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[Blackout62]

YungD815 wrote...

Well, just got DA2 last week and romancing none other than Merrill! (New to the DA part of the forums) God, she is just like Tali.

Wait do you mean this as a good or bad thing. *Breaks out mattock of preemption.*

[Grand Admiral Cheesecake]

Blackout62 wrote...

YungD815 wrote...

Well, just got DA2 last week and romancing none other than Merrill! (New to the DA part of the forums) God, she is just like Tali.

Wait do you mean this as a good or bad thing. *Breaks out mattock of preemption.*

Look at the sig.
It's meant positively.

[Niulus Kriyk]

^ What Grand said.

*gets a Merrill sig*

Modifié par YungD815, 18 mai 2011 - 02:21 .

[PseudoEthnic]

Other than sharing a few similarities in character, they are not the same. They just fall under the same nerd girl archetype that BioWare loves to regurgitate for every game.

Modifié par PseudoEthnic, 18 mai 2011 - 02:37 .

[Niulus Kriyk]

PseudoEthnic wrote...

Other than sharing a few similarities in character, they are not the same. They just fall under the same nerd girl archetype that BioWare loves to regurgitate for every game.

That is what I mean... I should of pointed out the specifics earlier. Also I've only played ME and DA series, so I couldn't tell you much about BW doing that. But I see what you mean.

[bleetman]

There is one crucial difference, of course.

Female characters can sex up Merrill.

Oh, Tali. You horrible tease, you. WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME.

[Giggles_Manically]

Because the Mass Effect devs are terrified of angering the COD bro gamers who themselves are even more terrified of homosexual content?

[bleetman]

Not anymore, apparently. Happy times, depending on who they decide to make available.

Fingers crossed.

[TheBlackBaron]

bleetman wrote...

There is one crucial difference, of course.

Female characters can sex up Merrill.

Oh, Tali. You horrible tease, you. WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME.

Because she loves my M!Shep, she doesn't have enough love to spread to FemShep. 

Not that she needs it....*points at avatar*

[Zjarcal]

TheBlackBaron wrote...
Because she loves my M!Shep, she doesn't have enough love to spread to FemShep. 

Not that she needs it....*points at avatar*

M!Shep doesn't exist in my game! She can spread all that... unspread love to my FemShep! 

[ydaraishy]

Zjarcal wrote...

TheBlackBaron wrote...
Because she loves my M!Shep, she doesn't have enough love to spread to FemShep. 

Not that she needs it....*points at avatar*

M!Shep doesn't exist

FTFY

[bleetman]

TheBlackBaron wrote...

Not that she needs it....*points at avatar*

Whilst this is true, Garrus is great and his romance scene is somehow both funny and intimate, it's just. I mean. Tali.

I got better, Shepard. I got you

/wail

Modifié par bleetman, 18 mai 2011 - 04:43 .

[naughty99]

It's been confirmed that Merril (Eve Myles) is appearing in the US version of Torchwood which premieres on Starz July 8!! Can't wait

the first teaser trailer

another short clip

new cast includes Mekhi Phifer, Bill Pullman, possibly Eliza Dushku

returning cast includes Eve Myles (Merrill), John Barrowman

Modifié par naughty99, 18 mai 2011 - 06:17 .

[Maria Caliban]

I see Merrill and Tali both fitting the geek stereotype of being intelligent, fixated with what might be considered a highly technical... stuffs. I'm surprised that more people don't compare Merrill to Liara though as she's far more socially awkward, fascinated in the uncovering the past, was a loner prior to meeting the PC, and biotics are the settings spellcasters.

How geeky Merrill is depends on how technical you see magic as being. Is spell casting a discipline like computer programming or is it like singing? Is making the eluvian like engineering a bridge or like painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Admittedly, art/science is a false dichotomy but it's a culturally significant one.

[mesmerizedish]

Maria Caliban wrote...

I see Merrill and Tali both fitting the geek stereotype of being intelligent, fixated with what might be considered a highly technical... stuffs. I'm surprised that more people don't compare Merrill to Liara though as she's far more socially awkward, fascinated in the uncovering the past, was a loner prior to meeting the PC, and biotics are the settings spellcasters.

The difference (for me) is that Liara is obnoxious and Tali is cute. I don't think the similarity goes much deeper than they're both cute characters, but my superficial reaction to them is the same, because superficially, they're both adorable.

[TheBlackBaron]

My first thought about Merrill was that she's basically Tali the Elf, but like ish said it wasn't much deeper than the two just being cute characters.

Also, Liara annoyed the crap out of me in ME1. I loved the new her in ME2; similar to Garrus, it felt like she'd learned from and was actually following the example set by Shepard (<--- largely Renegade player). Merrill does the exact opposite of annoy me, hence why I've never connected the two of them in my mind,

Modifié par TheBlackBaron, 18 mai 2011 - 08:45 .

[bleetman]

I'd rather Merrill didn't similiarly warp into an indifferent, cold-hearted badass who keeps a piece of Hawke's armour in her home as a momento.

I mean, I'm sure that worked if Shepard romanced Liara. If not, it's a little creepy. Like discovering a shrine to you in a sock drawer.

[TheBlackBaron]

bleetman wrote..

I mean, I'm sure that worked if Shepard romanced Liara. If not, it's a little creepy. Like discovering a shrine to you in a sock drawer.

Yes...that would be rather creepy. 

*tosses drawer out the window*

[ydaraishy]

Liara's confident and self-assured, and has a bit of an independent streak. Merrill doesn't have that independent streak -- she's more comfortable in a group or having the support of a group...

Liara's also a bit more standoffish, reserved, and introverted. Merrill's none of these...

Modifié par ydaraishy, 18 mai 2011 - 10:31 .

[Xilizhra]

Though Merrill is totally willing to work on her own for as long as necessary if that's required. The rest, I agree with.

[tmp7704]

bleetman wrote...

Oh, Tali. You horrible tease, you. WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME.

She's been saving it for ME3 to boost the sales of the final installment.

[Wulfram]

ydaraishy wrote...

Liara's confident and self-assured

In ME2, maybe.  In ME1, she's confident about her area of expertise - so is Merrill, probably overly so - but as far as interacting with people, and particularly the main character, not at all. 

Both Merrill and ME1 Liara say they are unused to talking to humans, put their foot in their mouths, get embarrassed about it and miss the PC's jokes.

[Pariah Culexus]

Merrill reminded me more of Liara as well, and though I really liked liara (except for her appeareance in ME 2 before LotSB) I definately prefer Merrill of the two of them, but then again the character is as if made for me

Though she definately has characteristics she shares with both of Liara & Tali she is very much her own person... character

Modifié par Pariah Culexus, 18 mai 2011 - 08:01 .

[Knight of Dane]

And she didn't remind me of either since i didn't know who they were before.

Ah the joy of hating star wars games.

[DoNotIngest]

All this Tali stuff is making me want to play the ME games...



Then I can look at Merrill through TWO sets of rose-tinted glasses!

Modifié par DoNotIngest, 18 mai 2011 - 09:13 .