User blog comment:Lady in Waiting/Is this the end of an era? Whether or not, please share what brought you to Merlin/@comment-4814726-20121119015319

Hmmm, I don't really know... When I first saw it id never really known much about arthurian legend, so only merlin being young was odd. I remember my parents laughing about how ridiculously far from the original stories the series was. I guess I just liked the idea of magic, and the magical creatures were cool too. Harry Potter was still going on and I was totally wrapped up in that but more magic could always fit in. I loved to hate Uther, and I loved Morgana, b4 she was bad I considered her a role model. The comed was great too, it made me laugh. And then I guess I just kept watching it. But then I stopped becuz I thought it was cancelled, but then I found series 2 on itunes, and then after that ended i thought the series ended. Becuz the 'Merlin will return' thing at the end did not convince me. SO then i found eries 3 on itnues like a year later, and since then I've been consistently hooked on the show to the point where I think I might need serious help in stopping my obsession.

I don't think it's the end of an era, I think its the beginning of a new modern take on the arthurian legends. There are so many new angles to be taken and this was just one of the first. Another example is T.A. Barron's books which focus on Merlin's childhood, but even then Merlin and Arthur have never actuall been like the brothers in arms the are in this show. All those AU fanfics on the web could grow into actual franchises or book series. In fact if I can become real good at writing or something,I would want to do this kind of thing. It wouldn't be plagarism, the Arthurian legends are open to all for molding into modernization. \

But I think with the success of MERLIN, there will be a slew of modernized Arthurian legends by budding storytellers for a long time to come.