My middle name's Merritt. I used to go by MerrittTYPE, but I've always been intrigued by mercury, the element and the symbolism.
Merritt isn't exactly the most appealing name, but my great uncle whom I was named after was amazing. Fought in the Civil War as a forced recruit for the Union. He only joined after the recruiting Union soldiers massacred all the men of the Laurel but him. They wanted him dead, so they made him a flag runner, no weapons. He ran through 13 battles without getting shot once. However, he had to replace the flag 10 times due to bullets ripping through it.
So, I wanted to be a type of Merritt, like a doppelganger of my uncle, but Merrcury works well with Hermes being the Roman god of Mercury.
