Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140723213417/@comment-24762954-20140811074520

ReganX wrote:

Completely different situations. Guinevere was Queen Consort because she was Arthur's wife and Queen Regnant on his death because he nominated her as his successor. It was hardly a case of her declaring to the people that, though she was but a servant, she would be the best ruler ever and that they should overthrow the Pendragons for her sake.

Merlin wouldn't become King by marriage or inheritance and, as I said before, even if he had the power to force himself on the people as their King, I can't see him doing it. Can you really see Merlin ordering Kilgharrah to attack Camelot until they were cowed into accepting him as King?

As to the question of Morgana's succession rights, you are forgetting that it was made very clear that the King has the right to name his successor. This was made very clear when Uther could legally disinherit Arthur, his only son and declared heir apparent, in favour of his wife, Queen 'Catrina'. In Season Four, Arthur nominated Agravaine to be Regent if anything happened to him, and to succeed Uther on his death. Arthur left his throne to his wife, who didn't have a drop of royal or noble blood in her veins. Uther nominating his only surviving child as his heir would be perfectly legal.

There were no Pendragon cousins floating around - it was specifically noted in Season Five that Arthur had no family - so there would be no Stephen to Morgana's Matilda, no noble who could claim to have more of a right to the throne than any of the others. You would be right if official and actual were the same thing. Yes, Merlin will not be king and Morgana will be queen.

Lady Morgana's would-be husbands will wage a succession war.

And Merlin doesn't need crown to be Once and Future King.