Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140906160658/@comment-5674726-20141004171834

Machairodus wrote:

And, if he allows, if Arthur will run away with Gwen, if Morgana will become a good queen, would he do anything with it? After all, we could say that Merlin helped Arthur because of destiny and tried to help Morgana despite it. Even in S3 he hoped that she will see reason. That's an excellent question.

It makes it a fairly easy choice for Merlin if it's a case of Morgana being an awful Queen, which is one of the reasons why I think that it was a cop-out to have her become a tyrant right off the bat instead of at least pretending that she was going to be a compassionate ruler. If that is the case, then not only would it be much easier for him to get Arthur to go along with it if he plans to oust Morgana and to gather support among the people, the benefits of putting a just and benevolent King on the throne would outweigh the risks.

On the other hand, if Morgana is a good Queen with a lot of support from the people, the civil war it would take to put Arthur on the throne could do more harm than good.