Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130601104158/@comment-5102537-20130706233707

207.216.65.174 wrote: I don't understand why Merlin opened to Freya so easily. Morgana was he's friend and he'd know her longer. Morgana is just as pretty as Freya if not prettier. Gaius also told Merlin not to get involved. What was so different about Morgana than Freya?

I would say that it's because Merlin was in love with her. He felt a great affection from the beginning already, and it's always easy to open up in front of someone you're in love with or who fascinates you. Plus, Merlin knew that Morgana could easily become a threat to him since she was Uther's "ward". Uther would have believed the word of his daughter or any noble person over the word of a servant, whereas he wouldn't have believed a convicted magical "beast" or a magic-user  so readily. If Freya had told Uther about Merlin, it probably would have been seen as a desperate attempt to save her own life.

Imagine Morgana telling Uther about Merlin's powers (for whatever reasons) - he would have sentenced him to death immediately because at that point of time, Uther had no reason whatsoever to not believe what his beloved daughter says.

Merlin also knew that Morgana was manipulating and capable of homicide (she tried to kill Uther in season one already), but in Freya he saw a helpless girl who needed support and someone who was able to rescue her. He had no reason to believe that she would ever betray him, especially since her own life was at stake.