User blog comment:Morganaforever/What annoys you most in the main characters?/@comment-180964-20120508005104/@comment-4650675-20120508074743

I'm glad you liked the blog post! I agree that despite the main characters being generally well-written, they do have some flaws and the reason of this blog post was to discuss those.

About Merlin, you are right on all the topics you mentioned! However, I would also add that it is annoying how he chose to show his magic to a stranger (Gilli) and not Morgana in series 2, which he really should have done.

About Morgana, her rapid transition between 2 and 3 as well as her only being a puppet to Morgause was something I didn't like in series 3. Her character reminded of nothing her series 2 and 1 character, but fortunately in series 4 she was more like her original character and less like the series 3 Morgana.

Arthur can be a total idiot, yes! He does not aknowledge his friend as an equal, despite saving him, magically and non-magically so many times in the past. He should treat Merlin with respect and that's what I want to see in series 5. I also don't like how he threatens to send him to exile for example whenever Merlin says something Arthur doesn't like. Also, as you said, he is completely gullible by Uther and, more recently, Agravaine and he acts like he has not his own personality and character and just blindly follows their orders.

I agree about Gwen, the main thing I do not like about her is that she switches love interests too fast. Of course now that she's married that will stop. I agree, they sometimes have her speaking her mind to the prince or king of Camelot, but there are still times that she remains silent despite not knowing what they are doing is wrong...I guess that had to do with Morgana mainly being the one to stand up to Uther in series 1 and 2, because the other main characters, even Arthur, were kind of scared of him and his reaction. I also didn't like how in "the servant of two masters" she was like "oh yeah, never mind Merlin, don't go!" despite him helping her, even when Arthur would execute her in series 1.