Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130727145913/@comment-4909386-20130727205347

Sometimes, all that needs to be done is to talk. No harm would have been done had Merlin talked to Morgana rather than poison her. I have seen the manipulative nature of the Great Dragon in Le Morte d'Arthur, and I have a strong impression that the Dragon had found a perfect chance to get rid of Morgana. The Dragon made me sick. "You must kill her," with all the pleasure and smugness, even realizing the difficulty it had on Merlin.

The part that touches me the most is that Morgana fully trusts Merlin, since her secret had been kept safe all along. He covers for her when Arthur grows aggressive and suspicious towards her. I'm pretty certain that Morgana would have done anything to repent, seeing as how then frightened and sorry she was where Arthur and Merlin were getting worn off because of her actions.

Morgause, on the other hand, is the mastermind behind these events that will change Morgana forever. Although she struck me as to how Morgana ended up waking up in Camelot when she passed out in the woods. All that she did was use Morgana.

Why not,''"I'll turn you into a vessel that will put everyone to sleep, you will wake up in Camelot from hence forth. I will arrive with the Knights of Medhir and strike Uther while still in a slumber. The Knights of Medhir will bring you no harm I assure you. Are you up for it, sister?" ''?

If Morgana would have agreed to Morgause's plan had she been told the full details, then I would have thought otherwise. I'm sure she wanted to kill Uther (Arthur's father be that), thereby hurting Arthur in the process no doubt, but never intended to hurt Arthur physically, nor Merlin.

You also must feel sorry for Merlin. He has to make these tough decisions on his own. He poisons a friend to save the lives of many, thereby betraying Morgana, leaving her as a perfect poppet for Morgause to use against Camelot in future. In  The Diamond of the Day, Merlin openly tells Morgana that he blames himself for what she had become, just before he kills her for real.

And the bravery is to die for. The way he stood up to Morgause to stop the Knights was amazing.

When he honors his promise to the Great Dragon in the end, he goes out of the frying pan into the fire by releasing Kilgharrah, with certainty from the Crystal of Neahtid that the beast will lay waste of Camelot.

.....BOTH MERLIN AND MORGANA WERE AWESOME....