Fellow newbie to the TVD universe (suuuuper late i know, took me a while to finally give TVD a chance, and it didn’t disappoint) So i just finished Legacies, and i watched it for Lizzie and Josie. What i was looking forward to the most for them was the Merge. While yes Lizzie dying and turning into a hybrid solved it, I have a question, why did they need to merge if there was literally no one left alive in the Gemini Coven? As I recall, every member of the Gemini Coven died as a result of Kai killing himself while he was the Coven Leader. The Saltzman twins survive and are literally the only ones alive. Why must they merge if there is no coven for them to lead? Why is it their “duty” or “destiny” to do it? Couldn’t they just not recite the incantation for the merge and live long mortal lives with there own families? Couldn’t they just ignore it and think “there is no coven, why do i gotta risk killing myself or my twin if there is nothing to lead?”