User blog comment:Merlaa/Romance in Merlin/@comment-5191335-20120730030816

First, what a great topic for your first blog! I'm glad that you are blogging! :D

Now, my response:

I remember Avlarr and Morgana having a slightly romantic encounter.

Truthfully though, I think the show has just enough romance. Yes, it is sad that Merlin lost his love and Morgana has never known real love, but that is part of who they are. Merlin is so the representation of love that he has practically forsaken his romantic life because he will never love anyone but Freya; he also loves his friends so much that he focuses on protecting them and not on searching for romance. Morgana is so filled with hatred that she can't love; she is so distrustful that she couldn't ever give herself over completely to another person; she is so manipulative that she would destroy a lover. Furthermore, I feel that adding more romance would just turn the show into a romantic dram-com, taking the focus off of the fantasy adventure. The plots would slowly (or quickly) turn to focus more on the romance and less on the actual tale of the creation of Avalon, the adventures of Merlin, Arthur and his knights, and the struggle between those like Morgana and the forces of Camelot. Plus, Merlin and Morgana have either no or few and tragic romances in the original legends, so in this respect the show is sticking to the Arthurian canon.

All that being said, I do ship Mergana. But, for me, that's what fanfiction is for. Haha!

I will say that a minor increase in romance would be okay.