User blog comment:Fimber/The Grinch?/@comment-3325613-20121215104127

I've always tried not to comment such blog posts as these, because I fear I wouldn't be able to express myself properly and be misguided by my annoyance for those who say negative things about the Series. First of all, I'm not a native English speaker and sometimes I find it difficult to find the right words. Then I assure you I understand the value and the absolutely positive effect constructive criticism has. It's just natural that people see things in different ways and being completely pleased with all aspects of something is just as unrealistic as not being able to find at least one small detail which you enjoy. But I am a huge Merlin fan and this is definitively (and still) my favorite show: above all, I love its magic, then its characters, its plots and its locations. And, being as normal as any fan would be, I can't but feel annoyed by negative reviews such as yours (although I respect it and think it's very accurate and well done).

I understand Series 5 (and Series 4 as well? I hadn't noticed that) has disappointed many people, even many, many users on this Wiki. And if many of us can't find good things to say about the episodes (and we're the ones who spend time and make efforts to edit such detailed articles, something only real fans would do), then there really must be a problem.

But really, isn't there anyone who has the same aptitude towards the Series as me? I too dream of other possible plots and ways characters could change, but I take everything the writes give us, even those small details we had hoped would have been expanded, and enjoy them, focusing definitively more on the many things that please me rather than dwell on what I didn't get. Maybe I'm just lucky that the producers' and writer's point of view on the characters is similar to mine: I believe Uther had always been that ghost we saw in S5Ep3 and that Morgana's change hasn't been rushed at all; there was no need to dwell on a Morgause-Igraine-Vivienne story and until Morgana finds a way to ensure Emrys can't force Aithusa to abandon her, which can only come with the magic reveal, we can't have more about dragons.

I just hope I won't be heavily criticized for what I've written, but I've tried to express myself as kindly as I could...