Neminea wrote...
What I never understood about Merrill is why she seems to think fixing the Eluvian will somehow safe her race. I get that the Dalish like to recover stuff from their past (though I must admit I kind of agree with Fenris when he sees no real point in it) but the way Merrill talks about saving her people suggested to me that if she doesn't fix the Eluvian they would all suddenly drop dead or something.
From what I remember in conversation with her she does state that she thinks they are some sort of communication devices but I don't remember her ever stating how this would help. Wouldnt you need other active communication devices in order for it to do anything if she got it fixed?
I guess I don't care much for Merrill because her story doesn't make any sense to me. I do not see how fixing one Eluvian will somehow save the Dalish who don't look like they need saving anyways from where I am standing. Not in that way anyway.
Well, perhaps it would help if you tried to see it from Merrill's viewpoint instead of your own.
She is part of a people that has lost their whole heritage, their basis of life. It's almost entirely mixed with the human now. She finds this mirror, a piece unlike any other artifact that her people has ever encountered from their past. She decides to study it and find out if she can use it.
Now, you mention what you need in order to make it work, but Merrill doesn't know that.
Did you play which hunt in DA:O? The dalish doesn't even know what the mirror is at that point. How should Merrill know much more except for her general magical arts?
The demon calsl to her and the keeper, which eventually leads to it telling her about it and hwo to restore it.
Still, Merrill only knows it's a comunicable tool. In which hunt we learn that it's a portal, but Merrill doesn't know this.
(My own guessing is that the mirror is a portal that channels through the fade, hence how the demon intend to use it as a gateway.)
Again, I'm not trying to make you love her, but it seems to me that alot of the dislike for her comes from "we know better" and that isn't the case in game, Hawke has no more knowledge on the mirror that Merrill does.
) becaused I loved and adored all of the characters. I engaged with personally and empathized with each character so there was no room for dislike or indifference for me. Some I loved more than others, Fenris and Isabela would be the two I adored the most, but after those two, I pretty much loved the rest equally. I saw vibrancy in all of the characters and also saw all of their flaws. 
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