User blog comment:LokiIsAwesome/Merlin should get more bloody/@comment-5364525-20120813033205/@comment-5139779-20120813085852

However, the characters because way more awkward in Series 4... even without the evilness of Morgana a lot did change... but that was the time jump's fault as it brought lazy writing. And in Series 4 we saw characters like the Lamia and Lancelot's Shade who were utterly pointless and the show could have done without them. And of course... the uncle of all messes... AGRAVAINE! They were all put in it to make the story 'dark', not for the interestingness of the characters, just the so called darkness. And the finale was fairly light but lets not let this blog post get way off topic...