Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20131121000155/@comment-5102537-20140126125851

I too would have found it much more interesting. Merlin and Gwen had the chemistry that I missed with Arthur and Gwen.

Yes, they could have done it, of course, but I think that they wanted to stick to the previous legends as close as possible with all the changes and variances, at least in regard to the most important stations of the Arthurian legends, like the sword in the stone, the Round Table, Gwen, Lancelot, Camlann, Arthur's death.

In a romantical sense, Gwen and Arthur plus Lancelot was one of the most famous part of the legends.

However, a whole different story would have been far more interesting, especially since I never ever doubted for the fraction of a second that Arthur would marry Gwen. So all the fuss and drama between them was very, very boring to me. It was an unnecessary intermezzo, simply because it was clear from the beginning that they will get married anyway. Same with the Round Table and Camlann, once it was clear that the battle at Camlann was about to come.

That's one of the reasons why Uther was my favourite because all stories about him were completely new and fresh, many surprises (not talking about his death here) and really new plots that gave a whole new impression and view on the story.

Had Merlin and Gwen been together, even if only for a while until she married Arthur, they would have had more chances to team up. They were a great team and very good together. Shame they didn't show this more often.