Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-110.33.239.213-20121226023324/@comment-30546716-20161130212235

202.136.242.81 wrote:

I know that most of us are utterly and completely disappointed by how the show ended. All we can do know is hope there will be a sequel, or that our questions will be answered, and that Arthur will rise again. We can also re-watch those episodes over and over again, to see once more Arthur, Merlin, everyone else and enjoy ourselves until it's over once more. If, in the very unlikely scenario that all the requirements were in place to carry on Merlin's story, I feel that the best thing to do would be to have Arthur rise from the dead in the immediate future from the Diamond of the Day. This would be a bit like Christ's resurrection, and like Christ, Arthur eventually disappears once he has done all that he was prophesised  to do, and is foretold to make a return again.This would ignore the bizarre scene at the end with Merlin walking past Glastonbury Tor. It would also probably involve ignoring some dialogue in series 5, but since most of that was cobblers anyway, I don't think that many would mind so much!

I find the discussion point that hypothetically, if Arthur rose in modern Britain today, there wouldn't be anything for him to do quite interesting. As a British person, I would say we need a leader like Arthur. Britain may not be fragmented politically (yet), but this country certainly has its divisions. We are divided according to ethnicity, sharply by wealth and by age in the growing generation gap. Sadly there seems to be lots of intolerance and bitterness in our society. I suppose in a similar fashion to what was believed post-Roman era (if you believe Gildas), many 21st century Brits have lost faith in our political system and feel the need for a just and effective leader. We could do with a leader who can successfully work on building tolerance and greater equality between all the people of Britain. I would say there would be a place for Arthur today.