Talk:The Fires of Idirsholas/@comment-5674726-20131126001344/@comment-5102537-20131211104406

That's interesting.

I believe that the whole thing wasn't thought through well enough when writing this plot but that there had to be a reason for releasing Kilgharrah. I think that at this point of time, Merlin didn't want anyone to get hurt but simply acted stupidly. For plot convenience. For some reason, they didn't want to make the dragon lie when Merlin tried to demand him to not attack Camelot, probably in order to make the audience tune in the next week.

However, had they thought it through and not wanted to make Merlin appear to be selfish and reckless when releasing such a powerful force full of vengeance, they could have dealt with it by showing Merlin being remorseful and blaming himself, questioning his own decision.

Aside from that all, I wonder what we would have done if we were in his position. Would we really sacrifice our parents for the sake of others? I'm not so sure. Although it's totally understandable that Merlin loves his mother much more than Arthur, Gaius and strangers, it's not understandable that he was always presented as the untouchable hero even when he either made severe mistakes or behaved callously. I found it irritating that Merlin was forgiven every single misconduct whereas some others were always blamed and criticised.