Board Thread:(Re)Writing "Merlin"/@comment-28430223-20160730000627/@comment-4247305-20171126150923

I agree 100 percent with everything you've said. I would never have guessed English is not your native tongue!

You've mentioned so many things here that irritated me. The young dragon that Morgana loved and raised, but who Merlin could command. He never learned to speak and was supposedly crippled, but never appeared to be so. They dropped one of the most fascinating storylines! Telling the details about Morgana's two years in that pit in flashback was weak. They skip over the most interesting compelling details.

Gwen lost all of her character traits by the end. Having her compelled by magic to betray Arthur twice was weak. Gwen is more than that. More than a subservient housewife. Especially considering it ends with Gwen reigning in the time of peace. If it was all leading up Gwen bring the true subject of the prophecy, then they should have foreshadowed it.

Character development in a lot of places was weak. And the storytelling was not always strong. I think it was a case of not having a clear picture of how the series should go. They were making it up as they went along and it showed.