Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130214143847/@comment-4814726-20130219214326

" The relationship is based on Arthur being dominant over Merlin. A season six would have had two choices: Either Arthur and Merlin go their separate ways or they had to take the relationship to a new level, run off in the woods and get married."

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Why... would they need to get married? If a friendship is based on the fact that one person is dominant over the other then it's not a friendship. Friendship is something that overcomes and gets past barrires like that forexample servant and master. Why couldn't Merlin and Arthur be friends? They were, and they just had to overcome the secrets that Merlin was keeping and their bond would become stronger. They woudn't have to fall head over heeals for each other to stay on good terms. Overcoming something like that on screen is nice juicy $ for drama shows. The fact that Merlin and Arthur were never true friends without secrets that could work together was a huge disappointment for me.