User blog:Adelina Le Morte March/Something I thought might have happened with Mordred's character in season five but didn't really

So, season five, love it, like it, hate it, or whatever, has been over -at least in the UK- for a while now (it is still airing in the USA, but that doesn't really affect me though I'm American, cuz I don't have cable). Rumours and speculations abounded, straight up until The Drawing of the Dark, which led into the two-episode Finale.

And perhaps the character who got the most speculation from fans was Mordred. Why was he going to kill Arthur? Was he actually going to kill Arthur? Who was this Kara we kept hearing snipets about in articles and how would she affect the show? Was there any chance of him meeting Sefa at some point? Was he going to turn on Merlin? Or just on Arthur? Questions flooded, and we all shared our opinon -rather colourfully, in some instances.

In the end, we learned Mordred was angry over Kara's death and turned on both Arthur and Merlin by betraying Merlin's secret to Morgana and joining her army to boot.

But, before that, when we all had our theories, I had a speculation of my own, and I was wondering if anyone else thought -before we found out what really happened on the show- it was a possiblity.

I was thinking, early-on, that Mordred would play a part very similar to his role in countless Arthurian legends and books and films in which he exposes a dangerous secret to the court. In most versions, this is that Lancelot and Guinevere are having an affair. However, since the writers made this a subplot for the fourth season, using only Agravaine as the 'blabber-mouth' in that, and it was before Arthur and Gwen were even married to begin with, I'd been thinking that maybe Mordred would expose the fact that Merlin had magic to the court -and Arthur- instead. It would have made sense -it would have been the biggest court secret, after all, and Mordred would have been a 'traitor' for telling Arthur too soon.

Of course, one could say that Mordred DID so, but indirectly. That by telling Morgana, he set in motion the events of Arthur's finale battle, finale wound, and finale moments, during which Merlin would reveal the secret himself.

What do  you all think? Before we KNEW, did any of you also speculate that the role Mordred played in the Lancelot/Guinevere deal would be echoed in a Merlin/Arthur magic reveal? Share thoughts in comments.