Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Five/@comment-5102537-20140329115401/@comment-24629321-20140407000930

'' To me, "Merlin" was never about accurate history or special effects, and I believe that the show has never claimed to be about that. ''

 I don't think a fantasy show should be going for historical accuracy, and to  this person (and all the others who get up in arms about POC, tomatoes and buttons and everything else) I point you in the direction of talking dragons, and goblins etc!  

I wonder if you've heard the audio commentaries for the series (or at least the first episode)? I recently found transcripts for some of the commentaries and found the first one with series creators Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy very enlightening. They actually state that their intention was to create a fantasy world and not a historically accurate period piece! Unfortunately, it seems that most people think the opposite is true, and are more than willing to call them out on historical inaccuracies!

'' So I highly doubt that a different decision of Arthur's towards the Triple Goddess would have stopped Kara. Mordred would have turned on him in any case, that's what I'm sure of. ''

Fimber, this is another very interesting point. I wonder whether Kara was already working with Morgana during the events of this episode or if she joined her cause later on. Even if magic had been allowed in Camelot as of this episode, I can definitely believe that Morgana would still have pursued the throne, since she thought it was rightfully hers. And there would certainly still have been magic users who would rather put one of their own on the throne—not to mention all those who would still hold a personal grudge against Camelot. So while it's very sad to think that  Mordred would still have turned against Arthur, I can't think of a good reason why he wouldn't have, if events would still lead Arthur to execute Kara for treason.