User blog comment:Emily Windsnap/Why Elyan's death wasn't sad at all..../@comment-5659316-20121112191803

Well, I found Elyan's death quite sad... Simply because the whole thing with the sword, and his "I didn't think I was going to win" was so well written and heart-wrenching. Also, I felt sorry for Gwen, because if/when she snaps out of this magical trace/control Morgana has over her, she's going to have to remember all over again that her brother whom she loves is dead. Now, to be sure, I was NOT NEARLY as sad over his death as Freya's, or Isolde's (those two were SUPER SAD, I loved those characters!), but I DID find it a lot sadder than Lancelot's, simply because I never liked old Lance all that much.

But I agree 100% about being relieved it wasn't Gwaine or even Percival. I like them a lot more than I ever did Elyan or Lancelot. It's just sad that all Elyan went through (be captured in his premire episode, getting bloody POSSESSED in series 4...) bascially amounts to almost nothing now that his character is killed off. Plus, while he wasn't my favorite (not funny like Gwaine, or strong like Percival, and, yes, a tad whinny), I've had a little soft spot for Elyan's character since he stuck up for Merlin in Lamia.

So I think it was sad, but not AS sad as say, Gwaine, dying or something.