Quote Originally Posted by Mister Adequate View Post
tbh the problem with Cullen is that everything in the first two games is COMPLETELY ignored by Bioware and every remotely questionable aspect of him is retconned away. He COULD have been a fascinating character that had real depth as you helped him navigate and come to terms with his past, but instead he's the most generic cookie-cutter white boy with ramen noodle hair in the world.
Now that you've actually said it, I understand now.

I can see your point. What happened to him is mentioned sometimes in dialogue, but yeah, I agree they could've done more. I feel they replaced the issues he had in those two games with a brand new issue - his lyrium. Maybe they could've had the lyrium issue handled by another templar, leaving him room in his story to handle the other two he had as baggage?