Biggest and smallest long-term goal? I think it's pretty clear that, in canon, a major long term goal was "Get with Elice." He wants to impress her. He wants to protect her. Is the drive as much spiritual as it is sexual? Would he stick around trying to protect her if she went for somebody else? My headcanon isn't terribly clear there, in part because my headcanon kind of says yuck to the pairing... but it can't be ignored. Elice is, in some fashion, his great long-term project, whether it's just protecting her or finally getting her to notice him. As for the smallest goal, I see Merric as a proto-scientist, and my headcanon often has him chasing a wind-based perpetual motion machine.
Biggest regret? Sadly, I'd say that his regret is that he wasn't able to prevent Elice from suffering the whole kidnapping/soul-shattering ordeal. If his primary motivation is to protect her, he failed at it abysmally. That he saved her from death helps somewhat, but the fact is, she went through hell, and he wasn't there. He'll feel that one for a long time to come. No wonder his FE12 character design is so melancholy compared with earlier renditions of the "mirthful mage."
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Date: 2012-01-28 03:11 pm (UTC)Biggest and smallest long-term goal? I think it's pretty clear that, in canon, a major long term goal was "Get with Elice." He wants to impress her. He wants to protect her. Is the drive as much spiritual as it is sexual? Would he stick around trying to protect her if she went for somebody else? My headcanon isn't terribly clear there, in part because my headcanon kind of says yuck to the pairing... but it can't be ignored. Elice is, in some fashion, his great long-term project, whether it's just protecting her or finally getting her to notice him. As for the smallest goal, I see Merric as a proto-scientist, and my headcanon often has him chasing a wind-based perpetual motion machine.
Biggest regret? Sadly, I'd say that his regret is that he wasn't able to prevent Elice from suffering the whole kidnapping/soul-shattering ordeal. If his primary motivation is to protect her, he failed at it abysmally. That he saved her from death helps somewhat, but the fact is, she went through hell, and he wasn't there. He'll feel that one for a long time to come. No wonder his FE12 character design is so melancholy compared with earlier renditions of the "mirthful mage."