User blog comment:Edrea/Why so many bad things happened because of Merlin?/@comment-4495575-20130619065059/@comment-5102537-20130619182459

I agree, Edrea. Basically, by making Merlin responsible for almost every bad thing that happened (that is, when they're not making Uther responsible for every bad thing for once, which is what happened in entire season four and also in season five) they demonstrate that being kind, helpful, forgiving and that valuing life over other things is plain wrong.

They demonstrate that listening to those who want others to die and that killing people in time is supposed to be the right thing to do. What a questionable message, especially for a family show.

If Merlin had healed Uther without thinking only of his own advantage, secretly and without telling Arthur, he would have succeeded. With succeeding healing Uther, chances to put an end to the situation with Morgana would have been better by either Uther trying to make peace with her or by Uther trying to capture her (in case with healing him he would have regained his mental health too). Uther was the only one who was capable of changing things when looking back at what happened in season four and five. Arthur and Merlin failed. Neither Arthur nor Merlin had the slightest chance to change Morgana's mind. The only one who could have ever succeeded would have been Uther, in case he had changed his own mind.

It was the stupidest thing for Merlin wanting to let Uther die at first, not to mention a very cold thing when considering that Uther wasn't a thread anymore and destroyed and weak already. Maybe Merlin feared that Uther might recover fully, but still, there's only hope as long as people are alive. All hope is lost forever when they are dead. Merlin behaved very arrogant when sacrificing one life for his own conviction that Arthur would be a better king and the one to bring back magic. Merlin not only used Uther's weak and miserable condition when abandoning a helpless and suffering person, but he also used Arthur when demanding his word to allow magic again. He used Arthur's love for his father against Arthur and actually blackmailed him.