they portray everyone as being positive about cullen, and people like cass and cole worrying about him, but if he keeps drinking lyrium he ends up alone in the streets with no help at all even when it has been stablished templars got a system to take care of the ones who have fulfilled their duty (wich cullen would be considering his role in the inquisition). so it feels mega forced in the narrative to make the player feel bad but also sends a terrible message of "if you dont stop taking drugs you will end up dying alone" wich is a terrible thing to say to addicts and doesnt help at all

they portray addiction like a modern view of drugs of "if you stop taking drugs = good. you'll be fine" instead of the in universe version that is years and years of propaganda by the chantry saying that if you stop taking lyrium you go crazy and die. this is a tiny bit touched upon (PC being able to say "this is killing you!! take it) but not taken really seriously or as something a first time player would know. There should be real doubts if this is gonna kill him or not.

there is also 0 talks of if stop taking lyrium would make him lose his templar powers or not, wich would had been very interesting cause indeed this makes him less powerful against mages and more vulnerable to them, wich is important in his whole plot

Taking lyrium or not taking it doesnt really have any real consequences for the inquisition. he can just have a very stresfull job where so many people depend on him and at the same type go cold turkey on drugs that literally give you fever and hallucinations and you don't have any problem in any battle or mission he participates him. You dont even get not being able to use him in war missions or any literaly problem to you.

"To understand Almalexia, you must first understand the value of fiction. Vivec fancies himself the poet, but in truth, Ayem is the greater storyteller ..."

"As I said, we are, all of us, bound by our nature. Almalexia does what she does because she cannot do otherwise. It will not end well. But then, even the best endings rarely bring joy."

eeesh 😬 advice? i don't know lad, this is a little above my pay grade. i mean, a hydra? i really just fought humans most of the time. a river once i guess. but that was a fluke. what im saying is you're doing things i could have NEVER done at your age ❤️ which also means i have no idea what advice to give you. what's important is that i love and support you always and believe in you.

odysseus in hades 2:

Like a lady 🌼✨