she is proud, she is lovely, she is in complete control of her situation and her surroundings. I think this sketch really captures her character deftly: Merrill is naked here, so you’d think she’d look somewhat vulnerable, right? Nope, not her. That’s the declaration of love from a woman playing with fire, who knows how it feels to be burned, and can’t understand why this person she admires seems intent on throwing him/herself on the flame. That’s not the declaration of love from a cute, vulnerable little girl. Do you understand-I can’t bear anything happening to you because of me. Merrill: So you’re willing to burn along with me? If you stick with me, you and everyone you love will be in danger. Hawke: I’m not letting you destroy your own life. I know you mean well, I just wish-you can’t save me, Hawke. Merrill: Sometimes I think you’re too good to be with someone like me. If you rivalmance her, she has a conversation with Hawke that rivals anything Anders or Fenris ever say, even at their most manpain-y: No, quite the opposite Merrill is strong, too strong, strong to the point of brittleness and her love for Hawke shatters everything. She’s not weak or in need of protection at all. (don’t forget, her clan believes the Eluvian transmits the Taint or the Blight, and they might be right). I mean, this is a woman who sacrifices everything she knows, everything she loves, everything she’s ever been taught was important in pursuit of something greater than herself–which just so happens to be a technology that, if resurrected, could very well destroy the world. And she has a spine of iron, with an obsession to match: Her fixation on the Eluvian makes Anders’s cause look like a mere internet petition, and her hubris? Well, Sophocles himself would blush. I mean, she’s kind of the “safe pick”, right? That is, she’s the kind of love interest we’ve seen over and over and over again in video games, ever since Aeris first offered Cloud a flower in the middle of a street chase.Īnd yet, despite appearances, Merrill isn’t your typical Manic Pixie Dream Girl. That cute, cheerful, secretly soulful kitten demeanor plays on every “ Manic Pixie Dream Girl” stereotype in the book, and I can see why a lot of my nerdy guy friends immediately gravitated to her over a more outwardly challenging love interest, such as Isabela or Anders. Merrill is one of those characters who, on the surface, seems so vulnerable, so weak and in need of Hawke’s protection. Urdnotshona: Dragon Age 2 Merrill by * Agregor

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