Board Thread:Series 5 Discussion/@comment-84.84.54.179-20121017214129/@comment-5621713-20121204001848

I like both young and present Mordred. The only thing I don't like are the prophecies about him. Do you judge the person based on who they are, or what you think they are going to do. Merlin doesn't have a problem with this, he judges him based on the awful thing he will do down the road, which maybe in part only makes it more likely to come to pass. Had Merlin befriended Mordred, he might have been able to alter Mordred's and therefore Arthur's fate. The other knights have pretty much accepted Mordred, and Arthur likes him a lot. But, I don't think that will be enough when his loyalty is tested, when Arthur sentence Kara to death. He chooses love over loyalty, and that is a lonely place. But, if he had a friend who really knew him,who could have helped him deal with the situation, he might not have found himself in Morgana's camp.