwall would be a safe bet, but after learning about his past, I felt betrayed (I was also sick of that particular play through) so I made a new character and took half the game to decide, but eventually picked Cullen because I am weak! But he turned out to be very lovely!
Oof, that’s a bad run of luck! I played Awakening so I get how you feel about Anders. Is Cullen the first non-sarcastic blonde boy?
I’m glad that you enjoyed your second playthrough though!! Cullen is just the sweetest softest thing in this game. Like, considering his role in the previous it’s really interesting. Were you friends with Dorian too? Because he says something about being into strapping young templars and I realized I don’t actually know Cullens age. (Also; what class were you?)