Board Thread:(Re)Writing "Merlin"/@comment-4247305-20171126145644

I just finished watching Merlin and think they should have done a few things differently.

Morgana, I thought she might have a chance at redemption. As a villain, she was a little flat at the last few seasons. She had all this hatred and everyone mentioned how she's driven by hate, but it never evolved from there. She basically stayed exactly the same once she became a villain Her death was a little too easy. But overall, she was a good villain. I loved her costumes and hairstyles.I thought there might end up being more to Mordred before the end. I thought it would be revealed he was somehow related to Morgana or Arthur. It frustrated me that the prophecy only came true because of the choices Merlin made. Merlin's choices enabled Mordred to become Arthur's enemy.

Also, the prophecy showed them facing off among a fiery background. But the final fight was on a dark battlefield.

One of my biggest gripes is how Gwen never realized she was under Morgana's control when she cheated on Arthur. Arthur never knew it wasn't truly Gwen. He forgave her for something she didn't truly do.

And similarly, Morgana's intervention is what did Uther in, but no one ever found out! It's not the strongest storytelling to leave major details dangling like that.

In the final few episodes, they certainly seemed to be hinting that Kilgharrah was dying. It didn't happen. Also it seemed that Gaius might not make it, but he did. They seemed to be misleading us on purpose about inconsequential things.

Finally, Kilgharrah's prophecy at the end about Arthur being the once and future king, who will rise again when Albion needs him most... Doesn't that pretty clearly hint at Gwen being pregnant and Arthur's son rising to be a benevolent king? Maybe not, but that would have been a nicer more coherent ending than Merlin living forever and Gwen never seeing her husband again. Gwen wasn't able to bury him/send him out to sea. It was very disjointed at the end, and Arthur, he never told Merlin to protect and support Gwen as queen as he did him as king.

I think the ending could have been stronger, but it was a fun ride. Enjoyable show.  