User blog comment:Druidinhiding/Alternate Ending Theories and Thoughts/@comment-24.236.138.13-20121228003856/@comment-5102537-20121228105617

Arthur's bane was totally Morgana and the Triple Goddess, additionally Merlin who never told him anything about that stuff and lead him, even though unintentionally, right into a trap. And, of course, Gaius, who also kept silent about pretty much every important thing.

To make Arthur responsible for his own death, simply because he didn't completely submit to a ruthless goddess who threatened him and his loved ones as well as entire Camelot, who took his mother's life, predestined his birth and had an evil and mass murdering High Priestess working for her, is actually ridiculous. Arthur didn't know anything about the prophecy and he had very good reasons to distrust sorcerers/magic. No one could have ever expected him to suddenly give in and think that it's all so fluffy and that they can all sing Kumbaya together. It's like throwing a baby onto this world and demanding him/her to know everything and to do the absolute right right things right from the beginning, otherwise it will be murdered later and be responsible for not knowing the future and for not being able to read minds and for being manipulated and for defending him-/herself.