MERRIN THE FAIR (DARK URGE) / WRITTEN BY PIPPA (mun is 30, she/her)
PLEASE NOTE: merrin is not a nice character. based on her background as the dark urge / bhaal's chosen and who she is as a person, this blog will contain dark themes, including blood & gore, murder, deception, coercion, and more. she is not a resist!durge, and your character is not likely to change that. if any of this makes you in the slightest bit uncomfortable, please feel free to ignore this blog entirely.
I WILL BE TAGGING for generally n/sfw content, realistic-looking blood/gore, etc. (i may not tag for blood-spatter for in-game screenshots, but if you'd like me to PLEASE just ask.) i'm happy to add more specific tags as needed
SPOILERS will be present for all three acts of baldur's gate 3.
this is currently a SIDEBLOG and follows back will come from my main bg3 blog, @kins0ul. (this is also something of an experiment, as this is not the type of muse i usually write. if she sticks around, she may be moved off to her own blog.)
rules below the cut!
VERSES / MEMES / HEADCANONS
this blog is mutual-exclusive and limited-activity and may be highly selective
"usual" rp rules against powerplaying, godmodding, force-shipping, etc, all apply.
i will not be interacting with "like to stay mutuals" calls. this does not mean i don't want to stay mutual. the practice requires an expectation of dash-presence that i just can't maintain and don't want expected of me. i will be leaving it up to my mutuals whether they want to continue following/interacting or not.
i reserve the right to unfollow, block, soft-block, drop threads, and clear my inbox as i see fit.
do not practice reblog karma, and you do not need to reblog from the source. however, i will softblock if our only interaction for an extended period of time is you reblogging memes/gifsets/etc from me without interacting otherwise.
i will tend to match length/formatting (to a certain extent). while i will use icons in some threads, i am perfectly fine with iconless interactions
the only callouts i interact with are ones that have to do with actual legitimate safety concerns, as i see them.
if you have questions/concerns/etc, i do expect you to come to me personally, not to express said concerns through passive-aggressive anons. those won't get a response you'll like, while personal interaction will get you a conversation.
i think i'm going to go ahead and pull both zya and merrin into my oc multi - - - i want to do a bit of consolidation, and i think the bg3 brainrot has eased up enough for me that it'll be easier/better for everyone involved to keep them there. ❤️ if you want to find me:
it's a little scrambled at the moment in terms of actually being a headcanon, but i do like the concept of merrin using her white/pale clothing aesthetic in terms of like.......white being so often seen as "pure" and she's somewhat turning that on its head. she's the white of exposed bone, the paleness of death, the absence of life and color, but most people who look at her just think she's a pretty girl in white (unless they look a little too close, a little too long, and pick up on just how strangely colorless she actually is, the too-pale skin, the too-white eyes.)
I love to get insightful about my character and to ramble on them. Ask me about their habits, thoughts, relationships! Go as deep and complex as you like! And send as many as you like so loads.
while i've said (and stand behind) that merrin's path could be changed (with plotting etc), i do think there's a certain sense of inevitability to her acceptance of bhaal. it would take....a LOT to get her to choose otherwise. just the right person in just the right circumstances, doing just the right things at just the right time. if you don't win her over enough, you won't be able to convince her of much of anything (and likely, since in my unless-plotted-otherwise state she and astarion and shadowheart are feeding off one another's worst selves and worst impulses, you'd be working against the input she's getting from them)
she's also more or less listening to the dream visitor because they seem to not discourage her from following her urges/finding out who she is and taking her place/etc OR they're actively approving of the choices (in her view of things).
basically, if you/your character WANTs to try to sway merrin into more resisting/into a better path, it CAN be done. but it's going to take plotting, it will be dependent on chemistry, and it won't be easy.
