After some testing and various attempts.... I believe my issue is with the "RAW Loading" bug that is happening right now.
What I've noticed, depending on <RGB color profile> in "preferences" that can have a drastic change on the appearance of my Canon t2i's RAW file upon opening. If using ProPhoto RGB, Adobe RGB, sRGB, color shifts and exposure shifts can happen.
At first I thought it was trying to do an "auto correction", because when using the "before / after" buttons on the top of the develop persona, I could see a strong difference in-between each state. Which I found odd, due to the fact I had not applied any sort of adjustments. Then using the "sync after" option to the right of the "before / after" I was able to start my corrections on a linear / log style image.
When I started changing the <RGB color Profile> and re-opening the image, thats when I started to see the stark differences. It wasn't until I used either "Generic RGB" or my display's calibrated .icc file that the image started to open up in a standard, non corrected or altered state....
Just a heads up for anyone that might be seeing the same thing.... Could be a mute point after next week however