Board Thread:What If?/@comment-173.245.80.12-20140903054558/@comment-37001937-20190510013120

November Witch wrote: I'm clearly in the minority on this, but I don't think showing Arthur the necklace would have changed anything. All it would have done is prove that his father was deliberately killed by sorcery (which is what he already believed) and Dragoon would still be the obvious suspect.

Dragoon, who was actually in the room when his father died.

Dragoon, who when Arthur first met him in 3x10 was trying to hide a magic poultice under his pillow in broad daylight.

By the end of episode two, Gaius and Merlin knew that Agravaine was liaising with Morgana. He walked into their chambers asking about Emrys, which they thought was odd, and concluded that the idea could only have come from Morgana. Gaius knows or at least deduces that the necklace came from Morgana. Either Morgana put the necklace around Uther's neck herself, (why not just kill him right then and there and volt out of Camelot with her powers?) or someone did on her behalf.

Morgana had already proven that she wanted Uther dead. Dragoon, or better yet, Merlin should have told Arthur this. The problem is that Dragoon was written since the beginning as a joke. I actually really dislike this aspect of the character. If Arthur sought help from the same crazy old crone who threatened them with a curse upon them all, that's on him. Uther is dying and the best the writers can think of Arthur giving Dragoon a piggyback ride. The episode's tone is all over the place.

From my perspective, this was the time for Merlin to come clean about his magic and show Arthur the difference between him and Morgana. The gig was up. A lot complications and Arthur's hatred of magic would have been resolved a lot sooner if Merlin spoke sooner. Edit: Something, or rather someone, always got in the way of the truth and consequences for Merlin revealing his magic. First it was Morgana and how dear she was to Uther. It would be her word against his. Then it was Agravaine and how dear he was to Arthur. It would be the word of his uncle and adviser against that of a mere servant.