User blog comment:LokiIsAwesome/Merlin should get more bloody/@comment-5350801-20120813215851/@comment-5102537-20120818123222

I prefer shows that don't provide too much violence and horror but I do agree with you that the "darkness" in seson four didn't really work. The darkness but the more than simple stories were a bit like the fantasies of a 13 year old. Cruelty and even sadism on one side to make it "scary" and to show how evil the villains are, but simplicity and lack of logic and continuity on the other side.

However, I would rather see more blood in order to make it all darker than shallow and cheesy stories combinded with emotional and physical cruelty (making Uther suffer and die without dignity and alone, making Morgana torturing people and family members, making Merlin ruthless and Gaius somewhat indifferent and cold suddenly...).

I wish it would still be like season one to three. Merlin had started as a positive and kind show, despite dramatical developments. The fantasy of the audience was challenged by that because we didn't see everything in detail (the more terrible things), yet it was much more logical and we could rely on a more or less happy end. I think this was something that the tv land is lacking of big time meanwhile. It's always all about violence, depression, darkness, cruelty, death. I have enough of this actually.