User blog comment:Fimber/The thing about magic - The Drawing of the Dark/@comment-4814726-20121216164847/@comment-5102537-20121216195416

It does indeed.

And I'm not impressed by Merlin waiting for others to do the dirty work for him again. If he wants Mordred dead, he should be the one to get his hands dirty. However, Merlin does the same like he did in The Wicked Day when he wanted to let Uther die before seeing an advantage for himself when Arthur wanted to ask for magical help, and like he did in The Disir when he thought that Mordred will die of his wounds. He had multiple opportunities to kill Mordred himself. It's not that I would support this but I think waiting for opportunities to let others do the dirty work is really infamous. And also dangerous for Arthur.