Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-82.156.4.128-20121224212052/@comment-178.84.124.198-20181029223438

Just finished the show and while the ending was very tragic and sad, it was really good imo. It gave a higher meaning to what the characters accomplished. After the alliances Arthur formed and Gwen knowing that Merlin used magic to help Arthur for all those years, i can imagine a time of peace and acceptance of magic in the time after Arthur died. The fact that Arthur died, put even more focus on that. Because the show was not about Arthur living happily ever after, but laying the foundations of a world of peace, which he did. Also, with all the mistakes Merlin made, it would not have made sense to have the best possible ending. He chose to let Mordred live in the beginning, let Morgana discover her magic, told Arthur that magic had no place in Camelot etc. If al those mistakes resulted in Arthur living happily ever after, the prophecies in the show would have been meaningless. In the end Merlin did manage to save Albion, but he made too many mistakes to save Arthur. And so all the prophecies came true.