Thread:Fimber/@comment-3481504-20151102233729/@comment-5102537-20151108123046

While I never really believed that Arthur was capable of big emotions, the show wanted us to believe that Merlin and Arthur were close friends. Many fans even believe that they were in love with each other.

To me, Arthur always seemed to be a little cold. Yet it was canon that Arthur and Merlin had at least a brotherly relationship. Yes, he often reacted callously towards Merlin, but so he did towards Uther. How many times did he hide behind his father's back, betrayed him, lied to him, crossed him and even spoke ill of him. For example when he once said that he hopefully wasn't like his father but like his mother. Or when he blamed Uther for Morgana's actions in front of Morgana and everyone else around. Nevertheless the fans were supposed to believe that he loved his father.

Arthur was never my favourite due to his football-captain-like behaviour. All the honor, grace, maturity and charm of such a great leader was missing, which might be one of the reasons why he seemed to be callous towards Merlin so often. But they were friends, even if it wasn't shown well enough and when some things seemed to be wrong in regards to their friendship.