I hate the fact that most of fandom steps on Merrill or forget about her entirely when she can and should be a central part of the DA narrative, especially with DA4 coming soon

I was in the DA2 tag on AO3 and it took me three pages before I found a fic where someone had even tagged her name

HER NAME

Can you image the talks Solas and Merrill would have??

For all the talk the games give about elven communities in the Dalish, we (the player) rarely speak or interact with Dalish elves for more than side/area quests unless you do the Dalish origin in DA;O

they& #39;re like & #39;here& #39;s a complex social and cultural system of nomadic elves that struggle to keep their traditions alive& #39; and then like, don& #39;t do shit with it and playing it originally, I thought Merrill was going to be this great opportunity for fandom worldbuilding

...but like, nah, the fandom is general is like & #39;Merrill who?? Wow look at all these angsty boys!& #39;