User blog comment:MerlinUSA/Merlin -- The Big Picture/@comment-101.166.21.109-20130119130157/@comment-5995315-20130119170506

If you and others hate the ending so much that you feel the need to post about how it ruined the show, you should take the advice you say you'll give other people and stop watching Merlin. It's true that I don't think Merlin will win the BTA awards because of the backlash against the show, and your post is an example of this.

Merlin is not a family show. Over the past five seasons, thousands of people have died in it. Even the nicest character, Gwen, has murdered three people. Viewers have had more than two seasons' warning that the story arc was taking a more mature turn. With all that happened throughout all five episodes, there was no possible way to give the story a Disneyland ending. It was simply no longer possible. I'm baffled by people who say they didn't see this coming.

Merlin evolved into a dramatic tragedy, and its ending was classically tragic. This means that there was redemption through the suffering. In the finale, Merlin became what it always was -- a love story between Arthur and Merlin. The ending made it clear that their love had defeated their fates by making fate itself meaningless. Arthur died knowing Albion was safe, and he died in an overflow of lover and gratitude toward Merlin that only the most cynical viewer could turn a blind eye to.

Merlin got everything he wanted when Arthur accepted him for who he was. Acceptance was what he'd wanted since episode one, and in the finale he got it. Merlin cared about magic and Albion only to the extent that they concerned Arthur. The show makes clear that otherwise, he didn't ultimately care about either of those things. Legalizing magic was never the point of the show, and this confuses a lot of people.

The finale delivered a powerful message about love and fate, two subjects that come up over and over through all five seasons. How anyone could miss that is beyond me.

Since this site is a wikia about the show Merlin I find it disturbing to read so many spiteful posts  and to find people telling everyone how much they hate  the Merlin. Is this a site dedicated to Merlin haters and Merlin-bashing? Posts like these certainly make it appear so.

You had some "vise" to give, and I'd like to add some of my own. I advise that people start posting about what they like about Merlin instead of what they hate. I'm guessing you're a teenager. I'm past forty. Teens have a tendency to think it's cool to be cynical and negative about everything. A word from me: It's not.