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“Cullen who combats the minor dysphoria he feels on occasion by doing...”

Cullen wearing armour-skirt combos; people assume it's because he somehow misses the templars and is trying to emulate their uniform, but it's literally just that he likes wearing long skirts and feels uncomfortable without armour.

just puts on clay and oatmeal masks from time to time or neatly shaves his damn legs because damn it to hell if it's not exhausting to constantly be Manly McManMan when you're not and even if it's 'feminine' when that's not what he is either at least it's not masculine for once

Cullen, age 7, who tries on his sisters' clothes in the hopes that it'd look better on him, but the dresses are weird and they all smell of cooties.

Cullen, age 9, who insists on becoming a Templar because it's the most manly thing he can think of, because maybe all he's lacking is a firm male role, because maybe it's just something normal and to be a man is only to bring home the proverbial bacon.

Cullen, age 11, who gets a crush on a boy but refuses to accept it because it's just that he wants to be like him, not near him, honestly.

Cullen, age 14, who cries when his voice starts to crack and people think it's hilarious that he's flustered again, but he doesn't want it to deepen, doesn't care for it, wants to remove his larynx entirely.

Cullen, age 19, who decides to try and keep the stubble on his face because who is he fooling anyway, his entire internal conflict is ridiculous, the only thing real is the song that lyrium writes in his head and his need to protect people from the danger of magic.

Cullen, age 20, who finally wants to admit his feelings about himself to the mage girl he likes, but he can't so much as say good morning without wanting to throw himself off the stairs because she just does things to him.

Cullen, age 21, who doesn't feel much of anything other than the desire to slaughter every mage in the vicinity because they're a threat, they've always been a threat, they'll always be tempted by demons and blood and torment.

Cullen, age 28, who finds himself striking up conversations with Serendipity about the possibility of borrowing clothes even if she looks right through his excuse, and he's never thrown watermelons at a wall with such fervor.

Cullen, age 35, mentioning his early antics briefly to Lavellan, who just cocks a brow and asks if he's never considered the option of being neither male or female before, only for them to need to explain because the only thing that exists are men and women, right..?