Board Thread:What If?/@comment-69.148.49.98-20140113232611/@comment-5772693-20140405170719

I think Morgana still would have gone bad, but not nearly as bad as she eventually became in the show.

I can see why some people ship them and some don't. I think it is because we hardly ever saw them being honest with each other. At least one was always wearing a mask, trying to get information from one another, hurting each other, or they were flat out manipulating each other.

We have no idea what they would be like as a couple or even as magical pals. For all we know they could have been an amazing team, or getting to know each other might have made them hate each other even more.

I agree with ReganX that we never really saw any affection for Merlin, in that way, from Morgana.

The thing is I can kind of see that possibly changing if they actually got to know one another. Well, early in the series anyway.

All Morgana saw from Merlin was his goofy, kind, sort of dumb, serving boy routine or this guy who keeps messing things up for her. He hurt her multiple times before season 2 was over.

I don't blame her for not wanting to court him, or whatever. I agree that there could have been some pretty awesome storylines that could have been explored if the creators had decided to go down that route.

I think it's really about your interpretation of the characters, whether you think they would be good together on not. Do you see Merlin as a hero and Morgana as a bloodthirsty monster? Merlin as an arrogant obsessive jerk and Morgana as a freedom fighter? Are they very similar, or are they completely opposite in every way? Do opposites attract, or do birds of a feather flock together?

Who knows for sure? I don't. Either way it probably would have ended in tragedy.