User blog comment:J8in/I'm done/@comment-203.219.62.188-20121216145908

Ouch to the Merlin show. While I respect your opinion, I've enjoyed a few of the episodes. "With All My Heart" and "The Kindness of Strangers" were really good, and "The Dark Tower" and "The Disir" were interesting. But I agree the Gwen plot was GOD awful. Four Episodes, WASTED!!! I hate Gwen. I loved her in Season 1, 2 and 3 and was desperate to see her make it the front cover of the DVD. But her character has been most badly done by. Reason: Every time she does anything that gives her character a flaw, she is in the thrall of Morgana's sorcery (See "A Lesson in Vengeance" and, even worse, "Lancelot du Lac"). How is a flawless character interesting? What's worse, the best scenes between her and Arthur happen in "The Hollow Queen" (The Comb scene and such) and yet IT'S NOT EVEN HER!!!! That really annoyed me. By the way, I really liked "The Drawing of the Dark" so you should keep watching it.

Oh and you can't criticise Mordred's character. He was a boy when he said those things to Merlin. Plus, as I read on another blog when I also shared you annoyance that Arthur had overlooked Mordred's magic, Arthur is aware that Mordred was once a druid. But Druids aren't naturally magical. Remember: Merlin is the exception, having been born with magic. Morgana rivals him because she too had magic manifest in her without having to practise it; it was innate. So, while Arthur ought to have been suspicious, he can fairly assume that Mordred may not have magic despite once being a druid.