User blog comment:Waterwecna/What I love about Merlin/@comment-4650675-20120510212636

There are so many reasons for one to like Merlin! One can find everything on the show:

Great blog post, Gerda! Good job reminding the good aspects of the show.
 * Epic fight moments. I'm really fond of the fight scenes, they are really awesome and awesome soundtracks are also used! My favorite is the one used every time that Morgana swordfights...which is once on 3x2 and another time on 4x13.
 * Epic magical fight moments. Gotta love the fight between Merlin and Nimueh or even later fights, even if they did not have such a variety of spells! For example, the fight on 4x06 relied solely on mind tricks (Morgana tricking Emrys, then using a knife to distract him then blasting him away) which was also really cool! Who said sorcerers only have to rely on really strong magic?
 * Epic dialogue/bonds between the characters. Merlin and Morgana, Merlin and Gaius, Morgana and Arthur, Gwen and Morgana, Gwen and Arthur, Uther and Arthur, Morgana and Mordred and maybe Uther and Morgana's relationships were so great. It is really interesting watching the relationships between the characters evolve! For example, you see Uther how he treats Arthur in series 1 and how in series 4 and he looks like a different person!
 * Funny moments. I love the humour of the show in general, most of the times. Not all times, but most of them.
 * The evolution of the characters! If someone looks back at series 1 and then at the finale of series 4 he will hardly notice any similarities.
 * New retake on the classical legend. We are not watching the same old retellings of the legend, but something new and more modern! Although some things I do not like, like the way Lancelot was treated or his romance with Gwen, it is always interesting to see how things will play out!
 * As you said, epic music! The "Finale" by Rob Lane and Rohan Stevenson is one of the best things I've heard.
 * Morgana and Lancelot!!! I had to add them in a seperate category because for me they are the best characters and the show would have never been so entertaining for me to watch without those two. Although Lancelot's gone, Morgana's still there, so...yay?