Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130804102604/@comment-10341849-20130812021509

Although we hated or disliked or only confused of whether Kilgharrah was really a protagonist or antagonist character, now to think about it, Kilgharrah was the only one the show writers made so complicated and so confusing for us. And I think it was they intention after all.

Dragon was always a mythical creature where nobody really understand them, no matter dragon appears in any myth or country. They have their own agenda, they have their own thoughts, they have their own lives, and they have their own rules. Seems wise at one time, but selfish at another time. At least that's why I feel after reading so many stories with dragons starting from Asia across the world. And they don't even talk in words we directly can understand, almost always in riddles.

In this case, I can see that Kilgharrah did played Merlin to his own good but also did help him to fulfil his destiny. And no matter how powerful Merlin was, he was still a little child for him because of their age differences, and Merlin did act like what youngster or teenager suppose to be at that time: reckless, impulsive, impatient. So, Kilgharrah was able to turn and twist Merlin so easily according to what he sees fit at the time. If Kilgharrah neeed him for his own good, he manipulated Merlin. But if he didn't have his own agenda, then he would helped Merlin.