User blog comment:Fimber/Background stories that have been ignored?.../@comment-69.31.103.45-20120901201839

I am convinced that Merlin's destiny is set in stone and can't be changed at all, you mentioned the examples already that show very clearly the impossibility to change the future. I'm just not sure if it was written that way intentionally or just for the purpose of poetry and medieval fantasy-style.

* "So why for goodness sake were we supposed to believe that Uther was ruthless in regard to other kingdoms (not talking about magic here) and that he was a king of war? And why did Gaius tell Merlin in "The Wicked Day" that now with Uther gone and Arthur being King, Camelot will finally become a place of peace and stability, and by that contradicting himself?"

Thank you! That's a question I have wondered about too. They didn't make it subtile and it wasn't a secret that Uther wanted peace and that he indeed initiated the peace treaties and what's yet to come when Arthur unites the lands of Albion. He was Arthur's teacher and his role model in regard to this, yet in season 4 Uther was being described as a king of war and aggression. I don't understand that at all. At first I didn't care much when Morgause told Arthur that he had his good and honorabale sides from his mother but meanwhile I find it annoying. It was Morgause who said it, thus it's actually not to be taken for granted but since season 4 and also when it was mentioned in The Changeling when even Arthur hoped he would not be like his father, it seems that the audience is supposed to be convinced that all the good sides of Arthur can't have anything to do with Uther. He was raised by Uther and never met his mother before The Sins of the father but it obviously can all only be about genes and not about all the things that one learns throughout his life. According to that Uther's genes were obviously supposed to be only given to Morgana who is evil, mad and wants to kill everyone. What a simple way of looking at things. It's out of question that Uther was always anxious to hold peace and the one who restored wealth and peace in Camelot. He had the biggest part in Arthur's development and played the biggest part in bringing peace to Camelot.

It's true, some epsiodes and especially season 4 were full of contradictions and changed plots.