Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130706091742/@comment-28430223-20160522180619

Fimber wrote: I wonder why Merlin never ever blamed Arthur for Freya's death, not even secretly. Granted, she was a threat to people and killed many innocents, and Arthur was convinced that he had only killed an evil creature. Nevertheless, he was the one who was responsible for her death, so regardless how "right" he was, it would have been only human if Merlin had held a slight grudge against Arthur because of this. I completely agree with Fimber here. I mean, Merlin was ready to leave Camelot and his friends and all his foretold destiny for pursuing a life with Freya, and Arthur killed her, even if he didn't know about who the bastet really was or about Merlin's relationship with her. Also the story avoids any confrontation between Merlin and Arthur, because for most of the time Merlin doesn't know the nature of Freya's curse (and this issue is never brought back again, not even when Freya reappears later in the series to give Merlin Excalibur back from the bottom of the lake). That is problematic for  their romance too, because Merlin doesn't know about Freya being a bastet before he falls for her. Also Freya didn't seem so much invested in Merlin other that because he was her only help to survive (I mean Freya is thankful to Merlin, but she doesn't seem to feel the same adoration he shows for her)...

So despite I liked that Merlin got some romance, so other aspects of his life are explored, I think the story was not well written because it avoided conflict between Arthur and Merlin by unbelievable contrivances.