Yeah, and also Merry always came off to me as a friendly airhead... admittedly with a sophisticate's condescension towards the hoi polloi humans and deep-rooted cynicism towards most of the population of the Sidhe courts. Which at least made sense for her character, in that a Sidhe princess probably WOULD have speciesist leanings and that she had ample reason to be cynical and embittered towards most of the population of the Sidhe courts.

Yeah, this is Anita in a Merry suit. Damnit. What a pity.