What if I had an account in 2015 that was very active and made it to the legendary rank... But i lost intrest in bitcoin and stopped visiting bitcointalk in 2016. However, due to the recent bear market i regained intrest in the community, and logged back in today.

I would have the aidropped merits to start from, just like all other legendary members that remained active all the time. Eventough i would have earned 0 merits since the merit introduction since i was no longer an active member, would it be fair if my aidropped merits were reset?

Personally, i'd say "no".