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Why are we so obsessed?

I have no idea

Me either, although I do see it as not so much the TV show living on - I think I've worked though most of the "feels" the TV series left me with, and am just putting it down in words now - I wasn't very active on-line when the show was being aired. I don't mean to be negative, but I just found the last season, and the later half of season 4, just...disappointing I suppose, especially as there was so much potential (although there was a lot of really good things in the early days, as Ozymandia's mentions) but the legend is still so intriguing. Personally it's inspired me to go on and read books and articles on the legend, which I would never have done before. When I was younger I certainly read Mary Stewart, Stephen Lawhead, and Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, but NOW - (my family despairs of me!) I'm going into the real history - did these characters exist, how they changed over time,  how they legends have changed over time, and well as picking up different works of fiction. I've just finished Bernard Cornwell Warlord Chronicles, which I would highly recommend.

 something called tumblr (some website that I still can't quite figure out what it is ...

Me either! but it  still has a decent Merlin fan-base, and also an Arthurian Legends fanbase too!