Emily Merchant

I would never say that I do not have somewhat of a competitive nature. I would just be honest and say that until recent years, I never allowed that nature to come even close to the forefront of who I was. I tried very hard – not always successfully – to keep that aspect of myself buried and hidden. There were a few times that I slipped, but in most cases I was epitome of the proper wife to all eyes.

My thoughts and desires for something more was never something that I made public and I attempted never to show that I was better at something than my father or my husband. It grated on me and caused several incidents of “unladylike” thoughts, but that was what was expected.

That all changed when I went through my first Gateway.

Here was a world where competition was not only expected, but was required. I was finally able to be myself and hone skills that I knew were within me somewhere.

Being competitive allowed me to keep myself and others of The Tribe safe and alive as we travelled from world to world. I fail to see how that could in any way be described as being a fault.



Muse: Emily Merchant
Fandom: Primeval
Words: 206
Disclaimer: I do not own Emily or Ruth Bradley.