User blog comment:Morganaforever/Is Kilgharrah a good prophet?/@comment-4814726-20121107225431

I say diss the dragon, he's dumb. But Merlin doesn't have an education like we do. To him a thousand plus year old talking dragon with john hurt's voice is pretty believable.

Im not saying Merlin's dumb, but he is a peasant, so he's not as smart as kids who've gone to school since kindergarten. Plus, come on, its medeival. Even if they had education they'd be learning about superstitious stuff like standing in a bowl of eels underneath the full moon is gunna cure your cold.

I dont know if that makes sense to you, but that's the only reason I can think of as to why Merlin treats the dragon like a guru/guardian.

Basically, I think the dragon has some memory problems. Trying to sort thru over a thousand years of prophecy will do that to you. Plus he's been proven to be "slightly" insane when he tried to destroy Camelot. Remember he attacked Gwen and Arthur? The once and future king and queen?

I gotta say the fact that we even to come up with theories like this to justify a plot shows bad writing. I think the different writers don't actually pay attention to what the others are writing, so each of them is writing their own separate story lines without checking their facts that have already been established in the show. I mean, it's a justifiable question. There are so many dumb plot-holes, just little things that mean a lot together, that its ridiculous. It's like answering 2+2 with 1.

Anyone else have a theory?