User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/How no one knowing Merlin's magic has not had a positive impact on the show/@comment-5684105-20121120044229

Well, there is a lot of negativity going on about the show now, but you have made some valid points. And I am NOT one of those who think Merlin’s magic being secret is the main theme of the show. It is not. Magic being restored and a great united kingdom is the main theme. Sure the magic being a secret has played a big role and was a great device but I think it’s time to move on or this will stand in the way of the main themes.

I haven’t really been rooting for a reveal until after Uther died. Then there was the plot with Dragoon failing to heal Uther which threw me for a loop, but I could live with that. But now, season 5, I think it is time. I am thinking we are going to get a reveal this season, with all the teasing they have been doing this season, but my worry is if this is the last season. THAT would be terrible. If Merlin’s magic is revealed in the last episodes and there is no season 6, we won’t be able to see magic being restored and Albion united(the main themes). These things don’t happen in a day, especially with all the suspicion and prejudice against magic among peasant and noble alike, among other things. There is so much more story to tell, if it stops now, it will be incomplete.

"Too much repetetivity": “If someone were to find out about Merlin's magic it would totally take the show in a new direction and move forward.” If Merlin’s magic was revealed the story would open up in so many ways, so much would develop. I very much have to agree here.

"Gwaine is becoming one-dimensional": I am surprised he hasn’t found out about Merlin yet.

"Uther's mess in 5x03": Well, Uther has always been a mess! He seemed just as unreasonable as he ever was. Death didn’t change him at all.  J

"Why on earth is Gaius still alive?": I honestly don’t see how anyone can complain about Gaius since he has had such small part to play this season, time spent on other characters. But at the same time he’s a constant of the show, a grounding presence in the midst of all the drama, a sense of home, a father figure. You have to love him. True, they need him in the show until someone else finds out about Merlin’s magic, but I don’t think he is holding Merlin back; even if Merlin’s magic were revealed I’d still love to see him in the background, even if he isn’t “needed” for the plot anymore. If they kill him off I will cry my eyes out. But will I be angry that he is no longer in the show? No, I can understand if they have him pass on, as long as they give him a fitting exit. A hero’s death? But even then I will still miss him. But I would understand. And being historically incorrect is irrelevant. How much of this show is historically correct? It is a world of fantasy after all.

So you have some good points, but I can’t agree with everything.  J



