User blog comment:Ozymandias v/A Slow Journey to Obsession: My Experience Watching Merlin/@comment-124.176.53.251-20140527124352

Hi I used to work on this site as 123 Action aka the worst spelling editor ever lol (I have since forgotten my password) and decided to randomly stop by tonight. I really enjoyed your article! I love your point on how Kilgarrah said if Mordred lived, Merlin would not fulfil his destiny. I have never thought of that before but now the whole ending suddenly makes sense. I never did hate that Arthur died or that the magic reveal was last minute (infact I felt that that was very powerful and well handled), just mainly the fact that Arthur died without fulfilling his destiny. To me this completely ruined the whole show for me and I haven't been able to watch it since without getting annoyed. Your point has completely changed my point of view, making the ending feel even somewhat successful as despite Merlin not fulfilling his destiny and Arthur dying, Camelot did have some success as Gwen became Queen. I just wish they had made this point more obvious (I think a lot of people would have been a lot less annoyed.) While I will never be happy with the finale (or looking back now a lot of the final series) ...like hello Morgana's death, repition, plot holes (how is the lake of Avalon transformed so drastically in s5 finale), Modern Merlin (which I hated most of all). I'll now be able to watch the show without getting too annoyed so thanks a lot! You've just given me back part of my childhood/early teenager hood lol :)